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  • LiverloverL Liverlover

    @Vladimir Yes you can train every muscle apart but thats not how your body works. Many people focus more on quads tho thats for sure even hip trust trains your quads many people dont understand that your glutes should be dominant and how to actually train them. For neck I hope your focusing on extension of the spine and then flexion of your head so chin tuck basically. If you train front you gonna literally train forward head posture. Thats a big issue too people think muscles are all for show nowadays while the function is 10x more important

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    @Liverlover I see, ye that's true. As for neck I'm doing Josh Bryant's neck workout, you basically lay down, lift your head a little and then do a chin tuck. For the sides you just bring ear to shoulder, and then look left and right with the head. Doing the back side too.
    All I can say is its thicker, stronger and actually helped my FHP + it doesn't get tired anymore in class or whenever im sedentary

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    • LiverloverL Liverlover

      @Chill Yeah you heal and then immediately break it down again. If you doing light training every now and then alright but 6 times a week means your body is constantly busy repairing and cant focus on long term survival.

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      @Liverlover I actually agree with this. I think cardio is obviously bad & 5-6 times a week is bad.

      I'm sort of in the middle of this, you don't need to be a proffesional bodybuilder but you can try work out hard for 2 years 3x per week & then just maintain that physique with 2 moderate workouts per week. Anything more than 2 years is probably diminishing returns.

      You will look pretty good lean after 2 years of training even with "Poverty Genetics"

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      • LiverloverL Liverlover

        @Chill Yeah you heal and then immediately break it down again. If you doing light training every now and then alright but 6 times a week means your body is constantly busy repairing and cant focus on long term survival.

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        @Liverlover i hear ya man
        but think of this when you squat or deadlift your test spikes and your hgh too iirc
        so does that mean that now you have high test? no
        same with the "downsides" of the gym the "stress" or whatever you are implying
        at the moment of training you absolutley get more stressed but that is very much temporary, and the upsides are bigger than the downsides
        ofc you can overtrain or overreach but that takes month of accumulated and mismanaged training

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        • LiverloverL Liverlover

          @Vladimir It’s not just stress during the workout. It’s the fact that you are constantly slightly stressed also bc you’re constantly spending energy and nutrients on repairing your body. Goatis is kinda right bruh ppl who train a lot look exhausted bc their body literally hasn’t felt completely at rest in ages.

          On top of that traditional weightlifting makes your front and back chain inbalanced (front becomes dominant instead of naturally it would be back chain dom). Essentially it’s bad posture and I would argue that posture is way more important than muscle mass. Otherwise the frame for the muscles is already crooked lol. Also if you train a lot of isolation your muscles will develop weirdly imbalance like huge arms relative to body or small calves with big quads but also small hams and glutes. Or big biceps and triceps and small forearms. Also neck size gives away that you are not actually muscular bc high test but just frauding. People pick up on these little things.

          You could occasionally train posture muscles and breathing muscles when you feel like it. But if you eat this diet and stop going to the gym your muscle mass will become balanced and drop to a level that your test determines. I think goatis is right bro why be permanently stressed slightly for smth that literally starts going away the week you stop training.

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          @Liverlover

          Goatis is kinda right bruh ppl who train a lot look exhausted bc their body literally hasn’t felt completely at rest in ages.

          goatis says wild stuff man take it with pinch of salt, this is also not true you should feel fantasitc when training. many people report more confidence and mental health and ofcourse better physical form. you dont look exhausted from a simply working out bro and if you do there are bigger problems for you.

          On top of that traditional weightlifting makes your front and back chain inbalanced (front becomes dominant instead of naturally it would be back chain dom).

          spoken like someone who doesnt know weightlifting
          traditional weightlifting especially olympic is very posterior chain dominant, strongman is posterior chain dominant, powerlifting is super niche down but still have big emphasis on legs and glutes
          this happens only in dudes that chest press and do nothing else that is "wrong" ok but then its a problem with the people not the workout

          Essentially it’s bad posture and I would argue that posture is way more important than muscle mass.

          i see your point, but muscle mass helps you with posture you can correct bad posture by working out back and neck muscles

          Also if you train a lot of isolation your muscles will develop weirdly imbalance like huge arms relative to body or small calves with big quads but also small hams and glutes. Or big biceps and triceps and small forearms. Also neck size gives away that you are not actually muscular bc high test but just frauding.

          what? isolations can be used to prevent and fix imbalances like rear delts relative to front delts or side delts. do you know the spider physique its imbalance between limbs and torso which happens if you dont use some isolations.
          also wdym "frauding". you got more muscular. the muscle is there. you arent pretending
          and high test helps you get muscular but it doesnt not by itself make you muscular, unless you inject roids

          I think goatis is right bro why be permanently stressed slightly for smth that literally starts going away the week you stop training.

          muscles fades away very very slowly so if you "lose" your gains in a few weeks then you didnt have many gains to start with. there are many reasons to workout you are stronger, resist injury better, better for hormones, better longevity etc. another dude said that women get more attracted to you which is true

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            @Liverlover I see, ye that's true. As for neck I'm doing Josh Bryant's neck workout, you basically lay down, lift your head a little and then do a chin tuck. For the sides you just bring ear to shoulder, and then look left and right with the head. Doing the back side too.
            All I can say is its thicker, stronger and actually helped my FHP + it doesn't get tired anymore in class or whenever im sedentary

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            @Vladimir See how josh bryant has a double chin? I didnt know him but looked him up. That is a consequence of training fhp. You can still train neck but I would suggest always extension to get back chain dominance.

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              @Liverlover

              Goatis is kinda right bruh ppl who train a lot look exhausted bc their body literally hasn’t felt completely at rest in ages.

              goatis says wild stuff man take it with pinch of salt, this is also not true you should feel fantasitc when training. many people report more confidence and mental health and ofcourse better physical form. you dont look exhausted from a simply working out bro and if you do there are bigger problems for you.

              On top of that traditional weightlifting makes your front and back chain inbalanced (front becomes dominant instead of naturally it would be back chain dom).

              spoken like someone who doesnt know weightlifting
              traditional weightlifting especially olympic is very posterior chain dominant, strongman is posterior chain dominant, powerlifting is super niche down but still have big emphasis on legs and glutes
              this happens only in dudes that chest press and do nothing else that is "wrong" ok but then its a problem with the people not the workout

              Essentially it’s bad posture and I would argue that posture is way more important than muscle mass.

              i see your point, but muscle mass helps you with posture you can correct bad posture by working out back and neck muscles

              Also if you train a lot of isolation your muscles will develop weirdly imbalance like huge arms relative to body or small calves with big quads but also small hams and glutes. Or big biceps and triceps and small forearms. Also neck size gives away that you are not actually muscular bc high test but just frauding.

              what? isolations can be used to prevent and fix imbalances like rear delts relative to front delts or side delts. do you know the spider physique its imbalance between limbs and torso which happens if you dont use some isolations.
              also wdym "frauding". you got more muscular. the muscle is there. you arent pretending
              and high test helps you get muscular but it doesnt not by itself make you muscular, unless you inject roids

              I think goatis is right bro why be permanently stressed slightly for smth that literally starts going away the week you stop training.

              muscles fades away very very slowly so if you "lose" your gains in a few weeks then you didnt have many gains to start with. there are many reasons to workout you are stronger, resist injury better, better for hormones, better longevity etc. another dude said that women get more attracted to you which is true

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              @Chill solid

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              • LiverloverL Liverlover

                @Vladimir See how josh bryant has a double chin? I didnt know him but looked him up. That is a consequence of training fhp. You can still train neck but I would suggest always extension to get back chain dominance.

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                @Liverlover Well the dude is fat, I think he does powerlifting. Based on some research on hyoid bone position that I did, neck chintuck-curls actually prevent that sagging/double chin from happening

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                  @Liverlover I actually agree with this. I think cardio is obviously bad & 5-6 times a week is bad.

                  I'm sort of in the middle of this, you don't need to be a proffesional bodybuilder but you can try work out hard for 2 years 3x per week & then just maintain that physique with 2 moderate workouts per week. Anything more than 2 years is probably diminishing returns.

                  You will look pretty good lean after 2 years of training even with "Poverty Genetics"

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                  @Jay yeah you could do that. I guess its easy for me to say dont workout but I trained for a few years and now I maintain physique im happy with with 0 training. I think if someone had high testosterone growing up they would have a good physique naturally but since we live in this world we most likely didn’t so we have to get to certain point and then let your new test levels maintain it on this diet. Still would’t train too hard bro just till mild discomfort.

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                  • ChillC Chill

                    @Liverlover i hear ya man
                    but think of this when you squat or deadlift your test spikes and your hgh too iirc
                    so does that mean that now you have high test? no
                    same with the "downsides" of the gym the "stress" or whatever you are implying
                    at the moment of training you absolutley get more stressed but that is very much temporary, and the upsides are bigger than the downsides
                    ofc you can overtrain or overreach but that takes month of accumulated and mismanaged training

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                    @Chill Yeah you’re test will spike when you throw a rock at someone as well. The spike is just for dealing with the situation it doesnt change your baseline. Recovering muscles raises your cortisol baseline which would actually take away from testosterone.

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                      @Liverlover

                      Goatis is kinda right bruh ppl who train a lot look exhausted bc their body literally hasn’t felt completely at rest in ages.

                      goatis says wild stuff man take it with pinch of salt, this is also not true you should feel fantasitc when training. many people report more confidence and mental health and ofcourse better physical form. you dont look exhausted from a simply working out bro and if you do there are bigger problems for you.

                      On top of that traditional weightlifting makes your front and back chain inbalanced (front becomes dominant instead of naturally it would be back chain dom).

                      spoken like someone who doesnt know weightlifting
                      traditional weightlifting especially olympic is very posterior chain dominant, strongman is posterior chain dominant, powerlifting is super niche down but still have big emphasis on legs and glutes
                      this happens only in dudes that chest press and do nothing else that is "wrong" ok but then its a problem with the people not the workout

                      Essentially it’s bad posture and I would argue that posture is way more important than muscle mass.

                      i see your point, but muscle mass helps you with posture you can correct bad posture by working out back and neck muscles

                      Also if you train a lot of isolation your muscles will develop weirdly imbalance like huge arms relative to body or small calves with big quads but also small hams and glutes. Or big biceps and triceps and small forearms. Also neck size gives away that you are not actually muscular bc high test but just frauding.

                      what? isolations can be used to prevent and fix imbalances like rear delts relative to front delts or side delts. do you know the spider physique its imbalance between limbs and torso which happens if you dont use some isolations.
                      also wdym "frauding". you got more muscular. the muscle is there. you arent pretending
                      and high test helps you get muscular but it doesnt not by itself make you muscular, unless you inject roids

                      I think goatis is right bro why be permanently stressed slightly for smth that literally starts going away the week you stop training.

                      muscles fades away very very slowly so if you "lose" your gains in a few weeks then you didnt have many gains to start with. there are many reasons to workout you are stronger, resist injury better, better for hormones, better longevity etc. another dude said that women get more attracted to you which is true

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                      goatis says wild stuff man take it with pinch of salt, this is also not true you should feel fantasitc when training. many people report more confidence and mental health and ofcourse better physical form. you dont look exhausted from a simply working out bro and if you do there are bigger problems for you.

                      I know bro hes kinda gone crazy bc of social isolation. Can’t argue gym is stressful tho.

                      spoken like someone who doesnt know weightlifting
                      traditional weightlifting especially olympic is very posterior chain dominant, strongman is posterior chain dominant, powerlifting is super niche down but still have big emphasis on legs and glutes
                      this happens only in dudes that chest press and do nothing else that is "wrong" ok but then its a problem with the people not the workout

                      Trust me bro even pullups are front chain. Any sitting exercise is wrong. Squats are wrong. Training chest if your mid traps are weak is gonna make the imbalance bigger. I see people doing rows but their mid traps are so weak that they shrug their shoulders and the upper traps get even stiffer.
                      My point is that as long as you are in this “wrong pattern” you might be able to train very lightly in the “right pattern” but as soon as it gets heavy you will take the least friction route and you will make the wrong pattern even wronger. If there is imbalance there is no point in training both sides bc the imbalance will stay the same or get worse. Only if your back chain is absolutely dominating your front you can train front and back chain and both will get stronger but back chain will stay dominant, you see?

                      i see your point, but muscle mass helps you with posture you can correct bad posture by working out back and neck muscles

                      yes but only if you do it right (very light and takes a lot of concentration at first) and it doesnt balance out if you train chest as well.

                      what? isolations can be used to prevent and fix imbalances like rear delts relative to front delts or side delts. do you know the spider physique its imbalance between limbs and torso which happens if you dont use some isolations.

                      Yes i agree on this isolation can be useful for fixing imbalance especially at first if you dont have a lot of mental access to the muscle.

                      also wdym "frauding". you got more muscular. the muscle is there. you arent pretending

                      imagine some guy with a super femine face but super jacked. Wouldnt look right would it?

                      and high test helps you get musculair but it doesnt not by itself make you muscular, unless you inject roids

                      Yeah i guess you just get more muscle from everyday movement

                      muscles fades away very very slowly so if you "lose" your gains in a few weeks then you didnt have many gains to start with. there are many reasons to workout you are stronger, resist injury better, better for hormones, better longevity etc. another dude said that women get more attracted to you which is true

                      Up to a point I agree

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                        @Liverlover Well the dude is fat, I think he does powerlifting. Based on some research on hyoid bone position that I did, neck chintuck-curls actually prevent that sagging/double chin from happening

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                        @Vladimir well how so?

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                          @Liverlover this opinion is straight buns bro
                          The fact that you get stronger and can progressivly overload is because you healed, its evidence you healed.

                          First you compensate then you overcompensate, now u got a bit bigger and a bit stronger.

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                          @Chill no you are robbing Paul to pay sam

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                            @Chill no you are robbing Paul to pay sam

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                            @Elliott87
                            explain that then
                            you mean that if you did not workout or do sports during your childhood or teenage years you would have grown taller or have better facial development or thicker bones? or any other benefits?

                            people out here spewing goatis propaganda

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                              @Vladimir well how so?

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                              @Liverlover Anectodal evidence, strengthening suprahyoid muscles elevates the hyoid bone because it's supported by the muscles. In Josh's case I don't really know what caused his double chin nor do I care, but I think he's just fat. I don't remember the name of the study but look up ' fast mouth opening hyoid elderly', the Ai should link the study

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                                @Liverlover Anectodal evidence, strengthening suprahyoid muscles elevates the hyoid bone because it's supported by the muscles. In Josh's case I don't really know what caused his double chin nor do I care, but I think he's just fat. I don't remember the name of the study but look up ' fast mouth opening hyoid elderly', the Ai should link the study

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                                @Vladimir about the double chin bro it could be roids
                                first time hearing abt josh but it could be roids.
                                some bodybuilders that compete professionally have double chins even at 4% bf cuz the muscles in there face get overdeveloped from test and hgh.
                                conor mcgregors jaw is likely affected by riods

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                                  Screenshot_20260531_193344_com_android_chrome_ChromeTabbedActivity.jpg
                                  That's him. Apparently he never admitted to taking steroids, looks natty. But yea you can see his double chin

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                                    Screenshot_20260531_193344_com_android_chrome_ChromeTabbedActivity.jpg
                                    That's him. Apparently he never admitted to taking steroids, looks natty. But yea you can see his double chin

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                                    @Vladimir looks natty
                                    you seen the guys arms?!

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                                      @Vladimir looks natty
                                      you seen the guys arms?!

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                                      @Chill lol but the guy trained for 20 years, I would say it's very high-end natty dad strength type build

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                                        Screenshot_20260531_193344_com_android_chrome_ChromeTabbedActivity.jpg
                                        That's him. Apparently he never admitted to taking steroids, looks natty. But yea you can see his double chin

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                                        @Vladimir Clearly not natty bro unless hes like 5’ but still 😆

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                                        • V Vladimir

                                          @Liverlover Anectodal evidence, strengthening suprahyoid muscles elevates the hyoid bone because it's supported by the muscles. In Josh's case I don't really know what caused his double chin nor do I care, but I think he's just fat. I don't remember the name of the study but look up ' fast mouth opening hyoid elderly', the Ai should link the study

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                                          @Vladimir yes more strength in supras will help but its also about lengtening the downpulling muscles and if your front neck muscles are pulling your head forward it actually shortens it

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