05/28/2026
Day 23/60š„
Itās a bit of a read, so I appreciate it if you get through itš
Iāve been seeing so much āscience based liftingā content while scrolling lately that I had to talk about it.
It is genuinely such a lazy way to train. Can you build a lot of muscle with it? Sure. Can you build just as much if not more muscle just lifting heavy with good form and a full range of motion? Absolutely!
They get some stuff right. Specifically, the focus on progressive overload and sticking to the same exercises for a long period of time.
Butā¦
The way they go about it drives me crazy. āStandardized ROMā might be the worst one. Basically, as long as your form on all your reps looks similar the range of motion doesnāt matter. Or what it looks like to meā¦ āThis part of the lift is hard, so Iām going to stop the rep here, but itās okay because Iām pushing hard and my form is consistentāš
It used to be common for people to try to get stronger in the most difficult portion of a lift. These days they just donāt do that portion and use āscienceā as an excuse.
On top of all this, a lot of these guys will call you stupid or re****ed just because you disagree with them or choose to train a different way. If you wanna train that way then go ahead. But donāt act like your way is the only way and pretend people havenāt been getting the same or better results with other forms of training for decades.
I could continue on, but Iād be typing for a while. Just donāt be lazy in the gym. Machines are great. Free weights are great. Use both, train with intensity, and be consistent.
Ohā¦ AND HAVE FUN!
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