I made a video asking the age old question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuTe_WHBTjg I'm not actually sure if this is an age old question, or if people are interested in it. but i am. I want to conduct a mini study, so here's how you can help. Record yourself posing your forearms. Upload that on public or unlisted. Then send that linked onto the video description, let me know how long you've been training for, and if you train forearms. Let's build a mini study to see if there's any correlation here.

Hey guys. (before i enter the real topic checkout my chest day from months ago if you're interested) Today I'm going wham and recording about 5 videos all at once. Here's a sneak peak on what each will be about, and if you have anything you'd like me to cover, let me know. Could be interesting, and it'd be great to add stuff people care about. - How to Become Tai Lung - Honestly this video requires me to scrap a lot potentially. And also to potentially record some additional stuff. It was part of a project that got reinvented into something for later. - Do You Train Forearms? - This video asks the simple question, do you train forearms, is this really worth it, are we all wasting our time with this? I also start a mini study in the comments. - Stupid in the Gym - This video has me watching some of the worst gym decisions, and also talking about some of what I've seen. All to convince people you can do anything in the gym and it'll be okay. - Bedwars Lazy Bodybuilder - This video shares my origin story of playing bedwars and being a bodybuilder, and how when I had nothing in my life, I was actually worse of for it. - Is the OHP worth it? - Discussing the benefits of the OHP, if there's variants that are going to be more useful, and where I position it in my week to week structure.

so most people dont know much about powerlifting and assume its just bbing with more emphasis (idk if thats how you spell it) on compounds, mainly the big 3. here are the main differences i could find between bbing (bodybuilding) and pling (powerlifting) programs volume: pling has higher volume compared to bbing on average, and lot of that volume is focused on the big 3. bench for 3-5xweek, squat 2-3 times and dl 1-2 times. focusing on volume more than intensity in a variety of set rep ranges, usually singles (1 rep) doubles (2) triples (3) 4 reps, and 5 reps. but also ranging to as much as 12 reps sometimes. instead of going to failure and staying in a rep range usually anywhere from 5-12 reps for bbing, with pling you trust the spreadsheet and go for the exact amount of reps it tells you to. even if its 4 rir. intensity: bbing intensity is more consistent than pling intensity, where in bodybuilding you're gonna aim for 0-1 rir for all sets. with powerlifting sets can be anywhere from amrap to 6 rpe. sets in powerlifting are often followed by backdowns (dropsets with rest, that have lower rpe than your top set) to add extra volume without as much fatigue as a full set, some bbing splits do dropsets or half reps for extra volume/intensity but its not as common as backdowns in pl. periodisation: with bbing you can stay on the same exercises for as long as you like, and as long as youre training well and seeing progressive overload you'll see results. with pling you do different mesocycles for as often as each week to reduce fatigue and gradually increase frequency/have some weeks focused on specific aspects. generally in powerlifting, the fatigue to stimulation ratio for muscle growth is a lot less than ideal as youre focusing on big compounds for little reps and high volume. but i was wondering, how compatible do guys you think bodybuilding and powerlifting are? and how good do you think the powerlifting approach is for building muscle? i personally do bbing focused program, but with 3 sets of deadlift (almost no eccentric 💯) 3 sets of bb squats and 5 sets of bench (2 of those are 6 rpe). I'd personally remove those sets and replace them with machine exercises if i switched to a complete bbing program but i find strength gains pretty fun. would like to know how/if you incorporate any powerlifting elements in your bbing split or vice versa 🗣🗣

This community isn't dead, I've been hit pretty hard with work. However this has given me a lot of time to reflect on my life, the position I'm in, and the lack of rest I have. Life lesson for anyone reading, it's not sustainable to go all out and then spend months in burnout mode. Here's our new call calendar. https://www.loom.com/share/9368bee1be7d496a8460631320f8aa1e

A lot of self improvement's health & performance advice is based on trying to be more like our ancestors. But in my opinion, it's not valid to base all your opinions on that, though a good thing to tap into. Here are my thoughts 1. (Should) They actually didn't die that young. A lot of anti-ancestor health people will say that because they died so young, we shouldn't want to be like them. The average life expectancy in the stone ages was 35. BUT that number is so low almost solely because of infant mortality. If you remove death at birth from the equation, they actually lived to ~70. 2. (Shouldn't) There environment was not the same. Because nutrition, sleep, etc are so complex, there are a lot of variables at play. One single thing in the air could throw all of it off. And fuck is our world different. We have all this shit like mold in our houses, heavy metals in our water, plastics in our clothes, and all this other stuff that's killing us. Also think of all the sickness in our world. Were our ancestors having problems with 'genetic' obesity or diabetes? no. For example, I have an autoimmune disorder called PANDAZ. It's caused by exposure to toxic mold (indirectly, your doctors won't tell you this). And because of this disorder, I can't eat eggs, gluten, or cow's milk. Like the fuck? Another great way to showcase this is all our bluelight and technology, + EMFs. We can't sleep right anymore which fucks up everything. And EMFs cause all sorts of problems in your brain & body. Now, I know all of this kind of seems vague, but it's really complex and hard to connect/explain. What I'm trying to say is that all of these things that we're exposed to affect all of our body's systems. 3. (Should) They evolved to do well with their conditions. I don't know a ton about evolution, though it'd be really interesting to learn. But it's obvious that if they had access to only certain foods, they would evolve to do well with them. If our ancestors only ate deer and berries, they'd probably find the most efficient way to absorb those things. And those who didn't digest those optimally, well they died.