Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat (2015)

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"First, take a break from training for 10-14 days. Next, resume training using only 3-5 exercises and train once every seven days. If results are not quickly obvious insert an extra rest day until they are forthcoming (at our facilities we find every 7th day to be average). Lastly, have the courage to refrain from training until you are recovered — the only thing you will regret is the time you wasted by training more frequently."

My unscientific and complete amateur opinion on this would be this method probably works well if you're already where you want to be. Let me rephrase that. If you have already achieved your ideal weight and BMI. I highly doubt this method would get positive results for the guy/gal who has let themselves go to hell and is now trying to get back in decent physical shape, and I'm not just talking about weight loss.
 
CaptainObvious said:
"First, take a break from training for 10-14 days. Next, resume training using only 3-5 exercises and train once every seven days. If results are not quickly obvious insert an extra rest day until they are forthcoming (at our facilities we find every 7th day to be average). Lastly, have the courage to refrain from training until you are recovered — the only thing you will regret is the time you wasted by training more frequently."

My unscientific and complete amateur opinion on this would be this method probably works well if you're already where you want to be. Let me rephrase that. If you have already achieved your ideal weight and BMI. I highly doubt this method would get positive results for the guy/gal who has let themselves go to hell and is now trying to get back in decent physical shape, and I'm not just talking about weight loss.
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Again, not my cup of tea, either. But keep in mind that they talk about gaining rather than only maintaining. I just thought it would be an interesting contrast to the "more is better" mantra. And, for what it's worth, keep in mind that they advocate going to absolute and total failure and then holding for a time for each exercise before moving to the next one. They're very big on max intensity. And SuperSlow, which I don't much like, either.

Although my volume is higher than what they propose, reading the article does help ease my mind some more about making initial cuts in my overall volume beginning in ~mid-2012 or so and then slowly ratcheting downward from there. (Confirmation bias? :D )
 
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I absolutely need to get one of these machines:

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This falls under the category of my earlier statement: "Matter over Mind".:wtf:
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I was thinking more along the lines of "ass over teakettle."

And what's with that "squat rack," eh? When I did barbell squats, I always used a squat cage. In my mind, using anything else is playing with fire if going heavy.
 
Hey guys.

Upping my testosterone dose to 300 mg a week, as of today. Ran 150mg a week the last four months as self admin TRT. Didn't experience much benefit except strength

Really plan to stick to a clean diet, cut calories, and get my ass to the gym at least four days a week. Plus 20 mins cardio after every workout!!

Gotta make hay while the sunshines. I was a lazy bitch this year and put on some fat and lost some strength Plus I want to start dating again so gotta look my best. I'm 6'4, 235, 18 percent body fat??

My whole goal is to boost sex drive. Took propecia in my 20s and it crashed libido indefinitely. So this is all an elaborate attempt to restart the engine
 
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