Thanks for the advice man.. I'm actually a shameless fcker and don't care if people judge me for lifting light. I've been rocking lower weight and higher reps for a while and want to switch it up, especially since I feel like I've got a little more power with the Epi. I lift alone and am stopping a couple reps before I'd struggle to rack it.. At least at the moment with my shoulder being lame.
Yeah I always quit cardio when I'm trying to add some muscle... I guess I figure it will slow down recovery or impede growth.. Don't ask me why I've always assumed this... Am I wrong?
Depends
I think a lot of it is also mental. Most people start seeing the scale go down and they automatically assume they might be losing muscle. Then that negativity carries over to the gym where they psych themselves out and do 1 less rep of the same weight and think it's all because the cardio, or maybe their defecit might be too big, etc.
Yeah the same can be said of gaining weight after a cut... I'm looking at the scale go up and am like "fck I'm gaining fat..." Totally a mental game bro. That's why I'm gonna follow NewAgeMayan's advise of not tweaking kcals around for a couple weeks.
Sounds good bro. Always wanted to try The 1. I love me some DHT
No offense taken bro, I appreciate the feedback as I want results... I thought I needed to increase volume to grow. I've read tons of sh1t about cortisol levels rising after 1hr of resistance exercise and used to keep my sessions around 1 hr.. I guess I thought being on gear would allow me to hit it harder. You think my prob is training rather than diet related?
I'm by no means a guru. I've done a couple ph and sarm cycles. I increased the total weight lifted by increasing the reps instead of overall exercises. Your body can handle more while on cycle and needs to be pushed, but my personal opinion that's way too much. I would focus primarily on doing heavy compound lifts. Ph's also make your recovery time shorter(as I'm sure you know) so dont be afraid to lift several times a week the same heavy compound lifts(squat, deadlift, bench, overhead press, row) and then supplement those with one or two noncompound exercise.
I agree. He had said earlier that his dead lift was not progressing, which is why I said that it may be overkill.
Ah ok, sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were suggesting he reduce volume on everything, not just deadlifts.
No that's what I was suggesting. If you look at his core lifts that matter like flat bench, squat, deadlift, ect. They're not going up after over two weeks of being on all that ph. I think that he should not do all of those additional exercises that hit basically the same muscles. For example on chest and arms day he's doing 5 variations of bicep curls. It's a tiny muscle relative to the rest of the body.
Sh1t, youre right.
My shoulder issues are making it hard to gage bench progress. Although, last Monday, declines weren't aggravating my shoulder and I got much more volume than I normally do. I'm gonna start lifting chest in the afternoon so I can get a guy to spot me... Then I'll be able to go heavier without as much concern for messing my shoulder up again... I think that'll be a good way to tell progress
You hurt your shoulder benching? How's your form?
Not from benching.. Ive had chronic shoulder issues (bursitis, anatomical impingement, etc) probably from working. My form isn't the greatest though, to be honest
From what ive seen in the gym both in and out of the military gym.l,most people do bench incorrectly. You really need your elbows closer then you think to protect your shoulder. It will feel unnatural at first. Even if your pain is not from benching, im sure poor form is not helping it
Bruh, that's more what I'm talking about. Much more reasonable IMO. You ever try the "grip the bar as hard as possible" cheat. It immediately makes you able to do like 5-10 lbs more
^^^This is a great man... I got step 1 & 2... Though my shoulders are very rounded and it's hard to press them against the bench completely.
No problem. You'll definitely want to work on shoulder mobility then. Not even from an athletic standpoint, it would actually be very beneficial in terms of preventing an injury. Once you start getting up there in weight the more it takes a toll on your body and if you have tight/weak spots they'll be very prone to getting wrecked.
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