Josh Taylor

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Comment or DM “BULK” for your free muscle building guide with my favourite exercises I love this shoulder movement because it just feels badass and is accessible for people in most gyms. Even though sure, dumbbells may have better alignment — but this setup makes it easier for you to lift maximum loads and reach failure safely. Imma also use this opportunity to get something off my pigeon chest. The fitness industry has created false dichotomies. Optimal vs hardcore Science based vs old school Meatheads vs noodlearms … nah I’m just kidding on that last one. But we gotta stop falling into these camps. Arguing amongst eachother. It’s confusing everyone on the *painfully* simple endeavour of building muscle. This stuff isn’t rocket surgery. Everything has value. All exercises (no matter how basic or complex) have merit given the right context. Just don’t let all this nuance get in the way of what’s actually gonna build you muscle: • Picking exercises you enjoy • Progressing your lifts over time • Eating enough to give you “snuggly” status That’s it. Everything else is noise. Snuggles, A leprechaun with an asbo #fyp #shoulderworkout #shoulderday #shoulderpress #shoulders #gym #gymtips #explorepage #foryoupage

Tell me this isn’t the heaviest lift in the gym? #fyp #foryoupage #gymmemes #explorepage

Save and try it ↗️ There’s nothing wrong with balls in your face. Sometimes it’s favourable. But it can get really distracting when you’re trying to grow muscle on your triceps or delts. Especially if they start doing some origami like mine do in tight jeans. I should probably stop wearing the women’s jeans from Primark. But c’mon, they’re so much cheaper and stretchier than men’s. A lil’ life hack there. Anyway this is a quick gym hack that can free up some more room and let you achieve a greater range of motion at the elbow without getting frustrated. But to ensure you don’t cause damage to the machine as there will be a fulcrum created by the carabiner, if you use these regularly it will be worth investing in some daisy chains that achieve the same thing — plus have other uses in the gym to make you look fancy. Also I’m on my knees because with a wider cable stack like this it helps align better with my arms and elbows for a better contraction. Snuggles, Tighty whitey 🤙🏻 #gymtips #armday #armsworkout #tricepsworkout #triceps #tricepsday #pushday #pushdayworkout #explorepage #fyp #foryoupage

DM “BULK” on insta for your free muscle building guide with my favourite exercises. This is a super simple hack to make dips not only more accessible to those who can’t quite do them yet.. But also those who want to maximise stability to grow their weapons of mass distraction. Plus better control to align the resistance with the lower pec fibres. I could also talk about the biomechanics about how there is less drop off of moment arm at the top for bothComment or DM “BULK” for your free muscle building guide with my favourite exercises the shoulder and elbow. But who really gives a f’k? If your dip station isn’t as tall as this one so you feel like king-f’king-king climbing the Empire State Building. Then you could have the bench flat and even perform the exercise more horizontally like a loaded push up. Snuggles, Ginger Nuts Dipped In Tea #fyp #foryoupage #gymtips #explorepage #gym #dips #armworkout #tricepsworkout #triceps #pecs #chestday #chestworkout #chestdayworkout #pushworkout #pushdayworkout

Joys of being a daywalker 🫚 #ginger #fyp #foryoupage #explorepage #funny #meme

Just in case it wasn’t clear ⬇️ • Dumbbells are good • Cables are good • Cables set low or high are good • If you want to lean because you enjoy it, great. • Taking arms above 90° still sees lateral deltoids have great leverage, it’s just anterior delts get involved even more so. • The delts are the largest upper body muscle in terms of *volume*. The lats are the largest in terms of surface area. • You can do anywhere between the frontal plane (out to the side) or scapula plane (45°-ish out) and you’ll grow side delts just fine. Nor will your shoulder implode or impinge if you take them out directly to the side. Now if a tik tok trainer tells you any is better or worse or safer or more dangerous than another, question it… just like you should question your doctor if the STI test is a taste test. Context matters. The individual matters. Keeping it simple, matters. Snuggles, Prince Harry With An Asbo 🤘🏻 #fyp #foryoupage #gymtips #lateralraise #deltoids #shoulderday #delts #deltworkout #lateralraises #armday #explorepage

For most people who struggle to fit a workout in and just want to be flexible enough for day-day life. There’s no real need to static stretch. But, I wanted to provide some more nuance to how it could be beneficial. Especially as “broscience” has advocated interset stretching for years; such as DC training from @dante_trudel and FST-7 from @hanyrambod. But now science may be catching up. If you decide to start implementing interset stretching for the purpose of boosting muscle growth, I think the protocol used in the study is a decent starting point: 30 seconds of non-painful stretching between sets. Worst case scenario is it doesn’t do anything (though it’ll probably help you focus on your workout and not get sucked into scrolling) and at best it may boost some muscle growth. Seems like a good deal to me. Snuggles, Calf torture ✌🏻 #explorepage #staticstretching #stretchingexercises #fst7training #fst7 #dctraining #musclebuilding #gymtips #Fitness #fitnessmotivation

Got this in one shot because half the gym was watching 😂 #fyp #foryoupage #GymTok

A big size and a big load go hand in hand 🤝 That’s why I’ve been a big fan of top sets and back off sets in my programming since I was first introduced to them by @trainedbyjp ~7 years ago. I thought “well he’s massive, I’ll listen to him.” Haven’t looked back since (not because I have massive traps restricting my neck). Anyway to clarify: A top set is performing the first set of an exercise with heavy load (say 5-8 rep range) And back off sets are after the top set, with further sets then performed with a lower load than the top set (I mean, anything above … 8. ). Something I didn’t mention is how top sets can be used as a tool to measure performance changes and strength progression’s. And back off sets can be auto regulated based on top set performance. I.e. you may feel very strong one day and may not need a back off set, instead just going for another top set. But listen, they’re nothing special. There’s no magic. They’re just an effective way to get more stimulating reps in. Post-activation potentiation doesn’t “prime your nervous system” like us neckbeards do warhammer models. But I do think they work great psychologically to increase your confidence with heavy weights. Teaching the tenacity required to push through heavier training. Anyway, this caption turned into an American novel that I doubt many have reached to the end. If you did, well, twist my bellend and slap me with nan’s bra. You’re one of few. Lemme know in the comments with a ☀️ emoji to add more emotional scars (“freckles”) to my ginger skin Snuggles, Ginger Baboon #fyp #foryoupage #explorepage #gymtips #gymreels #musclebuilding

It’s kinda wild when you think about it… I got into the industry as an aspiring fitness model. Photoshoots, competitions, sponsors and working at an expo for free in nothing but budgie smugglers. … like a stripper but worse pay. …and yes all as a “lifetime natty.” (apparently it’s so important to disclose that people have it in their bios?) My content all centred around me, myself and my terrible fake tan. Now in the last 3 years I’m nearly at half a mil followers across all platforms without taking my kit off ONCE. I do think there is a wave of coaches who are running before they walk. Parroting information without at least having a track record of getting results. If you have less muscle then I have melanin, maybe telling people what they’re doing to build muscle is wrong — won’t get you very far. But what do I know. I’m just a little ginge without shoulders. Snuggles, Pew Pew Mudafakas #fyp #foryoupage #explorepage #gymtips #gym #bodybuilding #gymmotivation #GymLife

Comment or DM “BULK” for your free muscle building guide with my favourite exercises. Here’s a brief overview to understand how workout splits… JUST AREN’T THAT BIG OF A DEAL… I wrote in all capitals because that’s how you talk on the internet when you want to make a point. Programs and splits are just ways to organise your training stimulus that fits your schedule and you can recover from. Credit to @coach_kassem who I nabbed the stimulus vs recovery graph from to describe trainability. So a quick recap: 1. Before anything you have to be training hard enough in your sets 2. Secondly aim for 10-15 sets/muscle/week. (Beginners may need less, advanced may need more) 3. Then depending on your experience, choose the split that best fits your schedule, goals and enjoyment. If your goal is to just move your body and train, it really doesn’t matter what split you do. Just have fun. But if your goal is to see progress in the gym and maximise muscle growth, these are my recommendations: ➡️Beginner lifters (1-2 years) do well with full body ➡️Intermediate lifters (3-4 years) half body, full body push/pull or push/pull/lower ➡️Advanced (4+ years) push/pull/lower variation and body part specific programming. So in part 2 I’ll be covering how I set up a full body program for beginner clients. Now share this post with your friends like it’s chlamydia because I could’ve easily made it 20 mins but had to jam it into 75 seconds. Snuggles, Whiteboard wanker #gymtips #musclebuilding #musclegain #onlinecoaching #onlinepersonaltrainer #onlinepersonaltraining #musclemass #explorepage #fyp #foryoupage #gymprogram #gymprogress

Is it weird you’re not sweating during a gym workout? 💦 Well, not really. Not if the goal is building muscle and getting stronger. Because the amount of sweat produced during exercise can vary greatly between individuals, even for people who are equally fit and perform the same type and intensity of workout. Some people may just naturally sweat more than Josef Fritzl on MTV cribs, while factors such as hydration status, environmental conditions, and genetics can also affect sweat production. But feeling sweaty and exhausted doesn’t directly relate to the intensity of a workout. That’s where a lot of people get confused. Leave sweating to cardio, saunas and lie detectors. But for muscle building, focus on getting as strong as possible in the low to moderate rep ranges with good form. Snuggles, Shirt two sizes too small ✌🏻 #fyp #foryoupage #GymTok #gymtips

Save for your next workout ↗️ I don’t think I could get anymore boob puns in… …it’s the breast I could do. Anyway this is a common complaint I get from women I work with when I assign this exercise to build a strong, toned [insert other key word for the algorithm] looking back. So these are some tips I use to help chesticles of all sizes. Of course you could just do a bent over row, but this chest supported variation is great if your back is already tired from carrying other peoples bulls****. Hope it helps. Snuggles, Snuggle-bags #explorepage #fyp #foryoupage #gymtips #gym #womenwholift #womenwhotrain #gymwomen #gymworkoutsforwomen