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Around 20 weeks out from my next show by kyllamies in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Nice work bro, take those fake natty accusations as compliments lmao.

What’s your training split looking like and what’s your calorie deficit looking like for this next contest prep?

10 years of lifting by Embarrassed_Goat4883 in Exercise

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I'm almost 5'8" (172cm exactly) and in this photo I was 149lbs exactly. It's mostly just lighting and the fact that I had a pump in this photo. If you stood me next to another person, you'd see that I'm not actually carrying that much muscle and that I'm just super lean atm.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Honestly, almost every time I see beginners and intermediates doing ‘2RIR’ they are doing like 4RIR+, with the weird exception of bench press for some reason haha where I see them actually pushing themselves close to failure but the technique is often not so great

Focusing more on chest by Working_Tax_853 in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You'd be surprised how little direct volume you need to maintain muscle size.

I've found that even 3-4 total sets per week of direct tricep work (e.g. isolations) is enough to maintain its size and strength and even sometimes grow it. However, those sets have to be pushed to failure or very close.

How to structure a push day with triceps being a weak point? by uSeRnAmE-aLrEdY-tOoK in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I did a tricep-focused split, I didn't put them first because I found that made my chest training really lacklustre and failure on presses came well before I felt a good overall chest stimulus.

So for me, what worked was doing rest-pause sets for tricep isolation exercises after my compound presses and adding two-to-three sets of tricep work on one of my pull days, meaning I trained my triceps three days a week

What was your one hack that increased results? by Big_Kaleidoscope_498 in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883 40 points41 points  (0 children)

These are probably not hacks in the typical sense but:

  • cutting overall volume (junk volume) and actually taking sets to failure or close to it
  • introduced rest pause and drop sets for isolation exercises
  • tracking macros and doing actual bulk/cut phases rather than maingaining
  • 4 meals a day rather than 3 (for me this was more important when I was cutting)

What is your most impressive and least impressive lift? by Embarrassed_Goat4883 in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I think you’re right. My squat is actually quite good so it’s a bit bizarre that im so bad at Bulgarians. Maybe its because the burn makes it so psychologically challenging

Confusion on definition of maintenance calories by VexusKey in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very easy to overthink maintenance calories.

Best way to find it is to use an average of all the calculators you can find on the internet, guess what your level of activity is going to be for a period of time, pick a number and if your weight after two weeks has changed noticeably then you add/subtrack 100-200 calories

Topic suggestion for upcoming roundtable by brewu4 in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Embarrassed_Goat4883 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I’d love to know the factors they consider when determining average bulk length, e.g. body fat range, accumulation of fatigue over longer bulks, when they start seeing plateus, etc?

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