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Re:Why the conventional wisdom on how to grow muscles is wrong by scruple on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:43PM (#34682066)
> most people would get a superb musculature with just cycling/running, squats, deadlifts and bench presses (ignoring pre-existing injuries).

FWIW, you just described the essence of the Tactical Barbell system here. I've been using it to great effect over the last ~4 years. I will probably never touch a different strength and conditioning program as long as I live.

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Re:Why the conventional wisdom on how to grow muscles is wrong by red-iron-pine on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:42PM (#34684032)
And most of Strong-Lifts 5x5. They add in a couple other movements but basically the same idea.
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Re:Why the conventional wisdom on how to grow muscles is wrong by scruple on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:20PM (#34684533)
Yeah, but at some point an LP stops being a productive use of time. I prefer wave/block and undulating periodization programs because I never feel like I'm anywhere in the vicinity of failure and I'm always fresh for hard conditioning the day after a strength or hypertrophy session.
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