Stop lifting heavy. Stop squatting. Stop deadlifting. Stop lifting 6 days per week.
This is my advice to all of you who's goal is to simply look good, or "aesthetic.
The cost to benefit ratio of doing these things is simply not worth it for the average natural lifter.
You can achieve the body you want without all of these things.
Why do you lift heavy if you're not a power-lifter? Why do you squat or dead-lift if you're not a power-lifter or a strength athlete? There are MUCH safer alternatives that will provide just as much, if not better resulsts.
Too often I see people injure themselves, I personally know a lot of people who have phucked up their backs and other areas by trying to lift heavy.
Look at the vast majority of power lifters later on in life, you'll notice the vast majority of them , easily 90% , have phucked up bodies from their earlier years. At least it makes sense why they lifted heavy, they did it for their sport. Why would the average person try to emulate them when they don't compete in any power lifting meets?? When their only goal is to gain muscle?
There's thousands of examples here on the misc where people have injured themselves for the rest of their lives because they squatted or dead-lifted heavy, or just lifted heavy in general.
Let me tell you why this is a bad idea. First of all, you're lifting 6 days in a row. Even if you put a rest day after legs, that's still 3 days in a row, which is too much. Most people do well by lifting 1 day on, 1 day off, or at the most, 2 days on, 1 day off.
Furthermore, you're working your shoulder girdle 6 times per week. Your forearms and various other tendons, 6 times per week. Each time with more and more weight as you attempt to progressively overload.
This is why I don't do powerlifting or even attempt to deadlift. Enjoy your fucked up back
>>36213457
i didnt read any of that but i know id like to shove my weiner in that gals face
bcus it gets you da pussay
Currently at 5'9 will be between 6'0 and 6'1 post surgery. Age 21.
Should I do it /fit/?
>>36212976
>tfw 6'6
Normal humans have a 1:1 head/torso to leg ratio. Extending your limbs will make you look like an alien sleeper agent from Xcom.
Manlets, when will they learn.
>>36212976
What the fuck?
How does that even work?
Which would be heavier, a power lifter who doesn't body build, or a bodybuilder who doesn't lift for strength at all? both are same body fat and height and have reached their genetic limit
>>36212752
Why do you care? You're always going to be a DYEL manlet anyway.
>>36212752
#BlackPeopleProblems
>The picture, not op's stupid question.
What is the better beginning program? And is starting from the bar on 5x5 helpful or should a beginner skip that?
>>36212701
SL imo, in the long run. I still think you should add chinups on B, only squat on A and do more than 1x5 for deadlifts. And yeah, skip that bar only bs, but start conservatively.
>>36212701
I think powercleans are useless unless youre an athlete so don't like SS, if I were a beginner again id probably do something more like ICF because I think you have the capacity to recover from more accessory work.
>>36212714
And say I wanted accelerated biceps/triceps growth, what could I add in to help?
Okay /fit/ i've got serious problem. I cannot stop smoking weed, it's been about 5 years right now when im "in" this shit. Im smoking about 3 times per week, and now after this time i can see that this is road to nowhere. Because of mj i have eating disorder (eating like hippo while night, it just destroy my cutting) my memory is just autistic, i cannot do things properly how i want.
I have to quit, immediately, that's why im asking you folks: have you got some protips for me, your experience behind leaving that addiction? Thanks bros.
>>36212447
Just stop smoking you weak willed bitch.
OP have you thought about checking out Narcotics Anonymous? Addiction is a disease that takes over your life and usually you need an outside factor to overcome the hellhole of an addiction.
>>36212447
Hey man I smoked weed everyday for a couple of years and then semi regularly for a few more years while trying to quit. Unfortunately I haven't got much in way of tips. You just really have to want to quit.
Just keep quitting. Relapse and quit again. Just don't give up.
what to do? ---> bigger chest, also loose weight
went to gym ---> owned by the local drug dealer and it's full with his nignogs. dont go there anymore
calisthenics ---> got stronger, but not bigger and was not able to loose weight only from my upper body
what to do?????????
check yout estrogen to testosterone ratio
how?
>>36212058
>>36212178
Go to your doctor and say you have low libido, or whatever, and you want to check you test level.
If you have abnormaly low, you can then check for klinefelter's.
/fit/, I have a dilemma. I am a 5'7 manlet that is currently 130 pounds. I used to be 150 lb, but I had a significantly higher body fat, but i cut down 20 pounds in ~9 months.
Now my body fat isn't as low as I would like, and I still look relatively thick in the waist. If i cut anymore, i will become skelly even though I have chicken legs. What the fuck do i do? Cutting is making me look annorexic in clothing at this point, and I still want to drop to 10% body fat
I would say go on a mini bulk for about 2 months. Add as much muscle as you can, then cut down for a month. Overall I would suggest to cut fully then to bulk, but you don't want to.
>those lat insertions
I'm so sorry that you were cursed with those genetics.
>reads post
>I am a 5'7 manlet
Oh it gets worse.
>cut or bulk thread
And you're also retarded? Damn, OP, I'm very sorry.
>>36211406
that is some fucking gyno right there
Help me /fit/, put the fight back in me.
>got real depressed
>stopped eating
>lost 20+ pounds over 3 months
>hated myself
>near engulfing depression
Now I'm coming back, give me some motivational videos or whatever to put the fire back in me. Currently sipping on 2kcal mass gainer.
MOTIVATIONAL THREAD
Who is this guy? He's got the type of face you just wanna punch
>>36211369
no clue, saved it cause TOP KEK
>>36211360
Obligatory post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnu2Z0nrdxE
I'm 18 and I'm just 5'11
Do I end it?
>>36211016
yes
you're overly insecure so might as well kill yourself instead of doing something about it
>>36211016
Unless youre in Netherlands dick size matters more
yes
livestream your suicide
what mode is this?
shredded small bug mode
lying roid-monkey mode
You will look like this if you are dedicated and count macros mode :^)
I'm trying to abstain from masturbation to keep muh test, but it's really stressing me out. No-fappers, how do you cope?
getting laid
>>36210724
right when you get the urge, literally get up from your chair and do 20 pushups
I can GARENTEE that the urge will go away after 20 pushups
literally do this everytime you want to fap. you increase test, make gains and improve willpower all at the same time
>>36210734
FUUU---
Anyone here attend Swinburne? Please tell me there's at least one other /fit/izen on campus
Hell yeah - only just starting to lift though. Not going to find too many more /fit/izens since Hawthorn is 90% hipster DYEL's.
I used to go, but I dropped out 2 years ago when I realised I was wasting my time
I am , but not on campus. Doing my shit online.
> Anyone else addicted to that post-workout endorphin release?
> Or the capacity to sleep through the night after breaking your max?
> Maybe even to the looks you've been getting recently?
Rest days leave me feeling stagnant and sluggish, /fit/. If anyone has any wisdom on how to mitigate or upright abolish the need for a full rest day, that would be amazing.
Also QTDDTOT thread if it suits y'all.
>>36209339
practice meditation
I was on your boat too OP. I decided to just lift 7 days a week and im still progressing.
>>36209366
Vinyasa yoga? Hatha? Or just the basic kind? I used to all the time, but I've fallen from that graceful period.
Gym headwear thread?
>>36208725
If you wear a hat indoors you're a tremendous faggot.
Or balding.
But still a faggot.
>>36208725
if you nonironically wear a snapback in the gym (or indoors for that matter) you're either under the age of 18 or you like to kiss boys.
How do you be alpha? I've been a beta my whole life. I hate beating people in games because it makes me feel bad, I let other people bully me around because it makes their lives easier. I don't even enjoy playing video games unless it's a multiplayer game and it's neck and neck until the very end.
I've basically made myself a punching bag because the only goal I've ever had is to make as many people happy as possible, at my own expense.
How do I get out of this mentality?
Be an asshole. Like seriously. Just be pissed off and tell others to fuck off. Anytime some cunt asks something tell him to piss off. Even if they seem nice about it. Realize they just using you because you're a manipulative bitch.
>>36208205
I try to bring myself to do that. I don't know why I can't. I try to be mad at people, and not just thing I read online and stupid bullshit like that, and I can't do it, not to their face.
I don't understand how to be an asshole. Help me.
>>36208163
Become selfish. You dont even have to be an asshole like this fucking idiot >>36208205
says. You are the only thing that matters. Do whatever the fuck you REALLY and ACTUALLY want to do, not what you think others would want you to do. Dont give a fuck about anything but yourself