It's not a sarcoplasmic hypertrophy exercise where you are going to induce swelling of the tissue with blood/nutrients/volume but it will cause immense breakdown of muscle tissue and induce myofibrillar hypertrophy.
Just because it's a more power focused movement doesn't mean it's immune from...
On what basis and in what realm? I can deadlift my bodyweight for at least 30 if not 40 reps in one set. There is absolutely no significant fiber damaged at that amount of resistance if you are only performing a standard set of 8-15. If you are relatively weak and your bodyweight for DL gets you...
Deadlifts, IMO, should be used more as a CNS stressor with the heaviest weight possible. If you're reaching failure at that weight in reps of 8-12, you'll still experience hypertrophy. Less so if reaching failure in higher rep ranges, but still plausible. Train as heavy as you can, safely. If...
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Straight Arm DB Pullover - 3 sets to 15. Weight doesn't matter, 4 second negatives, pause at the bottom, squeeze to the top. Use to warm up lays
Wide Grip Pull-Downs - 4 sets of 8-15...
The metabolism part isn't too hard to deal with. Eating just makes you sweat. No matter what food it is or how much lol. I'd be more concerned about long term side effects from that. His heart has got to be so enlarged at this point, not to mention the mental changes one usually experiences with...
Just throwing my 2 cents in on the whole Efron gear usage topic.
As Mike said, it's highly unlikely that he isn't using something. Is it possible? Yes. But when he is most likely getting paid a mother load of cash for whatever role his body will be portrayed in, it's more probable that he is...
Eat more whole food protein, train your *** off, limit sugar, make sure you've got enough animal fats. Eat on a schedule that works for you, and eat WELL consistently. It's just how consistent you can be at the end of the day.
First of all, ditch the weight gainer shake. Those are a joke. Second, you're gonna have to clean that lunch and dinner up and make it more protein rich and less fat/carb heavy. And the most important thing of gaining weight worth actually gaining is hitting your protein intake every single day...
I know this is counter intuitive, but I would eat more. Your metabolism is gonna stall out real quick at 1800 calories, especially if you've been at it for awhile
Only thing you "need" is for your diet to be in check and your training to be as intense as you can personally manage. Anything else after that isn't going to much help at all unless those 2 are spot on.
When it gets to that point, it's not about balance. You're either going to develop the insane kind of drive and commitment that allows you to make time when there doesn't seem to be any, or you won't.
Nah, there's a huge difference. Try squatting/deadlifting in a pair of high-tech runners versus a pair of chucks and tell me that it doesn't matter which pair you go in.