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Strange that the two lifts representing (generally) the lightest and heaviest compound movements are each separately responsible for this in multiple people...

I'm curious to see your results if you make it to 240. I held that weight pretty well (unfortunately am above it now) but still had some obvious pudge - "powerlifter abs" visible through the fat...

Even under the ideal and unlikely circumstances that everything is executed perfectly, the amount of progress you will make in one year is still going to fall short of what you have in mind,...

It's unlikely that they're overdeveloped inherently, but quite possible that you simply haven't built up the rest of your physique for them to look appropriately balanced. What does the rest of your...

This one's mostly an open question for anyone to whom it applies...

Novices seeing steady progress and results after learning the ropes and getting consistent is one thing, but once progression...

Quite possibly. I imagine that progression would be more difficult managed in such a way, but it might work. In fact, it might actually be better tailored for people who lead busier lives and don't...

Conventional Deadlift (Beltless/Raw Grip):
3 x 5 at 405 final reps @9, 10, 10

I read an original '70s copy of Education of a Bodybuilder. He straight up mentions one of his earliest "friends" in bodybuilding being an MD who used to lift outdoors in the Austrian Alps with him....

Food for thought for everyone else. Most likely/presumably Arnold was natural for quite some time well into his "advanced lifter" status, so it stands to reason that his "blueprint for mass" speaks...

Yeah, takes some of the thrill out of it for sure.. That's kind of a symptom of the larger problem of the ubiquity and oversaturation of the internet in general if you ask me, though.

Just worked...

Go for it and check back with your results!

Most people on here will tell you it's too much, but I'm curious about that one myself and I'd be interested to see what kind of progress you make.

Also it would be rather hard to deadlift and then squat the following day, over and over (unless deadlift is grouped with legs, but then removing it from "pull" would be quite counterintuitive).

Ah, maybe that's it... And I think that high volume is popular for two main reasons: one, because it's instantly gratifying in a small way at light weight because anyone can do it from day one and is...

Why is that split popular? I'm actually curious. It's more fun to pair agonist movements IMO, too.

Oh, I didn't even realize you posted more photos when I made the comment. Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't see them ATM.

Yeah, it's very possible that his stats aren't correct... He was my first...

Thanks, on the squats. That lift is so mental. It's weird looking back, that the most intense individual squat day of the program I ran called for 290x10 (and then the x3 backoffs with one minute...

While your physique is much better than mine and quite impressive, honestly that didn't look like 21+" to me. Looked like 17"-ish to me, but that's just eyeballing it. How were you taking the...

Well, this might be more or less shallow I guess, but I have only been with women who are pretty big chested (and I don't like fake, either). If I found someone really endearing in spite of that...

Squat:
225 x 15, 245 x 12, 275 x 10, 295 x 8

As always, this was more intimidating than difficult, and once I buckled down to do each set, they were more manageable than I anticipated. The third...

And once again, I'm the odd one out for thinking Indiana is attractive lol.. Not ideal, but if she was a little better endowed I'd say mid 7 easily. High 6 as is.