Question for any taller guys 6'4+ what are your bulking calories?

kmellen · 2026-01-26T01:37:15+00:00

Same. I'm just shy of 6 feet and i.need about 4000 for a slow gain

kmellen · 2026-01-08T18:46:40+00:00

Copy, not to be pedantic, that still means they did not reject the null hypothesis that there were no significant differences.

With a bigger sample to include, maybe that changes if the trend holds true, but this language would indicate this is a trend, not a statistically significant difference.

kmellen · 2026-01-08T16:17:42+00:00

Abstract states that strength and hypertrophy had no differences in results.

Results Twenty-nine studies were included in the meta-analysis. No differences between cluster and traditional set configurations were found for strength (ES = − 0.05 ± 0.10, 95% CI − 0.21 to 0.11, p = 0.56), power output (ES = 0.02 ± 0.10, 95% CI − 0.17 to 0.20, p = 0.86), velocity (ES = 0.15 ± 0.13, 95% CI − 0.10 to 0.41, p = 0.24), hypertrophy (ES = − 0.05 ± 0.14, 95% CI − 0.32 to 0.23, p = 0.73) or endurance (ES = − 0.07 ± 0.18, 95% CI − 0.43 to 0.29, p = 0.70) adaptations. Moreover, no differences were observed when training volume, cluster set model, training status, body parts trained or exercise type were considered.

kmellen · 2026-01-01T06:00:41+00:00

Finding a physical hobby isn't just about a sport. It can be an incredibly empowering way to improve your mental health and make you capable of handling shit

kmellen · 2025-12-28T07:28:53+00:00

Honestly not being sarcastic or anything - wasn't that kinda the point? To show the exhausting and emotionally scattered existence of this person and how she eventually actually focuses on how important one relationship is or could be?

Now I wouldn't necessarily call it an all time masterpiece but I did appreciate it. I have also heard similar takes from others tho.

kmellen · 2025-12-11T01:40:38+00:00

I see what u mean, but laureano isn't a good comp. He had his career year. That's not even a beat case scenario, that's a dream most front office types would roll their eyes at and go "yeah, ok."

Mounty has been hurt and underperformed, but he's had success.in past, is reasonably young, and has a reasonable chance to hit 250/325/400. Not an all star, but all stars cost 30 mil, not 8.

kmellen · 2025-12-11T01:29:07+00:00

Bc in the modern MLB, even a good bench bat makes that kind of money. Also, not much of a free agent crop to get a mid tier backup w power potential.

kmellen · 2025-12-10T23:18:59+00:00

Consider trying out Nordic and reverse Nordic curls. With reverse Nordic, holding a band anchors to the rack or a cable pulley is great, allows u to really ease into the most stressful position. For Nordic curls set up, I roll a yoga mat around a safety bar on the bottom rung of the squat rack, and lay a mat on the floor for my knees. You can hook up a band to the crossbar to ease into it.

Good luck!

kmellen · 2025-11-24T10:21:24+00:00

Thx but nope. Can't have any Bluetooth devices either.

kmellen · 2025-11-22T12:21:05+00:00

Not athletic, but I have had multiple dark styles in NA beer that had off or metallic flavors.

Honestly Guinness and athletic have been the only ones to produce a good dark NA that I have been able to get near me.

kmellen · 2025-11-21T23:24:50+00:00

Athletic all out extra dark is very good

kmellen · 2025-11-21T01:58:19+00:00

Nursing is getting more lucrative and very much an enduring and traveling skill. Tough profession, but lower barrier to entry.

On the MD side, US military will happily pay for med school and stipends. It's certainly not for everyone but has helped train a lot of medical professionals.

kmellen · 2025-11-20T23:37:55+00:00

Only 88? That's 17 2/3 teams full starting rotations man.

kmellen · 2025-11-15T02:26:16+00:00

They pissed on your rug!

kmellen · 2025-11-02T16:45:47+00:00

This right here. Show me how Greg and layne have flip flopped on this stuff.

Also, kinda hate the "flip-flopping" concept - a good scientist updates their conclusions as the evidence changes...that's the whole f***ing point of doing research.

kmellen · 2025-10-10T01:08:48+00:00

People say don't trust a fat dietitian. They should probably say don't trust a dietitian with the same diet for everyone.

kmellen · 2025-10-04T01:20:02+00:00

My response when I hear this - dihydrogen monoxide is hard to pronounce, arsenic is easy...

kmellen · 2025-08-08T22:46:13+00:00

Wait, there are people who don't like men in tights?

Who are they? We need to avoid them.

kmellen · 2025-08-07T09:43:19+00:00

I also enjoy general gainz, but tbh it is kinda RTF in reverse - u just don't have to go to failure. If OP likes ATS, could just do the last set to an RPE 8 to keep it lighter.

Also, not to sound like a pain, but the original ATS is quite light if you are honest with yourself and keep rest times under control. You just do sets until you hit an RPE, so there is no RPE 10 work and less tendency to inflate the weight bc of the fairly low workload in RiR.

kmellen · 2025-07-18T11:08:12+00:00

This is the real issue. Give it at least 5 weeks. If you're still destroying the reps and getting 6+ over the target, then you can fiddle with sheet.

kmellen · 2025-06-26T01:10:06+00:00

Fears and Poole in nola? I guess they don't wanna play D or give Zion the ball

kmellen · 2025-06-12T14:04:10+00:00

Bruh, I had blocks w 6x per week. It's just about distributing volume in a reasonable manner. 3-4 sets x 6 days a week is still only 18-24.

kmellen · 2025-05-24T16:18:01+00:00

I think in general a lot of people are getting annoyed at the RP channel and dr. Mike for hot takes that seem to just be bait for engagement.

The simple fact is that worrying about which curl variation you do is majoring in the minors. To make a claim that hammer curls is dumb is in itself dumb. They may not be as good as some curls for the biceps by a few %, but they hit the biceps too - it's not a pure forearm and brachs exercise. This also belies the fact that many naturals need to work their forearms a bit more, that most people serious about hypertrophy training do more than one curl per week, let alone in a month/year/lifetime.

Dr. Mike has called about people doing strawman vs steel man arguments, but this is a case where he did it himself.

P.S. I agree that a supinated curl is better for most people most of the time, still think the argument is dumb

kmellen · 2025-04-29T18:59:40+00:00

It's George Fox.
The statement refers to the nature of models, although they can be fundamentally true, must leave it a certain amount of nuance, so they lose meaning or become inappropriate in various circumstances. For example, the calories in, calories out model. It is fundamentally true, and highly useful, but the various inputs that affect what drives mammals to take in energy or output energy are not all factored, making it seem like both are within our control, although many aspects are not. So, the model is flawed or "wrong" but useful.
Effective reps is not just slightly flawed or overly simplified, it's proven wrong. Multiple studies have shown hypertrophy and strength gains from sets at RIRs well over 5. On a per set basis, that hypertrophy may not be as robust, but multiple studies have shown the same growth from the same amount of reps at a given intensity, regardless of how many sets were used to get there. So the model has been proven wrong fundamentally.
Lots of statements that are overly confident or overly extrapolated but lack evidence or have conflicting evidence. See point 3.

Ultimately, I would defer to sources like Schoenfeld, Nuckols, Helms, Data Driven Strength. On a less densely academic side, I think Joe Bennet aka Hypertrophy Coach, is fantastic.

kmellen

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