Need advice

More workload = more hypertrophy

A bigger muscle is a stronger muscle. It’s pretty simple, lift more weight

Likely #1. However, if you used poor technique for #1, used quick negatives and didn’t hold tension, and never got close to failure and conversely did controlled reps with #2, utilizing long negatives to increase total tension, and got to failure or close to it, then the chest would likely grow more from #2.

Why? What do you think that is accomplishing? If the guy is asking this…he needs to be on a linear progression program

everyone is going to give you a bunch of BS,

but its simple for chest

get strong af on first on barbell bench/incine then DB Bench, Incline DB bench, weighted dips and weighted ring pushups

if you can get your waist to 31-32" at the naval and hit the following standards...you will have the chest you want

bench-1.75x BW
incline- 1.5x bw
dips- 1x BW for 5-6
incline weighted ring pushups- 80lbs x 10
db bench- 125s for 8
db incline bench- 100s for 8

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How do you beat the seasonal depression and go to the gym?

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Conquer your inner bitch and go to the gym.

I think I need to find a gym with more chicks at it. I might check out crunch but I heard that’s a bunch of rachet tripod squat rack chicks.

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How do you beat the seasonal depression and go to the gym? Basically any time I’d normally go it’s like pitch dark so I’ve been bad about going

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I get up to get my kids ready for school. When they leave at 5:40, I throw on a headlight and start walking to the gym. Walking on a trail when it's dark and cool wakes me up and gets the heart pumping much better than a treadmill. It also doesn't hurt that I'm constantly scanning for dogs/coyotes.

For me personally, the motivation is seeing results. Which really makes it tough to get going in the beginning. A few months ago, I was slacking off with my lifting, only making it to the gym two or three times a week. I could tell the difference in the mirror. So a little over a month ago, I had to just stop being lazy and start being consistent. Here I am on week six of four to five lifting sessions a week, and eating slightly better (all either home cooked or frozen high protein meals, no fast food) and I can see the results, which in turn motivate me to keep going.

Also, lifting in the winter has always been my favorite. I love wearing the baggy sweats and baggy shirts to make others at the gym wonder "is he jacked or is he hiding some love handles under those baggy clothes?"


Here a hint: its both!

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How do you beat the seasonal depression and go to the gym?

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Take off your shirt.
Look in the mirror.
Turn to the side.
Take a deep breath and exhale as you relax and let your shoulders roll forward.

The image looking back at you is your motivation.

Intensity matters whether you are doing 3x5 or 3x15.

Food is how you put on size. Real Food. Eat plenty of Ground Beef, Steaks, Eggs, Bacon, maybe a little chicken or fish thrown in. You can train until you pass out but if you aren't eating right you will not grow or if you have insane genetics you might grow some but you will hit a plateau you will not be able to break through without food. Real Whole Foods are the most anabolic thing you can put in your body besides actual anabolics themselves.