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Put plain and simply, is the theory of supercompensation true to reality? Has it been put to the test?

Since the teres major does most of the actions of the latissimus dorsi, except spinal extension and scapular movement because it is not attached to the spine but to the scapula. I was wondering that ...

I have a goal, to make pull-ups my cardio. Kind of how babies struggle to walk but after some years they can do thousands of steps before they even begin to get tired. In the past days I have tried in ...

My goal is to be able to do a slow, controlled side-kick movement significantly above waist level (ideally, head-height). Is there any evidence-based training program that would lead to that? I have ...

My goal is to gain weight and muscle. I'm currently 55 kgs, 5"4. My workout routine consists of pushups, triceps dips, curls with a resistance band, and squats. I am looking at some mass gainer ...

I saw a pull-up bar some time ago, which was made of 2 separate handles, which were mounted on the wall independently of each other, at any distance people would like. It's not about bars ...

I used to be a lot more agile. But since the past 1 year, I have a job where I am sitting at my desk at home for the better part of the day. I can feel myself getting more "inert", I am ...

I bought a Rogue jump rope with steel cables, but found that none of the ceilings in my house are high enough for jump rope. There are some products for sale marketed as jump rope mats, but they are ...

I'm 62 years old and I've been doing 100 push ups a day since March, I do 20 at a time through out the day. After I do a set of 20 push ups I'll do 20 curls. I've also put in a pull up bar and I try ...

As for now I tried various training methods. Progressive weight increase Unfavourable levers Sets to absolute failure Sets to technique failure 1 repetition every 10 seconds for 60 minutes and ...

Does every minute on the minute count as multiple sets or as one long ass set? Every minute on the minute is doing something like 7 repetitions at the start of the minute, and when you finished the 7 ...

I noticed my abdominal muscle didn't get "taller" or thicker but they got wider...like really wider. I just watched some progress pictures and my abdomen is really wider. Is the fact that my ...

The law of biological accommodation says "the response of a biological object to a given constant stimulus decreases over time. Thus, accommodation is the decrease in response of your body to a ...

Many people go by the belief that people have a genetic limit for how much muscle they can build in a lifetime and the closer they get to the limit the slower they gain muscle. I wanna know what ...

When one does the Bring Sally Up training with any exercise, does the time under tension count as additional volume, or is volume just about how many repetitions you do? For example, should 1 minute ...

I have been doing the Strong Lifts program for a year and a half at least before COVID closed all of the gyms. The program has been working very well; I have gained muscular mass, look good, and set ...

Is there a complete list of bodyweight calf exercises? As for now I only know: Crouch calf raises Standing calf raises with both or single leg Donkey calf raises with both or single leg Split calf ...

Recently, I was injured. Before injury, I would do HIIT workouts that push my body to the limit. I do it regularly (4 or 5 times a week). During injury, I could only do running (around 1km everyday). ...

During my winter season (nov-mars) the only cycling I´m doing is a 1 hour spinning class every week. (I also do other aerobic/strength training 2-3 times a week). During the summer season I cycle 3-4 ...

When looking at world records pull ups always have better numbers than chin ups. For example the record is 707 pull ups in 30 minutes versus 600 chin ups in 30 minutes and the weighted pull up is ...

In a system where it is possible to create a training prescription informing the intensity time, for example: 5 minutes at 65% of HRmax and 3 minutes at 90%, how is it possible to calculate the ...

So I'm working on the exercises in Convict Conditioning, and got through the Level-1 ‘Short Bridges’ (well, intermediate-level) with no problem. I start doing the Level-2 ‘Straight Bridges’, and can't ...

In this video, Greg Doucette explains that bulking then cutting is a waste of time because even though muscle is built faster in a surplus, all the extra muscle is lost when cutting. But in the same ...

Post workout, will an animal based protein powder (such as casein, whey) be better absorbed or utilized by the body than a vegan one (pea, soy, rice, blend), even if they contain the same exact amino-...

So back levers are kind of basic bodyweight exercises, not to the level of doing a push... Where most people who never trained in their entire life can still pull off a few push ups...but usually only ...

When I first started training, I did not know how to kip. I had no clue how it worked. People said it was instinctive, and that everyone knows how to kip without training it. Well—I don't! How does ...

Prolonged sitting is bad, the same goes for standing. Okay, how about regularly shifting between the two by some given intervals, is that still bad?

Is it healthy to wear tights while doing squats and deadlifts? I bought a pair of tights and did some squats and deadlifts, not problems at all but I am just worried whether it is healthy to do so or ...

There are many hand grippers in the market. I would like to know if there is any benefit for using the following Ivanko Super Gripper in comparison to other hand grippers: https://www.youtube.com/...

I'm a bit confused about the mechanisms by which a ketogenic diet can be employed to training for fat loss and muscle gain. First, from what I gather, a ketogenic diet can be low-carbohydrate/high-fat....

It is quite obvious that every online calculator is off because of individual differences, but math tends to be spot on everything and when it doesn't it's because we lack the needed data... With ...

I would like to know if doing sit-ups from the floor (lying on my back) produces different results from doing sit-ups using a sit-up bench? Are there any other instruments that are better than using ...

Over the last couple of years Ive had a host of problems with my joints. Problems caused by tightness, weakness and trigger points... often in those muscles that most people don't know exist until ...

I am about 47. I have done regular sit ups for about half a year. The results are good and I almost have a 6-pack. However, I now feel a slight pain in my back. I have realized that the contact ...

I recently decided to do fitness and diet more seriously.I am a male 31 years old - 183 cm - 77 Kg I don't know my body fat but since the confinement, I gained 4 Kg and no exercise during this period ^...

The main exercise that I want to be able to do, is something similar to the seated row machine with the pad for your chest. For background I was doing 12 rep sets at 200. I weigh around 135. I do ...

I was recently diagnosed with Achilles' tendinitis in my right Achilles heel. I usually run 30 minutes twice a week and do HIIT training 2-3 times a week (circuit training including burpees, squats, ...

I have a type of anaemia, called thalassemia, a not too uncommon blood disorder which reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the red blood cells. Therefore, when I exercise I have slightly elevated ...

Everyone and even their grandmas can do handstands, but few can hold an one arm handstand. And apparently no one can do an one arm handstand and do a press up, Matteo Spinazzola is the closest one to ...

runners, lifters, scientists, engineers, geeks, gamers, casuals. I am asking the following: "Do muscles atrophy and grow linearly, exponentially or depreciatively or possibly like a bell curve? ...

I am 5'7" tall and my weight is 80 kg. As you can guess, I am fat. I have lots of fat. At one point of time (2016) I wasn't very fat (68 kg) and I was able to perform 10 pull ups, 35-40 push ups, ...

Did some experiments on my height: 167cm after heavy squats 170cm after a short walk 175cm after hanging on a bar 176cm after hanging on a bar with weights After hanging, I'm taller than normally,...

So I have trouble activating the glute max on the left hip. For example when I do the donkey kick exercise with the right hip I can feel the glute max activating, and I also can squeeze it. But on the ...

I love to walk and am looking at upping my game. I stumbled upon Heavyhands Walking by Leonard Schwartz see here Before I buy the book I thought I should ask folks here of their expert opinion on what ...

I'm considering...actually, I already decided that I want yo substitute running with dancing. Why? Cause it makes life funnier. Is there any drawback and therefore I should keep running at least a ...

Unfortunately I can't find much information on this question anywhere. Hope someone here can help to clear things out. I know the classic exercise for hip flexor (psoas) stretch is the kneeling hip ...

Other than eating soups, wraps, salads and filler food with few calories per volume, what other strategies are there to keep hunger at bay? A 20% to 30% calorie deficit results in a decent sensation ...

Jefferson Curls as illustrated in the video is preached as good exercise for injury prevention and relief for back pain as well as flexibility exercise. From reading around sport forums it seems a ...

Apparently function of the tricep is also pulling the humerus back, and function of the chest is also pulling the humerus down. And Indeed pullovers are listen as both back and chest builders. And ...

Have been noticing this for sometime, when I do regular weekly fitness like going to the gym I face post-workout inflammation or sore muscles but this is all very much expected and I noticed that if I ...