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My natural client Rod's 16 week transformation thus far. Nearly a 30lb difference from start of prep to current. This will be our second prep together and Rod's second show.
Right Pic - 20 weeks out
Current Pic - 4 weeks out
Last year Rod just missed his OCB pro card. This year we are doing the Ben Weider Naturals!!
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Fix this hack squat MISTAKE & grow BIGGER quads
You're going TOO DEEP.
- Quads grow from knee flexion, aka bending at the knee.
- As long as your knees are traveling forward, your depth comes from knee flexion and the tension stays on your quads.
- Once your knees stop traveling forward, any extra depth comes from hip flexion. That shifts the work off your quads and onto your glutes.
How to fix it:
- Feet LOW on the platform. Your knees can travel further forward, so you get more knee flexion and the depth stays on your quads.
- Only go as deep as your knees can travel forward. When your knees stop, that's your bottom.
- Pause at the bottom for a beat, the drive back up thinking "bring knees back"
You can see my knees pull BACK at 0:07 -> hip flexion taking over.
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The bodybuilding anon experts are out in force today.
People who’ve never been 10% body fat…never mind stage lean peeled.
It’s different gravy at this level of leanness mate.
Quite simply people talking out of their arse again.
Welcome to the internet!
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The peptide space will evolve once sharper minds enter the arena and formalize a lot of the bro science
Right now it’s mostly under-informed sheisters trying to make a quick buck
If peptides like BPC-157, TB-4/500, GHK-cu will have a role in post surgical recovery to, we will need to more clearly delineate how they affect wound healing and scar tissue formation
Your fav influencer is telling you to take all 3 regardless of injury.. but what if there is more nuance in which to select when in what part is the recovery.
Will be digging into this more.
Have a patient with a pathological over expression of scar tissue after surgery, I think some of the above peptides will help and some will hurt. No clear signal
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based on what I have seen here I personally would NOT get my training advice or lifting programming from a “Biohacker” or peptide salesman just saying
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How your meat looks the nanosecond you slip into la maison du underwear #rollenswollen
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Impartial truth about physique transformations posted online.
I want to believe all transformations are legit, solid work.
But I’ve been doing this long enough to know some simply aren’t.
If you’re in doubt, check the list of red flags below:
- Ask for pictures with a date stamp to validate the claimed time frame.
( Red flag: The coach can’t prove it for most of their transformations, doesn’t reply, or gets defensive.)
- Ask for at least one picture of the coach standing next to the client, or a clip of the coach training with the client.
( With online coaching it’s not always doable, but if a coach is never seen standing next to any of their clients, it’s a Red Flag, and questionable. )
- Check if all or most transformations posted by the coach are anonymous or have faces covered.
( Red flag / questionable:
Most or some transformations can’t be verified, faceless or anonymous people.)
- Ask for lifts or performance and progress stats.
Video clips showing progress in the gym can further validate aesthetic before-and-after pictures.
( Red flag: The coach never shows a client’s performance progress in the gym.
Purely aesthetic transformations are incomplete. It’s not that hard with drugs and a structured diet.
Pictures can be edited, angled, pumped vs flat, etc., and don’t tell the whole story. )
- Ask if the coach has any natural transformations on their resume.
Both male and female.
Focus on complete beginners, out-of-shape, untrained or obese people who have never lifted before.
( Red flag: The coach is reluctant to answer or mostly works with enhanced clients.)
None of these red flags on their own completely disproves the legitimacy of a coach or their work with clients.
However, if they appear repeatedly and the coach remains anonymous, the transformations they present are questionable.
