Today is the day I finally say mediocrity goodbye.
It's time to leave humanity behind. What did you buy for PCT? Running an AI?
>test-e on your first cycle
>>41783452
Actually, it's the exact opposite - today was the first day you accepted your own mediocrity.
Is there a point in training for aesthetics if you aren't a model or living somewhere hot?
Wales is fucking raining and cold all the time I just want to be a bear
nope there is not, plus its cool to look like a fucking grizzly bear in snowing countries
cutting below 13% is for fags
>>41783338
>>41783325
How do I become a bear then
Are steroids required?
>>41783325
bear mode IS the most aesthetic look if you have the frame and height to pull it off
>Talking to girl
>Looks like she is wearing a lb of make up on the skin
>Just looking and thinking how vapid and ugly she might actually be
>Woman, and why do we chase them again? We can have anything we want as men
This is actually a very valid question.
Its so easy to forget that literally 99% of good looking women aren't nearly as pretty as their painted on face makes them look.
Also possibly one of the reasons why women appear to age so badly, as they get older they look weird if they use too much make-up, so aging + less make-up = rapid decline in beauty.
>>41783267
Because the meaning of life is to survive and replicate.
Trying to survive isn't an issue in today's society, so your instincts go to the next most critical item: banging out hoes.
Your conciousness is just a secondary addition to you as an organism. The same way you don't tell your heart to pump, you don't tell your body what to worry about. It tells YOU. And it wants to replicate.
the other day hadnt showered for 24h i scratched my asscrack and sniffed it, that smell was so human, so disgusting, it has turned me asexual and im on cycle which is strange
if you wanna forget about woman dont shower for 24h, scratch ur crack, sniff ur finger
100% guarantee
What is the most functional exercise?
For what? Theres more than one function in the world buddy.
>>41783235
sit ups
Probably running. Is walking considered an exercise?
>taking advice from someone who looks like this
>>41782912
>>41782912
>training for over 10y and focusing a major part of your life in lifting weights and fitness and looking like this
I will never understand this.
He also struggles to deadlift 300kg now.
>taking advice from someone who looks like this
>>41782933
fucking balding old manlet, only a retard would listen to him
Quick question: for an upper body routine this is fairly complete and OK, in terms of exercises, isn't it?
A:
Chin-ups
OHP
Bench Press
Dumbbell Pullovers
Bent-over Rows
B:
Chin-ups
Front Raise
Bent-over Lateral Raises
Dumbbell Flyes
Dumbbell Pullovers
ACxBCx
(C: lower body)
>>41782869
you should change the order a bit, so that the muscles get a break before next exercise. That way you will be able to use them to the full potential.
A:
OHP
Chin-ups
Bench Press
Bent-over Rows
Dumbbell Pullovers
Like this.
and lifts like DB pullover is pretty much useless. Due to the short amount of ROM where the muscles are actually used.
Front raises are not really a needed exercise as you already got OHP and bench.
Another tip would be to do OHP and bench on different days. That way they wont affect eachother, and you can simply add chest isolation to OHP day as OHP sucks for chest development.
>>41782906
Thanks for the answer, bro. Will follow it.
I do need the DB pullover, though: I do different martial arts and I need to work those triceps for all the added explosive power/strength in my punches.
>>41782906
So if i were to make an upper body routine it would be like this:
A
OHP
Chin-ups
Chest isolation
Bent-over Rows
B
Chin-ups
Bench press
Bent-over Lateral Raises
Chest isolation or Curls
Shoulder isolation
What exercise you do first depends on what you want. If you want to get good at chins then start with that, if you want to be good at bench press or OHP. Then start with that.
If you feel its too little then simply do more sets.
Its also wise to add bicep isolation to one of the workouts.
How does /fit/ like to prepare its oats?
>Pour in bowl
>Pour water in until it's covering the oats
>Add dates and banana.
i cannot get in to oats with water so i usually squeeze a small bit of honey on some oats in a mug and give it a mix and eat it dry. it tastes kinda like flapjack it's nice
>>41782656
-pour in bowl
-pour in water/milk
-eat
If you're a fussy eater then how can you ever make it?
So Im going for a long bulk, my cut ends at
2500kcal, 170g protein/67g fats/285g carbs
I aim to gain shit ton of weight, ended at 93.5kg
I do powermeming and at 6'4 im skinny at 205-212 lbs. What should my macros be including that ~200 protein works bad for me (skin start itching) and I need to eat shit of ton of carbs beacuse strenght not aesthethics are goal
>>41782621
Eat big to to get big
Id like to start at
3000kcal
170/83/390
add 50kcal each week
opinions
>>41782687
If you cut at 2500 and bulk at 3000 what is your TDEE? I prefer bulking with at least 400 cal surplus. I would definitely increase protein intake if you are truly trying to gain strength.
What are your long term fitness goals?
What are your short term fitness goals?
How close are you to both?
>>41782617
Long term, I want to be one of those people who someone exlaims "Holy shit he's 70!? He doesn't look over 50"
Short term, I just want to get a bit leaner.
I couldn't really say how close I am to the long term goal because I might die of some shitty cancer or some shit before I get there. Or I might just not have the genetics for aging well.
Short term, yeah pretty close, I'm about 12-13% now so a few weeks of strict cutting should do it.
Short term is otter mode body
Long term is THICC bear mode
I'm about 6 months away from true otter mode and after that I'll bulk/cut cycle up until I'm a good weight to maintain bear mode which will probably take me about 2-3 years if I don't fuck around
I want to be muscular enough to where my 9/10 body and ~7/10 face will be enough to justify my lack of social skills as "cute quirkiness" rather than "autismal discomfort for everybody involved"
Stop doing brosplits
Nah
Last time I did SS, my bodyfat went up and cutting was gave subpar results
>>41782608
Really?
I'd been doing a PPL for like 3 years and look absolutely DYEL. I look better than when I started, but we're talking going from hungry skeleton to "normal" looking. I graduated to "before picture" mode. It's embarrassing.
Splits are all about volume and you can't achieve significant volume without lifting significant weight. So, I decided to hop on the SS express to get some linear progression under my belt before returning to a split with increased strength.
Is that really a bad idea? I don't see how it can be. If just eating at 300+ calorie surplus and doing a split was effective for a beginner, I'd look jacked by now. Instead, it was a piss poor way to achieve strength gains, which means my "hypertrophy range" training has been at babby weights, resulting in almost no hypertrophy at all. There has to be another way.
>>41782608
>>41782648
Both are true. Fucking around with brosplits and aimless PPLs won't get you anywhere, and neither will doing 3 sets squats, 3 sets bench and calling it a day.
How do I achieve this legs? I'm a man.
i wanna cum on that thick core
>t. bigger delts than me
>>41782434
have you tried lifting things up for the purpose of putting them down?
/fit/ was a fucking lie. 180g of protein every day, eating till I feel sick, every fucking day. Cant even stand the sight of food anymore. Gym 3x a week, missed less than 10 days per year. Follow SL5x5 to the letter, and what do I get?
Lifts stall out of nowhere, must have deloaded a hundred times by now. Every step forward is accompanied by two steps back. Over 2 hellish years, can barely bench 5x5 above 1pl8, stuck at same plateaus I was at 10 months ago, except now I have a million nagging injuries to go with them. I look like a formless, shitfaced blob. Random asshats that play a sport once a week walk into the gym with 5x more definition and make 10x more gains in a couple of months doing a random ass programming and ignoring their diet.
It's genetics you fucking faggots. Everyone here that "made it" is just an example of survivorship bias. "Calories in, calories out", "just put in the work" - what a load of shit. They forgot to mention crap like testosterone levels are determined genetically, and if you aren't lucky enough to be born with the right shit you'll never get anywhere. What a fucking farce.
Kek
>fell for the ss meme
Do a brosplit, bro
>being on a beginner routine for more than six months
cucked by yourself lmao
no booze faggot
I'm only late twenties but my hairline started receding a bit and it has made me feel like an old man and sent me into a depression. Best ways to start feeling young again?
>Went bald at eighteen
>Started shaving my head with a razor
>Stopped giving a fuck what people think
>My life improved dramatically.
I started receeding at 19. Hardern the fuck up
By not being a gigantic pussy who gets all bloobloobloo about their hair.
t. 24 and been balding since I was 21
Get over it.
Favorite lift and why:
Mine is Standing Overhead BB press, because you look alpha as fuck while doing it
>>41782257
>Standing Overhead BB press
it's called the press, buddy
Plank
>>41782287
fuck off
Any good books on fitness/life in general? I have some leisure time throughout my day and I want to spend that time on leaning more.
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea is a great intro to Mishima who was an interesting rabbithole for me.
i hate books
they never helped me
>Through our bodies flood the energies of the universe, out of the infinite into the infinite.
>Our demon is struggling, and he is struggling in pain and hardship. We must suffer with him to share victory with him.
>Every dwindling end has always been followed by a vigorous new beginning.