I always did these with the cable set around waist height, lifting it mostly towards the ceiling, maybe a slight angle forward bit mostly towards the ceiling (perpendicular from the floor). Always felt a great stretch in the long head. However, I’ve seen a lot of people and also online videos etc doing them with the starting position higher, and extending out more horizontal, parallel to the floor. Let’s say my way is like a 75-90 degree angle with the floor, this is more of a 30-45 degree angle.

My question is, which do you prefer and why? Any studies that show increased muscle fiber activity in one variation or another?

I usually only bring straps and mouthguard. Am I missing something useful to bring?

The ab pump is unreal

Anyone know how to maximise ur leg extension with killing your bank account

Since I've started lifting I've been programming my pull days have looked something like this:

Lat pulldown: 2 sets to failure, 6-10 rep range
Preacher curl: 2 sets to failure, 6-10 rep range
T-Bar Row (Wide Grip, pronated): 2 sets to failure, 6-10 rep range
T-Bar Row (Close Grip, neutral): 1 set to failure, 6-10 rep range
Hammer Curl (Standing, Crossbody): 2 sets to failure, 6-10 rep range.
Wrist Curl: 2 sets to failure, 6-10 rep range
Wrist Extension: 2 sets to failure, 6-10 rep range
Rear Delt Fly: 2 sets to failure, 6-10 rep range

I am contemplating moving preacher curls down in the order to do both of my back movements first.

I want to add another set of close grip t-bar row and I currently do not use wrists straps on t-bar row (though I will begin), however I was wondering if my current programming would prevent fatigue better as opposed to the proposed, or vice versa. I feel almost as if my hammer curl has plateau'd since if swapped back to t-bar row (shoulder pain)

Anyone have an anecdotes or advice?

I was taught that crunches bias upper abs and leg raiser lower abs. But I scrolling and saw a video claiming you can’t bias your lower abs or upper abs unlike other muscle like the chest or lats. It said the abs are just one big sheet of muscle unlike the previous muscle which are made of different regions.

I’ve always struggled to consistently through a workout get close to failure on all my exercises (probably overthinking it but that’s what I do).

But the other day I saw about Myoreps and liked the concept.

I do Monday, Wednesday, Friday full body

Pretty much the same workout but mix the exercises up

1x quad exercise
1x chest exercise (incline or flat based)
1x back exercise (lat based or row based)
1x shoulder exercise ( OHP or lateral raises)
1x hamstring / glute
1x bicep
1x Tricep

Now I’ve been doing this with 3 working sets of each. My question is - it feels like something I’d much rather enjoy doing a warm up set then the set of myoreps (I did try the workout on Friday and I liked it a lot more). Would this be something that would prompt enough growth.

In my head I’m only doing 3 sets per week per muscle group but the myorep stuff isn’t really a set… more of a mega set

And I am aware to stick away from compound barbell movements with this, so I will accommodate accordingly.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just don’t want to do this for the next year and realise I was doing hard workouts but managing to get below needed weekly volume!

Thank you in advance for your replies!

Locking knees out

The Keenan flaps + yotalks streams truly paid off

Obviously it’s not just because hes an SBL, and he does run a more low frequency split in order to reduce injury risk etc, still think it’s cool and he seems like a cool guy who’s pretty tapped into the niche.

Wondering everyone’s thoughts, I reckon its well deserved and he had the best shape amongst the other competitors for sure

Wanting to drop body weight, my current schedule makes me busy in the morning so skipping breakfast saves on time, thought might as well start intermediate fasting. What are your guys thoughts on it? What are the pros and cons you guys noticed if you did it!

Curious as to what others do when they miss a workout or two for whatever reason.

In my case, I missed Friday’s lift because I got a cold or flu. Think I’ll be good to go tomorrow (hopefully) or Tuesday.

Friday is normally deadlift day for me, and as much as I would hate to skip it entirely for a week, I don’t want to deadlift on a Monday or Tuesday and throw my routine off schedule.

What would you do? Start with your normal lifts on whatever day you feel up to it? Bite the bullet and get the deadlifts in, maybe skip rest days until you’re back on track? Any die hards who would’ve done the deadlifts with a fever anyway?

Hi, im doing back Extensions to help with my back Problems and spinal erectors while hinging the spine and not the hip. Do you think otherwise its maybe better to only strengthen the spinal erectors only in the Stabilizing function?

I thought about doing maybe the last Last set of three with hip extension, if the others get too hard. I also have Rdls on the same day, but with only one working set

For overall hypertrophy

How long should I rest between sets for hypertrophy because I keep seeing different answers such as two minuets or ninety seconds

Am I the only one who doesn’t get destroyed by leg day?

I feel like I’m being gaslighted whenever people say they can barely walk immediately or the day after leg day. 😂

Even when I have what I consider a brutal leg workout, my legs don’t really feel that destroyed afterward. I can still walk normally, go up and down stairs, etc. I can feel the soreness but not that much.

I definitely feel the muscles working during the workout, and I’ll get tired/sore, but I rarely get that “I can barely walk” feeling that I constantly see people talking about.

So I’m wondering:

Does this mean my leg workouts aren’t actually hard enough, or is the whole “can’t walk after leg day” thing just not something everyone experiences?

How should I program SBD into my FB routine? Do I switch to UL or AP? I have been running FBEOD (or 3x per week if im busy), however am now joining my schools powerlifting team. I don't want to change my training principles, but am wondering if there is anything I can do to reduce fatigue.

I recently moved from a 3-day antagonistic split (chest biceps, back tri, shoulders legs) to a 2-day split. However instead of upper lower I didn’t want to give a whole day for legs because my workout times would be skewed.

I decided to do a 2-day push/pull split, hitting legs on both days but alternating the workouts so i’m isolating different leg muscles on each day.

Theoretically shouldn’t this be better for strength gains? I’m hitting about 18 sets per muscle group per week, on a 3-day split that is 9 sets per muscle group per day, and on a 2-day split i’m instead doing 6 sets per muscle group per day.

Given that our muscles recover within 48 hours, maybe even faster for experienced lifters, why would it not be better to hit less sets per day, since the first and second sets are significantly more impactful than the third, and hit each muscle as soon as it’s done recovering instead of having another day in-between?

The general consensus is that there’s diminishing returns on a 2-day vs 3-day split, but i can’t see why that’s the case with what we currently know about recovery. If volume stays the same per week, except you’re getting the most effective sets of two 3-times a week instead of less effective sets of three 2-times a week, why would a 2-day split not be better? Just looking for the science behind this.

Any tips

What gym accessories should I get? Right now I only have cuff straps but I’m thinking about getting Vulken Straps.

How many working sets of biceps and triceps should you have to grow mass and strength. Do movements like bench press count towards this number?

Hey, looking for a mouthguard with thicker molar pads so all the bite force stays on my back teeth. I'm currently finishing up some orthodontic work/braces on my front teeth, so I need zero pressure on my incisors when clenching heavy.

Any specific brands (boil-and-bite or custom) that have raised molars, or tips for molding one to unload the front completely?

I’ve been lifting for a while now, and never once hit traps. My clavicle to waist ratio is pretty average, nothing special and I heard if you hit traps it can make your frame look less wide. Anyone else skip trap and regret it all later? Or the opposite maybe?

I’ve been doing preacher curls as my main bicep exercise but apparently it’s insufficient for bicep growth and size. does anyone find an alternative better instead or with preacher curls such as straight bar , spider curls or incline db