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Gym 1w
Looking to start going to the gym but honestly I only ever used the machines. I’m trying to actually gain some muscle mass but I have no clue where to start with cable machines and free weights. Where do I learn? Any advice? Good creators to check out?
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Anonymous 1w

Start Oly lifting, Zach Telander and Max Aita are hood creators in the space

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Anonymous 1w

I have no idea why that guy recommended Olympic weightlifting to you, that's clearly not going to be best for muscle growth. I'm also not sure why you need to use things other than machines. As long as you are able to progressively increase the weight you can lift over time your muscles will be growing. Just look up exercises to target different muscles and get stronger. Try TNF as a reliable source of information about bodybuilding

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Oly lifting? Also thanks for the creator recs!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Olympic Weightlifting, also called weightlifting.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

I’ll look into that. I go with some guys on occasion and they know all these different workouts with free weights, like I just know curls. Idk how they find all these different things and have the knowledge to piece the together into a circuit essentially

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

If you go down the Olympic lifting path you’ll be doing like 7 movements total in the gym

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

7 movements to hit all the muscle groups? Insane

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

You’re not really ever going to hit chest but your shoulders back and legs will get hit hard. If you want chest development too just throw dips and incline bench in at the end of a workout

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Much appreciated

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Is it the best for pure hypertrophy, no. Does it allow you to hold 100ks over your head in 2 years of training, yes, and that feels awesome.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Not relevant to what OP asked

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