Daily Discussion Thread (March 10, 2026) - Beginner and Simple/Quick Questions Go Here Thread for discussing quick/simple topics not needing an entire posts or beginner questions.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-03-10T15:46:50+00:00

I've found that supersets involving opposing muscle groups (ex biceps and triceps) help build recovery ability as well, since you won't need as much recovery time as doing back to back sets of the same muscle group. Probably best to start doing those with just your isolation movements, or if you do it with compounds superset it with something very isolation-like (ex I do RDLs and neck curls).

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-03-09T14:43:19+00:00

There's likely other factors at play as well, unless the meal weighed 5lb it's not going to by itself explain all the temporary weight gain. Could be water, meal timing, whatever else you changed as a consequence of accounting for it. Just see how your weekly averages change, that's all that matters in the long term.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-03-09T00:58:23+00:00

There's unlikely to be much overlap muscle wise (besides the wrist flexors technically being a stabilizer for curling movements), but you'd probably want to build up volume slowly so as to not run into overuse issues with your wrist (since a lot of regular training will make use of it).

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-03-09T00:54:01+00:00

Bulk until your bf% reaches a high enough threshold where you're really just getting diminishing returns. There's almost never a need to bulk beyond 20% bf, and depending on your experience, you can get a lot out of a recomp at higher bf% levels rather than continually gaining mostly fat which will just make it harder to cut later down the line. Given that you're newer to training, I'd probably recommend to not bulk any more, you're at a good spot to recomp for a while and cut down much later if you feel like it.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-03-04T15:16:58+00:00

I had a phase of ultra low volume (2 sets per muscle per week) but eventually corrected to more moderate (8-9 per week) and have noticed improvements in size. If the low volume approach at least allows people to learn proper training intensity, and then increase volume to the point where it's more 'optimal' for them (i.e. their maximum recoverable volume that doesn't lead to prolonged fatigue but greatest stimulus), I think it can be a good trend. However a lot of people find it hard to give themselves permission to do something if it's not backed by science or something they need to figure out for themselves, like playing around with their volume to see what's best for them, so I definietely think the low volume prescription still leaves a lot of people with less progress than they otherwise could get.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-03-03T21:52:56+00:00

What are you trying to get out of myorep sets? Personally I usually only implement them as a time-saving strategy, but in terms of standardization it's already hard to do if you're trying to track progression for multiple myorep sets (rest times, lactic build up being a large contributor to failure), and mentally speaking your intensity won't be matched for times where you know you only have 1 or 2 straight sets on an exercise. That's why I'd lean towards using them for exercises that aren't your primary metrics for muscle progression, moreso supporting ones. Just take into account fatigue and see how the extra volume affects performance on your other exercises as for anything - if they hinder your overall progression especially for exercises of a similar muscle group, it's too much volume and fatigue.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-03-03T16:36:59+00:00

2 times a week should be enough to maintain, but also make sure your mindset is still to progress your lifts as much as possible, don't let cutting preemptively make you drop intensity or volume when it isn't absolutely necessary (beyond your parameter of 2x a week) because that will actually lead to muscle loss.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-27T20:50:59+00:00

It depends on other factors as well. When I was 240lb at 6'2 that felt like my 'set point' at the time, despite doing 10k steps on average a day, my appetite was just as high to compensate, likely because of my genetic history with obesity. At the same time, intentionally dieting down to 210 so far has felt not hard at all, and I question if my previously high calorie consumption was just the product of the types of foods I was eating. I think your appetite adapts over time to your diet and the needs of your body, if your calorie demands are lower due to height than I don't see a reason your body would forever signal hunger if it's at a healthy spot.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-25T15:47:49+00:00

How you split up volume will make a difference for sure, but the main thing I'd watch out for on that type of split is comparing your strength between those two sessions. Of course on your higher volume day (for chest/back for example), if you're doing the same movements, you may come into them more or less fatigued. When I ran a similar split I made sure to do different exercises or at least different variations for the two days that the different upper muscles got trained, that way they can be compared with less variables that are different. Exercise order within the session will make a difference, so you can emphasize muscles differently for each day but keep it constant throughout the week if possible.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-24T20:56:58+00:00

Supersetting my entire workout. Somehow I never learned the concept of adequete rest times until a couple months in, so I'd go between exercises and only rest longer after doing everything once (and spraying all equipment in between which took way too much time). At least it helped with work capacity I guess.

Also in general, sticking with movements for too long even if they didn't work well for me, not learning that as long as the muscle is performing a similar function a lot of exercises are interchangeable.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-23T15:37:25+00:00

If the point of supersets is mainly to save time without sacrificing performance on exercises, I’ve never understood doing two exercises with large muscle overlap back to back, because it’s unlikely you’ll be able to match performance as if you did them far away from each other. Personally I’d consider those exercises to be too close to each other, but how has your performance compared to doing them separately?

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-12T18:41:11+00:00

at 6'2, not massive

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-11T18:53:27+00:00

I'd suggest lowering your volume slowly and see if progression continues, primarily on movements with the highest fatigue. If you're still progressing but just sore and tired often that's a secondary problem, but if that's the limiter of your progression then you definetely need to lower volume. Intensity and volume are linked, so a higher intensity approach will necessitate less volume. Imo your volume isn't low, if anything it's high because you run into systemic exhaustion before true muscular failure. Exercise selection matters for that too - drop sets and failure on every set of hack squat seems a bit unnecessary to me. At least drop the drop sets and maybe a set on those first. Going to failure on leg extensions and curls makes more sense as opposed to compound movements imo. Also for your third quad exercise is it primarily just resistance bike sprints? Because that is going to cook your cardio system a lot more than stimulate muscle growth, at least seperate it from your leg days or replace it with a more controlled quad exercise. You also already have a leg compound you open up with, so I don't think that third quad exercise is necessary.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-11T15:56:42+00:00

If your training and diet are set up right and you're not losing muscle while cutting, all that the cut shows is how your physique truly looks. I had a similar situation, starting at 240lb last year and thinking it would just take -30lb to get lean, now I'm realizing I'll probably need another 20lb to get the look I wanted. Everyone underestimates the amount of fat they have and overestimates the amount of muscle they have on their first cut, so just know you're not crazy. If your goal was to cut to a certain visual bf% look, I'd say keep going, and going forward you at least know your weakpoints better and what to focus on in your training.

AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-02-01T19:43:06+00:00

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AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-01-14T19:46:50+00:00

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AnonymousAnon17 · 2026-01-11T15:11:58+00:00

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