The most jacked guy in the gym doesn't lift heavy...

[Harry815]

I noticed this. He doesn't lift heavy, and he goes VERY slow on every rep and squeezes the muscle to contract it.

Is this the right way?

[FmrD3LB]

80/20 principle dude (srs)


Lift. Consistently. Keep things simple.

[GrimRep_er]

This is what I'm currently doing. Everything is slow negatives. So far I have been making slow gains since ending a cut.

In for opinions

[Shortstop36]

80/20 principle dude (srs)


Lift. Consistently. Keep things simple.

wait. wut?


how is the 20/80 rule used here

[Coffeejunky]

Its not about how much you lift. Its about how much you look like you lift

[ISmokeTooMuch]

non-nattys dont need to lift heavy

[bada1211]

He's maintaining. Aswell as cell tech. edit: wizard^^

[newleaseonlife]

I've started doing this lately, and I can already see a difference.

[AshWar]

I noticed this. He doesn't lift heavy, and he goes VERY slow on every rep and squeezes the muscle to contract it.

Is this the right way?

there's a greek dude at my gym.. the biggest guy on campus. ripped as fuk. Doesn't work his legs, no bench, no deads, not even a single barbell exercise except very light curls. All ive seen him do is chest flyes (we're talking 30 lb db) shrugs, cables, and all light isos, just squeezing and contraction as you said. isthisreallife.jpg

[UberAlles]

maybe for isolation accessories, but for big compounds you generally wanna move the weight as fast as u can

[romajc]

The most jacked guy at any major gym is juicing....

[Loukanikos]

there's a greek dude at my gym.. the biggest guy on campus. ripped as fuk. Doesn't work his legs, no bench, no deads, not even a single barbell exercise except very light curls. All ive seen him do is chest flyes (we're talking 30 lb db) shrugs, cables, and all light isos, just squeezing and contraction as you said. isthisreallife.jpg

Yea i bet a chicken can lift heavier than him

[midcoastking33]

try it, and be prepared to be disappointed

[MirinTheIron]

I've started doing this lately, and I can already see a difference.

It's in your head. If you "just started doing this" nothing has changed body composition wise lol.

[holtmcg]

Same at my gym. The guy looks like Vince Gironda except he has bigger legs and traps. He just uses strict for with medium weight. He's massive though.

[Coneilly]

It's in your head. If you "just started doing this" nothing has changed body composition wise lol.

strong use of speech marks when he never even said that

[xITHYPHALLIC]

non-nattys dont need to lift heavy

Neither do naturals. "Heavy" is all relative. The weight on the bar means nothing.

[romajc]

strong use of speech marks when he never even said that

speech marks? is that what quotation marks are called in the uk? lol

[Uncle-Phil]

80/20 principle dude (srs)


Lift. Consistently. Keep things simple.

This.

[ImDangerous]

don't lift so heavy that you injure yourself

[PostOfficeRus]

Can confirm the most jacked guy in my gym does not squat over 315lbs or bench anything over 250. I talked to him once, and he told me his strategy is contraction and mind muscle connection.

[WWGlide]

I have never met a huge natty that doesn't move huge weight. But guys on Celltech can definitely get huge without moving much weight, just slow reps with light-moderate weight

[mm394006]

Neither do naturals. "Heavy" is all relative. The weight on the bar means nothing.

Can confirm. Have been lifting "light" for two years now and have seen the best gains of my life. It's not about using a lighter weight and doing a thousand reps. It's about using a weight that you can control with the object muscle and isolate to only use the object muscle to perform the lift. I've been getting better quad development squatting 185 for 8-10 reps then I was doing 405 for 10. (Now the quad is doing all of the work at all portions of the lift.)

...and yes, natty

[Coneilly]

speech marks? is that what quotation marks are called in the uk? lol

ye, cause it indicates when someone has spoken... crazy huh

[AllMatty]

I actually do this often now as part of my routine and changing things up. It has really helped stubborn muscle groups grow a little more.

You just have to swallow you're pride a little bit and pick up some lighter weights, but the results are well worth it.

[AllDemFeels]

Yea i bet a chicken can lift heavier than him

if he was lifting for strength he wouldn't be doing that though

[Negligence]

Can confirm. Have been lifting "light" for two years now and have seen the best gains of my life. It's not about using a lighter weight and doing a thousand reps. It's about using a weight that you can control with the object muscle and isolate to only use the object muscle to perform the lift. I've been getting better quad development squatting 185 for 8-10 reps then I was doing 405 for 10. (Now the quad is doing all of the work at all portions of the lift.)

...and yes, natty

And here's why I think strength training is overrated past a certain point, which I think is the 2/3/4 mark - you're getting better results from using half the weight.

I still train for strength, but all my accessory work is slower negatives, trying to focus on feeling everything, vs pumping out 10 reps as fast as possible.

[midcoastking33]

when the weight is heavy, tut is long because bar speed is going to be slow anyway. total tonnage is more important than planet fitness "feeling the rep"

[SilverSpork]

He is prolly on skittles. I've been liftin for about 7 years and I have come to be able to distinguish naturals vs cell tech bros fairly easily. The type of guy you describe OP is most likely on tech, specially if he is big and real lean, yet you never see him do heavy compounds. If you are natural, strength does equal size to a much higher degree. Don't get all caught up in perfect form and slow ass negatives and chit like Ian McCarthy promotes - you lose some intensity (lets face it when you push past a wall to make gains your form is going to slip a bit), which is why he looks like chit.

There is an Asian dude at my gym is who huge and really lean, all I ever see him do is work with cable machines, never a compound movement - he is definitely on skittles.

[AshWar]

It's in your head. If you "just started doing this" nothing has changed body composition wise lol.

But why are there so many big dudes lifting pu$$y weights? makes me question my full body strength routine tbh