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Davide, in short , no.

Look, if your pushing your body weight up and your taking leg sets to absolute failure , it really doesn’t matter much what exercise you do / how you do it . All that matters is the effort part and the taking body weight up

One of the reasons I suspect people get hung up on this , is they are often only ever looking at training , as how to get big. And then when they don’t get big, they are confused and then start dissecting random parts

If they pushed their weight up, they would be getting massive and not be questioning things

Getting really big, is literally just about taking your body weight up.

Then train hard enough, take enough gear , your going ti mostly build muscle out of that weight that goes on

reading this helps so much as I’m guitly of overthinking the process more than needed and end up being distracted with nuances. Through here and your ig you’ve helped so much understanding what actually matters and doing the do, thanks:)

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So I started to push last weekend after I made that fairly long post , I was 284 then , I summarised my drug changes the other day as i forgot to post them

I like to always make a fairly chunky calorie pull when I start too , as just moves off tons of digestive issue and I drop a lot of shit weight really fast

I lowered to :

Td

700c / 60f / 400p

Ntd

550c/80f/400p

This plus the clen saw me drop to 276 this week

Today as a result , I didn’t take any clen , and I 5 meals of 150c today , so had 750c total

Tmo I will crack back on with my numbers as above and re add the clen , and from here aim for 2 pounds a week in drops

If things move to fast, I just drop the clen for the day and eat 150-200c more that day and crack on again

And then once fat loss stalls, I will creep up clen and lower cals

I won’t really add many more steps as I’m walking a lot already 🙂

do more fats on rest day serve a purpsoe (eg help with insulin sensitivity) or just preference?

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It’s a really hard question to answer and KNOW the correct answer . I would say based on what I have learnt from doing the do, if you can adjust the resistance profile , keeping the reps lower is a better option , but please know that’s just me mastering it based on what I think I feel in my body and see in my results . I don’t KNOW for sure ( the literature agrees too lower reps are better , but take that for what you will , that literature will change in a couple years lol)

I see, thank you Jordan!

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well your answer is the very best and biggest bodybuilders to of ever existed feel like max pump is useful

So then it’s up to you to work out as you progress through to being huge huge , if max pump is something valuable for you

I can certainly attest that being able to deliver nutrient rich blood as efficiently as possible to muscles , has helped me

Thank you🙏🏻

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Sounds like you already have your own info that you need on it . If you don’t think a better pump doesn’t help things, don’t get a pump pre workout , end of mystery 🙂

What we can say, based on the “ success leaves clues “ , the biggest and best bodybuilders to ever of been, have made comment on the pump being a key part of their training

If you are absolutely huge , like legit massive , and feel it’s not something you are concerned about at all, then you defo have figured out your way

If you are only just starting to look like you train which will be the majority, I think having any real steadfast opinions on things is probably pretty silly , as it’s just dunning Kruger effect at play

Hey Jordan, thanks for the reply. I don’t have any steadfast opinion on the topic, hence why I asked. I just wanted some other perspectives 🙂 Of course it’s something I can try and see overtime for myself. But it’s no harm to ask as well haha

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Thank you!

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Thanks a lot guys! One last question, that cardio which is for fitness, would keep it on a mini cut or a diet?

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Thanks a lot!

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I’ll start doing some cardio then instead of reducing sets. Do you recommend doing it on rest days or after training?

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Hey buddy! I personally do around 16-20 working sets per workout and I’m training within 40-60 mins easy. Definitely add some form of cardio to help heart rate during rest periods. Also you may need to reduce load on your latter sets, don’t be afraid to sacrifice that to save time. I don’t think you should be in there for longer than 90 mins MAX!

Thank you guys and girls.

Louis one question out of curiosity. Why do you think 90 mins max? I mean what happens after 90 minutes lol. Isn’t it a bit arbitrary?

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Something is off here. Although we say take as long as you need between sets to recover, taking 5 mins between ALL sets and spending over 3 hours in the gym is a bit excessive.

How do you approach your sets? Do you amp yourself up excessively for every set?

Do you overthink and get anxious between sets?

What’s your diet set up? Do you prioritise your pre, intra and post workout nutrition to support performance and recovery?

How much volume are you doing? This may need reducing.

I wrote the volume above.

I do prioritize peri workout nutrition yes.

I do amp myself up for lost sets. I try to find a balance between having aggression but also being in control. I think there’s a different balance for every person and for different lifts. I’ll get a bit anxious before a hack or something but I think everyone does. I don’t get anxious for everything.

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I have tried to go into the sets sooner like 2-3 minutes rest, on purpose and my performance drops very much. Idk man, as I said both muscularly and neurologically I’m not ready in such a break between sets.

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Volume

Push

3 push compounds x 2 sets each

5 sets laterals

2 sets chest iso

4 sets tricep iso

Pull

1 set hip hinge

4 sets lats

4 sets upper back

2 sets traps

2 sets rear delts

6 sets biceps

Legs A

4 sets hamstrings

4 sets quad compounds

3 sets leg extension

2 sets adductors

2 sets calves

3 sets abs

Legs B

3 sets leg curls and 2 sets hip thrust

4 sets quad compound

2 sets leg extension

2 sets adductors

2 sets calves

3 sets abs

That’s not necessarily the order of the exercises. It’s just total volume per session per muscle group.

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Thank you all:)

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And to what point do you think you should control the change of direction? Micro pause in every movement? Or just not bounce out of the bottom?