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He won't help either.

Yeah a power to weight reference would be easier. Unless we use the gloss calculator.

I do tend to agree with birds though. no way you'd listen to 'qualified' trainers around my area.

Squats tonight. 7x125 New pb

Drink coffee. Appetite suppressant

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Yeah that's solid! wide grip definitely brings more back into it. I do close grip for a more all round lift to incorporate arms, I don't curl.

Does this not go against that healthy foods post?

How much you weigh nick? For a total chin? Has such a push pull effect those things. I use weighted chins as a staple. They are underrated

Ah yep fair enough!

Haven't done a 1RM in a while, using a calc I've always found accurate for myself it'd be ~183

Channing tatum for example.

Doing anything to progressively increase it?

I'd try a minimal increase on the bench, 2-2.5 if your plates allow it.

He doesn't look that far removed from the natty guy I posted on the last page? I'm surprised you think that Troy after the achievements you've had in such a short time. Give it 4 more years and surely you don't expect to look the same?

True, a carb is a carb

This is a good paste. Only thing id like to say is some of the bad foods, processed yes, but if you're to make them yourself at home they aren't so bad depending. which is common sense just the same. A large pizza base is only about 1 cup of flour. a burger bun is less.

physique ive had in mind since i started, he is 6'1" and 195lbs though I'm quite a way off that and wont be growing 4" any time soon. I've only been at it for 10 months.

I know what i can and cant do? i have looked at what works, i follow it. Lifting big and being lean is what i like It was just a question to birds who has maintained for years, now upping his diet and weights really. casual chat which has gone off the thread intent. so...

Oh shit no, I wasnt referring to what an app or whatever says. I couldn't care less for that. I guess you do what Im saying already anyway by knowing what's good and bad and how much you can and can't eat anyway. Ive been referring to knowing in your head. But you've learnt that still. I think starting something with the optimal way to achieve it = quicker results = people falling in love with it and not giving up. But anyway.... We're done now haha

Yeah I guess it's never been an issue with you because you've never tried to lift as big as you can. Just regulating it via food and the weight lifted. I still think time plays a massive part though. 9 years you've been at it? Maintaining you don't have any goals as such, so you're not trying to achieve any feats. if you get 'fatter' than what you like you can just switch back to what you've always done and sacrifice something. What if you wanted to hit 200kg deads, whilst maintaining same bf percentage and not feeling fatigued and eating your favorite foods? Do you think it would be worth knowing a bit more about what the make up of your food is? To achieve it quicker? A lot of people do cuts, lose strength, get cranky and it only lasts a month because it's not sustainable

Very true and I agree down to before you pinch yourself. Knowing what you should be eating allows the gains to be more likely muscle and not fat. You can somewhat get away with it because of the years you've done it and the condition you're in. Not knowing youre in a ridiculous deficit would be a bad thing wouldn't it? Knowing it allows you to be at your peak and enjoy 'naughty food' I'm just talking about optimisation and in a quicker way, which is what most want. And it's sustainable. Knowing for me allows me to not care and eat what I want really.

I used a belt on top sets last cycle but this time I've made a point of not using it while doing heavier stuff. Guy in gym yesterday had his belt on doing quarter 60kg squats because he didn't want to hurt his back..

You've increased you intake recently and still maintaining but with more energy? Do you plan on increasing intake if needed to increase your lifts? If/when that happens? Low bf's can be maintained but require a closer look into what you're consuming. Just eating 'clean' or 'healthy' wouldn't be my choice. As Birds said, his deficit had its side effects.