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Does it matter if I do sumo or conventional deadlifts? is it just preference? Im starting stronglifts 5x5 and was wondering

Conventional builds more strength, if you do Low bar squats you can get away with only Sumo if you're high bar squatting stick to conventional unless you're a literal short limbed manlet and your back is literally unable to be in good position for you to pull.

Is there any benefit to intermittent fasting if I'm not trying to lose weight?

Damn straight I worked last year as Resident doctor and we had 56 hours a week one of which was a 24 hour on-call it always fucked my training and I literally made no advancement in my training outside of taking my bench from 120kg to 130.

None whatsoever, IF is a tool used to have fatties stick to their diets since they can pig out on 1k+ calorie meals.

Hmm I see. How about keto? Using lipids for energy instead of carbs doesn't sound like a bad idea.

Same shit bro. Due to satiating properties of fat, tubbies can easily eat bacon cheese and other shit while still losing weight.
Also the stronger you get and when you want to cut you'll be really wanting carbs before your workouts.
If you struggle with nutrition stuff just read up stuff by Lyle Mcdonald and Jordan Feigbanhum (or however you spell his name) they quite unbiased and they actually know how to interpret studies.

It's comforting to know that all these weight loss diets lead down the same place

can i do overhead press and bench in the same workout?

Of course you can.
You probably won't be able to deliver max performance on both lifts due to fatigue, but that's not necessarily a problem.

Some guys like to alternate which lift they perform first from session to session.

Sup guys. Running question here. Just finished my first half marathon race (1h41, I'm pretty proud of myself). I was running about 26 miles a week for the last 5 weeks. I'd like to reduce my cardio to about 3 hours a week, but without loosing my running gains too much. I might end up running other smaller races during the year, or even a full marathon next year. What short of cardio should I do to keep it light-ish but not really loose it ? I'm also running GSLP on a slight 200~300 Kcal bulk. Thanks!

Yes working nights shreds your hormones and shit. You can still do it.

t. army dude

>having fever and a sore throat
>it's almost 930pm
>gotta get 1.5k calories down my throat

what the fuck do i do guys

Found out my hair is thinning rapidly at 24. I have considered propecia and rogaine, but honestly I feel like my quality of life would be better if I just manned up and shaved my head. However, I will look like an ugly frog man chemo patient and I'm not sure I can reconcile this with how I viewed my life as a 20-something to be. Any advice from people who have gone through something similar at a relatively young age? This is really stressing me the fuck out.

How is BCAA different to just protein?

When I use my pelvic floor muscles to prevent ejaculation, where does the semen go? I certainly feel like I would've ejaculated if I didn't use them, so there must've been cum in my dick, is this that nasty "backflow in to your bladder" shit that I've heard about?

After I finished doing overhead presses last workout I felt a weird pain around my mid back to one side
Is that mostly due to shit form or what?
Also is it normal to progress slowly doing overhead press

I like front squats much better than back squats.

Can I get away with just doing front squats (and no back squats) as long as I'm deadlifting every other workout, and incorporating other low back/pulling exercises like power clean and hang clean?

I think it means you used your traps to assist too much, I've had it before, it fucking sucks.

And yes, OHP is very slow progression.

How much should I be playing for vitamin D?

So is my form slightly off then or am I just too weak for my current weight?

Dude, my ex has had 3 lovers before me...
2 were serious, one was a highschool crush she ran into as an adult....

How to overcome my cuckoldry ?

Of course lad.

One is caused by the other.

Deload & work back up with a focus on correct form.

Uhh you fucking move on you Lowly cuck

Is the Nuckols 3 x intermediate bench program good? I just finished the first week and it felt easy because I used a slightly lower 1rm. It seems like the weight ramps up quite a lot on the 3rd and 4th week and it just doesn't seem likely that I will be able to hit the reps I am supposed to. So has anyone tried it and what kind of results have you gotten from it?

You may want to continue back squatting, but as assistance for your front squat rather than as a primary lift. Your front squat is often limited by your upper back, not by your legs or lower back.
So if you choose front squat as your measurement of progression, use back squats, ideally high bar, as a volume driver for the main movers of the front squat

How to lurk archive while desuarchive has no such function (search is down again)? I need to find a specific post and am NOT going to manually browse about 237 threads from the related timeframe.

Protein is a wide term used to describe amino acid containing molecules. BCAA refers to 3 specific amino acids. EAA refers to around 20 amino acids that include BCAA ones.

In short, you get multiple different amino acids from eating protein. Which ones you get depends on the type of protein you eat. Protein synthesis requires multiple different amino acids in different amounts. Traditionally, BCAA are considered the most limiting when it comes to protein synthesis and thus people interested in building muscle supplement it.

Whether or not it is worth to supplement is a bit of a gray area depending on your financial situation, how advanced you are, how long your training sessions are, diet and meal frequency among other things.

On texas method can you do deadlift 1xf instead of 1x5 for the first few weeks? The weight I'm using now feels relatively light and I feel like can do a lot more than 5.

Do I have to touch chest on bench. Half an inch up and I'm done but I feel pain in my shoulder if it touches.

Not touching shouldn't be a problem as long as you're not a competing power lifter or anything. You might want to work on it with lower weights though to find out if it's a mobility or form issue and proceed from there accordingly.

To add, it's basically never worth taking risks with shoulder pain. Fuck up your shoulder and most of your lifts are on pause.

>The weight I'm using now feels relatively light and I feel like can do a lot more than 5.

so increase the weight?

I think it's mobility which I'm going to work on but in the meantime I still want to improve my bench.

I was lean and defined a week ago, but for a few days now I've been very bloated. I have a ton of water weight, like a whole 1-inch layer everywhere. It's like I've just eaten a shit ton of salt or gained 10 lbs.

I haven't changed any habits, I haven't been eating more food, everything in my life has been the same. What could be causing this?

I don't understand girls at all. I thought this girl wanted to get with me, but I don't even know what to think

>be me
>hit it off with this girl i meet from club
>she tells me she wants to hang out more often
>texts me one night that her roommate isn't there and to come over and hang out and drink and shit
>sleep through that text
>last weekend asks me if i had any good plans, but I just ignore because I had shit to do
>see her this monday
>tells me she's really glad she's met me and how it's start of beautiful friendship
>asks again if i have any good plans this weekend
>tell her not yet and she tells me "don't know what we're going to do this weekend, but need to hang out"
>she suggests to get my friends to throw a party
>throw party
>says she'll come
>doesn't show up

honestly, i'm pretty baffled anons. Does this make any sense to you guys? Is there anyway to proceed or should I just cut it with this chick?

Other than watching my caloric intake, what else should I watch while trying to lose fat? Any specific macros?

so some say but you cant change your dick much sorry.
cant really tell but there are some online sites that have manual labor caloreis burned you can estimate that.
the big deal of IF is sugar level resetting and autophagy.
soup.
rogaine and propecia have to be used forever or you will lose your hair again. they also work by blocking test which can give you breasts as well as mess up hormones. im starting to bald at my scalp and ive accepted only two options are exspensive hair transplant when im rich or shaving it until then.
it goes back to testes. it isnt always good as semen is organic and contains bacteria. can lead to infection, thats why you have to pee after ejaculation as the pee flushes out the tubes for safety.
find a virgin.

Sounds like she has autism user

Does water fasting actually tighten up loose skin? Results?

Is it safe to stretch an injury to rehab it if there is a mild dull pain?

No. It manipulates your water retention through carbohydrate restriction. If you have elastic skin, it can make you look less puffy, which will have a similar effect. If you don't have elastic skin, your skill will get saggier.

As far as I know, nothing will improve skin elasticity, though you can kind of fake it with moisturizer and makeup, and keep from losing it by not smoking or going out in the sun so much.

You're probably fine. Though stretching isn't brilliant for rehab. Better to just work with good form in the pain-free ROM you have so you don't accidentally compensate and create bad movement habits.

Adequate protein (0.7 - 1.2 g per kg lean mass) to avoid muscle catabolism. Keto tends to improve lean mass retention since ketosis is protein-sparing. If you start to feel lightheaded when you stand up (postural hypotension), you probably need more salt, not more calories.

You're secretly a girl and are in that part of your monthly cycle where you gain water weight.

Or your sick.

Or you're full of shit about "haven't changed anything."

A good intermediate program would not focus on one exercise. That's specialist shit, which is beyond advanced level or maybe even beyond expert level.

As little as possible.

thats why there are 28 of them you can combine

I forgot to mention that I'm doing it on top of Texas Method. So I replaced the benching portion of TM with Nuckols.

I've been eating a handful of peanuts when I'm hungry, usually just after a workout. I'm sure this is far from the best choice. Would I be better off with sunflower seeds/sultanas/almonds or something similar?

Reposting this from my thread on /wsr/, asking for advice.

I started working out with bodyweight exercises and it's going pretty well so far but there is one lil thing I'm worried about.

I'm /skeletonmode/ and don't want to become muscly and so on but rather slim and slick.
How do I best prevent becoming a beefcake?

Stay with bodyweight? I know barely anything about fitness and follow the program of some app I found.

Why?

Adequate protein + adequate kcals. Pretty much everything else is irrelevant.

Not directly workout related. I burned my hand with some hot oil and the worst of the burn is about an inch away from my thumb. When I curl my thumb back I get this weird sensation as if its broken or sprained

Don't take steroids.

If gaining muscular weight were easy, we wouldn't have need for these kinds of forums.

In any case, weight is weight. It doesn't matter if you're lifting your own ass or a barbell. Though a barbell is a lot easier to adjust the load with.

Still have sensation? Don't worry about it. It's healing. Feels numb and you didn't put anything on it? See a doctor immediately as the skin is already dead.

HIIT 1-2x a week
Long LISS run 1x a week

I put burn cream on it right after to stop it from producing skin boils. It obviously hurts a little when I move my thump to much cause I'm stretching the burn but when its a different feeling when I curl my thumb. Makes it uncomfortable to grip things. Not numb tho. Just wanted to know if thats normal

Been working out for 8 months now, pretty happy with strength gains but I want to get larger, thinking of buying impact weight gainer on my protein, can anyone recommend a better weight gaining protein? (preferably shippable to the uk)

It's normal. The burn just doesn't want to stretch right now. You'll be fine.

Anyone here ever used the madcow program? I don't really get the differences in the program described here
stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/
It's way less exercises and reps (as far as I can see) than as described in the original one
stronglifts.com/madcow/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm
what gives? is the first one bullshit?

Should I focus on strenght training or muscle building when starting out? I was thinking of focusing on muscle building for about 6 weeks and then doing strenght training for 4, repeat. Is that acceptable?

You only need about 1.2 g protein per kg lean mass. And you'll only gain about 2 lbs of muscle a month unless you use steroids.

If you're on a bulk, just eating enough real food (i.e. not junk food like crisps and candy and biscuits) will get you enough protein. If you want to use a weight gainer, whatever you like the taste of is fine.

There are lots of variations to the Starr/Madcow 5x5. It's a Heavy, Medium, Light program where you ramp up to a single heavy set of five. The H, L, and M days can be lighter weights on your exercises or exercises your weaker on like OHP instead of bench. Plus accessory lifts.

Focus on learning the big lifts, going to the gym consistently, getting enough kcals and protein in your diet, and getting good sleep.

Ah ok, so all I could really do by getting weight gainer would just be putting on superficial weight and not more muscle? (assuming I'm eating enough protein in a balanced diet)

Will do, though what I'm wondering about is:
Should I:
>Focus on lifting as heavy as possible in numbers
or
>Lifting as heavy as possible, but deloading between sets and ignoring numbers, just doing the most I can right now?

Like right now I can bench my bodyweight 5x5 times, should I do that with with longer rest periods, or should I do something like deloading those 5x5 but lowering rest?

Just that I understand this correctly, according to this
stronglifts.com/madcow/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm
Monday would be the heavy day, Wednesday the light day and friday the medium day?
Monday all out, Wednesday give muscles easier load to relax (so 4 sets of 5 reps like on monday just without the heaviest one) and friday is going medium on the same exercies like monday?

It can help you get enough kcals and protein. If you're already eating enough to gain muscle, eating more will just make you fat.

If you like the way it tastes or it lets you get enough calories and protein, there's nothing inherently wrong with using a weight gainer.

Dude just go to a gym and eat big but healthy you will find its pretty hard to become bulky. Bodyweight will just keeput you at skelly mode

Just pick a reputable beginner program like Starting Strength or Stronglifts and do that for a few months.

Really, you can't get strong without getting big or big without getting strong. There are subtle differences to different training styles, but you shouldn't be worrying about them at the beginner stage.

Yes, exactly.

In the second link, the heavy, light, and medium days are achieved by changing exercises. In the first, they're achieved by changing the weight on the bar and the rep scheme.

Mark Rippetoe's book Practical Programming goes into a lot of very understandable detail about how to work with that program and a number of other intermediate and advanced programs.

Man up and grow a skullet

Get a set of clippers and shave it really close like pic related.

Or stop giving a fuck. "Yeah I'm going bald. So what?"

>Yes, exactly.
Thanks for clearing that up, don't want to fuck up madcow starting tomorrow. Gn8.

Whenever I do an incline bench press, push up, I quickly develop quite a pain in my left shoulder. It feels like it originates from between my trap and my collarbone/under my collarbone. It also makes my neck stiff and turning my head to the right is painful.

I have not done anything to pull or damage my shoulder recently. The same happened a few months ago, and I have avoided incline press and push ups since. It does not happen when I do other lifts, like normal bench or overhead press, so I think it must be something to do with that particular movement.

Any ideas, Veeky Forums? I am going to see a doctor about it soon.

Sounds like you ganked a scalene muscle on that side. Poke around the side of your neck with a knuckle and firm pressure searching for painful spots. It will feel *really weird* at first, but as long as you don't feel a pulse, you'll be fine.

williamge.github.io/Intermediate5x5/

calculator for the (classic) program

Lose weight
>Dem sick facial aesthetic gains

Grow a beard which is well groomed and follows your facial structure.
Cut your hair short, keep it that way, ideally the sides shorter than the top.

Finally... LIFT

I'm a retarded motherfucker and I binged for a week, no excercise too cause of some doc appointments which required no muscle strain.

How do I undo the mistakes of last week whilst not ruining my gains. Do I just have to wait for a few months before an actual cut, having that additional fat, or should I lift at maintenance for example? I'm a complete novice. (2 weeks at the gym so far)

Just continue your cut and gym going and ignore the last week as a mishap.
Also remove the binging mentality e.g you were weak and ate 1 cookie that doesn't mean you should go "oh well fuck it" and eat the whole pack and then slam in some KFC in there.

That's helpful, thanks.

Shit happens. Don't worry about it. Just get back in the gym.

Recently started throwing in 10-15 min. of HITT type cardio at the end of my workouts, do you guys have any cardio routines? Currently trying to lean bulk, although cardio seems counterintuitive i simply do it to make sure I don’t get to into a bulk and I simply enjoy running. Will this affect my musculature? Have been lifting for 5 months currently at 148 pounds at 5’9.

Is doing weighs on a cut a good idea for someone who's just started lifting?

Im at 23% bodyfat and want to cut to about 12% before bulking up, is cardio the best way or weights since Im going to be weightlifting anyway so should I just get a head started and enjoy nogains for a while?

I'm going to be broke as shit for a couple of months, will I be able to survive while basically only eating rice, red lentils, carrots, peas, cucumbers and sweet corn? Is there anything else I should add? Should I take vitamin supplements as well?

I do 10 x 10 KB swings every day. One arm, hard style, 32 kg.

Do what you enjoy. Or at least can do consistently.

Doing weights on a cut is always a good idea. Lifting weight helps maintain lean mass and bone density on a cut. Cuts are rough on recovery, though. And most noob programs are based on gaining muscle rather than cutting fat. If you do a program, you'll want to cut the volume (from, say, three sets of five to one set of five) and the rate of increase (from every workout to when you feel strong enough). Otherwise just go to the gym for an hour and practice the big lifts. Work up to a weight that feels heavy but doable. Leave plenty in the tank and try to feel better when you leave than when you came in.

Eggs.

I'd skip the cucumbers unless they're free. Lot of bulk, not a lot of kcals for the money. Beans and lard and salt will make totally serviceable refried beans.

You don't really have any musculature to worry about yet.

Your musculature is a function of the stimulus, rest, and nutrition you provide your genetics. "Lean bulks" are not really things 148 lb 5'9" noobs need to worry about. Eat a lot, lift a lot, run if you like.

Eggs are relatively expensive and I don't really care about making gains right now, I just want to make sure I don't get scurvy or anything like that. Beans are a good suggestion, I'll get them instead of the cucumbers.

As long as you're not eating only refined flour, you'll probably be fine. That reminds me, a bag of flour is really cheap and you can learn to make sourdough bread from just flour and water and salt.

youtube.com/watch?v=1FkGX3xGlog
youtube.com/watch?v=WytffmZQGwA

Eggs are like $1 a dozen, which is like 800+kcals. Way better than cucumbers.

Im not really focusing on a program, more just primary lifts hitting my main muscle groups, my issue lies in how I'm slowly gaining muscle mass, yet my lifts aren't going up a noticeable amount.

Regarding "weights that feel heavy but doable" would I gain more benefit using smith machines and being able to do heavy lifts or just normal bars "the ones that weigh between 10kg and 20kg" so I can get the full ROM?