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Wanted to know your thoughts on dieting and training during the holy month of Ramadan for muslim meatheads? It’s basically no food or water intake from sun rise to sunset but you can consume anything after sunset! This lasts for 30 days straight and you can still go about your training/daily work during the day/night. Would love to know your take on it and also want to say your content is awesome. Thank you

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Curious on your thoughts about the following in an attempt to minimize time at the gym (days when a person is pressed for time for example). Say we’re doing a pull day, back/bi’s. Doing something like

1 working set 1-arm rows
catch breath
1 working set 1-arm DB preacher curl

So basically trying to alternate between the 2 exercises for both the activation, warm up sets and then finally working sets.

I realize the answer will be “that’s not ideal for max hypertrophy”, but I’m more interested in the thoughts as to how un-ideal that is. Are we talking 50% as effective, or 95% as effective, just some thoughts on the idea would be appreciated.

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First time asking . it has to do with pronation of the foot when doing squats, to what extend pronating your foot at the bottom of the squat might be considered safe or normal. my left foot does not excessively over pronates, but it does more than my right foot. Been squatting barefoot for a while and even though I try to focus on spreading my toes and control this pronation it is happens what could be an ideal setup. It also happens if im doing something like calf raise on the leg press, I can feel my foot going in as my calf contracts. Any advice will be highly appreciated.

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What are your thoughts on doing seated cable rows one arm at a time vs two arms. I’ve noticed a much deeper contraction when doing each side individually, I can never match the same feeling/contraction/squeeze (not sure what the right word is) doing seated cable rows with both arms, even when using a neutral grip shoulder grip handle. Is it because the one arm cable row allows for greater range of motion? Or maybe I’m doing the two arm wrong and should have a smiliar feeling. Thanks and keep it up with the great content!

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I was wondering if you have any suggestions for someone that gets A.C. joint pain with chest pressing? Its fine until the load gets remotely tough. I get dry needling done every so often so I was hoping it would help with it. If it helps, I get the same sensation when doing overhead triceps work.

Maybe not setting the scap enough?

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Hi Joe, what are your thoughts on using a belt when training for hypertrophy?

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I’m a new member and I am trying to embrace the low volume style training. I feel very fatigued after my working sets with the muscle targeted , however at the end of the work out I’m still eager to throw in a few more movements. (I have a lot of gas in the tank yet)

Any advice on how I can steer myself away from the weights at the end of the workout?

Currently lifting for 9 years and not in a caloric deficit.

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so my question is about rom. I’ve had several trainers and let’s say I’m doing leg ext it’s always been to full extension, but I feel it more when it’s a shorter length. Shouldn’t you go by what or how your body is built and not because it’s an across the board thing.

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can you talk about/show some exercises that help with rotator cuff injuries. Trying to self heal before looking into surgery. Maybe some preventative stretching

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I know you like 8day+ splits and setting them up in a way that prioritises & de prioritises weak/strong body parts, but with someone who’s goal is overall/foundational mass, would a 2 on 1 off upper lower split be a good choice? Perhaps something like 1 loading exercises & 1 metabolic focused exercise per body part per day ? I think I’m this stage it’s too early for me to specialise and just need a base of muscle mass to work with first
Thanks!

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Massive fan, your app is awesome and your advice for execution has changed my training and helped my knowledge for my future business. I want to do what you do! Anyhow to my question, what are your thoughts on close grip bench press and straight bar push-downs for tricep development and rope hammer curls for bicep development?

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I am new to this forum, but I have been following you for a couple months now. Love the attention to detail, activation and execution.

Context: I workout of my garage (semi-power lifting set up: squat cage/hack squat/barbells/DB’s/bumpers/1 pulley system).

Question: Outside the advice to simply get a “formal” gym membership, do you think it possible to create/build a competitive body without access to the typical equipment of a standard gym? Have you seen/heard of it being done?

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I got 2 different problems with training atm:

When i’m doing regular barbell back squats to full depth, i get pain in my left hip flexor, but when i’m doing heels elevated squats i don’t

When i’m doing barbell bench presses i get pain around my scapula and upper trap , i don’t feel this pain with dumbbell presses or other movements. ( i do have weak low traps that i’m strengthening at the moment )

-Any advice or suggestions what may causing this?

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I need to know you opinion between two ways how to create a split for someone like me.

I have time to workout pretty much every day and my job is very low energy consuming so i can potentially recover very good if i hit my sleep and nutrition very well. I lifting for 9 years…

I planned total volume for one week. Just for example do 6 working sets for every bodypart through a one week but it can be something else it is just for example.

What i wanna ask is: Is it better to spread total volume for the whole week on every day and go 7 times to to gym or still put there some off day.

Let say 6-7 days working out VS 3-5 day working out but the total volume will be same.

I wont have any off day but on the other hand i wont be fatigue after every workout so much and i can leave the gym sooner what i ques is better to get the job done in 40 minutes compere to 90 minutes. But some day like hit biceps + abs + calves for 3 working sets for each i feel it is not enough for same kind of stimulus on the other hand if i put bicep after some big bodypart always it is not same like when i have opportunity hit it as a first think. So i think i dont need to diprioritized these smaller bodyparts when i can go to the gym every day.

Thanks and let me know if something is opaquely. Sorry for my english.

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I’m a little taller at 6’4″ … so i lose almost all torque at mid range of a conventional DB preacher curl. You saved me from asking about an alternative by switching to the incline preacher.

Question:

Do you have any experience and/or observations using spider curls as a high curl option?

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Hi Joe. I wanted to ask if you could differentiate the arm position and alignment that separates lifts targeting lats vs targeting upper back/traps