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Post by billfish on Jul 5, 2019 18:34:31 GMT
Years ago I heard a personal trainer employed at my gym was talking to a prospective female member, and the lady said she was afraid that all the weight training she'd be doing would make her big and bulky. The PT - a young female - told the lady, "If you were lifting heavy weights you would get very big and muscular, and you're big enough already, so I'm going to design programs that use light weights and lots of reps," and then went on to explain that training that way would lengthen her muscles and give her a long, sleek look. All the fat she was currently carrying would melt off. I worked as a personal trainer in two gyms .....and was fired from both Personal Training is in many cases, a scam just like all the supplements that gyms like to push at you You can become a personal trainer over the course of one weekend ANYONE can become a personal trainer, even if you don't know a squat rack from a dumbbell and have never set foot in a gymWhen the trainers needed to be certified or recertified, the owner of the first gym i worked at would get a big van and drive them up to Atlantic City NJ where the course was given. The course was administered on Sat and Sun and they made sure that no one failed, according to the gym owner Some of the people in the gym receiving personal training, had been receiving personal training for a few years and were making minimal to no progress !
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2019 11:47:14 GMT
A big myth that I'm reminded of every time I get lean is that one can keep getting more muscular year after year. The truth seems to be that most people have already reached their muscular limit after around 5 years or so of productive training.
Each year over winter I let myself get heavier, and every year I'm convinced I've gained some muscle. When I diet down I always realise that the cold hard truth is that I was fatter than I thought and my physique is the same.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jul 6, 2019 13:20:58 GMT
You probably did gain some muscle, and lost it again when you lost weight?
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Post by josepz on Jul 6, 2019 14:08:57 GMT
You probably did gain some muscle, and lost it again when you lost weight? That could be both a possibility or a way to fool oneself to feel better . Whiffet clearly chooses the second one, and my experience makes me tend to agree with him. Also I agree with him in that most people reach their natural maximum potential for muscle growth in a relatively short time.
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Post by justregularguy on Jul 11, 2019 19:08:45 GMT
That's why people take PEDs. That would be too much of a hastle for me though. You need to test your blood frequently to work against side effects etc. SARMS are quite harmless compared to steroids but you still need to get your blood checked and take other stuff to work against side effects. Buying those possibly tained substances for a lot of money, explaining to your doctor that you take illegal substances and just doing all the research on how to do it... it's just ridiculous. Don't understand why people do that unless they are professional athletes.
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