Louis Schuler
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Wait a few years so you can get some progressive overload in when he’s a little heavier. That should work.
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I see. Thanks for the response. Anyone else have some advice?
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I’d imagine it would be tough to get some hypertrophy work in with only kettlebells. You can exercise with them but depending on your goals I don’t think they are enough and offer enough variety. If you love the gym I would try to move things around, easy to say of course. In most case, when family and work is present, I would make the gym the first thing I do in the day, very early. Hope this helps
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What do you mean by double progression Lucas? Thanks
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Look at your form, maybe slow things down a bit and make sure you are connecting well with the muscle. What exercises are you doing? And maybe eat more on that day, it’s maybe a genetic weakness
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When strength stalls I would look at how your body feels, maybe you need more rest days. I’d also look at your diet, is your bodyweight pushing up? When strength stalls, more food and more rest usually does the trick. Or lower volume but I think you can test the other things out first
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The simple answer is just try both and see which one you feel the most in your quads/prefer
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As for exercises, I think you can’t go wrong with the basics and keeping things simple. Dumbbell presses, barbell presses, barbell rows, dumbbell rows, T bars, front squats, back squats, leg presses, lunges etc. Master the basics and you will have a great physique if diet is solid.
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You’re welcome. The training should be kept the same whether you are in off season or not. However I think your training style will be dictated by your joints/injuries, by what you enjoy (very important). There are many training styles and I don’t think it’s great to be a die hard frequency guy, a die hard high volume guy because there are multiple ways of doing things. I find the best type of training has heavy stuff in there, different rep ranges, higher rep ranges for some exercises, for some bodyparts like legs. You have to test things out for yourself and see what you like, see what you respond to. It’s important to have a plan and not just to wing it though.
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I like walking lunges with a small step or stationary lunges with the back foot slightly elevated. Keep the weight on the outside of your foot and focus on the quad, concentrate, feel the quad stretch then contract it hard
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I don’t think “body type” is a valid reason to eat like shit. All calories aren’t equal. You’re not going to look the same from eating 4000 calories of rice/potatoes/oats/chicken/beef/salmon/eggs/vegetables/nut butters etc etc and 4000 calories of rice/cereal/burgers/chicken/ice cream. It takes effort to put on weight and to grow, it’s not meant to be something easy. There’s nothing wrong with having some cereal/bagels post workout or a nice burger every once in a while to assit the growing but by no means should be part of your daily diet.
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Thanks for the answer, appreciate it
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Hello Dr,
I’ve been looking at joint support supplements. Can I have your opinion on a few different products I’m looking at?
I’ve attached the pictures of the ingredients of each, which do you think would be most effective? Both are at same price point.
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Interesting read and props to you for all of this. In my humble opinion, I also think you should prioritise legs during your next off season, particularly your inner thigh/adductors. It will fill the gap in between your legs and make them look much bigger. You look great though man and loving this. Good luck
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Any explanation as to why or purely anecdotal?