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crakkers replied to your post “christaofficial replied to your chat “me @ myself:don’t engage don’t...”

ew did someone really make a damn straight mod for the gay lis in mea????

yup and it’s by the same piece of shit that brought u the straight dorian and sera mods!!! the biggest piece of human excrement I have ever seen!!!!!!!

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crakkers replied to your post: WELL NOW THAT I KNOW THE TANGLED TV SHOW INCLUDES...

any chance of canon? or is there a hetmance?

Flynn Rider is still in it and the plot is set between the end of Tangled and their wedding so yeah, it's still canon het but when has that ever stopped anybody

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Oh hahaha no, Miraculous Ladybug XP

#crakkers #convo #it's a french animated show!#kinda cheesy but still cute #((not sure if this was a joke or an actual question lol))

What's the secret to arms? What kind of stuff were you lifting? Asking for a friend

So I strength train, which means my routines are mostly focused on lifting as much weight as I can instead of building muscle. Both happen, just in a different proportion. Size of a muscle doesn’t correspond directly to its strength, hence why powerlifters tend to have different body types than bodybuilders, who are much weaker. It’s a difference in training fast-twitch vs. slow-twitch muscles and how efficiently they’re working together. I’m broader and bigger than when I started, but if your priority is aesthetics it’s better to go with a hypertrophic training regimen.

I got some equipment off of Craigslist and set up a basic gym in my basement. Barbells, dumbbell bars, a low-tech bench with a makeshift squat rack, and weight plates. Find a couple compound exercises to try out, find out the max of what you can lift on each with good form, then work from there. If you’re doing hypertrophic (muscle-building), lift something like 70-80% of your max weight for that exercise. The most effective combination will vary for everyone, but hypertrophic stresses low sets and high reps. A rep is one complete lift, and a set is how many reps you do within a set. I think 3-5 sets and 8-12 reps per set is the range for hypertrophic. It’s okay if you can’t complete the last one or two, but you need to lower your weight if it’s any worse than that. You need to increase the weight if it’s too easy and you’re not straining towards the end of the set.

For strength-training, it’s higher sets and lower reps, usually 4-6 a set. I actually do a 6 rep by 3 set routine, but I’m lifting very heavy, and I increase my weight every time I hit 6 reps in my first set.

Regardless, you need to be eating a lot when you’re training, and eating primarily protein. More protein than you can fathom. A gram per every pound of my bodyweight is what I aim for, but it’s hard to hit that when you’re as frazzled and lazy as I am. Sleep is also crucially important, since it’s when HGH is released and your muscles repair themselves to be bigger and better prepared for the next lift. People will tell you that sleep and diet is more important than the lifting itself, and it’s true. You need to be at a caloric surplus when you’re lifting, otherwise things will be harder for you, even though it’s still possible to gain without a surplus. It’s just harder.

Arms? Like, specific exercises? It’s better to do compound exercises than isolation exercises, but for isolation for your arms, you’re going to want to do bicep curls and tricep dips, etc. Wrist curls for your forearms, though I stopped doing those. As far as compounds go, I love the classics. Deadlift and bench press, shoulder press, etc. But it’s the bicep curl that’ll take you the furthest if you’re looking for a bulging bicep fast. All you need is a couple weight plates and the bar of your choice.

This is just the way I prefer to do it. I know some people love bodyweight exercises or prefer machines that help you do certain weightlifting exercises, but this is my way. I find the concrete structure and the visible, measurable progress of free weights much easier to motivate with.

Tell ur friend I said hi.

#crakkers #everyone who also follows me on twitter and has to see this post after already seeing my incessant gym tweets and arm pics: i am sorry #LIKE YOU COULD DO PUSHUPS I GUESS BUT THAT'S MOSTLY A CHEST EXERCISE AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO THEM WITH CORRECT FORM #and it's hard to push yourself