James Seed

Fat loss and fitness coach for busy men aged 35+

[James Seed @jamesseedpt]

@PritishJourney Then you’re definitely not doing leg day right 😂

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@GodsBurnt This aged well

[James Seed @jamesseedpt]

Coutless Democratic senators and congresspeople insider trade constantly but that is fine.

You know Trump isn’t the only one invested in crypto, right? Ordinary Americans have been invested and waiting in good faith for you to pass this bill and you just fucked all of of them because you can’t see past your personal issues with the president.

You are a corrupt beurocrat and don’t deserve your position.

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@sagelovebars Zercher Squat

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If I had to rebuild my physique from scratch, I’d keep it very simple:

Zerchers.
Split squats.
Dips.
Overhead press.
Chin-ups.
Bodyweight rows.
Jump rope + walking.

Train them hard. Get close to failure. Progress the reps and load. Alternate periods of strength and hypertrophy.

You can absolutely do more.

But get genuinely strong at these for a few years and you’ll be stronger, fitter and look better than 90% of people.

Most people don’t need more exercises.

They need more consistency.

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@sagelovebars Full range dips for push. Full range pull ups for pull.

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@Devsthetix No. You will still get stronger and build muscle. That’s a good thing in and of itself.

But if combined with a crappy diet you will likely still carry more fat than you should and not feel optimum because of the extra inflammation processed foods cause.

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One of the easiest ways to stay mediocre in the gym is to constantly chase novelty.

New exercises.
New programme.
New split.
New “optimal” technique you saw on Instagram.

Meanwhile, you never spend long enough doing anything to actually become good at it.

There’s enormous value in repeating the same fundamental movements for months — and often years.

Squat. Hinge. Push. Pull. Carry. Lunge. Brace.

Learn them properly.

Build control through a full range of motion. Improve your technique. Add reps. Add load. Get stronger.

That doesn’t mean your training should never change.

I change rep ranges. I change volume. I run different strength and hypertrophy blocks. I occasionally rotate exercises when there’s a good reason to.

But the foundations stay remarkably boring.

And boring is underrated.

You don’t need to “confuse the muscles.”

You need to give your body a clear training stimulus and then progressively become better at producing force against it.

If you’ve been training for years but still have no idea whether you’re stronger than you were six months ago because your programme changes every three weeks…

That’s probably the problem.

Mastery > novelty.

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@Foxface1976 You followed the system and are smashing it!

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If adding weight turns your dips into quarter reps, you’re not progressing the movement — you’re just adding weight to bad reps.

Earn the range first.

Build control through the eccentric, get strong in the bottom position, and work up to clean full-range bodyweight dips before you start hanging plates from your waist.

Jumping negatives are one of the best ways to get there because they let you train the full range before you’re strong enough to press yourself back up unaided.

Strength should make you more capable, not just better at moving heavier weights through smaller ranges.

DM me of comment “FIT” to talk about your programming.

[James Seed @jamesseedpt]

Gym bros are happy to make fun of Crossfit or Hyrox, but watch them lose their collective minds if you even question their use of meth strength pre workout or lifting straps to do lat pull downs 😂

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Lifting straps aren’t the enemy.

Using them before you’ve bothered developing a grip might be.

If you’re an advanced lifter and you’re lifting heavy enough that your posterior chain out guns your grip then strap in and finish the job.

If you’re six months into training and need straps for every pulldown because your forearms get tired… maybe your forearms are trying to tell you something.

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Everyone trains calves.

Almost nobody trains the muscle on the other side of the joint.

Your tibialis anterior is responsible for dorsiflexion — pulling the foot upwards — and if you care about more than just what your legs look like, it deserves some attention.

Strong calves + strong tibialis means better control around the ankle, better force transfer when you run and jump, and a lower leg that actually works as a system rather than just having one side trained because it looks good in shorts.

And this becomes even more important as you get older.

Being able to control the foot properly matters for balance, athleticism and simply reducing the chances of catching your toes and taking a fall.

So yes, train your calves.

But train the other side of the joint too.

If you’re a man 35+ and you want a structured training plan built around strength, muscle and real-world capability, DM me “FIT”and I’ll send you the details.

[James Seed @jamesseedpt]

@dangambardello Don’t believe a thing that man says.

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@TapTools YES STOP GETTING LEFT BEHIND

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@level941 Didn’t work so well for the Byzantines though did it?

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@RonSwanson1984 @snek ❤️

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@agentic_t @decypher_xyz You gotta have a bit of fast.

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@CryptoBagsUSA @CryptoWatcherOG What good things?