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regexorcist • today at 6:13 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

> but it goes mostly to the gut

This is so weird to me if you're always working out as you said. What are you doing at the gym? Compound barbell movements with heavy weights will absolutely prevent this and get you jacked in the right places.

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the__alchemist • today at 12:01 PM

  - Dumbell and smith machine squats
  - 10-30 degree incline bench
  - Dumbell lunges
  - Overhead press with dumbells
  - Planks
  - Situps: Straight, bent, and normal legs
  - Dead hangs
  - Pullups with 3 grips
  - Leg lifts while hanging
  - Lat raises, forward and bent over
  - Behind-the-back cable extensions
  - Tricip cable pulldowns
  - SKull crushers
  - Dumbell curls, one hand at a time
Each every 1-3 days
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bradlys • today at 6:38 AM

It's not guaranteed. People are abnormal. I'm abnormal and don't gain muscle like others and I am constantly training to failure.

Gaining muscle becomes really complicated for some people since not everyone has the same hormones, androgen receptor density, myostatin levels, etc. Some people grow like freaks and others never do. I can sympathize but I am skeptical of 99% of people since most I've seen also don't do every thing right and it's clear that's usually the issue.