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Guys who are legitimate bodybuilders or want to get big for the sake of it aren't doing it to look nice for women, or in some occasions, men, it's kind of like how women don't always get dressed up to look nice for men. So really, what your preference is is probably totally irrelevant to people that actually get to the…

Exercise is necessary, it is a biological need. You cannot be sedentary and be healthy, just as you cannot be obese and be healthy. We're trying to normalize all this crap and say "You'll be fine if your diet is alright." or "You can be healthy and obese as long as you eat some healthy things and maybe go to the gym once…

It's a leg press, you can have like a 1/10th range of motion, where the weight is set up at an incline with a leverage that means you're only technically lifting around 70% of the weight, and it's at an optimal angle to move the weight with no stabilization required from your body. Quoting leg press numbers is freaking…

It took at least 25 pounds for people to notice that I lost weight and I'm a tiny dude, also I can guarantee you that in your before and after shots, if you look closely enough, somewhere, anywhere, you will look smaller, our body takes off those first bits of fat in strange ways sometimes, initial weight loss is always…

Never do behind the neck for lifts that work perfectly fine with normal form, there are literally no benefits from going behind the neck besides increased risk of shoulder impingement. Just do your press and pulldowns in front of you, if you're getting more out of behind the neck work it means you're being lazy and not…

If there's one thing I learned, it's that people that are constantly worrying about their partner cheating or accusing them of cheating, are the ones who, without fail, will do the cheating. It's just a symptom of insecurity.

Roflmao.

I do intermittent fasting, at a 21-3 hour window, that's 3 hours to eat, essentially just one big meal, I typically don't even use the full 3 hours. It still takes me 4000 calories to bulk, for reference, I'm a barely average height, 145lb gymnast, sure my workouts are around 2 hours long and brutal beyond belief, but the…

This isn't true. I initially tried to do this (because like everyone else's body, mine isn't perfectly symmetrical), but luckily for me this was only a problem when I was 14, and I quickly learned from coaches and personal experience that it's more a form and posture issue. OP, generally there can be small differences in…

Abs are like any muscle, they require resistance to grow and to gain strength, your squat goes up when your legs get stronger, and your legs get bigger as you squat more weight with a decent amount of volume. Your abs are absolutely no different, it's something I've consistently failed to understand when I see people doing…

Push press, seated press, smith machine press, or alternated foot stance press is not an overhead press FYI.

Considering that I've been drinking milk multiple times a day for more than two decades (as long as I can remember I have drank multiple glasses a day, milk is a very popular daily beverage in rural South Africa), if it dehydrated you or did not adequately hydrate you, I would be dead by now, as there have been periods of…

The "You don't have kids." argument is moronic. I also don't have a vagina, but I can still tell people that it's probably a good idea not to stick live animals up there. Not feeding your kids garbage should go without saying, and no matter how "good" or "loving" a parent you are otherwise, you're still treating your kid…

I can guarantee you this isn't the case, as the mentality with weightlifting in general is to "get stronger and bigger," people are typically obsessed with enlarging their numbers when weightlifting. It's just the way it's perceived by the general public that make people more likely to be more successful on that front. The…

The only real issue with cardio is doing excessive amounts of it while weight lifting at the same time as the amount of calories you burn doing cardio can be counter productive when you're trying to build muscle. That doesn't have much to do with weight loss however. The big thing with cardio and why people say it isn't…

You're a woman on the internet, you can look like a pile of dookie and desperate weird dudes will still message you. Yes, it's pretty gross that guys have no sense of boundaries or act like ridiculous psychopaths when someone doesn't return their unwarranted attention, but acting like that creepy attention means anything…

Creatine can easily cause up to 10 pounds of water weight gain, and since you're in a bulk, yes, the increased glycogen stores will also affect your weight. If you're eating at a minor surplus and it's physically impossible for you to gain weight that fast, then just come to the most logical conclusion that it's water…

Frogstands when properly done place the leverage of the weight towards the back.

Then it's the issue that most men are insecure in their masculinity.

What does your squat routine look like? Do you do them first? What kind of warmup do you have? What portion of the movement do you have the most difficulty with? If you're also trying to lose weight (which I assume you are), it's natural to stall on lifts during a cut, you might want to try eating a little more to see if…

You're making the fundamental mistake by assuming that dancing to Shakira is less intense than your deadlift warmups, when I'm certain nearly any ballet performer would easily tell you that their routine is significantly more brutal than your typical 3 day a week gym warrior's routine. In fact, the mistake you're making is…

This is probably why most of the men that lift in my gym lift like retards, because they're emotionally incapable of learning from someone else. That's not a man thing by the way, it's a 10 year old child thing. Hope this helps.

A lot of people are overweight because of chronic depression, stress, anxiety, and a host of other issues, in fact, most overweight people are overweight because they are unhappy or suffer from issues. You can't will away those issues.

Actually, the easiest way to try to get this sort of habit under control is to understand that it's not that bad when you go over a day every now and then, or when you skip a workout every now and then. It's when you allow yourself to feel strong guilt over it when it can really sabotage you, it affects your self esteem…

No, a lot of people don't get any muscle soreness after awhile simply because their body has adapted to the trauma experienced from workout sessions. That doesn't mean your body isn't responding to the workout, just that it doesn't have an "Oh God, what did you do to me?" response anymore. Your muscles are still breaking…

My split is typically Chest, Back, Shoulders, then Legs, with an Arms day stuck in there wherever I please every other week (do isolation exercises for bi's on Back, and for tri's on Chest, anyway). I don't understand why you'd want to do legs twice though, your legs are a lot like your back, a lot of large powerful…

Walking lunges work well. Barbell glute bridges will encourage hypertrophy, as will hip thrusts. Doing deadlifts with proper form are one of the best ways to gain muscle mass in the glutes, squats as well, as long as you do them to depth. Sculpting basically equates to gaining muscle mass in the glutes or improved muscle…

Bodyfat, and the rectus abdominis is like any other muscle in that it requires strength training with weights in order for them to grow in size.

This is utter nonsense FYI, it's like telling someone to do deadlifts rounding their lower back until their hamstrings are strong enough to take the load. It's like telling someone to arch their back in the overhead press until their shoulders are strong enough to handle the load. It's either all or nothing, benching with…