Now that I’m back at it, I realize I’ve been lied to...
For two+ years I wasted my time in the gym thinking low reps high weight was the way to mass.
Now that my gym is open I’ve been able to apply a technique taught to me by the most ripped person I know.
You must get a “pump” to force blood into the muscles, making them grow. Instead of doing more than one muscle group a day, only do one with set almost till burnout, and a little cardio after. This is the only way I’m sore the next day.
When I was wasting time doing 5 day splits (back/bi, chest/tri, legs/shoulders), I would do 3 exercises each muscle group, 3 sets of 20,16,12 reps. I was never sore, never grew, my body looked like **** and I had minimal definition and NO muscle growth.
After taking 9mo off, I learned to EAT and put on 30lbs which was the growth I wanted. I realized you can’t spot-burn fat, but you can spot-grow muscle. The whole “no muscle growth” after training hard as **** really pissed me off. Now I have a bit more size, hoping to grow it more