Are you a complete noob?
I’ve been lifting for 14 years now—both natty and with gear—and can give you a brief summary on how to maximize gains
The primary key is LESS = MORE. The more advanced you get, the less training you do.
I am currently juiced to the gills now and train each body part once per week with 1 set to failure on a minimal amount of exercises. Usually one to two light warm up sets as well. Don’t jump straight into it.
The people you should read about are Mike Mentzer, Dorian Yates, Stuart McRobert, and Martin Berkhan.
Training Timeline should look something like this if going from noob to advanced—
Stronglifts 5x5 > PPL 2x per week > PPL 1x per week > Customized 2, 3, or 4 day split based on learned training preferences and needs
Along the way, once beginning with PPL use 3 sets reverse pyramid style, then graduate to 2, then finally only 1 set to failure with or without a 60-80% back off set. in other there words, there are a couple exercises I still only do 2 sets with, like my primary exercise for a body part, where the rest will only be one now that I am sufficiently warmed up.
On top of this, don’t forget cardio at least 2x per week. I do 4-5 sets of sprints and that’s it. Mainstream cardio is also bullshit. A good book on the subject is PACE by Al Sears.
Hope this helps!
Also, a very brief diet guide in just a few words—get Martin Berkhan’s leangains book and do carb cycling on workout days. Best diet hands down. I’ve tried everything from zero carb diets for literally 2-3 years straight to high carb, etc. Carb cycling coupled with IF is the way to go for not only your gains but your health as well.
Like everything in this life, once the (((media))) puts it in the spotlight, the truth becomes muddled. This is why in mainstream bodybuilding eating 6x per day, training 6 days per week for 3 hours, and all that other nonsense is pushed not to help you, but to squeeze every possible shekel out of your pocket. They want you to struggle and constantly look for another solution (((they))) can sell you as you make absolutely no progress and feel like shit.
The only last piece of the puzzle, aside from what I have said above, is using anabolic steroids. Some supplements are of course good for your health, like vitamin D, but there are no secrets I have left unshared here.
If you decide to use gear, I would strongly suggest that you’re committed to using hormones for life—I.e. never cycling off and only switching to a TRT testosterone dose. Cycling off can be shitty and I don’t think it is a good idea to use exogenous hormones in the first place if you’re not going to be committed to life time use.
If you want specific splits for body parts I can post some. Just lmk
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