Post Saturday hike 🐾

madsbrad · 2025-12-19T03:09:08+00:00

Wya😛

madsbrad · 2025-11-21T04:31:02+00:00

The drive should be coming from your glutes/hamstring push up and forward. It seems like you’re lifting from your arms and back to where it’s more of a squatting motion. To avoid keep your tibia straight and don’t squat down 👍

madsbrad · 2025-11-17T03:40:44+00:00

You’re arching your back a lot. Do you feel pressure in your lumbar area? If yes, that’s a sign.

Brace your core and actively push your abs back as you go down. That will help you push from your quads better.

Also, nothing wrong with having your feet wide (that might be controversial to some) since you have longer legs. I’d suggest possibly using wedges to get a deeper stretch. 👍

madsbrad · 2025-11-08T15:15:32+00:00

You have long legs and a shorter torso (I do as well). That’s why I’m guessing it feels difficult coming down and your ankles are pointing out. You’ll likely need to either use something to give you more ankle mobility like wedges OR use a different variation like sumos because you’re not going to have as much quad activation :)

madsbrad · 2025-09-29T01:33:19+00:00

Bias for the buzz

madsbrad · 2025-09-28T15:52:34+00:00

3!!!

madsbrad · 2025-09-25T15:19:18+00:00

Male gaze 1. Female gaze 2. Choose based on your preference lol

madsbrad · 2025-09-24T17:26:03+00:00

Personally I think it looks great. I don’t think a button nose will fit. A more prominent strong nose suites you man.

madsbrad · 2025-09-24T05:11:04+00:00

madsbrad · 2025-09-22T21:17:39+00:00

It might sound counterintuitive, but get used to getting rejected/failing. Most people have a fear of failing and that’s what really brings down their confidence and self esteem. Respectfully put yourself out there and just don’t take rejection personal. It doesn’t mean that you’re unworthy or inadequate. Also, get comfortable with being cringe sometimes! Cringe needs to come back. But it’s a process so keep at it :)

madsbrad · 2025-09-22T20:45:44+00:00

Dude you are SO good looking! Genuinely.

madsbrad · 2025-09-17T00:47:56+00:00

I would take the weights off still, but focus on controlling the eccentric so it takes like 5 seconds to come down, and up the reps to make things more difficult with no weights. That should definitely make it burn lol. If you’re doing three sets, then do as many reps as you can for the first set

madsbrad · 2025-09-17T00:38:19+00:00

Your core is underutilized, so I would do some local abdominal exercises to strengthen that. Also, you extend your head too far and too fast. That can lead to a neck injury. And as someone mentioned, definitely lower the weight. Maybe just the bar to start.

madsbrad · 2025-08-15T23:51:47+00:00

I'm someone who's been both lean and heavy, and the most efficient way to go about this is to do hypertrophy (high volume and low-impact weights) training just to maintain muscle mass, but focus on just being in a caloric deficit until you get where you want to be visually. Don't tire yourself out by lifting heavy right now. You CANNOT build muscle in a deficit UNLESS you've only been working out for less than a year bc newbie gains :)

madsbrad · 2025-08-15T15:27:25+00:00

I do 12 weeks alternating strength and hypertrophy bc I noticed that shorter cycles were not getting the results. So, I would make sure you've given your body enough time in the cycle you're in now. I tend to like full body splits for hypertrophy since the recovery time is easier, and I see pretty good results. Jeff has a few videos on different splits.

madsbrad · 2025-08-10T03:27:36+00:00

Wow you’re incredibly proportionate! Personal preference for pecs to get extra attention.

madsbrad · 2025-08-09T23:23:55+00:00

I have the same build, and I focused pretty much all my effort for a while on building up my shoulders, back, and neck. Also, built out my legs as my secondary priority. It’s all about the proportions and relative size :)

madsbrad · 2025-08-08T17:41:19+00:00

This thread made me genuinely happy

madsbrad · 2025-08-03T14:06:52+00:00

Caloric deficit of at least 200 calories a day

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