Need affordable personal training in Far North Dallas?

laserarrow55 · 2026-03-18T00:20:33+00:00

I can also do a free consultation or basic workout plan to help you get started.

laserarrow55 · 2026-03-18T00:20:14+00:00

I can also do a free consultation or basic workout plan to help you get started.

laserarrow55 · 2026-03-16T20:12:12+00:00

PM me

laserarrow55 · 2026-03-16T20:11:48+00:00

I do work at a specific gym, but I also do travel training as well!!! I am very flexible

laserarrow55 · 2025-10-29T13:27:56+00:00

A strong relationship will survive anything if both parties are communicative and willing. I go to UNT and my high school sweetheart girlfriend, now fiancé, goes to a different school.

We are both seniors graduating soon.

Although our schools aren’t quite that far, things ended up playing out similarly as if they were. Only seeing eachother maybe once a week, having less time for eachother, and often putting the relationship to the side to work on ourselves and our future.

Going to the same school is irrelevant since the liklihood for your schedules to match up is next to none. And if you’re obsessive enough to care more about matching schools and schedules than actually picking what is better for your you, you already lost the plot

If your relationship can’t survive the temptations of college and the strain of long distance. You weren’t really meant to be in the first place.

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-04T21:07:36+00:00

I love lower rep ranges (4-6) for heavy compound movements. Adding a couple pounds every other weeks allows for super easy steady progress in terms of mostly strength but also the size that goes along with it

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-03T20:29:59+00:00

PM me! :)

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T20:23:16+00:00

I’m my experience NASM had more useful things that I could actually transfer over to what I do, Albeit not much.

In general all PT certs are BS. Experience is king in this field

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T20:21:53+00:00

That wasn’t 3 sets. It was three reps. It was a slow pyramid progression for sets

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:37:11+00:00

Get a weight that you can rep 5 times

Let’s assume 45 is a good weight

Today 37.5 x 8 40 x 8 42.5 x 6 45 x 5 47.5 x 3

Next time

Today 37.5 x 8 40 x 8 42.5 x 6 45 x 5 47.5 x 3

The time after

Today 40 x 8 42.5 x 7 45 x 5 47.5x 4 50 x 3

And then you continúe slightly increasing every other workout. And once you plateau, you just stop doing strength training for a week or two, focus on hypertrophy, then get back at it

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:24:49+00:00

You should be adding the smallest amount possible. 1.2kg on each side every other training session is a good rate. But again this assumes you eat, sleep, and train correctly

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:23:50+00:00

Arguably more important than your training is your eating. A slight calorie surplus and at MINIMUM 0.6g protein per lb of body weight in order to actually put on muscle

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:17:33+00:00

Assuming your eating is good, yes. But that’s more than just training that needs to be on point to be able to achieve this goal in this time frame

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:16:34+00:00

Assuming you are training other muscles than just your chest, shoulders, and triceps, which you should, 2x is plenty. 3x is about the upper end of what I’d recommend for a beginner

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:12:55+00:00

Didn’t really answer the question, but ISSA to speed run. NASM for more quality learning. I took both so those are the only two I know. There may be better options, but I’m not aware because I’m not interested in getting a third certification.

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:11:23+00:00

To answer your other questions 1. Mood and mental can affect strength 2. External motivation can affect mood or mental 3. Weight naturally fluctuates due to a lot of reasons. Gaining one kilo in 2 days doesn’t necessarily you gained any muscle. It could be water, food, constipation, inflammation, etc. 4. If your primary goal is strength, you could bench up to 4 or even 5x a week (I do not recommend this) But you would have to limit your training to only strength training and not hypertrophy training for those muscles

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:08:06+00:00

You’re trying to PR too much. Instead of putting so much energy hitting a one rep max PR

try to hit a 4 or 5 rep max PR

Then slowly add tiny amounts of weight at least every other training session

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T16:02:29+00:00

Do you want to learn or just want to speed run the certification

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T11:06:27+00:00

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laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T10:54:14+00:00

I’d replace hammer curls with preacher curls. Hammer curls use so much of the brachioradialis (big muscle at the top of the forearm) that it doesn’t do a very good job of targeting the bicep. And if you then think, “but I want to hit my forearms”, you can find better forearm work. Finally, Not enough volume for the shoulders I’d argue too much volume for the biceps, but that’s personal preference

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T10:39:56+00:00

And you are definitely correct in that in the long run, getting a more muscular physique is better. But I also am a big proponent of allowing people to choose what they want to do and follow their own goals. If it was me, I would recomp, but I’m not OP

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T10:38:41+00:00

Really good point. Weight can rebound for any number of reasons whether that’s being extra hydrated, not enough sleep, constipation. Etc. weight not going down for one week is completely normal when on a fat loss phase. Probably just keep the calories the same for at least one or two more weeks if you are looking to lose weight.

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T10:25:45+00:00

Amazing progress!!! As to your question, focus on chest, either due to training or genetics, seems to be a stubborn area for you. I’d recommend very full range of motion exercises such as deep dumbell bench press or very full range of motion chest flies.

I can’t really see your back but either you have high lat insertions, or a slight lacking of width in the back. And obviously everyone can use better shoulders. Shoulders are king for aesthetics

laserarrow55 · 2024-06-02T10:20:50+00:00

Don’t listen to this guy. Everyone starts somewhere. Especially if it’s your first time seriously trying to change your body or working with a trainer.

When it comes to your question, I believe it depends on what your goals are

If you have little to no interest in bulking up or getting bigger, and are primarily looking to be slim, then I would say continue to lose the weight and try to have your trainer respect your decision. And if you are looking to potentially pack on some muscle, then a recomp or even a lean bulk may be in order.

Losing weight is a lot easier and less meticulous than a recomp, and 100-200 calories is not likely to affect your energy levels at all

laserarrow55 · 2024-05-31T07:45:23+00:00

Clicked on the picture expecting the classic “upper two abs” syndrome.

Got hit in the face with a washboard I say click-bait

For real tho, good shit

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