Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

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mars said:
That's not synthol lol that's good ol anabolic steroids
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Seriously though, it likely is both. He’s almost certainly on AAS, he doesn’t have that pure ballon look you see with just synthol.
But I’d be very surprised if he’s not using synthol as well. His muscles have that sort of bubble look to them. Especially his arms.
 
Rimanah said:
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Seriously though, it likely is both. He’s almost certainly on AAS, he doesn’t have that pure ballon look you see with just synthol.
But I’d be very surprised if he’s not using synthol as well. His muscles have that sort of bubble look to them. Especially his arms.
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There's plenty of videos of him performing freakish feats of strength, his muscles are 100% real. He's been around for a little while but just got kinda famous. An amount of synthol large enough to be noticable at his bf percentage wouldn't look nearly as good. Sometimes bodybuilders will try to get away with filling in gaps at very low bf percentages when competing but that's not the case here. He's just a steroid hyper responder. You can find plenty of videos of him doing absolutely ridiculous lifts if you just Google. He's him benching 660 two years ago and that was just the first thing that comes up.

 
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Speaking of non FDA approved drugs I tweaked my AC joint putting down a dumbbell so come Monday if it's still sore I'm going to see if all the hype behind TB500 and BPC157 is real.
 
Cardiologist YouTuber Rohin Francis posted a vid sharing concerns about heart attacks he's seen in men taking what they describe as 'TRT', but they are not taking it for hypogonadism but rather to lift levels declining from age, or just in the lower range of normal. He stresses this is anecdotal, but its been enough for him to want to share. Thought it may be of interest or relevance to some here.
 
mars said:
There's plenty of videos of him performing freakish feats of strength, his muscles are 100% real. He's been around for a little while but just got kinda famous. An amount of synthol large enough to be noticable at his bf percentage wouldn't look nearly as good. Sometimes bodybuilders will try to get away with filling in gaps at very low bf percentages when competing but that's not the case here. He's just a steroid hyper responder. You can find plenty of videos of him doing absolutely ridiculous lifts if you just Google. He's him benching 660 two years ago and that was just the first thing that comes up.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2mvhqLnarb0
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24nagging said:
what are kiwis opinion on the "volume debate"?

For those who don't know: the volume debate is the dispute between those favor a high volume training (HVT, ie more sets) as the most effective form of hypertrophy, and those who say that intensity is more important than volume (high intensity trainging (HIT), ie getting to or close to failure with less sets)
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The fact is, any type of training will get you results over time, but HIT is more successful at giving you hella gains for low investment, although its an absolutely brutal way to train, since you have a way higher injury risk when lifting super heavy. Volume training is great if you wanna get a nice pump, but sucks cause you spend 2-3 hours in the gym, and you dont progress any lifts, which is gay.

If you got an hour or so a day, go hit with deloads, if you are unemployed, do volume work. Or, use both at different times, since exercises are tools to make you better, not a contest for retard academics.
 
Any hot tips for small stomachs? I've read the rule of thumb is one gram of protein consumption per pound of bodyweight. Best I can do is 80 grams, which is like half of that rule. I'm already adding whey powder to shakes and eating three squares a day plus snacks (like handfuls of nuts inbetween meals when I remember.) I've slanted my whole diet towards lean means etc.

It doesn't seem to be holding me back very much; starting to get tone, still adding more weight to the routine every few days. But it's early days and I assume I'm just grabbing low hanging fruit.
 
Legalize Asbestos said:
Any hot tips for small stomachs? I've read the rule of thumb is one gram of protein consumption per pound of bodyweight. Best I can do is 80 grams, which is like half of that rule. I'm already adding whey powder to shakes and eating three squares a day plus snacks (like handfuls of nuts inbetween meals when I remember.) I've slanted my whole diet towards lean means etc.

It doesn't seem to be holding me back very much; starting to get tone, still adding more weight to the routine every few days. But it's early days and I assume I'm just grabbing low hanging fruit.
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The 1g per pound is the general rule on the Internet but I've talked to an actual dietician and they said it's 1g per kilogram of bodyweight, which is about half as much. To answer your question: peanut butter, cottage cheese, milk, and greek yogurt are my staples for protein.
Edit: I forgor sardines as well. 1 tin is >20g protein
 
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The Stranger said:
The 1g per pound is the general rule on the Internet but I've talked to an actual dietician and they said it's 1g per kilogram of bodyweight, which is about half as much. To answer your question: peanut butter, cottage cheese, milk, and greek yogurt are my staples for protein.
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Was your dietitian talking about a normal healthy diet or one specific to strength training? (And was s/he swol?) Because when I look it up online, 1g/kg is the RDA for general health.
 
The Stranger said:
The 1g per pound is the general rule on the Internet but I've talked to an actual dietician and they said it's 1g per kilogram of bodyweight, which is about half as much. To answer your question: peanut butter, cottage cheese, milk, and greek yogurt are my staples for protein.
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In a non-cutting phase 0.7g per 1lb is the current consensus on the minimum amount of protein needed to basically fuel all gains. you can go slightly lower and still get result ofc but not "optimal" results. In a cutting phase or on a diet 1-1.2g per lb of goal body weight is recommended. Peanut butter is sadly a very incomplete protein and (non fairlife) milk doesn't have much protein but the rest are good.
Legalize Asbestos said:
It doesn't seem to be holding me back very much; starting to get tone, still adding more weight to the routine every few days. But it's early days and I assume I'm just grabbing low hanging fruit.
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When you start going to the gym for the first time you're getting a lot of neural adaptations that allow you to lift weight as well as building muscle. Around 3-6 months (it depends on the person) this will slow down considerably and most of your gains will be from muscle. Of course when you start a new exercise the neural adaptations happen again but usually only last a few weeks or a month if you've been training for a while since you're already good at recruiting motor units. I recommend fairlife core power elite shakes btw. 2 of those per day is already over your currently daily protein intake. Make sure you're eating some protein in meals too. Two chicken breasts is like 50g of protein.
 
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Legalize Asbestos said:
Any hot tips for small stomachs? I've read the rule of thumb is one gram of protein consumption per pound of bodyweight. Best I can do is 80 grams, which is like half of that rule. I'm already adding whey powder to shakes and eating three squares a day plus snacks (like handfuls of nuts inbetween meals when I remember.) I've slanted my whole diet towards lean means etc.

It doesn't seem to be holding me back very much; starting to get tone, still adding more weight to the routine every few days. But it's early days and I assume I'm just grabbing low hanging fruit.
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Small stomach is deficit + lots of protein, and use your lean mass to calc your protein macro. If you're 80lbs (why are you cutting eat something retard) 80-85g of protein is good, but if you're 220 pounds, but like 30%bf, go with 150-160 grams. Remember to count your macros and calories or you will not progress.
 
In case it hasn’t been mentioned (recently), get a coffee/food scale. Then google the calorie/protein values. That should allow for more accurate tracking.
 
JoseRaulChupacabra said:
In case it hasn’t been mentioned (recently), get a coffee/food scale. Then google the calorie/protein values. That should allow for more accurate tracking.
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Exactly this, weights of foods in grams plus the nutrition info is a game changer and you can get a small digital scale off Amazon for $20
 
24nagging said:
eat food that you can drink instead of chew. Drink a lot of water to expand your stomach (don't go too overboard tho). Lower your fiber consumption (don't cut it out tho).
Also, you might consider consuming more than 1g of protein per kg of bodyweight
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Thank goodness for the AI video summary/interrogation feature or I would've had to listen to this kike describe every molecule of the human body for 50 minutes. I appreciate that he's being thorough rather than pedantic, but I can forego the epistemology.

tl;dr (as Grapefruit Soda said), 1g/lbs - fat weight
 
Legalize Asbestos said:
Any hot tips for small stomachs?
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Get good.

Re: how much protein to get, (((Huberman))) interviewed some fucking nerd who does like studies in labs and stuff and apparently they've tested up to something absurd like 4g/lb and still saw incremental benefits so the short answer is "more".
 
dick brain said:
Get good.

Re: how much protein to get, (((Huberman))) interviewed some fucking nerd who does like studies in labs and stuff and apparently they've tested up to something absurd like 4g/lb and still saw incremental benefits so the short answer is "more".
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Is any of this published or is it just "I know a guy who knows a guy who..."? This review of 49 studies with 1800+ participants found "Protein supplementation beyond total protein intakes of 1.62 g/kg/day resulted in no further [resistance exercise training]-induced gains in [fat-free mass]." (The conversion comes out to about 0.8g/lbs for anyone who cares).
 
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