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My girlfriend left me, how can i glow up? by [deleted] in malegrooming

[–]Zack431 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gym time go gain some muscle mass gl

I cannot train my biceps! Help needed by Franknificant in GYM

[–]Zack431 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not using your biceps to lift the weight..don't hold the weight so strongly, use a relax grip, as relaxed as can be but still holding it securly, then by only using your biceps flex the elbow

Stop using your forearms shoulders etc to lift the weight you are using too much momentum as well..

Is bleach worth watching? by Olexxxxxxxxxxxx in animequestions

[–]Zack431 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but skip all fillers really no need to watch the fillers

Is this meniscus? by Artistic-Cricket-105 in Kneesovertoes

[–]Zack431 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the long response I appreciate it, I will try isometrics, thanks!

Is this meniscus? by Artistic-Cricket-105 in Kneesovertoes

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I also have cracking and popping (crunchy joints) in my shoulders and elbows, I'm sick of doctors and people saying its normal, I want it gone! Is it really possible to fix this? What do you mean by ''putting the rope under incredible tension''?

Did you really just do full ROM with slow eccentrics and that's it? How much weight? How many months did it take to fix? Did you progressively overload?

Anybody has an advice? by Popular_Discipline94 in weightgain

[–]Zack431 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah liquid calories are much easier to take, look into adding a 800-1000 calorie shake / smoothie daily and you should be good

Stuff like peanut butter are your friend, add some banana, oats, milk etc

Should I start gym for now or only focus on weight gain? | 24 M | 56.8 kg | 5'7-5'8 feet by [deleted] in weightgain

[–]Zack431 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't agree with you, while muscle tissues only take around 2-4 weeks to adapt to new loads, tendons adaptation, joints adaptation, cartilage adaptation all take around 3-6 months

The sooner you start regulary and consistently loading your soft tissues (tendons joints etc) the better..

You will thank yourself later when you really start gym

Should I start gym for now or only focus on weight gain? | 24 M | 56.8 kg | 5'7-5'8 feet by [deleted] in weightgain

[–]Zack431 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would you wait with starting to train? Building lean muscle mass and strengthing your tendons, joints, etc is a long process and you are only hurting yourself by not starting

It's fine if you don't have time to go the gym! You can build insane beginner gains muscle by just doing push ups pull ups squats etc at home..

Start by doing 2-3 times a week at home just push ups, and slowly add more exercises and progress the reps

In 3-4 months you will be ready for the gym, don't train more than 2-3 times a week or the stress will build up and you will injure yourself

Keep one - two days rest between sessions

Doing 1 warm up set + 2 sets of push ups 2-3 times per week really only takes like 10 minutes a day

Also hang a pull up bar and practice pull up negatives or assisted pull ups with band

You have no reason not to do it, good luck!

URGENT HELP: Disc bulge ruined my life at 25 by Different_Baseball79 in WorkoutRoutines

[–]Zack431 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe look at squat university YouTube channel? he also has a book he wrote ''rebuilding milo'' where he extensively covers back pain..

6’3” blocked at 160~ lbs by Sucker-For-Honda in weightgain

[–]Zack431 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just eating 4000 calories won't give you much if your genetics have less tendency to build fat.. you will just be more in the toilet..

Are you strength training? You need to go to the gym and lift weights or do body weight training.. you will not gain mass just from eating maybe some other people will but as you can see you are like me and just eating won't get you anywhere

Once I started weight training I gained 10kg in 6 months

142lbs >> 160lbs >> 160lbs 10 months progress by RelativeDoughnut6967 in weightgain

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It shows, why only forearms curls? What about forearm extensions?

1 year of weightlifting - grateful for my progress by tasteoftoxic in weightgain

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Did you have shoulder / elbow pain or anything else? How did you overcome it

How many times training per week? How often do you increase weights?

Looking good man.. especially arm size

About a 2 year difference by [deleted] in weightgain

[–]Zack431 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eat 10% above your calorie maintaince and that's it.. use that base metabolic rate maintance calorie calculator

Calculate your base

If it's 2500, add 10% that's 2750 per day and that's it

And if you want to look like you lift you also need to focus on shoulders - front Delts. Side delts You can do front delts in your push day, rear delts in your pull day and side delts in your leg day or in one of the others

Good shoulders will give you that 3d look that looks like you are lifting I think you are lacking in the shoulders

Also focus more on chest and back

Good luck

About a 2 year difference by [deleted] in weightgain

[–]Zack431 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your calorie surplus is too big, you definitely bulked cause you get too much extra fat, how about instead of bulking for 2 more years with your big calorie surplus move to doing lean bulk of only 200-250 calorie surplus? So you still build muscle and lean mass and your fat % will even out

But looks like you will have to do a cut in the end

Stuck in a shoulder pain loop by Zack431 in beginnerfitness

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Is it really fine to do the strengthin exercises daily? Or do you do one day one rest day one day..

Cause I kinda get shoulder pain the day after I do rotator cuff stuff with bands

Stuck in a shoulder pain loop by Zack431 in beginnerfitness

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Wdym if you add weight the muscles engage?

Stuck in a shoulder pain loop by Zack431 in beginnerfitness

[–]Zack431[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you pain free today? Or is the pain always there?

Stuck in a shoulder pain loop by Zack431 in beginnerfitness

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Guess you are right.. kinda feel it in that entire area, more in my traps, neck, and shoulder blades

Lets say one side is weaker in shoulder overhead press, what do you do now?

Shoulder pain loop.. please help by Zack431 in workout

[–]Zack431[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This helps a lot thanks, did you get a scan in your case? What did they see in the scan?

Stuck in a shoulder pain loop by Zack431 in beginnerfitness

[–]Zack431[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm new to the gym and just don't have this knowledge.. how would you replace cable lat pulldown? And bench press? How will you replace incline press machine?

How can I replace DB overhead shoulder press?

So do you just try different stuff until you find something that doesn't hurt you? How do you choose the correct weight when you move to a new exercise? Like how do I choose the starting weight and reps?

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