-there is substantive difference in the ability to build muscle mass between someone on the lower normal test levels and higher (i.e. 250ng/dl compared to 850 ng/dl)

-Tiring out your CNS is a thing and worse for gains over the short and long term

-high volume, lower weight is notably better than low volume, high weight for hypertrophy (not only 'marginally' better)

-Caffeine is the only required ingredient for preworkout.

LOL it's a good thing all of these are just opinions.

this! I like the meathead hardcore aspect of lifting, and the intensity and cult like environment of hardcore gyms.

compound work is all you need

Bikini competitors are just sl00ts using the bikini division as an excuse to be wh0res.

Barbell > dumbbells for damn near everything

95% of the people quarter squating though, are doing it because the weight is too much, not for the actual vertical improvements. the 5% who are purposely quarter squatting... youll know they are.

mine: if you are 20% BF, youre fat and should cut.

arching your back so that the bar barely moves when benching, isnt a real rep. idc what powerlifting fed rules are about butt on bench making it legal, its cringeworthy

what does that even mean? if you have a large waist, it will still be large if you use barbells or dumbbells. its not like a person will go from 30" to 35" because of barbells.

Barbell squats are fun

Coffee is the best preworkout

Weight management isnt as simple as calories in and calories out

Stefi Cohen is a hack, her gear usage makes her lift big weights.

She's Dana Lynn Bailey 2.0

"You can work SOME muscles with 1x/week frequency, and still see results" ......Listen, I have to protect my joints at some point....

Trap bar DL > regular DL
Front squat > regular squat
DB Presses > bench
Doing what you enjoy > what rando ******* youtubers tell you to do
Semen > whey protein

This has gotta be bait. . .

Doing yoga isn't gay and can actually be beneficial.

Oh dang! I thought it made me cool.Agree with these.Well to be fair, the majority of reason for my food prep is convenience. I have much more free time on weekends then I do work nights. Def don't want to be out of house 10 hours and then come home and cook. I do weight and measure my week day food for the simple fact that I need to make sure of how many cals I'm eating. I don't have anyone to prepare my meals and give me calorie counts for them but myself.

genetics are more important than PEDS

I actually make more gains hitting muscle groups once per week, so I agree entirely. If you look at the research, the difference in gains between once per week and 2/3x per week is actually relatively marginal. I'd go so far as to say that if you train with high intensity/volume and have a certain genetic makeup, you might actually be better off with a traditional bro-split.

Dreamer bulks are an excuse to be a fat Kunt...
Pullups are overrated as fuk, I feel 100x better contractions on the pull down or assisted pullup.

Brosplitter checking in. You're not hitting muscles once a week, on chest day you're indirectly hitting tri's, delts & lats, on back day Bi's, rear delts & traps. You're just focusing on one group a day, to think nothing else is getting worked that day is laughable.

1. I think absolute muscle strength and endurance are equally important. As for crossfit, I think it's complete horse chit - all it does is convince gullible dumbassses that they're 5x stronger than they are in reality via blatant cheat repping counted like it's the real deal. It also encourages novices to perform complex Olympic lifts fast as hell (literally) when they actually require practice and patience to learn properly, risking injury purely for the sake of ego lifting and cheat repping.

2 & 3. - agreed.

4. Sorry, but the acthal science behind fitness simply disagrees witb you on this one. Obviously, doing both lifting and cardio would be ideal. But if picking between either in terms of overall health benefits, it's resistance training/lifting all the way. Even doctors/counselors for medical level weight loss classes for morbidly obese people encourage them to get into lifting due to the various benefits, which include cardiovasuclar health ones when done right.

5. I don't think people took issue with the idea that the old extreme workout gimmick programs like P90X and Insanity would work. Clearly, if you actually followed them to a T, they'd probably deliver all the promises they claimed they woukd yield, as they were some hardcore fkn programs that cut out all the stops of working out. The real issue was that 99% of people wouldn't be able to sustain such a program regardless of whether or not they initially succeeeded with it, and they end up becoming out of shape lard asss couch potatos again rather than learning balance and real lifestyle changes. The programs may have been great for people who already had a firm grasp of athletics and history in them somehow, but they were chit for fatties looking for quick fixes to their fatness.

6. I tend to agree, however I think that if you lift properly, your neck will get plenty of benefits from your other lifts that naturally work it without directly doing neck lift workouts. Most people aren't nearly advanced enough to try neck specific lifts, and they're hard as chit on you regardless. Most people are much better off just learning to lift properly in general and letting their necks grow from the countless lifts it's an accessory to, unless maybe they're trying to be competative fighters and want as much muscle on the neck as possible to take punches.

7. Absolutely agreed. That arrogant meathead behavior gives lifters a bad rap in general.

You can train, look good, and be in amazing health without ever setting foot in a gym or paying for supplements.

Yoga is the #1 thing you can do.

powerlifting/lifting heavy is huge cope and you'll be regretting it down the road.

Don't need more than 100g of protein a day unless your on a bicycle

Calories in vs calories out is total bullchit. Positive nitrogen balance is all that needs to be achieved.

The big 3 are useless if you're not competing

Only train to get a V-Taper crew

10 sets of Lat Pulldowns grows your lats like crazy

Volume > weight for muscle growth

If you're serious about lifting you'll reach your genetic peak in just 3-4 years (unless you started as a teen of course). After that you may make TINY changes over the course of years but honestly nothing really noticeable.

Cliffs: After a few years of consistent, hard training, the rest of your time will just be maintaining muscle size and maybe losing fat.

Edit: post is for natty brahs under the assumption they're eating the optimal diet for gains.

Yates wasn't a big squatter. Think he did mostly hack squats

It’s one of my favorites how mad people get over her stuff. She’s awesome and to watch the rage some boys have is fun.One person? Lol a guy name Tom Platts might think differently. Dorian also trained 3 days a week of some sh!t...he was a different animal. Which brings the point, do what works for you.