Comments on: Realistic Strength Training for Gun Guys (and Everyone Else)

By: Buel Collins

Buel Collins — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:42:37 +0000

Great standards for the core four. The benefits of fitness cannot be overstated… and as always get jacked stay strapped

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:34:40 +0000

This is “a work of fiction”? Did someone just copy and paste the author’s bio to the end of this article?

By: Shire-man

Shire-man — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:30:51 +0000

In reply to uncommon_sense.

90 year olds recovering from surgery can gain strength.

Unless you have some serious biological neuromuscular defect you can gain strength.

Also, size does not equal strength. Plenty of strong ectomorphs out there.

Consistent progressive overload at 80% of your max. Unless you’re a corpse or sick you’ll get stronger and those numbers will go up.

Starting strength for six months to a year then 5/3/1 for the rest of your life. You can’t not get stronger.

By: uncommon_sense

uncommon_sense — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 01:06:59 +0000

I have tried a few times in my life to increase my strength. For reasons that I cannot begin to possibly fathom, I never increase my strength.

I often wondered if a period in my teenage years was indicating something: I consumed at least 5,000 calories every day (a fair amount of it being protein in a protein powder “weight gain” formula) for nearly three months while working out and I did not gain one single pound nor did I increase in strength. How is that even possible? I tried two more times with the same results so I have given up on strength training.