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.
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.
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.
You hurt your shoulder benching? How's your form?
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
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.
