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Post by sridca »

mindgam3 wrote: post #124
sridca wrote: post #122

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Add in 48 hr fasting every week for added progress.

You've got to be kidding me. Fasting for two days + frequent strength workouts sounds like a 100% guaranteed recipe for catastrophically low blood sugar levels. I get hangry and stupid if I don't eat for a few hours.

I'm not.

To achieve hypertrophy and strength what is needed at minimum is a sensible program combined with over-time calorie surplus. 48 hour fasting is not gonna suddenly change all that.

If anything fasting increases growth hormones. In my experience it actually improves my performance (probably due to HGH increase and autophagy). Educate yourself on it instead of going by what "sounds like" or following conventional wisdom (such as "working to failure").

Re: Common Muscular Weaknesses

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Post by sridca »

sridca wrote: post #131
mindgam3 wrote: post #124

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You've got to be kidding me. Fasting for two days + frequent strength workouts sounds like a 100% guaranteed recipe for catastrophically low blood sugar levels. I get hangry and stupid if I don't eat for a few hours.

I'm not. To achieve hypertrophy and strength what is needed at minimum is a sensible program combined with over-time calorie surplus. 48 hour fasting is not gonna suddenly change all that. If anything fasting increases growth hormones. In my experience it actually improves my performance (probably due to HGH increase and autophagy). Educate yourself on it instead of going by what "sounds like" or following convention…

https://idmprogram.com/difference-calorie-restriction-fastin...

    Lean mass % increased by 2.2% with fasting and only 
    0.5% with CRaP. In other words, fasting is 4 times 
    better at preserving lean mass. So much of that old 
    ‘fasting burns the muscle’.

Re: Common Muscular Weaknesses

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Post by 01100011 »

toasterlovin wrote: post #121
screye wrote: post #61

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Athlean-X is terrific. He is a highly accomplished physiotherapist and his videos are a treasure trove of solutions to very specific problems. I have been following his video advice on fixing anterior pelvic tilt and lower back pain (a far too familiar problem for our types) and I can feel a tangible improvement on both fronts. As for alternatives to crunches, variations of planks building into hanging leg raises are…

If you have chronic low back pain, you should really try deadlifting 2x/week and adding 5lbs each workout. Might be life changing for you. It was for me.

Funny but it's true. Hell, my 3rd time deadlifting I had an appointment with my trainer and almost cancelled because of 3 different back issues which all flared up(scapular pain, mid back and a new lower back issue). I couldn't get in and out of a car without pain, but I wanted to see if things would resolve and I waited to the last minute to where I didn't want to cancel. I got to the gym and convinced myself that I could handle the movement. Put on a belt, tightened my core, and got through several sets, working my way to my PR at the time of 315. I fully expected to regret it the next day. Nope. Back felt great.

When I started doing bar squats I thought I found my favorite exercise. Then I deadlifted. I get excited thinking about them, which sounds kind of strange. The feeling I get after properly executing a heavy deadlift is... almost better than sex. My body seems to be built for the movement and moving that much weight just feels amazing. Nothing has worked my traps and hamstrings like DLs.

Re: Common Muscular Weaknesses

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Post by ubercow13 »

novok wrote: post #109
H1Supreme wrote: post #39

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> Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength I like this gist of his program, but as someone who did it years ago, there's a few things I'd change. First, remove cleans, and add barbell rows. Lots of people make this adjustment. I don't find the exercise to be beginner friendly. Second, deadlifts will be there own focused day almost immediately. Outside of one's probably first month, doing squats + bench + deadlift is nearly…

I would also find a replacement for deadlifts too. As great as they are, it's fairly difficult to find a place that would accept them. Most gyms don't like them because they create a lot of noise and possible structural damage if the weightlifting equipment is not on the ground floor.

Those sound like bad gyms. I have been to 10s of gyms in the UK and it's never been a problem. They are rarely on the ground floor and some even explained how to do deadlifts in the mandatory induction. Many gyms have platforms specifically for deadlift and sometimes proper Olympic weightlifting platforms and plates designed to be dropped from a height.

Re: Common Muscular Weaknesses

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Post by ohaideredevs »

mindgam3 wrote: post #91
ohaideredevs wrote: post #89

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Beastskills is a superior resource. CC is just a money-grabbing ploy, which is fine, but there is no reason to go with it. As far as adding weight not working for you - you are more likely not eating enough / not resting enough / don't have the right rep/set numbers, etc. The appeal of adding weight is that you can fully control progressive overload, as in, add tiny amounts of weight. Anyway, watch out for bicep tend…

Uh... if CC is a money grabbing ploy, they’re doing a terrible job of it. I have spent a total of 20 bucks for a book with a few years worth of training exercises. The ebook is available for free online with a minimal search. Same for CC 2. I’m down to hear specific critiques of CC, but accusing them of ripping people off is absurd. Everything else you say sounds reasonable. All the best on your journey, may the stro…

I re-read CC this weekend. I remembered why I hate it - some of the progressions are a total joke, either inefficient or straight up wrong. Specifically doing a crow stance before a wall handstand is just comical. Not only will it not carry over, but it's also harder, but the book lists it earlier in the progression. Not trying to bait you, just really didn't realize how right I was until I looked at it again. Oh and ty for mentioning CC2 - I didn't realize he was planning to write another book/it was out.

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Post by ryanmarsh »

Goronmon wrote: post #65
ryanmarsh wrote: post #17

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Meh, I've used that system. It's no better than a well trained physio. The problem is finding a physio that's worth a shit. I've dealt with serious injuries and complications (and recovered) over many years and I can tell you that most of the physios, chiros, trainers, and acupuncturists are no more useful than YouTube and some are even counter productive. My best advice is to just line up the physios and work your w…

The problem is finding a physio that's worth a shit. I've dealt with serious injuries and complications (and recovered) over many years and I can tell you that most of the physios, chiros, trainers, and acupuncturists are no more useful than YouTube and some are even counter productive. What I find interesting is that you'll hear similar types of comments from both people who know what they are doing and people who d…

Yes. They do. Results should be the measure.

Re: Common Muscular Weaknesses

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Post by craigzucchini »

djtriptych wrote: post #98
craigzucchini wrote: post #71

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While Yoga may be a great way to improve flexibility, among other physical benefits, prana is no more than a quack belief if I were to be generous. Unless you're thinking of something remotely testable/measurable/not rooted in a religious philosophy/not tied to breatharianism

It's a mistake to limit your own understanding the universe to what can be measured by science, while surrounded by perceivable phenomena that science can't explain. It's at the very least arrogant to reject wholesale the common experience of millions of practitioners over thousands of years. Yoga is not dogmatic. Try it and see for yourself. As for my specific claim, science has neither proven nor disproven the perc…

Again, I disagree. It's arrogant to say "Hey, X thing I believe in can cure you of Y disease because so many people think it can and you're just ignorant. Nevermind the fact that it's totally untestable or perferms equally to placebo, as long as you feel better it's working!". It's pretty not arrogant to say "Hey, you have a condition that science has at best a limited understanding of, but it might work based on the clinical trials and controlled studies that have been done. It's the best we have to go on, or you could pray."

I think you also mistake "understanding of the universe" for a perceived experience. Just because you did mushrooms at Shambala once doesn't give you a better understanding of anything except maybe why you made some stupid choices in the past.

Why would Yoga be dogmatic? It's exercise.

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Post by djtriptych »

craigzucchini wrote: post #138
djtriptych wrote: post #98

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It's a mistake to limit your own understanding the universe to what can be measured by science, while surrounded by perceivable phenomena that science can't explain. It's at the very least arrogant to reject wholesale the common experience of millions of practitioners over thousands of years. Yoga is not dogmatic. Try it and see for yourself. As for my specific claim, science has neither proven nor disproven the perc…

Again, I disagree. It's arrogant to say "Hey, X thing I believe in can cure you of Y disease because so many people think it can and you're just ignorant. Nevermind the fact that it's totally untestable or perferms equally to placebo, as long as you feel better it's working!". It's pretty not arrogant to say "Hey, you have a condition that science has at best a limited understanding of, but it might work based on the…

The tradition of yoga is far more than exercise. Many parts of it, including the exercise, deep breathing, and meditation, are indeed testable and outperform placebo.

Your concept of self is something that certainly happens but is largely outside the realm of science.

Doing mushrooms certainly might impart an understand of, at the very least, the experience of being high on mushrooms. Or perhaps which parts of your perception are merely the reflection of a specific neurochemical balance.

Re: Common Muscular Weaknesses

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Post by djtriptych »

unmole wrote: post #120
djtriptych wrote: post #98

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It's a mistake to limit your own understanding the universe to what can be measured by science, while surrounded by perceivable phenomena that science can't explain. It's at the very least arrogant to reject wholesale the common experience of millions of practitioners over thousands of years. Yoga is not dogmatic. Try it and see for yourself. As for my specific claim, science has neither proven nor disproven the perc…

Thousands of practitioners and millions of users also believe in the efficacy of Homeopathy. They are convinced that diluting a substance actually increases its potency! It's not very difficult to find examples of millions of people believing in nonsense. The Placebo effect is very real. Science hasn't disproven the existence of Invisible Pink Unicorns either. But I definitely would hold off on building unicorn cross…

Science has, on the other hand, often corroborated common wisdom arising from the yoga tradition.

It's up to you whether to trust the output of the generations before you. In my experience these traditions are rarely categorically wrong.

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