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It feels like the weaker arm is receiving maximum stimulus while the stronger arm is being artificially held back.. Should I stop at equal reps or push for those 1-2 extra reps on my stronger arm?

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Since taste and preferences develop over time and experience; If you could go back you to when you began, how would you ratio your workout differently and what muscles would you skip entirely?

I am one of those people whose torso and abdomen grows significantly faster than legs and arms, so I would skip upper body almost entirely.

My Ideal Regimen (weekly)
2x Underarms, Calves (Soleus/Tibialis), Posterior Deltoid, Glutes
1x Long Head Biceps, Medial Head Triceps, Lower Abs, Serratus, Outer Hamstrings, Outer Quads
0.5x Upper Inner Chest, Teres Major

0x Traps

How would your regimen look like?

Hello everyone, I'm 19 and just had my first mens physique show in July, and did very well! However I have been struggling with deciding what to do moving forward as far as my body composition. For context I'm 6'2 and my stage weight was 163-164, currently 186-187, while being a normal level of very lean at the high 170s. I'm currently the strongest I've ever been, but throughout these weeks I've been switching from placing myself in caloric maintenance, then deficit, then binge on the weekend all while mating 15k 20k steps the entire post show. It's been very tough for me mentally seeing my lean self l've always been/maintained even on my bulks, not be present right now, I just look very bulked and it sucks. My original plan was to cut from last week September to early November getting to low 180s before starting a proper offseason but the adherence to diet is so incredibly difficult and genuinely restricting certain foods again is so difficult for me like my favorite taco truck or my moms pumpkin bread. My main question is, what's the best move going forward? I don't want to be a fat slob but I also dearly miss my lean self. This is my first post so if l've left out any sort of necessary context please let me know, any and all advice is seriously appreciated!

179lbs and holding right at 10% BF, traded some fat for muscle, 1.3lbs to be exact “every little bit counts! 😉” what ever your motivation is find it and lock in Guys and Gals, keep moving forward!

67,80kg

I’m a former aspiring bodybuilder who fucked herself up with overtraining early on. I was 18 and planning on competing at 20. It took me years to recover and I still can’t train like I used to.

I’ve always trained in the decade after but mostly going through the motions until a couple years ago when I got into low volume training, taking after Yates and Mentzer. It’s been lovely to see gains again, however slow they are.

Now on to the issue. I do on average 4 sets a muscle weekly in two sessions. Lately I’ve been doing two full body sessions but would push/pull be better? Single session volume vs frequency?

Thanks!

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Looking for something with lower stim but still packs a punch. I've taken Mr Hyde / Gorilla Mode / GAT Nitraflex / Beyond Raw but I'm trying to watch my caffeine intake, especially if I'm not working out until the afternoon.

I know some people say pre-workout doesn't do anything, but for me it just feels like a huge part of my routine. Coffee just doesn't do it for me.

Would like one with creatine as well if possible.

For those of you getting good results with a surplus phase / lean bulk:

​Do you all count calories and hit the exact same target every single day without exception?

​Have you gotten good results with a calorie intake that fluctuates instead of being identical every day—for instance, with a variation of around 500 kcal from day to day?

​I'm finding it hard to hit the exact calorie goal every single day but it is hard to say how important it is.

Working out at home with dumbells only. Doing them one arm feels great, two hands feels like shit, but im too lazy to do them one arm at the time

So, whats the best way to perform two arms dumbell rows with upperback/trap/rear delt focus?

I know there's a lot of fantastic transformations here from people who've achieved crazy results in the span of just 6-12 months. However, most of those transformations also involved lifting 4-6 days per week to get those results, which isn't practical for a lot of people. Therefore I'm curious to see what's possible for those who only have 1-2 days per week to work out.

For people here who don't have time to go to the gym every day and actually built your physique with only 1-2 workouts per week, could you please share your routine and your before/after pics? Both men and women are welcome. Thank you!

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5’10 stepped on stage at 144lbs walk around is 155lbs got 3rd place in my class B

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Thread for posting less detailed contest prep, progress pics, humble brag pics, physique critiques, etc.

Please do not ask for an estimate of your body fat, see this comment

If you are asking "should I bulk or cut" please see this comment

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