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I do all my hip thrusts and glute bridges exclusively in areas where I'm absolutely sure every single person will be able to see me humping the air. If the gym is empty I don't do them at all.

As an amateur powerlifter, I did Crossfit for a few weeks, and when I went back to doing my regular programming, my strength had decreased. Volume based endurance work is all fine and dandy if that's your goal, but it's not exactly conducive towards bodybuilding OR strength training, it's kind of its own thing. It's also…

I don't think there's any faster way to make me want to not talk to someone than to unironically use the phrase "friendzone." What's so terrible about being friends with a girl? If you have feelings for her that aren't reciprocated, either deal with it or stop hanging out with her if it's too much. It's as simple as that,…

If you're at the gym and you're staring at girls you are 1. A creep, sorry, no exceptions. 2. Not working out hard enough. This comes around to 3. You don't have a girlfriend because your body is crap because you spend time being creepy instead of working out. 4. You spend the time you should be working out nurturing how…

This is the bottom line. The name of the game really should be changed to "fat loss" rather than "weight loss." That number on the scale can be surprisingly useless in a tangible sense.

Do not suck in your abs, do not tighten them by pulling in your stomach. Here's an exercise to try and engage your anterior core, take in a deep breath. A very DEEP one. Then push out your stomach as you do so. Feel how tight your abs get as your belly pushes out against them? That's what you want. Engaging your core…

I think the biggest unspoken rule of failure is that unless you're working at higher powerlifting standards, your body should in general be strong enough to counteract whatever terrible things could happen to you when you fail a lift. That means your core is strong enough that your lower back won't start rounding as you…

You get the itis.

You need days where you work your legs exclusively. Seriously. You can try to ignore it, probably ignore this post maybe, ignore every other person who's going to say it. Give it its own day. But work your damn legs or you are going to look stupid.

Squats and deadlifts.

I always liked assertive women, so the fact that a woman is willing to reject social norms to go after something she wants is always incredibly attractive to me. So yeah, I love it.

That video actually shows something good that too many gym goers are afraid to do. Fail. You must fail. If you do not fail, you are not pushing yourself. If you haven't had to drop a deadlift midway, if you haven't had to roll the bar off your chest during a bench, if you haven't had to roll the bar off your back during a…

Part of it for me was making it my own thing, I set up my own programs, my own schedule with which lifts to do and when, which variations, etc. I time when I want to try for new 1 rep maxes, or when I want to set PRs. Basically, you have to make it a project, something you can work on and progress in beyond just pounds on…

Yeah, those sound like your quads. If you're desperate not to have strong developed quads (which is utterly bizarre to me) you can always widen your squat stance, more glutes and hammies. Or you can do deadlifts instead. But honestly quads own, on ladies too.

Cable ab crunches work well because they force you to use your anterior core muscles directly, crunches kind of suck because there tends to be a very small period of contraction and the resistance is reliant on you being in the raised or "crunch" position for a minimal amount of time with your upper body weight primarily…

Kiss a dude.

There's a lot of reasons working out in the morning is better for me. I don't have to fight over a bench or squat rack, I don't have to worry about people getting in my way while the free weight area is crowded, I don't have to worry about people using the cross-over station for single cable work while single cables are…

A decently sized banana can have over 100 calories, a big fat apple can have over 80. So yes, fruit has a decent amount of calories in it and you should track it like everything else.

The definition of the fast is not consuming calories during the non-eating window, some people allow little violations, like black coffee, which typically has less than 10 calories a cup if you're going pure black, but it's so insignificant that it doesn't negate the benefits of a fast. So yeah, technically, you're…

Before you do any specialized programs for increasing lifts you should always do a double-check on your form, typically if one of my lifts stall beyond a reasonable amount of time, I'll wait until one of my deload weeks and take a look at what's going on with my form and try to perfect it. My squat stalled at 315, turned…

It's hard for shooters and action games to keep my attention because I can't really deal with the overstimulation, but stuff like Civilization 5, Dominions 4, Eador, and XCOM are all tons of fun for me. I've currently been playing Tropico 4 the most, there's something great about being the dictator of a banana republic.

You can use a belt whenever you feel, even if your lifts are lighter than some people's (which her's isn't), the valsalva isn't a substitute for a belt. There's no point that you "need" a belt other than the point where you feel like you want to lift more than you're capable of without assistance, it's as simple as that,…

They're good for forcing you to recruit your abs more, as you're supposed to push your gut out against the belt to create more tension in your core and stabilize it as well. There's a lot of boogie man myths about it, like it's going to make you not use your core as much (which is total crap if you're using the belt…

The reason the scale moves slower if you're lifting is simple, you're conserving more muscle mass, bottom line. Not all the weight you're going to lose is going to be fat, some if it is going to be stuff that you'll probably want to keep. That slowing in weight loss is a good thing, it means you're keeping the stuff you…

This is antiquated. Two of my exes pursued me, sure the relationships didn't work out in the end, but I had absolutely no interest in them at first but they persisted and I grew to have feelings for them. If they hadn't done that I never would've asked them out in the first place because I wasn't interested. So what are…

There was a point where I got most of my sustenance from liquid meals. Then it turned out that I literally hadn't consumed a single gram of fiber for about a few weeks and had the most painful stomach cramping and indigestion I could describe for about a week after while I desperately tried to fix my diet. My excuse was…

Got dumped, was getting sick every other week, bipolar was taking control of my life again, was sick of my job and needed something active in my life. I was also an incredible athlete in highschool and used to box and wrestle, and I wanted to feel the same sort of strength and power in my body that I did back then. I was…

All the people who have fetishes for walnut socks get off on pictures of my back.

Wider stance squats, barbell glute bridges, high foot position leg press, kneeling squats, all will work your glutes well. I should know, my *kitten* is phat.

This thread pops up like, I don't know, at least once a month. Yes, it's real, and yes the people denying that it's real are *kitten*.