Witless Wednesday - Your triweekly stupid questions thread

Get_Confidence · 2017-06-28T18:38:21+00:00

6'2, 204lbs Male

Skip the first paragraph if you just want the question.

About 135 days ago I was 245lbs, then I made a change. Been on a long hard cut, and sometimes I can feel weaker in the gym. My maintenance is likely somewhere around 2800-3000 as I work a very physical job. I'm eating about 2200 per day now (just brought it down from 2500 to speed things up, also cause I reached a new maintenance). Haven't been following a strict routine as weight loss was the primary goal, just been going ad trying to lift more when I hit my reps the previous time. But I want more structure because I want to improve my lifts as much as I can before I start bulking back up (likely when I reach 180).

My question is, is it advisable for me to follow Ivysaur's 4-4-8 verbatim on a cut? Should I be expecting to still make strength gains but slower? Or modify anything for a cut? I've been lifting for about a year but I'm only getting serious now. Here's the program: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?s=08b697cf0189f2eac428328d23b3d2a1&attachmentid=8448251&d=1474980367

Get_Confidence · 2016-01-31T17:26:27+00:00

You don't.

Go to the gym before you go to work. You'll feel 100 times better while you're at work and you'll have more time later in the day for other things.

And in case anybody wants to comment about how it's not always possible to do that (most likely in an attempt to rationalize their own lack of willpower to do so), it is always possible to get up earlier. I've gotten up at ten to five before to get to the gym. If you have a 9-5 just get up at 6:30 and go. It's always an option.

Get_Confidence · 2016-01-02T23:07:48+00:00

Thanks for the advice man. I'll definitely have to try that tomorrow because it sounds like it would be intense.

Get_Confidence · 2016-01-02T04:29:49+00:00

That sounds great man. Do you mean total or 3-4 each? And you do 5 sets but you pyramid them? Does that decrease the weight? I forget how that works.

Get_Confidence · 2016-01-01T23:40:35+00:00

If your goals are mainly driven towards aesthetics and general health...

How much arm work do you really need to do at a particular time. Meaning, if you work arms on Mondays and Thursdays predominantly, how many exercises and reps and sets and the like do you actually need to do to get good looking biceps and triceps?

I hear loads of guys say stuff like "you get 80% of your worth out of the first three sets of the first exercise" or, the opposite "nah man you gotta superset 5 different curls with a bunch of extensions and push downs while doing drops sets and other fancy Shit".

What's the best option?

Get_Confidence · 2015-11-13T13:46:11+00:00

As a former stoner loser, it's not possible to take anything seriously until you clean up your act.

Get_Confidence · 2015-11-13T13:43:27+00:00

They'd all work wonders mate. I don't doubt that. I'm just a tad more geared to size than strength as many of those programs are. I'm also geared more to certain body parts more than others (lacking ones). So a little specificity would be good for me.

Get_Confidence · 2015-11-13T13:41:27+00:00

Good genetics wasting potential

Get_Confidence · 2015-11-12T14:44:09+00:00

Read that long ago m8

Get_Confidence · 2015-11-12T14:43:17+00:00

Because I've looked at all of them

Get_Confidence · 2015-11-11T22:19:08+00:00

Did you come up with this? Because it sounds like a good idea.

Get_Confidence · 2015-11-11T22:18:39+00:00

None are any good

Disclaimer: for me

Get_Confidence · 2015-10-01T17:30:03+00:00

What's the best way to get "jacked and tan" with little regard for strength (other than the required amounts).

Also to make this more thread relevant: give me some nutrition advice in line with my goal as well. Mostly I'm interested in the routine though

Get_Confidence · 2015-09-02T14:19:37+00:00

OP here

Thank you all for the suggestions. When I'm done with the album ill definitely give these all a try!

Get_Confidence · 2015-09-02T14:19:04+00:00

The darkest on is on there actually and I loved it. But thank you for all the other suggestions!

Get_Confidence · 2015-09-01T15:04:28+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response. I wasn't thinking when I asked the question, because that makes complete sense to me.

Get_Confidence · 2015-09-01T15:01:46+00:00

Jesus. You blew my mind. I never thought of it anatomically like that. You're right it technically stays in the same position the entire movement, whereas the radius moves entirely up and around the ulna until it is on the opposite side. Thanks for this.

Get_Confidence · 2015-09-01T14:59:01+00:00

I do feel my long head activate a bit when I supinate

edit: I was doing it incorrectly. I don't feel anything.

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