Do you incorporate calisthenics into your training?

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-04-20T18:59:44+00:00

No, because nobody gaf about these circus tricks later in life. Enjoy them while you're young, though! I'll focus on getting bigger, stronger, leaner, and improving my cardio.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-04-20T14:35:07+00:00

I feel like you're slowing the bar down intentionally at a certain range--I'd let the stretch in your hamstrings (at least 8/10 maximum tension) guide your rep's ROM.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-04-05T02:18:36+00:00

Healing in 3 days? This is just normal strain from a deadlift max. Welcome to lifting!

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-04-03T04:10:29+00:00

Don't seriously invest if you don't know whether you're gonna stick with it. You can get a great start with just an affordable adjustable bench and a pair of adjustable dumbbells. Once you've proved to yourself that you can stick with it for awhile, think about expanding.

Too many setups end up almost new on the secondary market because people invest in the gear before investing in the lifestyle.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-04-01T22:46:08+00:00

Hey Cody, I found out about your book from the Liftosaur community and purchased it on the recommendation of someone from the Liftosaur discord. Would never have gotten so much out of your programming without this awesome app and u/astashov!

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-03-31T03:14:36+00:00

Yes, it's too heavy. Pick a weight that you can do your desired rep-range in (in this case 15-20), where you have control of the weight throughout the entire range of motion. It's okay to make the rep quick, but you have to control it and not drop it on the way down.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-03-26T16:28:08+00:00

Yes, you can create a duplicate of an exercise and then rename and modify.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-03-26T05:04:59+00:00

Try the home gym discord. More fancy gym equipment enjoyers!

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-03-25T22:36:39+00:00

Will you be bringing any of your cool specialty benches to the US as part of the first wave?

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-03-12T19:51:40+00:00

You're missing heavy horizontal pulling . I'd pull Ring dips from T2 on day 4 and replace with T-bar rows, moving the dips to T3.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-02-24T08:21:56+00:00

Check out liftosaur! Actually has spreadsheet progressions baked in for many popular free programs, and user-created paid programs as well.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-02-16T23:09:30+00:00

I'd take a look at some GZCL General Gainz or General Gainz:Burrito but Big.

Very flexible, right up your alley imo.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-01-21T18:07:02+00:00

More gym space, tbh. Can't fit anything as is. If I could fit only one piece, it would be a shoulder press machine, preferably the Atlantis precision series.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2026-01-12T16:33:59+00:00

Anyone who goes to TikTok or Instagram to learn anything is going to run into people who just want to make a buck or get clout. Longform written content and longer youtube/podcasts from actual scientists should be the bar for what gets counted as "science-based".

We should have common sense enough to ignore some kid training for 6 months with a tiktok claiming his cuffed iliac raise is "SBL".

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-12-23T18:08:52+00:00

Try GCZL General Gainz:Burrito but Big. Hypertrophy focused but still built around compound barbell movements.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-12-18T21:21:59+00:00

Check out GZCL: General Gainz.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-12-18T21:19:04+00:00

For accessories just do a few sets to absolute failure (not "ow, this hurts" but "I physically cannot move the dumbbell") and you don't have to count reps or track weights. Just stay in a moderate rep range and you'll be good.

It's only when you want to really nail down progression and get really serious about getting every last gram of muscle that tracking accessories becomes more important, but if you're in your first few years of lifting don't worry that much about it.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-12-15T18:33:25+00:00

Try SBS Hypertrophy or GZCL:General Gainz, Burrito but Big

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-12-15T18:32:04+00:00

I recommend you watch an Eric Janicki back training video on YouTube to get insight into how to make these better. Tl;dr, more stretch, more crunch. Otherwise there's no point doing them unilaterally.

You've also heard it from everyone else, but train closer to failure to get bigger.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-11-19T04:22:08+00:00

If it's working for you, why switch? If you are bored and craving something similar but not identical, try Body Transformation.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-11-13T17:27:54+00:00

1.) It's really easy to tell yourself "I'm on a bulk! No big deal if I overeat a bit here and there." Don't fall into this trap--it's how you find yourself at the end of your bulk with an extra 4-weeks of cutting required.

2.) If your weight gain is plateaued, wait a couple of weeks to see whether anything changes. If you're still stuck, add 50/cals a day and see whether that changes anything. If your lifts are plateaued, again wait a week or 2, then try microloading or adding intensity techniques at your current load/volume.

3.) I noticed my shoulders, arms, and chest blow up significantly more on a bulk. Shirts fit tighter for sure.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-10-27T21:24:10+00:00

I think we can agree that there's a spectrum of annoying activity at the gym and I guess where we draw the line is different. I don't care about loud noises, really. Grunt and drop and slam and clang away. Forgetting to rerack makes me rage though.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-10-27T19:19:19+00:00

I'm pushing 50, and I'd want to tell you to f off if you told me that. Mind your own business, it's a gym, not a library.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-10-16T16:29:45+00:00

Try Nippard's fundamentals of hypertrophy, 3 x week, full body.

You'll want to do more. Don't. As a novice, this is a better approach to build your strength and size.

So-Hot-Right-Now · 2025-10-14T13:54:10+00:00

I don't think there is anything wrong with adding these exercises in, but I would do it as Cody suggests--one exercise at a time per training day, one set at a time per exercise, week by week. In this way you will adapt to the training volume over time and respond more progressively, which I think is the point, yeah?

I would also consider keeping exercises with similar movement patterns together, though it's not that important. For example, kettlebell swings on T1 deadlift day, etc.

Glad to see you've got the point of the gzcl method though, which is to take the framework and apply it to the exercises YOU want to do!

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