Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

TheVoodooThatJewDo said:
Zero bodybuilders can do that though. Look how defensive they get when someone suggests that their big muscles are overcompensation for their dookiedick activities.
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Well first of all that's not what you said. You made a random tangent to call bodybuilders homos then jerked yourself off for preferring the meme farm boy/functional strength like you got something to prove. And your post was mostly ignored by everyone except Varg until y'all got into a slap fight.
 
TheVoodooThatJewDo said:
Look how defensive they get when someone suggests that their big muscles are overcompensation for their dookiedick activities.
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I'm not even a bodybuilder I'm just someone who has gone to the gym before and cannot fathom being in there for over an hour and a half, even allowing for very generous rest periods between sets.

In fact the ONLY people I've ever heard of being in the gym for more than 2 hours are bodybuilders.

:thinking:
 
The Stranger said:
>Leaves out the preceeding sentence that contextualizes the later.
"Growing evidence supports the conclusion that consumption of protein in close temporal
proximity to the performance of resistance exercise promotes greater muscular hypertrophy."


"Conclusions A higher carbohydrate intake may not independently enhance muscle hypertrophy during resistance training, though certainty of evidence is low. Future studies should employ stricter energy intake control and utilize direct morpho-logical assessments to clarify the role of carbohydrate intake independent of total energy balance."
Lol try again. Actually, don't, because you clearly only read the headline.
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bro, do you understand the english language? "We can also" means that on top of the other stuff we can add this, independent from the other stuff. Outside of that the study is saying that "protein good carbs meh" and you still haven't showed otherwise

the other study is saying that there aren't many GOOD studies that look at carbs vs proteins (key word: certainty), but the ones that are don't show what you claim. In the conclusion it says "the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) certainty of evidence was low, so more research is needed to increase confidence in these conclusions". So who is only reading the headline?

stop trying to find a gotcha and show evidence of your claims
TheVoodooThatJewDo said:
2-3 hours a day for years
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2 to 3 hours seems excessive
 
mars said:
How come no one told me that Smith machine squats are actually harder than regular barbell squats? I love them now.
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depends on the angle the Smith Machine is, the grease it may have, and the positioning of your feet. But yeah, they can be pretty cool. Dorian switch to them over barbell squats because he had hip issues; they take the shoulder and lower back component of the movement out
 
24nagging said:
depends on the angle the Smith Machine is, the grease it may have, and the positioning of your feet. But yeah, they can be pretty cool. Dorian switch to them over barbell squats because he had hip issues; they take the shoulder and lower back component of the movement out
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They let me get much deeper especially with Olympic shoes and I get to put my quads out further in front of me without worrying about balance. It's an angled Hammer Strength Smith. For some reason it's also easier on my knees than a normal leg press.
 
catching rays lifting in my driveway and bouncing around to indie bubblegum dream gaze while my neighbor is battling with her teenage daughter in their front yard mere meters away. Absolutely 180 vibes.
 
24nagging said:
have you delt with lifter's elbow?
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I did had a small injury that took 6 weeks to heal on the inside of my right elbow, I had never done chin ups, I tried to do a dead hang and when I did I felt something tear because I was not flexible enough to get into that position, I was able to still lift but I would have a 5/10 pain before warming up and a 1/10 pain after warming up via doing high rep bicep curls with a 2kg plate.

The solution is stretching, more warming up and eventually rest, as a general rule getting strong at stretched positions prevents these things, so if you do a lot of incline dumbbell curls with a 2 second isometric pause at the bottom that will both stretch and strengthen your biceps and the inside of the elbow. Also it's hard to diagnose and give a proper answer via just text because maybe your technique is off, or maybe you are doing 30 sets a weeek of heavy sets of 5 reps, with no exercise variation for months and months, and then wonder why your joints hurt.
 
Squanto Airi said:
Would just a bench, treadmill, dumbells, and kettlebells be decent enough for a minimalist home gym?
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You probably don't even need the kettlebells. With some proper floor mats you could do deadlifts too so the only thing you're really missing out on is squats and all the cable shit (almost all cable exercises have a dumbbell equivalent). You might have trouble hitting the quads properly just doing bulgarian split squats, though maybe you can just do squats in the bench and not have safeties lol.
 
Squanto Airi said:
Would just a bench, treadmill, dumbells, and kettlebells be decent enough for a minimalist home gym?
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i question why a treadmill. Unless you are very fat the best way to lose weight is diet, but I get that you wanna get cardio done (for some reason). Kettlebells seem like overkill if you have dumbells.
I think you are better off investing the money from the treadmill and kettlebells into a good squat rack, bar, floor mats, and more plates and dumbells. You could even scrap the dumbells and go full bar and plates
 
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