Hi bud.
I think a strength routine would help you a lot in general. I'd avoid doing a lot of forearm traning as it makes your hands fatter and harder to hold onto someone. So train your fingers directly. You can start with holding a DB for time. Hold it by one end with just your finger tips.



When was the last time you ate a cheat meal, or had a cheat day?




This is my thread, don't help anyone again every again in here please, thanks.

Hey John! This is something I've always wondered but I've never asked so far to somebody on the field. Is there much of a difference between sarcomeric and sarcoplasmic hypertrophy? I wanted to ask you especially because of your experience in practice. Has anything you've seen in your time training, coaching, etc, made it seemed like there must be different hypertrophy ways? Thanks

I was also wondering if you could offer some advice for grip strength. Ever since I started training, almost 4 years ago, the heaviest weight my grip could handle while deadlifting was around 365lbs. It has barely improved in all this time, so if I wasn't to challenge myself in DL I always need to use straps. A year ago I started using grippers, and even though my gripping strength improved a lot, nothing of it transferred into the DL. Any idea?

Thanks bromie

For now I didn't think I needed to do a certain fixed diet because I had been losing weight consistently just by eating much smaller portions. Am I at the point where diet starts making that much of a difference? I eat Korean food generally every meal as I am Korean hehe.

Any suggestions for a routine on my upcoming cut?

Looking to maintain as much strength as possible

Hey bud. I've been having a big work load and I have a meet in a few days. I'll get back to you about the first part of your question.

Grip strength, you don't want to make your hands bigger, because it makes holding the bar harder. To get better grip strength for dead lifting, hold a dumb bell with your figures at the top and do it for time.



Diet is extremely important. You should have a fixed diet, so yea they make a difference. It's hard to know how much calories you take in if its not fixed.



Stay on the program that built the muscle. Don't change often, modify the routine when you need to, but dont change it completely.

Holding from one of the sides then, I guess? Will try it.

Grip is not going to be much of a problem though; after sooooo much time without squatting or dead lifting my numbers are a joke

Do you mean that you are having problems holding the DL or progressing in the deadlift?

No, I meant I used to have problems because it literally hasn't improved ever, since I started, but also that the grip won't be a limiting factor for some time because my numbers are much lower

can you recommend me a 100% dairy and egg free protein powder. I'm very allergic to the proteins in dairy(whey and casein) similar to those with peanut allergies and im having a hard time finding a protein powder that I can take with the proper BCAAs do you have any suggestions?

How much protein does a person with hardly any physical activity need per day?

I remember last year at school my biology teacher asked how much protein u need per day.

My answer was like 1/2g per lb of lean body mass.

She said no and said 30g.

Then she went on to say protein is the reason there are so many fat people, because people eat so much of it.