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I’m thinking of setting up a home gym. I hate the atmosphere at the gyms in my area and hate having to talk to people because it ruins my workouts. If you had to set up a home gym from scratch what equipment would you recommend getting?
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With the lying cable cuff lateral raises. I want to buy them but cant find them online. Can someone help me out?
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Lately more research and articles(not from you) coming out saying that caffeine and/or energy drinks is bad for you and so on. I would love to hear your opinion on that subject. I usually take one tab of mental trigger and maybe 2 cups of black coffee every day.
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Hi joe! Did an upper/lower split last year with progressive overload style, low volume, higher frequency and high intensity. Did
Lower
Upper
Rest
Lower
Rest
Upper
Rest and REPEAT… Did Biceps with legs after my workout and felt like I could not put the effort into my biceps sets that I wanted to, because of heavy compounds work for legs earlier in the session had me tanked. Then moved onto a Legs, Push, Rest, Pull, Rest, Repeat. Did good progress with both. But Arms is something that is lacking/lagging for me, so I consider adding an arm day. Thought on this split?
Lower, Upper, Rest, Lower, Arms, Rest, Upper, Rest, Repeat, for improving my arms. And following Mentzer, Arthur jones style with progressive overload, lower volume, high intensity, higher frequency. Thanks!
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I started lifting about a month ago, so I am still working on my form. One day while I was doing conventional deadlifts as part of your program for leg day, my boyfriend noticed that I was not bending my knees enough (essentially I was using RDL form for conventional). After taking his advice, I noticed that I can’t lift as much (which makes sense since people can sometimes lift more with improper form) but when I bend my knees more to keep my shoulders above my hips instead of parallel it feels more like a squat and it hurts my left glute. I’m not sure if the pain is a workout pain or a pain pain but I’ve never felt it before and it’s not like the pain I would feel when doing exercises like hip thrusts, bridges, etc. I was wondering what cues I should think about to help with this/what might be causing this feeling?
P. S. I noticed you changed the diet plan. I like how it is more in depth and tailors toward if people want to maintain/go high-carb/go high-fat. The only thing is that as a college student, it will be difficult for me to eat so many meals per day, and I wish there was an option to pick the number of meals like before.
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When doing a compound movement, do you focus on contracting every muscle at once, or do you focus on the ‘primary’ target muscle only, or something in between?
For example on a Dumbbell overhead press, I’m really only focusing on contracting my front delts and my elbow path and try to essentially not use my triceps at all. But should I also be focusing on contracting my triceps to some extent too?
Same concept for use of glutes on a quad-dominant hack squat? If I’m aiming for maximum quad development, Should I just be focussed on ‘doing a leg extension’ with my quads in a hack, or should my focus be on contracting my glutes too (which may allow me to put more weight on the machine and therefore increase overall intensity?)
Or should this change depending on training phase/goal? I.e during your Recovery phase I think you deliberately use pecs + front delts + triceps on a dip exercise as part of goal to reduce overall volume.
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How do you feel about fast carbs (sugars) during the day, other than post-workout?
