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  1. A

    Bodybuilding for beginners

    If you could impart any advice for beginners who want to get into bodybuilding what would it be?
  2. Shrek

    Your diet.

    Just curious PL's how you determine your diet? Do you adjust cals accord to strength gains or weight gain? How do you balance eating enough to gain strength but not too much that you get fat? Or perhaps you don't care how fat you get as long as you get stronger?
  3. A

    2015 year end goals.

    Figured this would be a good time for anyone interested to post their current lifts and what their year end goals are. Maybe help to get focused and dialed in on making some gains in these last 3 months. I figured we can update as any of them hit our goals or get close.
  4. D

    What is your favorite steroid and why?

    I would like to know what your favorite steroid is.* I have been giving it some thought over the past couple of days, and with all the choices it seems hard to decide.* I mean, testosterone is THE steroid hormone, but there are so many options.* After a lot of deliberation, I have decided that...
  5. A

    Rank these in order of importance for a bodybuilder?

    Drugs Diet & Nutrition Genetics Training Obviously being even mildly consistent with all 4 will yield the most optimal results. But which could be considered more vital than others? Can overdoing one overcompensate or make up for the relative lack of another?
  6. Puggy

    CNS Stimulants - help CNS gains? Or just mask fatigue?

    CNS Stimulants range from Caffeine to the Amphetamine family. Probably someone with experience or from a medical background could answer this. Do CNS Stimulants actually improve CNS gains or do they just mask fatigue while they're active?
  7. A

    What was something small you changed that made all the difference to your gains?

    What was something small you changed that made all the difference to your gains?
  8. Repacked

    [Article] The mechanisms of muscle hypertrophy and their application to resistance training

    Worth taking the time to read... http://www.ucam.edu/sites/default/files/Oct_13/mechanisms_of_muscle_hypertrophy.pdf Extract: Current research suggests that maximum gains in musclehypertrophy are achieved by training regimens that producesignificant metabolic stress while maintaining a...
  9. Jungnaut

    Slow Eccentrics for DL or Pendlay Rows a no-no?

    So we have been dis-cussing how useful the eccentric part of the rep is for most exercises. By most I mean exercises that primarily move single joints and definitely some compounds too. On the other side of the coin I am sure there are a few exercises where slow eccentrics would not be...
  10. D1cko

    General Powerlifting Programs- Personal Reviews

    I thought I'd start a thread where we could review a program based on our own personal experiences. There's no right or wrong reviews, just opinions and sharing what worked and what didn't.
  11. canned tuna

    Touch and go bench versus pause - strength gains

    GDay Wondering how you guys have found touch and go benching as a tool in bringing up your strict comp bench? Versus training paused exclusively Do you find the loss in carryover gets in the way of its value? Or simply a good way to build the base of a bigger comp bench? I've trained paused...
  12. A

    Fitness trainer gains and loses 70 pounds in 1 year -- on purpose

    Fitness trainer Drew Manning gained 70 pounds in six months, then lost it all before a year was up. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Fitness trainer Drew Manning wanted to better understand his clients' struggles Manning gained 70 pounds on purpose so that he could lose it Back at normal weight, he says the...
  13. A

    What change in your training, diet, or lifestyle had a big impact on your gains?

    Could be starting something new, stopping something, changing macros, trying a new split, etc.
  14. A

    Roelly Winklaar shows his offseason gains 2013 Gun Show in Curacao

  15. jzpowahz

    noob gains

    I have a question regarding noob gains in relation to hypertrophy (not necessarily strength) If a person decided say never to train their legs at all and just did upper body for say 5 years. He/she then decided one day to start training legs. Are the legs going to respond in...
  16. A

    The Lean Gains Myth

    Dr. Israetel, a Sport Physiologist, discusses his views on the idea of lean gains (gaining muscle without gaining fat, or losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pkbrTpKaj4
  17. A

    When you first started Bodybuilding, how long did it take until you saw visible gains

    When you first started Bodybuilding, how long did it take until you saw visible gains?
  18. Swervyn-Ervyn

    This will yield gains.. I guarantee!!

    Lol... What!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. M

    trap bar= serious gains

    Recently I switched to trap bar for everything really that I can substitute regular barbell work with. Deads rows military press ect..Ive gone from a 160 dl to a 200 kg 1rm, I have no problem pumping out bent over row reps with 100kgs. I love super setting d/ls with leg extensions awesome pump...
  20. kaz

    AJ Rochester gains 48kg's in 48 weeks

    http://mobile.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/former-the-biggest-loser-host-ajay-rochester-opens-up-her-recent-weight-gain/story-fn907478-1226622430818
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