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Good thinking using single arm variations to be able to use more weight.

That's not the point of this thread... where's the originality??

Wow.. did not notice that. Why did someone go and revive an almost year old thread? I thought that's not allowed in most forums.

If someone travelled a lot for a living or couldn't afford a gym membership and this was all they had, I'm sure you guys could come up with something! :smiley:

Not so much a request as a game.

She said she doesn't have time or money for shopping. Besides, everything's bad for you these days. Even breathing air is killing us.

I wouldn't spend money on shakes. Just throw milk + ice cream + peanut butter + protein powder into a blender. You'll get two boost pluses in one drink. I gained 35 pounds this way. Only had to go shopping once or twice. It will save you trips vs. buying packages of shakes. Plus you're creating less waste.

When you have to spend money on a new fitted suit :'(

I'm not sure but it must've been very low because I was extremely skinny - practically a skeleton. I hardly ever ate.

I mentioned in one of my posts that that I do 3 sets for all my exercises, even the ones that say 1 set. I guess a lot of people didn't read that post. Thanks man! Your replies have been super helpful and informative. I will go heavier on the compounds and try to squeeze more sets out of my exercises. I prefer leg press as…

Should I go heavy with more sets and less reps for the compound exercises and stick to lighter weights and more reps for the accessories?

Exactly. So where are people getting their conclusions that my routine is "lacking" and needs more "volume"? If it needs adjustments then what does it need? More sets? More reps? More exercises? More days a week? Why? I use the appropriate amount of weight necessary to reach failure by the end of the designated sets and…

Suggestions?

It's bad timing for a cut .. Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas are right around the corner. Maybe I should put off the cut for three more months and in the meantime try body recomp to see if it works?

Thanks for your in-depth post Seth! I would like to be between 10-14% bf. Looking at my pictures I'm probably in the 20-25%'range right now. I would like to be bigger (210) but I don't want to be fat. I guess I should cut and then bulk again (slower this time). Any idea how much I should cut and how big my defecit should…

Yeah, I do ababab (three workouts a week). It's hard for me to find more time than that. I also do three sets where my routine says to only do one.

Is body recomposition eating at a surplus on training days and eating at deficit on rest days? Why would I do this over a traditional cut? I'm just curious. Would it be to see good results without losing too much weight?

My starting weight was 145 if anyone was interested. I looked like this:

Don't forget leg press + deadlifts and the occasional accessories. Maybe working out is not fun for the die-hards, but for the typical person if something isn't fun they're not going to want to do it. So there's nothing wrong with alternatives. You do you.

I really like doing pyramids, drop-sets, running the rack, etc. They are nice challenges.

I'm tall and lanky and it's really awkward for me and I've injured myself (just a minor one but it scared me). I've mostly been sticking to the same exercises but I've also done calisthenics, dumbbell-only workouts, upper/lower and A B splits. I also have a repertoire of alternative exercises I'll do sometimes: cable…

Nice contribution. It's already been solved. Moving on...

I am going for aesthetics. Thats what I thought. I will always do compounds first and try not to hold back. I will check out that routine. I've tried an A B routine before and liked it. Thank you all!

Really the only difference between my routine and a program like starting strength is the addition of accessory lifts and higher rep range + lower weight to focus on hypertrophy > strength.

To clarify: I do the same eight exercises every day, three days a week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 3 sets of 12 for everything. I do compounds first and usually try to reserve energy to do accessories after.

Squats are super uncomfortable for me and I'm always worried about injury. I do leg press + calf raise and deadlifts instead.

1400 calories is very low. I would up calories to 1900 and since you're lifting weights also, I would only do cardio on off days.

Yeah, usually I do compounds and then accessories but today I really put my all into them and didn't reserve any energy so when I got around to accessories I didn't have any energy left to do them. Usually I will pace myself and go light on the compounds so that I have energy left over to perform the accessories. Now I.…

This is my routine: - [ ] Chest Press - [ ] Bent Over Row - [ ] Shoulder Press - [ ] Dumbbell Curl - [ ] Tricep Pulldown - [ ] Deadlift - [ ] Leg Press - [ ] Calf Raise