Well first of all Kratos, breaking muscle is how you get bigger....you break the muscle, and then you add protein/carbs/etc in order to build it up again, only it builds up strnger than it was before. No, it will rebuild bigger and maybe slightly stronger, but I think you should educate yourself on the difference between sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar hypertrophy. I'm not going to get into here. The stuff about protein I was making sure he realized it because many people believe protein is all you need in order to successfully build muscle. 50 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes because anything after that and you are not being productive enough to cause any successful breaking of your muscles, Again, this "breaking of your muscles" thing. Please show me a scientific study that demonstrates working out for longer than an hour as ineffective. I know very, very strong people whose sessions rarely if ever last LESS than an hour. You're spouting garbageand it could actually have the reverse effect you want, look it up. No, YOU look it up. You're the one trying to prove it. I know exactly what chocolate milk is, it contains more sugars and carbohydrates and all that good stuff than white milk though, Cool. There are better carb sources than chocolate milk. which is better for you after a workout, and i also know what a supplement is, I am simply making sure he does too.
Lifting more weight does not make you stronger...Yes...It does.lifting more weight makes you able to lift more weight (*obviously this will make you stronger in a sense, but many people who can bench 300 pounds cannot do that many pushups...by strength I mean the ability to perform for a long period of time instead of just a short burst of energy)...maybe you could push a 300 pound guy away from you if you benched 300 a lot, but your chest would only be used to the short burst and you would not have any real strength if it came down to more than just a short burst of energy You can train for both....which is why football players (such as the o-line and d-line) regularly do max bench to increase their ability to push a lot of weight in that short burst, and people like wrestlers do lower weight but more reps and slowerNo, they don't., and have sustained strength.
LOL, decline and incline work different parts of your chest than flat bench...I knew you were going to say this. This is the typical, uneducated way of thinking. Your pec is a muscle. There is no "upper" pec or "lower" pec. A muscle is a muscle. One single muscle. Not lower, upper, mid, etc. Hey man, can you tell me how to make my upper-mid-left pec stronger and bigger?trust me the flat bench is not the be all and end all of chestYes, it is., there are better workouts than just that for sure. And it is good to do a lot of workouts in a short period of time so you can increase your muscular strengthI think you mean muscular endurance., like what I was saying up there.
And negative/resistance training is one of the best ways to get cut/jacked/strong, look it up.... LOL. What does "cut" and "jacked" have to do with performance?it makes obvious sense, you are resisting the weight and therefore your muscles are straining more than they would if they were just pushing the weight...Like I said, some people employ the usage of negative training with weights higher than there 1RM as a way of overloading their CNS, but for most trainees, it is unnecessary and a waste of time.
Like George Wallace and other people always say, "please use the search function" (for you it is located in Google) before you try to criticize me or make a point, because clearly you do not know what you are talking about. No, my friend, YOU please use the search function. Start getting your info from sources other than bodybuilding magazines, written by some nerd in a cubicle. I don't claim to know everything, but I'll sure as hell go out on a limb and say I know more than you.
Also Kratos, the sugar in chocolate milk is beneficial to your muscles, that is why chocolate milk is the recommended drink after a workout...As I said above, there are other sources of fast acting carbs. I do love me some chocolate milk, though.
Furthermore, 12-10-8 set/reps would be the opposite of what is found in a bodybuilding magazine...bodybuilders try to get as big as they can...which is why they would do more weight and less reps....12 reps 10 reps 8 reps is designed to promote your strength while still building muscle. Lol, again, educate yourself a bit more. You have it the exact opposite of how it works. Less weight + higher reps = more hypertrophy. More weight + lower reps = less hypertrophy. If you still don't believe me, I can post a chart that should make this point very clear for you.
And for new recruits to build muscle like you say would be the opposite of what they need for the army. I understand the army BMQ and everything else require a high level of cardio, and cardio is harder to do when you are weighed down with excess muscle. Also, like I said before, it would be harder to bodyweight excersizes, like pushups and chinups...which are mandatory in order for his success.
And please, take some time to evaluate yourself and your working out habits, go talk to a personal trainer, because I do not think you are headed in the right direction. No. I think you should. I am helped and informed by very, very strong people. My "habits" are fine. I think you are the one who should take a step back.