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Why does growing more muscle push out veins to surface?
It doesn't, rather it's having low body fat, and hence minimal subcutaneous fat to hide the veins, which makes veins more visible. That's why strongmen, who typically have enormous amounts of muscle, ...
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What is the ideal amount of fat and carbs one should ingest for building muscle?
At least enough to not die, and extreme carbohydrate restriction is probably not great for gainz.
As long as you are getting adequate fat to support basic bodily functions, your carbohydrate and fat ...
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Is Barbell Drag Curl mechanically useful for building biceps
Neither variation specifically develops the long heads of the biceps more than a regular bicep curl, because neither loads the long head of the biceps when it is fully elongated. Stretching of the ...
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Is physiology of muscle growth a pseudoscience?
A study like those you describe (i.e., gathering statistics about some small population and doing statistical calculations on it) is by definition scientific because it is falsifiable. A reader can ...
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How to adjust hypertropy workout when gym has limited dumbells
I have the same exact issue with my apartment.
For chest with 50s can take forever for any fatigue, but going slow and getting the stretch at the bottom has had the best Stimulus. 3 sets to failure ...
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Is this a good workout split? It is modified for preference, but I would still like some review
Few suggestions:
your leg routine is pretty thin. In my opinion any leg routine should include squats and deadlift or some variants of them.
your shoulder exercises are a bit imbalanced. You have 2 ...
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"10 reps of every required healthy exercise every hour for 10 hours" vs. "100 reps of every required healthy exercise every day"
It’s impossible to say. Different individuals respond differently to different training, you haven’t told us anything about their diets, and we don’t know what “every required healthy exercise” is. ...
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How come my arms are so skinny but I am strong?
Sometimes it simply comes down to genetics which can't be changed. Some people just have shorter or longer biceps. Shorter biceps contract further making them have a higher peak and look bigger where ...
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Is doing 4 sets of 6 pushups 3x per week enough for a beginner push workout regarding hypertrophy and strength
I think it is a generally accepted fact that working in the 6-35 rep range does stimulate hypertrophy equally as long as sets are taken close to failure. I also think most people would agree that 9-12 ...
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How to take advantage of testosterone and HGH boost provided by leg day?
It is well-established that intense physical activity, as well as resistance coaching exercises like squats, will result in temporary will increase in androgenic hormone and human STH (HGH) levels. ...
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