AP Joshua

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"I eat 150g carbs for breakfast and still have abs.”

Yes bro.

You’re an advanced lifter with huge muscle mass and brutal leg days.

A hard 90-min compound session can burn through 80–150g carbs and trained muscles become glucose sponges.

That advice doesn’t apply to a sedentary person with low muscle, belly fat and insulin resistance.

Your carb tolerance is earned.

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@Jainadave_ 100%. Lifting improves facial muscles (when you exert strength while a compound). It's natural botox 😆

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@Emmachuuks Warmup/ramp up sets of the day's main movement.

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@MichaelPzone Yes 💪🏻I agree the rom here leaves a lot on the table. But the equipment has a pad that cuts the ROM short.

Tremendous flak for the ROM! 😂

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Hot take: most people would grow better quads from hack squats/pendulum squats than barbell squats.

Agree or disagree?

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Thanks for the support man. I do take it constructively until they resort to ad hominem.

Yes I've switched to ATG pendulum squats.

But to say things like: Pencil legs, gay etc lol.

I mean I have 24" legs for a non pro average lifter at about 15% bf.

When I ask these men to show their legs, they don't reply lol.

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@ajmahler Yeah, just lift! Natty not natty is a personal choice. You still have to lift, lol.

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@DorianB112 They suddenly think that some muscles are different. My rear delts actually grew when I did 10 kg reverse flyes. I usually did 2.5-5 kg.
Mechanical tension is the king.

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@b2hcraig Wow, that slow movement... 🥶

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@tryingtobeLFA Stick long enough and the rewards will be visible.

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@ericunited1 Yes sire.

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The most expensive food is the one that makes you sick slowly.

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@ericunited1

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@anandnagu The slow negatives here gave me anxiety, lol. Surely they have great growth stimulus.

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@e3zr88 Woah, big man 🫡

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@DamionKnudsen Woah. Truly amazing 🔥

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Diabetes is often energy toxicity.

Too much fat stored in the wrong places — belly, liver, pancreas, muscle — starts jamming your metabolism.

You can improve it with high carb.
You can improve it with low carb.
You can improve it with carnivore.

But the mechanism isn’t magic.

If the diet helps you sustain a calorie deficit, lose visceral/ectopic fat, preserve muscle, and control glucose — it works.

Animal-based low-carb diets often help because they make the deficit much easier through satiety.

But over eat on steak, eggs, butter, or cheese (you would'nt be able to though) and you can still stay fat and diabetic.

The goal isn’t to worship a diet tribe.

The goal is to lose the toxic fat your metabolism can no longer handle.

Everything else is noise.

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@HouseMoney25 @itsgoldouthere Fair enough.

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@ericunited1 🥶 We gotta be careful. Officers back!

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@45_akki Great. Good communication is always the foundation.

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@DamionKnudsen How much is it these days?

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@thecureforblur 100%. The ROM shouldn't be so poor that the target muscle is not getting activated. Otherwise all good.

Decent technique+ killer intensity.

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@thecureforblur @BodyRecompExprt Yeah. Decent ROM in close proximity to failure builds muscle.

Rest is noise.