Optimal physique for looksmaxxing?

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Svadhishthana
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Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:25 pm

For your dumbbell program, maybe skip the pulls if you are really fatigued. Play around with it. But you probably won't overdo your pulls just because you'll already be fatigued. I would say just follow your dumbbell program as written, and drop the pulls if you are constantly tired in your last, or if they don't seem to be doing much. But really focus on the presses - lock them out at the top each time and open up the shoulder to maintain that mobility at end range.

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Balanzing
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Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:07 am

Don't force feed, you're used to eating a set amount of food, so just take it slow, you can gain a lot of muscle in your first year, but you need to be consistent at it, progressive overload is key, and same thing applies to food consumption, just make small increments, if you just make a huge jump with calories, all you're gonna do is gain fat, you can't magically make muscles appear just by force feeding, unless you use steroids, muscle takes time to build, and you don't need that much food for that, just increase slowly, and be patient(easier said than done), beating your PR's would probably help keep you motivated, you need to try and see how you feel about it, the important thing is that you enjoy the activity you choose to do, free weights, machines, bodyweight, all work out, so find the one you enjoy as that will help you stick to it, and the gains will naturally come with consistency.
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