How to spend 80% less time in the gym and get BETTER results for building muscle than you're getting now (SERIOUSLY)
Backed up by science.
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First mistake:
Doing too many exercises.
All you need is:
- A squat or similar movement
- A hip hinge
- Vertical push
- Vertical pull
- Horizontal push
- Horizontal pull
Add in some calf work and ab work.
You don't need multiple exercises for each muscle group.
Some people do 3 or 4 different exercises for each of the above, e.g. a flat bench press, a decline bench press, a pushup, an incline dumbbell press... this is a waste of time.
All of those are using the same muscles and fall into the "horizontal pull" category.
All you need to do is pick ONE for each category and lift to failure with good form.
Reaching failure (or close) creates the stimulus for adaptation.
Adding more work does not increase this stimulus, it just adds more muscle damage that you've got to recover from.
The other mistake is that people do too many sets.
You've all seen the bros in the gym on chest day...
HAMMERING the chest with 5 sets of flat bench press, 5 sets of incline, 3 sets of decline, 5 sets of flyes...
This is just cutting into recovery and making results worse.
