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I deleted this, my dumb ass friend in the office was reading a few articles on my phone today (trying to get him to join)
So yes I think it was a little funny, but not in the right place.
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Can you clarify on how to properly dose Gear and what exactly is it? Is it a protein supplement? How many grams of protein for a normal serving of 8 pills daily?
How do you properly warm up shoulders before working them? I'm starting to have a lot of shoulder pain when doing shoulders which sometimes results in me having to reduce weight significantly and do more reps instead.
I stretch them, do shoulder circles with 5lbs, do 3x10 rotator cuff work to no avail.
What do you mean by training smart? Can you point me in the direction of teaching myself proper form on all exercises? I can never know too much about this.
Also did you know your body was not properly utilizing protein powders? I'm taking in about 2-3 shakes a day and wondering if I'll see better results from cooking extra chicken or eating more tuna.
How do you properly warm up shoulders before working them? I'm starting to have a lot of shoulder pain when doing shoulders which sometimes results in me having to reduce weight significantly and do more reps instead.
I stretch them, do shoulder circles with 5lbs, do 3x10 rotator cuff work to no avail.
What do you mean by training smart? Can you point me in the direction of teaching myself proper form on all exercises? I can never know too much about this.
Also did you know your body was not properly utilizing protein powders? I'm taking in about 2-3 shakes a day and wondering if I'll see better results from cooking extra chicken or eating more tuna.
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motorcyclegiant
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Hey fellas, my apologies for the "tampon string" post, if a Mike Kome joins, ill be sure to call him out!
GEAR is like super BCAAs. You can't really think of it in terms of protein and trying to measure it that way. I usually take 4-6 capsules along with 6-10 grams of BCAAs each dose.
Shoulders are a bitch. I have a shoulder injury now that I am fucking my way through. Know how I got hurt? Warming up. I have never warmed up my rotor cuffs. I used to see people doing the exercise where you hold a light weight out to the side with your arm at a 90 degree angle and then raise the weight up until it is in the starting position of a shoulder dumb bell press then lower it until it is facing forwards. You know what I am talking about. Decided to try it one and on the third rep there was a sound and feeling like broken glass being crunched up in my left shoulder. That was over a year ago and I am still hurting at times. I can't do things like upright rows anymore either. I am now making all my shoulder workouts nothing but variations of flyes and laterals. It sucks. So my advice is to skip that shitty exercise.
But to warm up, just pick a light weight and pump out some reps. Don't lock out. Keep the weight moving and the tension going. Get the blood in the area. Add some more weight and do another warm up and then add a bit more and do another warm up.
You should be keeping your reps for shoulders in the 10-12 range anyway for optimal growth.
Training smart means training WITH your body and body mechanics. Not AGAINST them. If squats hurt your back or knees and you know your form is very good. Then don't do them. If you get a great contraction on one exercise but not on another, then don't do the one you are not having success with. For triceps, I don't do dips or close grip bench presses because I simply can't feel the stress being directed to the target muscle as opposed to the elbows, but I can get a cramping contraction off kickbacks. So that is what I do. People laugh when I say that, but when I am in the single digit body fat, my arms are still over 19 inches.
You have to figure out what kind of training and stimulation will get a muscle to grow. It isn't going to be the same for the whole body. One body part might respond best to volume training, one might respond to HIT style twice a week. You have to expirement and see.
I could tell my body was not doing great on shakes and powders because I was sitting on the toilet 2-3 times a day. I felt bloated and even at a single digit body fat level I had a heavy feeling in my stomach. Once I left all the powders behind I dropped some water without trying and my stomach and midsection felt tighter all around.
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