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Wittl

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Feb 21, 2017
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@Quetzalcoatl this is the routine i told you about


- Rotation 1

Legs (Hamstring Focused)
Lying Hamstring Curls (Set hips down & keep them driven into the pad whilst performing the movement)
Set 1 – 12-15
Set 2 – Max, Rest, Max

Hack squat
Set 1 - 5-7
Set 2 - 10-12
Set 3 – triple drop set, pick 3 different weights do 10 reps on each weight

High and wide foot placement leg press (Advanced trainiers – Please use resistance bands, please vary between red bands & blue bands to make the movement)
Set 1 – 12-15
Set 2 - 6x4
Set 3 – Max, Rest, Max, Rest, Max

DB or Barbell RDL (Advanced trainiers – Add a red band to load through hip extension at the top of the movement, please focus on the contraction of the hamstrings, please squeeze glutes at the the top of the movement, also focus on keeping the bar as close to the body as possible whilst performing this movement)
Set 1 – (Heavy) - 8-10 – Set 1
Set 2 – (Reduce weight focus on time under tension (2 seconds down, 1 up) - 10-12

Single leg lying hamstring Curl (Set hips down, keep glutes firmly on the pad & control the load throughout the whole movement)
Set 1 – 8-10
Set 2 – Max, Rest, Max, Rest, Max

Leg Ext – (Advanced trainer’s - please add red band for greater resistance, Also lock hips down into the pad & focus on the the concentric and eccentric control of the movement)
Set 1 – 30 Rep Set
Set 2 - 6x4

2 sets walking lunges with weights till failure

Hip Abductor
Set 1 - 12-15
Set 2 - 12-15

Push – Duration
Flat Bench Or DB Press or Flat lying down plate press (Alternate Weekly)
Set 1 - 5-7 (Heavy set)
Set 2 – 10-12+ (Back Off/deload set)
Set 3 (10 perfect negative reps, 2 seconds down)

Incline smith bench or Incline plate load press or DB Press
Set 1 - 6-8 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - 8-12 (Back off set)
Set 3 – Reduce load to weight 35% of max -

Incline pec dec or wrist cuffed incline pec ped or cable pec dec
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle round)
Set 2 - 12+ DS, Fail

Weighted press ups (Don’t be afraide to load up lets build them triceps and get ridiculously strong at pressing)
8-10 – ser 1
12-15 – set 2

Pec Dec flys - Banded
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle round)

Smith Or Barbell Shoulder Press
Set 1 - 6-10
Set 2 – 8, Ds, 8, DS, 8

DB Side delt raises
Set 1 – Max (Failure set/Max effort)
Set 2 – Max, rest, Max (Rest, pause set)

Cuffed Side Raises
Set 1 – Max, Rest, Max

Seated Side Raise SS Plate Front Raise
Failure – Set 1

Weighted Dips
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 - 8-10, DS, Fail

Close Grip Bench
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 - 12-15


Pull (Width)
Lat pull downs wide bar (traditional bar, mag bar if your gym has one)
Set 1 - 8-10 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - Max, rest, Max (Rest, pause set)
Set 3 – (all out) 30 reps (Pump set)

seated low wid row (either use the v bar or wide lat Pull down bar)
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle Round)
Set 2 - 6x4 (Muscle Round)

lat pull downs wide bar
set 1 - 20 reps (Pump set)
set 2 - 8-10 (Heavy set)

T-bar row (Wide grip it possible, if not with a v-bar)
Set 1 - 6-8 (Heavy Set)
Set 2 - 6-8, drop Set, 6-8 (Drop set)

DB rows
set 1 - 6-8 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - 8-10 (Back off/deload set)

Smith barbell row
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 - 10x (pause reps at the point of contraction)
Set 3 – Max, drop Set into as many reps as possibe

Seated incline hammer curls
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle Round)
Set 2 - Failure set (Maximum effort set)

EZ curls ss bicep curl machine
Set 1 & 2 - 10-12 Reps on each station.

Calve Raises
Set 1 – 50 reps
Set 2 – 30 reps, rest, 20 reps


- Rotation 2

Legs (Quad focused)
Leg Ext (Advanced trainer’s - please add red band for greater resistance, Also lock hips down into the pad & focus on the the concentric and eccentric control of the movement)
Set 1 – 30 Reps
Set 2 – 12-15 (3 Partials)
Set 3 - 12-15 (3 Partials)

A squat variation (i.e Barbell squat, Smith Squat or, V – squat, ect)
Set 1 – 5-9 (Heavy set)
Set 2 – 10-12
Set 3 – 12+, Ds, 6-8

Leg Ext SS Lunges (Keep momentum when performing lunges, allow no stops or pauses, lets overload these quads)
Set 1 - 6x4 on leg ext, straight into only 8 each leg body weight lunges
Set 2 - Max, Rest, Max – Into 8 Bodyweight Lunges

Close leg press - (Select a load where you can perform the reps without any pauses in set 1, set 2, & set 3 & in further sets allow 1 pause with a 10 second rest to reset)
Set 1 - x20 (Heavy)
Set 2 - x30 (Back off for max, rest, max)

Pendulum squat (if the gym has no pendulum squat please perfrom a heavy DB squat)
Set 1 – 10-12, rest, squeeze out some reps when fatigued

Weighted Sissy Squat (3’s eccentrics, down into the squat position and 3’s concentric)
Set 1 – 10-12, rest for 10 seconds then go again till failure

Hip Adductor
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 – 15, DS, 15

Post workout - Quad stretch (sit on quads) x2 (for 30 seconds)

Push
Incline DB press
Set 1 - 6-8
Set 2 – 12+

Seated weight plate press (either flat or incline based)
Set 1 - 6-8
Set 2 – 12+

Seated cable pec fly
Set 1 – 10-12
Set 2 – Max, Rest, Max

Select stack chest press
Set 1 – 10-12
Ser 2 – 12-15

Plate loaded shoulder press or Smith or standing viking press
Set 1 - 6-9
Set 2 – 8, DS, 8, DS, 8

Standing side rasie
Set 1 – 30 reps

Seated side raise
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle Round, perform 6 reps, rest for 10 seconds then repeat 4 times
Standing or seated cuffed side raise
Set 1 – Max, rest, Max, rest, Max (aim 10-12 in round 1, rest, aim for 8-10, then rest, then aim till failure)

DB Dual front Raise SS Plate Raise
Set 1 – Fail

V-bar push down
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 – Max, rest, Max

Dual Rope ect
Set 1 – 6x4
Set 2 – 15 reps, 10 seconds rest, 15 reps, 10 seconds rest, fail


Back (Thickness)
Dy row or Low cow using V-Bar (Focus on driving the elobows into the hip region and really contracting the muscle)
Set 1 - 8-10 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - 8-10, Dropset, then 8-10 (reduce the load, then perform another 8-10 reps)

Barbell Bent Over Row (Overhand or underhand grip, please go with preferred grip)
Set 1 - 6-8
Set 2 – 12+

Lat Pull Downs
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 – 12+, DS, 10+, DS, 8+

V-Bar Cable Low Row
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 – Max, rest, max

Plate Load UG Pull Down
Max, Rest, Max – Set 1
Max, DS, Max – Set 2

Giant set – EZ barbell row/ Undergrip seated low row/Rear delt fly
Rear delt variation (either bent over with DB/Pec Dec/cables) - 10-12 reps x 2 rounds

Lying hamstring curl
6x4 – set 1
12 (negatives) – Set 2

EZ curls
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 - 10-12

Rope Curls
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle round)
Set 2 – failure

Standing calve raises
Set 1 – 20 reps, 10 rest, 15 reps, 10 rest, 10 reps
Set 2 – as many reps as possible
Holy shit that's crazy.

Much easier to follow my Yoga-maestra's instructions. :sheik:
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
65,508
@Quetzalcoatl this is the routine i told you about


- Rotation 1

Legs (Hamstring Focused)
Lying Hamstring Curls (Set hips down & keep them driven into the pad whilst performing the movement)
Set 1 – 12-15
Set 2 – Max, Rest, Max

Hack squat
Set 1 - 5-7
Set 2 - 10-12
Set 3 – triple drop set, pick 3 different weights do 10 reps on each weight

High and wide foot placement leg press (Advanced trainiers – Please use resistance bands, please vary between red bands & blue bands to make the movement)
Set 1 – 12-15
Set 2 - 6x4
Set 3 – Max, Rest, Max, Rest, Max

DB or Barbell RDL (Advanced trainiers – Add a red band to load through hip extension at the top of the movement, please focus on the contraction of the hamstrings, please squeeze glutes at the the top of the movement, also focus on keeping the bar as close to the body as possible whilst performing this movement)
Set 1 – (Heavy) - 8-10 – Set 1
Set 2 – (Reduce weight focus on time under tension (2 seconds down, 1 up) - 10-12

Single leg lying hamstring Curl (Set hips down, keep glutes firmly on the pad & control the load throughout the whole movement)
Set 1 – 8-10
Set 2 – Max, Rest, Max, Rest, Max

Leg Ext – (Advanced trainer’s - please add red band for greater resistance, Also lock hips down into the pad & focus on the the concentric and eccentric control of the movement)
Set 1 – 30 Rep Set
Set 2 - 6x4

2 sets walking lunges with weights till failure

Hip Abductor
Set 1 - 12-15
Set 2 - 12-15

Push – Duration
Flat Bench Or DB Press or Flat lying down plate press (Alternate Weekly)
Set 1 - 5-7 (Heavy set)
Set 2 – 10-12+ (Back Off/deload set)
Set 3 (10 perfect negative reps, 2 seconds down)

Incline smith bench or Incline plate load press or DB Press
Set 1 - 6-8 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - 8-12 (Back off set)
Set 3 – Reduce load to weight 35% of max -

Incline pec dec or wrist cuffed incline pec ped or cable pec dec
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle round)
Set 2 - 12+ DS, Fail

Weighted press ups (Don’t be afraide to load up lets build them triceps and get ridiculously strong at pressing)
8-10 – ser 1
12-15 – set 2

Pec Dec flys - Banded
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle round)

Smith Or Barbell Shoulder Press
Set 1 - 6-10
Set 2 – 8, Ds, 8, DS, 8

DB Side delt raises
Set 1 – Max (Failure set/Max effort)
Set 2 – Max, rest, Max (Rest, pause set)

Cuffed Side Raises
Set 1 – Max, Rest, Max

Seated Side Raise SS Plate Front Raise
Failure – Set 1

Weighted Dips
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 - 8-10, DS, Fail

Close Grip Bench
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 - 12-15


Pull (Width)
Lat pull downs wide bar (traditional bar, mag bar if your gym has one)
Set 1 - 8-10 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - Max, rest, Max (Rest, pause set)
Set 3 – (all out) 30 reps (Pump set)

seated low wid row (either use the v bar or wide lat Pull down bar)
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle Round)
Set 2 - 6x4 (Muscle Round)

lat pull downs wide bar
set 1 - 20 reps (Pump set)
set 2 - 8-10 (Heavy set)

T-bar row (Wide grip it possible, if not with a v-bar)
Set 1 - 6-8 (Heavy Set)
Set 2 - 6-8, drop Set, 6-8 (Drop set)

DB rows
set 1 - 6-8 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - 8-10 (Back off/deload set)

Smith barbell row
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 - 10x (pause reps at the point of contraction)
Set 3 – Max, drop Set into as many reps as possibe

Seated incline hammer curls
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle Round)
Set 2 - Failure set (Maximum effort set)

EZ curls ss bicep curl machine
Set 1 & 2 - 10-12 Reps on each station.

Calve Raises
Set 1 – 50 reps
Set 2 – 30 reps, rest, 20 reps


- Rotation 2

Legs (Quad focused)
Leg Ext (Advanced trainer’s - please add red band for greater resistance, Also lock hips down into the pad & focus on the the concentric and eccentric control of the movement)
Set 1 – 30 Reps
Set 2 – 12-15 (3 Partials)
Set 3 - 12-15 (3 Partials)

A squat variation (i.e Barbell squat, Smith Squat or, V – squat, ect)
Set 1 – 5-9 (Heavy set)
Set 2 – 10-12
Set 3 – 12+, Ds, 6-8

Leg Ext SS Lunges (Keep momentum when performing lunges, allow no stops or pauses, lets overload these quads)
Set 1 - 6x4 on leg ext, straight into only 8 each leg body weight lunges
Set 2 - Max, Rest, Max – Into 8 Bodyweight Lunges

Close leg press - (Select a load where you can perform the reps without any pauses in set 1, set 2, & set 3 & in further sets allow 1 pause with a 10 second rest to reset)
Set 1 - x20 (Heavy)
Set 2 - x30 (Back off for max, rest, max)

Pendulum squat (if the gym has no pendulum squat please perfrom a heavy DB squat)
Set 1 – 10-12, rest, squeeze out some reps when fatigued

Weighted Sissy Squat (3’s eccentrics, down into the squat position and 3’s concentric)
Set 1 – 10-12, rest for 10 seconds then go again till failure

Hip Adductor
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 – 15, DS, 15

Post workout - Quad stretch (sit on quads) x2 (for 30 seconds)

Push
Incline DB press
Set 1 - 6-8
Set 2 – 12+

Seated weight plate press (either flat or incline based)
Set 1 - 6-8
Set 2 – 12+

Seated cable pec fly
Set 1 – 10-12
Set 2 – Max, Rest, Max

Select stack chest press
Set 1 – 10-12
Ser 2 – 12-15

Plate loaded shoulder press or Smith or standing viking press
Set 1 - 6-9
Set 2 – 8, DS, 8, DS, 8

Standing side rasie
Set 1 – 30 reps

Seated side raise
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle Round, perform 6 reps, rest for 10 seconds then repeat 4 times
Standing or seated cuffed side raise
Set 1 – Max, rest, Max, rest, Max (aim 10-12 in round 1, rest, aim for 8-10, then rest, then aim till failure)

DB Dual front Raise SS Plate Raise
Set 1 – Fail

V-bar push down
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 – Max, rest, Max

Dual Rope ect
Set 1 – 6x4
Set 2 – 15 reps, 10 seconds rest, 15 reps, 10 seconds rest, fail


Back (Thickness)
Dy row or Low cow using V-Bar (Focus on driving the elobows into the hip region and really contracting the muscle)
Set 1 - 8-10 (Heavy set)
Set 2 - 8-10, Dropset, then 8-10 (reduce the load, then perform another 8-10 reps)

Barbell Bent Over Row (Overhand or underhand grip, please go with preferred grip)
Set 1 - 6-8
Set 2 – 12+

Lat Pull Downs
Set 1 - 8-10
Set 2 – 12+, DS, 10+, DS, 8+

V-Bar Cable Low Row
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 – Max, rest, max

Plate Load UG Pull Down
Max, Rest, Max – Set 1
Max, DS, Max – Set 2

Giant set – EZ barbell row/ Undergrip seated low row/Rear delt fly
Rear delt variation (either bent over with DB/Pec Dec/cables) - 10-12 reps x 2 rounds

Lying hamstring curl
6x4 – set 1
12 (negatives) – Set 2

EZ curls
Set 1 - 6x4
Set 2 - 10-12

Rope Curls
Set 1 - 6x4 (Muscle round)
Set 2 – failure

Standing calve raises
Set 1 – 20 reps, 10 rest, 15 reps, 10 rest, 10 reps
Set 2 – as many reps as possible
I did that 6 days a week for 2 months, twas brutal
Did you divide each rotation across 6 sessions? And how long are these sessions?

Calve Raises
Set 1 – 50 reps
Set 2 – 30 reps, rest, 20 reps
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Standing calve raises
Set 1 – 20 reps, 10 rest, 15 reps, 10 rest, 10 reps
Set 2 – as many reps as possible

They say for calves you need high volume, but that many reps and few sets, interesting. 10 rest meaning 10 seconds?

p.s. how do you warm up?

It really is :p but if you eat and sleep right you will see great results, it will definitely kick your ass though
I'm really not that committed. I just wanna stay looking good :p Years ago I might have attempted this, but that's like a second job.

:tup:

Compound lifts are king. Occasionally, if a specific area is lagging behind (strength, size, definition/ whatever the focus) some isolation can be added to get it caught up, but on the whole the big compound lifts and some bodyweight exercises are where it’s at.
:agree: Gives your better muscular balance and more natural proportion imo. Some dudes look freaky with their arms way too big for their chest or back.

8x8 seems excessive, no?
Why would it be? I'm only doing 2 or 3 exercises per workout and wouldn't exhaust the muscles with a lower volume.

Didn’t notice the set number. That would be quite the workout...

@Quetzalcoatl Do you do 8 working sets of 8 reps? That’s pretty beastly if you do.

I’ve done 8x3 before for front squats/deadlifts/bench/cleans/snatch... but never with higher reps/set.
:boh: Don't think there's anything beastly about it. Coming down to the last few sets the weight decreases because of fatigue. Wouldn't feel that fatigue after 4 or 5 sets.
 

Nzoric

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Jan 16, 2011
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Makes better sense if youre decreasing the load. Im no expert, but if im doing 8 reps with about 80% load im dead by the third set, so I was just comparing it to me.

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Pegi

Senior Member
Feb 22, 2019
1,812
Makes better sense if youre decreasing the load. Im no expert, but if im doing 8 reps with about 80% load im dead by the third set, so I was just comparing it to me.

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8 reps might be a long set for somebody meanwhile it can be an extremetely low for others, depends what type of muscle fibers you got. If we're working around that "optimal" 60-85% 1RM range, there can be a guy who has faster muscle fibers and that might mean something between 4-12 reps and then there can be a guy it might mean around 10-25 reps or something. If they both use that 80% weight, that other guy with faster muscle fibers can do let's say 4-6 reps with that weight, there's a possibility that other guy could do 8-10. Then if you both used that 80% and agreed to do 5 reps, it means that the guy with faster muscle fibers is basically doing longer set for his standards in relation to to other guy with slower muscle fibers, even if they were doing same amount of reps. Also, let's say they both had somewhat equal strength levels and they started with x amount of weight and did 12 reps with that, then somewhat quite short recovery time that guy with faster muscle fibers could pull off 7 reps on next set, meanwhile that guy with slower muscle fibers could still be hitting that 10-12 reps. The set after that could be another 7 or even 6 reps for the guy with faster muscle fibers and that guy with slower muscle fibers could still be hitting 10 reps and so on. That guy with slower muscle fibers most likely has higher maximiun recovery value, so he can get more volume but the guy with faster muscle fibers need to cut the volume, but because he can use higher weights it's automatically more "traumatic" to the body.
 

Siamak

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Aug 13, 2013
15,020
Do abs recover within 24 hrs when using weights?
try cocaine , you'll be able to train 1 hour longer and abs can recover and be fit.

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8 reps might be a long set for somebody meanwhile it can be an extremetely low for others, depends what type of muscle fibers you got. If we're working around that "optimal" 60-85% 1RM range, there can be a guy who has faster muscle fibers and that might mean something between 4-12 reps and then there can be a guy it might mean around 10-25 reps or something. If they both use that 80% weight, that other guy with faster muscle fibers can do let's say 4-6 reps with that weight, there's a possibility that other guy could do 8-10. Then if you both used that 80% and agreed to do 5 reps, it means that the guy with faster muscle fibers is basically doing longer set for his standards in relation to to other guy with slower muscle fibers, even if they were doing same amount of reps. Also, let's say they both had somewhat equal strength levels and they started with x amount of weight and did 12 reps with that, then somewhat quite short recovery time that guy with faster muscle fibers could pull off 7 reps on next set, meanwhile that guy with slower muscle fibers could still be hitting that 10-12 reps. The set after that could be another 7 or even 6 reps for the guy with faster muscle fibers and that guy with slower muscle fibers could still be hitting 10 reps and so on. That guy with slower muscle fibers most likely has higher maximiun recovery value, so he can get more volume but the guy with faster muscle fibers need to cut the volume, but because he can use higher weights it's automatically more "traumatic" to the body.
use creatine and mix that with pre-workout.
 
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GordoDeCentral

Diez
Moderator
Apr 14, 2005
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Did you divide each rotation across 6 sessions? And how long are these sessions?

Calve Raises
Set 1 – 50 reps
Set 2 – 30 reps, rest, 20 reps
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Standing calve raises
Set 1 – 20 reps, 10 rest, 15 reps, 10 rest, 10 reps
Set 2 – as many reps as possible

They say for calves you need high volume, but that many reps and few sets, interesting. 10 rest meaning 10 seconds?

p.s. how do you warm up?



I'm really not that committed. I just wanna stay looking good :p Years ago I might have attempted this, but that's like a second job.



:agree: Gives your better muscular balance and more natural proportion imo. Some dudes look freaky with their arms way too big for their chest or back.



Why would it be? I'm only doing 2 or 3 exercises per workout and wouldn't exhaust the muscles with a lower volume.

:boh: Don't think there's anything beastly about it. Coming down to the last few sets the weight decreases because of fatigue. Wouldn't feel that fatigue after 4 or 5 sets.
Nah each rotation 3 days, one day rest, then take on the second rotation. I warm up light for about 10 minutes, then for that first exercise do a couple of sets to work my way to that first set.
 

pavluska

Senior Member
Apr 25, 2013
7,339
Nah each rotation 3 days, one day rest, then take on the second rotation. I warm up light for about 10 minutes, then for that first exercise do a couple of sets to work my way to that first set.
How often do you do this routine?

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:agree: Gives your better muscular balance and more natural proportion imo. Some dudes look freaky with their arms way too big for their chest or back.
Today I realized on Tuz, isolation exercises, bro splits, supplements like pre-workout, bro science, and pointless acronyms and terms aren't just a Murican issue but a global pandemic perpetuated by bodybuilding.com and likes. Yet another example of Murican consumerism's influence around the world, another example of that love-hate relationship with Murica.

#TILJ

(But 80% of it is consistency and form, so kudos for showing up & putting in the work)
 
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Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
65,508
Can't stand them "can I join in with you?" cunts!

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How often do you do this routine?

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Today I realized on Tuz, isolation exercises, bro splits, supplements like pre-workout, bro science, and pointless acronyms and terms aren't just a Murican issue but a global pandemic perpetuated by bodybuilding.com and likes. Yet another example of Murican consumerism's influence around the world, another example of that love-hate relationship with Murica.

#TILJ

(But 80% of it is consistency and form, so kudos for showing up & putting in the work)
What?
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
Moderator
Apr 14, 2005
69,347
How often do you do this routine?

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Today I realized on Tuz, isolation exercises, bro splits, supplements like pre-workout, bro science, and pointless acronyms and terms aren't just a Murican issue but a global pandemic perpetuated by bodybuilding.com and likes. Yet another example of Murican consumerism's influence around the world, another example of that love-hate relationship with Murica.

#TILJ

(But 80% of it is consistency and form, so kudos for showing up & putting in the work)
I did it for 8 weeks until i got drained mentally and physically, might give another stab in June. Now I'm just doing heavy low rep and lotsa dirty eating since I'm traveling.

 

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