Natural Bodybuilding

I'm hitting glutes 3x a week and ending up around 20 hard sets total. Mostly hip thrusts, RDLs, split squats and abductions.

Strength was moving up for a while but now Im just permanently sore and my last few sets feel kinda pointless. Sleep and protein are fine.

Would you cut sets first or just drop the third day entirely? Curious where everyone elses sweet spot is for actually growing

Been trying to bring my legs up but work already has me climbing lifting and dragging crap around all day.

If I train legs hard before a shift I'm useless. After work my squat numbers are straight garbage. Anybody working a physical job found a split that actually works?

Thinking legs Friday night then spend Saturday walking like a newborn deer lol

I’ve been lifting for 16 years. My supplement stack is:

• 1g of protein per pound per day

• Viagra before lifting for blood circulation

• 6g of creatine per day

• 5g of beta alanine per day spaced out over 7 doses

• Fish oil

• Vitamin D

• Multivitamin

• Yohimbine

Good exercise I guess, but the setup sucks and I can barely breathe after.

Swapped them for reverse lunges and my quads are growing fine.

Starting to think Bulgarians are mostly popular because misery makes people feel productive

I started filming my lifts some and apparently my 1 RIR was like 3 or 4 reps left half the time. Wanted the set to actually look hard on camera and turns out I could go way more than I thought.

Anyone else wildly bad at judging RIR?

Been skipping direct ab work because they're covered up anyway and heavy lifts hit them some.

Now I'm wondering if thats just lazy fat guy logic. Do you guys always do abs?

Anything around 30 degrees turns into a front delt exercise for me. Tried 15 degrees and finally felt my upper chest, but it looks basically flat lol.

Anybody actually build decent upper pecs using a super low incline?

I'm starting to get thicc and need advice. I’ve made a lot of strength gains but my stomach is growing as well.

Do you guys switch to a cut based on an eye test or something else? Curious what the process is for people who've done several bulk and cut cycles.

Maybe I just suck at them, but pullups always turn into forearm and bicep workouts.

I know this is gonna trigger some. Anybody else ditch them and grow better?

I used to take 1 minute breaks cause I felt lazy scrolling my phone. But my weight would drop drastically between sets.

Recently started taking 2.5 minutes on big lifts and 2 on isolations. Feel like I'm making progress agan.

Do you guys time rests or just wait until you feel ready?

I see guys turn full ROM bicep curls into standing hip thrusts when going for a max, then celebrate a PR. Same deal with half rep leg presses and rows that become lower back swings.

I've started tracking load AND rep quality. If the last rep looks nothing like the first, I don't add weight next week. Ego hates it. Muscles like it.

Mine already get smoked from benching and overhead press.

Guys swap exercises every two weeks because some influencer found a new "science based" cable angle.

Pick movements that feel good, log them, and beat the numbers for six months. Your muscles aren't bored. You're bored.

Some dudes spend 30 minutes warming up with bands, mobility drills and six warmup sets before getting to a working weight.

You fags need to just get right to it.