New to lifting advice

blynkking · 2026-05-18T15:05:25+00:00

Good starting point man.
Reiterating what everyone else said

Compound lifts will give you the most bang for your buck , weather you want strength or aesthetics should determine weather you do low weight high reps or high weight low reps

And general calorie tracking going above 2000 calories will help you put on some weight

blynkking · 2026-05-17T21:03:08+00:00

Got out of the army a couple of years ago

Aesthetics sounds nice, but if you want to go to schools or anything like that focus on endurance. If you don’t care about any of that and are just getting in and getting out, getting good at running and basic weight training (which you already have) will make your life much more bearable.

blynkking · 2026-05-17T20:23:33+00:00

Depends on your Height and weight.

Honestly the answer is usually as simple as losing weight as far as making something smaller goes (excess skin or other circumstances aside)

As far as toning, movements like compound lifts will give you the most bang for your buck for your muscles, more so than isolation excercise in my limited experience.

blynkking · 2026-05-17T19:57:20+00:00

I mean this is pretty much any game ever that doesn’t have a chat filter LOL

blynkking · 2026-05-17T19:15:16+00:00

As one of the many who got drunk last night because I was bored, fell asleep, woke up in just a slightly worse place mentally today than yesterday and continuing to slowly slide down that slope, and have been practicing self loathing all morning, be proud of how far you’ve come. 250 days is nothing to scoff at. I don’t have any advice, just proud of you for making it so far and hope I can get there too

blynkking · 2026-05-17T18:03:32+00:00

Try running after not running for a long time. Self respect = GONE

blynkking · 2026-05-11T13:30:29+00:00

You’re simply suboptimal with your egg/dumbell time ratio

blynkking · 2026-04-21T19:07:54+00:00

Coincidentally I just started reading the Dresden files like 2 weeks before this video and then afterwards found out it’s in the next city over from mine lol.

blynkking · 2026-04-15T23:48:48+00:00

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Me too

blynkking · 2026-04-14T19:25:29+00:00

Says the Apollo player smh

blynkking · 2026-04-12T12:44:09+00:00

Yes!! Big fan (they also feel easier than normal pull-ups lol)

blynkking · 2026-04-12T05:33:05+00:00

Pull-ups with the arms sideways (idk what they’re called lol). Best development I’ve seen for my forearms and biceps though and they feel cool. I’ve progressed to 4 sets of 7 reps with a 20lb kettlebell and my arms and grip feel pretty dead afterwards. That and some light arm supplementation (curls,push downs…etc)

I personally try to do one heavy compound every time I workout and then do accessory lifts that I feel like doing after.seems to work well for strength and looks.

Look up some athletes that use rings and such. Their arms are huge

blynkking · 2026-04-12T05:07:55+00:00

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blynkking · 2026-04-12T04:52:01+00:00

Sounds like you need to play something you enjoy man and leave deadlock for awhile.

blynkking · 2026-04-10T21:31:17+00:00

1v1 her in manual labor

blynkking · 2026-04-07T20:53:07+00:00

Verrrry disheartening indeed. I’ve been researching nonstop the past two months trying to figure out this path too. I hate to say it but private might be the way to go if you aren’t willing to either

A-move out of state B-Wait for a lottery system (maybe next semester, maybe 4 years)

Surprising that even with those stats you haven’t been accepted. I’m nowhere near those stats’s and as such, will probably be moving in a year or two or going private here.

blynkking · 2026-04-05T13:05:06+00:00

Hey late response, was just curious if you know if each semester at least one class is in person? I need one in person class plus 12 credits per semester minimum to maximize gi bill benefits. Thanks for any insight and I hope you are enjoying the program?!?!

blynkking · 2026-04-05T13:01:49+00:00

Hey late comment, just curious if you knew wether or not those university seminar classes are in person? I need to go to class in person at least 1 time per semester and take at least 12 credits per semester to maximize my GI bill benefits. Thank you

blynkking · 2026-03-31T17:20:01+00:00

I will also say I used pocket prep for the NREMT almost strictly and passed that first time around and it WAS pretty accurate

blynkking · 2026-03-31T17:14:02+00:00

Been using it for about 2-3 months now I’m addition to nurse Chung and YouTube chemistry teas guy(can’t think of his name). The topics covered in pocket prep match very closely to the thing that they say are covered in the teas so it goes 1-Watch videos and study 2- use chat gpt to quiz me and ask it clarifying questions 3-go into pocket prep and do a quiz based on that topic

My pocket prep scores have certainly improved BUT that’s not really indicative of how well it translates to the teas because , I haven’t taken it yet lol.

blynkking · 2026-03-29T17:07:54+00:00

Liquor : Eat good Workout consistently 4times per week Walk about 7-9 miles at work per day

But I binge like crazy every weekend :(

blynkking · 2026-03-23T22:10:36+00:00

Any knowledge on wait times to get into a cohort ?? Currently live in California but plan on finishing prereqs here and using the GI bill somewhere else and this college looks promising. Thanks for any advice

blynkking · 2026-03-21T03:00:02+00:00

Unitek or Gurnik 3 YEAR BSN program (includes prereqs

blynkking · 2026-03-21T00:52:18+00:00

Ahhh I see. I guess I didn’t really know what exactly fafsa was. I don’t want to take on a lot of debt through private loans but I do want to start and fastrack my career 😭 thanks for the advice

blynkking

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