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Salkin8 t1_j5iou0e wrote

Reply to LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

To get the most for your buck don't even pay a gym and do bodyweight exercises. It's free at home.

Or even better if you can: do physical work, so you also get real things done (gardening, construction building, renovation...)

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ackermann t1_j5ill8d wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911

Only if you had your money sitting in a checking account, instead of invested somewhere like the stock market. Oh wait… the stock market didn’t do too great last year, that might’ve been worse!

Real estate might’ve been the only investment that did decent.

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myrevenge_IS_urkarma t1_j5ijr9q wrote

Reply to comment by pzzia02 in LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911

All the phones I've ever owned added together does not equal $1000. But it's about what is important to each person and what they want to splurge on.

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myrevenge_IS_urkarma t1_j5ijeiq wrote

Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911

Better strategy, get a job working so much that you don't have time to spend it. You save even more and often forget to stop and think about how poor you really are. Win-win!

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PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS t1_j5ii1wt wrote

Reply to comment by dfreinc in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

Oh I get it know, you’re an idiot. My apologies. Best of luck to your long and difficult life.

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dfreinc t1_j5ihlcv wrote

Reply to comment by PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

fuck all that though, just do it slow. 🤷‍♂️

what even is a buck movement. it brought up hunting stuff. clearly what i'm talking about is more applicable to humans. 😂

if you're talking about kips and shit you're in alternative truth territory. all you gotta do is lift slow. pop steroids and eat real good for a few weeks if you want to get big. doesn't really matter. slow, is better, unless you're using it.

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PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS t1_j5ih2r6 wrote

Reply to comment by dfreinc in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

He’s saying most bang for your Buck movements. Only working eccentric on compound lifts is only 1/3rd of the equation.

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dfreinc t1_j5igxhl wrote

Reply to comment by PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

nobody's trying to improve their athletic performance, they're just trying to look good. slow is the conesus, pretty sure.

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solitaryzoldier t1_j5igpgi wrote

Reply to LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

Only do deadlifts if you know exactly what you are doing and at least have some one to check your form. And easy on the weight. They can be the most dangerous in this regard due to the muscle groups activating.

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PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS t1_j5ig654 wrote

Reply to comment by dfreinc in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

That’s just not how it works. Working slow is overlooked but if we’re trying to combine both improving your muscular development and your athletic performance you can’t just work slow the whole time. You have to be able to control the weight at the bottom of the movement (isometric, good for tendons and energy transfer) and through the explosive movements (concentric)

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dfreinc t1_j5ig0ue wrote

Reply to comment by SingleVisit999 in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

that's what i'm always saying. i preach like a sloth. lift, very, slow. it's the way to do it. 🤷‍♂️

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SingleVisit999 t1_j5ifvu1 wrote

Reply to comment by dfreinc in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

Also, keep conscious of maintaining good form and know your limits: don't push yourself so hard you blow out your back and knees and/or tear your rotator cuffs. When you start to feel pain, back off instead of crippling yourself.

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PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS t1_j5ifes0 wrote

Reply to comment by dfreinc in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

Really alternating pacing should be as common as changing rep ranges. Programs that vary eccentric isometric and concentric are more effective at developing all aspects of the muscle

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dfreinc t1_j5if4z7 wrote

Reply to comment by PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS in LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

in that regard, everybody also needs to slow the fuck down. lifting slowly and controlled is how you really build muscle.

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PM_ME_YOUR_GREYJOYS t1_j5ieunj wrote

Reply to LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

A better way to look at it is Vertical/Horizontal Press Vertical/Horizontal Pulls, Hip Hinge, Lunges, Step Ups.

Lunges and Step ups are the most under utilized aspects of strength building in the lower body. If you were to imagine your hip bone as a bucket, both squats and deadlifts would spill water forwards/ backwards out of the bucket. Neither exercise changes the plane of movement

Lunges move your hips as if you were spinning the bucket clockwise/counter clockwise

True step ups (laterally) move your hips as if you were tipping a bucket left and right.

Don’t neglect the planes of movement just because you want sick quads. Won’t mean shit if you’re just over working the same plane.

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Applejuiceinthehall t1_j5idk8o wrote

Reply to comment by humvee911 in LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911

After you are done, make sure to read "I will teach you to be rich." Vicky Robin is great, but usually it's not the coffee that's keeping you from being rich

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keepthetips t1_j5idjma wrote

Reply to LPT: To get the most muscle/sculpting for your buck at the gym, focus on compound lifts—the exercises that recruit multiple muscle groups. You only really need overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift, rows, dips, and maybe pull-ups. These will give you most workout for the energy you put forth. by [deleted]

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