The age old "You can't target areas of fat, lifting" BS!
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I worked out with a guy that was over weight, 335 lbs. Didn't do the typical cardio or diet thing. Weight still the same now but he has been blasting his shoulders with super hi reps and is strong as hell. His shoulders have striations front and back but every where else is the same as before. So to say you can't target certain areas and lose fat in that specific area seems bogus.
If he hasn't lost weight, he would have been eating at maintenance, making it easier for him to build muscle than eating in a deficit would. I would suspect that he has built up his shoulders more than anywhere else, which has given them more definition than elsewhere. And perhaps he has a tendency to lose fat there sooner than he does other areas.
So you can lose weight faster in certain areas than others. But that wouldn't be targeting. Hasn't changed his diet or anything. Just seemed weird to be that overweight and see striations.0 -
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I worked out with a guy that was over weight, 335 lbs. Didn't do the typical cardio or diet thing. Weight still the same now but he has been blasting his shoulders with super hi reps and is strong as hell. His shoulders have striations front and back but every where else is the same as before. So to say you can't target certain areas and lose fat in that specific area seems bogus.
If he hasn't lost weight, he would have been eating at maintenance, making it easier for him to build muscle than eating in a deficit would. I would suspect that he has built up his shoulders more than anywhere else, which has given them more definition than elsewhere. And perhaps he has a tendency to lose fat there sooner than he does other areas.
So you can lose weight faster in certain areas than others. But that wouldn't be targeting. Hasn't changed his diet or anything. Just seemed weird to be that overweight and see striations.
Definitely you can lose faster in some areas than others. My calves lean out first and then my thighs. That's all before my shoulders and arms and definitely before stomach.
I do agree that it would be weird to see a guy that big with striations.1 -
He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
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I could sayBMI is BS for muscular guys but I'd be shot down on this too.1
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He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
Why is he only training one muscle group? And why the high reps? Didn't think more than 20 reps per set (which is usually at a lower weight) was necessary and was considered overtraining.
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I could sayBMI is BS for muscular guys but I'd be shot down on this too.
That group is already a known outlier for BMI though. Not really anything to debate on that.He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
I'm wondering what his back training is like.3 -
And does he have chicken legs (relatively for a guy his size).2
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VintageFeline wrote: »And does he have chicken legs (relatively for a guy his size).
A that'd be a NO. lol0 -
He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
Why is he only training one muscle group? And why the high reps? Didn't think more than 20 reps per set (which is usually at a lower weight) was necessary and was considered overtraining.
He works everything just over trains some things cuz those are his favs. He consider tris and calves a major muscle group too,lol.0 -
Look if I didn't put BS in the title, no one would have commented.1
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Sort of off topic, but I follow a girl who is sub 15% body fat (per bod pod test) and hardly has striations/shreds at all. Having a solid muscle base makes a huge difference.2
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TresaAswegan wrote: »Sort of off topic, but I follow a girl who is sub 15% body fat (per bod pod test) and hardly has striations/shreds at all. Having a solid muscle base makes a huge difference.
That's kind of funny because I was about to post something similar...my buddies ex is rail thin and has about nothing for body fat...or muscle. She has no striations...1 -
He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
Why is he only training one muscle group? And why the high reps? Didn't think more than 20 reps per set (which is usually at a lower weight) was necessary and was considered overtraining.
He works everything just over trains some things cuz those are his favs. He consider tris and calves a major muscle group too,lol.
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first is all. That's why the muscles are showing there more than other areas. I'm not working out much (beginner weights is all) but have lost most of my fat where my collar bones are. Still have a 44W though. Just the way things are. If I could target, I'd target my belly first.2 -
so you are using a n=1 sample size to dispute proven science?8
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Tacklewasher wrote: »He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
Why is he only training one muscle group? And why the high reps? Didn't think more than 20 reps per set (which is usually at a lower weight) was necessary and was considered overtraining.
He works everything just over trains some things cuz those are his favs. He consider tris and calves a major muscle group too,lol.
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first is all. That's why the muscles are showing there more than other areas. I'm not working out much (beginner weights is all) but have lost most of my fat where my collar bones are. Still have a 44W though. Just the way things are. If I could target, I'd target my belly first.
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first.....why?0 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
Why is he only training one muscle group? And why the high reps? Didn't think more than 20 reps per set (which is usually at a lower weight) was necessary and was considered overtraining.
He works everything just over trains some things cuz those are his favs. He consider tris and calves a major muscle group too,lol.
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first is all. That's why the muscles are showing there more than other areas. I'm not working out much (beginner weights is all) but have lost most of my fat where my collar bones are. Still have a 44W though. Just the way things are. If I could target, I'd target my belly first.
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first.....why?
genetics4 -
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first.....why?genetics
Are we guessing? Cuz I've seen his parents.0 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »He does what he calls cardio benching, 135 lbs for 4 to 6 fatigue sets in a row. We're talking 75 reps first set then it dwindles down, 300-400 total reps. Chest starting to show striations now. I've done his chest routine with him and 225 lbs til you reach 250 reps. I thought I was gonna die,lol.
Like over training a certain muscle, been watching too much CT Fletcher.
Why is he only training one muscle group? And why the high reps? Didn't think more than 20 reps per set (which is usually at a lower weight) was necessary and was considered overtraining.
He works everything just over trains some things cuz those are his favs. He consider tris and calves a major muscle group too,lol.
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first is all. That's why the muscles are showing there more than other areas. I'm not working out much (beginner weights is all) but have lost most of my fat where my collar bones are. Still have a 44W though. Just the way things are. If I could target, I'd target my belly first.
So he loses fat from his shoulders and chest first.....why?
The same way the next person loses from their legs or arms first...0
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