>most dudes I see lifting heavy are usually a bit chunky around the middle
yeah and if they would eat exactly the same and do a hypertrophy routine they would also have chunk around the middle. the reason why you see those people is because all they care about is lifting heavy not because their routine makes them that way.
MAYBE a guy doing 8-12 reps would be a bit bigger musclewise but honestly for a natty I doubt there would be any noticable difference and progressing in strength is way easier to program and measure.
I am a strong believer in getting strong as fuck in the main compound movements and adding accessories in the 8-12 rep range. Also no powerlifter only works in the 1-5 rep range almost all programs will have you do volume days with 8-12 reps.
Thomas Cruz
>>Not training power with Oly lifts
Christopher Peterson
They create the frame, and are aesthetic in their own right
Nathan Walker
>training at all
Hudson Robinson
>and are aesthetic in their own right Only if you're face down ass up getting pounded out by someone bigger than you.
Julian Jackson
>I am a strong believer in getting strong as fuck in the main compound movements and adding accessories in the 8-12 rep range.
This is exactly what everyone should be doing
Nolan Hernandez
Why not both. Ive gotten both strength and aesthetic gains from starting my workouts with strength based training and then always finish with some bodybuilding style hypertrophy. Like an example would heavy deads, some medium squats then move on to bb style shit and hit like neck, delts, biceps or someshit
Austin Wood
Or just when someone looks at you
Carter Long
The guy in the pic looks like shit, IDK why people take this as strength = aesthetics, honestly I would take it as proof you can't do a 5X5 and look like you lift
