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Re:Ask HN: What are you doing to improve your health? by oh_sigh on Friday April 10, 2015 @05:23PM (#9357186)
Yes, the person you responded to has it completely backwards. Strength training is important, but volume training is what will give you big muscles. Look for any body building routine(which is solely focused on aesthetics, and not at all focused on strength), and you will see that it has a very large volume. I lifted for strength only for 5 years and saw very little progress in aesthetics. I've seen more progress in 6 months of GVT(a volume focused training program) than I did in 5 years of heavy weight training.

Here is Kai Greenes(runner up Mr. Universe) take on the matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wZNGL4iA4 . You probably don't want to look like him, but you have to admit he knows what he's talking about.

Just google "volume vs intensity training" for a million hits on the subject.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you doing to improve your health? by fapjacks on Monday April 13, 2015 @12:32PM (#9368597)
The way I look right now is the only proof I need that lifting exactly like I described is giving me extremely good results. You don't know anything about me, let alone what I look like, and you're telling me I'm wrong. I didn't get this big curling five pound weights everyday for an hour, let me tell you. But everybody is always right these days, so you'll go to your grave thinking what you're saying is right. At the end of the day, what I described has gotten me huge in half the time any other workout routine has over the years.
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Re:Ask HN: What are you doing to improve your health? by Throwaway90283 on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:11AM (#9379336)
Kai Greenes is saying to use a lower weight so you can manage proper form. Sacrificing form just to hit a number goal, or to impress the person beside you at the gym is only going to lower your gains.

That has nothing to do with volume training, that's just proper weightlifting in general.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you doing to improve your health? by revscat on Saturday April 11, 2015 @08:13AM (#9359215)
Do you have any recommended sources for GVT? The ones I have found thus far are fairly suspect and light on details.
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