@christopherventer

1 year ago

I'm sorry, but this is inaccurate. It doesn't make sense for building muscle. Literally all of it.

1. More weight in less time does not necessarily increase muscle gains and doesn't at all increase tension. Rest shouldn't be timed, but rather listen to your body.

2. Compound moves are great, but should not be the main focus of a workout, a good structured workout for a lot of people would be, let's say you're focusing on chest; you can do 2 compound lifts (Like bench press) and 4 isolated movements (Like flyes) with about 3 sets per exercise if you're advanced. This is for variation though, you can 100% get through with 1 compound move and 2 isolated movements, IF you're training them harder than last time (HTLT plug). It varies from person to person, but isolated movements are great, in most scenarios, better than compound (especially for muscle balance).

3. You really don't need to combine resistance. Stop trying fancy things. Rather increase the weight. YOU know the difference between a band and a Barbell, but your muscles don't. Muscles never go:"Oh! She/He is using a dumbbell, thus I'm going to recruit these specific fibres!" It doesn't work that way, your muscles focus on mechanical tension and to get the job done by any means. Of course, this also differs from your muscle fiber type, bone structure and other factors (slow and fast twitch). But this is determined by genes, like ACTN-5, so don't even try to change it. But I won't go this deep into it.

4. Cardio and weight training should be done, one isn't better than the other. Do both to be fit, healthy and aesthetic. Cardio lowers your genetic setpoint for bodyfat, resistance training creates mechanical tension in the muscle, that simple.

Again, dumbbels, barbells, bands etc. DOES NOT challenge your muscle differently, angle, weight and grip (although grip is a MINOR factor that doesn't visually or functionally do much, it depends on what's comfortable with you). Focus on the basic movements, it's THAT easy.

There is no one go-to to move your body, but do what works for you, not what looks fancy or what loses the most fat. Rather than losing fat as fast as possible, lose it slowly, but steadily, so that you'll keep it off.
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The best technique for specifically fat loss is to track your calories and eat in a slight deficit. A starting point is taking your body weight ( in pounds) and times that by your activity level 14-16. 14 Being lightly active, 15 being moderately active, 16 being highly active. This is not a SET thing, but rather a starting point. For me, I'm 170 pounds. So that would be:
170lbs×15 (activity)= 2550 calories per day (for maintenance), so it I wanted to lose weight, I'd go for about 2250 (calorie deficit). Of course this varies from person to person. Let's say I'm 170 pounds, but my maintenance is actually 2700, you experiment around that 2550 range and see what works for you, remember, that doesn't mean THAT's your maintenance, but a great starting point to figure what it is. You don't have to starve yourself.

A good diet, regular exercise and a great mental state does it.

Please stop spreading misinformation. It's really not that hard to be healthy, confident and good-looking, so why complicate it?

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