Building an aesthetic body

liberty1127 · 2018-12-29T14:35:01+00:00

How do you not have time? I work with guys who hit the gym 4 days a week for 2 hours a day...they work 50+ hours a week and have kids and families.

Stop making excuses. There are people in medical school and clinical who still hit the gym. Find a way

lifeisweirdasfuck · 2018-12-29T13:38:58+00:00

You can get to top 5% physically easily with calisthenics. It just takes longer. I’ve been doing it the first 1-2 years then entered a gym. It’s great to gain some strength into bodyweight exercises so you learn having mind-muscle connection (which does not happen when you enter the gym for the first time without having done any resistance workout in your life). Perhaps the main problem about calisthenics is its lack of leg training possibilities. Your upper body will inevitably grow much more than your legs no matter how many pistols squats you do.

Edit: also, weighted dips are in my opinion the best exercise to get huge triceps (and lower chest). Just remember to also do chin ups to get proportioned biceps/triceps

MrAgamemnon · 2018-12-29T13:47:51+00:00

As a student I don't have time to go to gym even twice a week

Honestly, this is bullshit. You can't even spare two hours a week?

Pretty much every school has a gym that's free or heavily discounted.

Unless you're studying full time and working 40 hours a week, you can't say you don't have time.

btrpb · 2018-12-29T13:29:48+00:00

I'd say yes you can, bit it's harder and slower. I do a lot of calisthenics myself but I also lift a couple of times a week. You're gonna have to make sure you're following the progressions, but sometimes it's harder than just adding 5kg a week. If you get to a point where you're doing muscles ups and HSPU you're gonna be strong, but most likely write lean.

Socrates-3000 · 2018-12-29T15:33:59+00:00

Lift heavy with compound movements. I'm only at the gym for about 30 minutes.

Title	Building an aesthetic body
Author	sobrage
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Date	December 29, 2018 1:24 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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