I'll have to agree with Eric13 for once. I've noticed in me and my coworkers, which have a very active lifestyle and eat a lot, without even reaching the level of manteinance calories that focusing on caloric intake is most likely broscience. That's because we have gained muscles and lost fat at the same time. Eating healthy and getting enough protein is the key to it.
As for the quoted post, I'll replied below it.
SATchives said:
Dont forget to focus ligament strength first before building to much muscle and going to heavy.
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This is the ultimate workout. You can do this for the rest of your life.
Dude, do you realise we're not all equal? Everyone is different. What works for you may not work for another. Believing one size fits all is not productive. For example, if you have weak fire in your chart and you decide to strengthen it physically by eating pungent foods, you may achieve your goal. Then that becomes part of your routine and you eat pungent foods often. When someone who needs diet advice comes to you, you'll make their meal plans dominant in pungent. What will happen? Those with weak fire will benefit, while those with average or strong fire will become unbalanced and will have overactive, which will damage their health. (Centralforce, I'm aware it might be a more complex discourse, but I'm simplifying it just to prove a point)
I agree with you suggesting ligament but I will have to disagree that getting "bigger" is important. The quality of muscles is more important than their appearance. Density is much more important than hypertrophy. What this means? It means that a gymnast may be much stronger than a bodybuilder despite having smaller muscles. That happens because their muscles are denser. They're higher in mass but lower in volume. Getting overly muscular will make you look like a monster. Many pro bodybuilders do look like monsters in fact.
Of course a bodybuilder may be stronger than a gymnast, but ultimately someone with more dense muscles has better strength potential without becoming a monster.
Some people's bodies and minds are more suited to weightlifting while others will have better results with other training systems. Depending on one's goal and one's aptitude, one can choose the best training system for them.
I strive for balance, which is essential in nature. So I'm convinced that both function (skill) and appearance are to be regarded in working out. I cringe when people tell they're doing just because of one thing or the other. The good thing about appearance is that you improve it whatever the training style but some systems only make you hypertrophic without really improving the daily skills you both for your occupational needs and for the rest of your life activities. So one must learn to choose wisely.
I hate barbells, kettlebells and gym machines, for example, and I'm partial to some dumbbell exercises. I love bars, rings, clubbells, parallettes, sandbags and boxes, though, so I'm not totally averse to weight-lifting like some people might think here if they have been reading me every time I post about athleticism and training.
Do you have a several years-long background in knowledge of the body (i.e. physical therapy) AND exercise science? You probably don't, or you would have asked the OP several questions and tested him before giving a workout plan like you did. My opinion is that one should avoid giving specific training plans and nutrition plans without being a professional in the sector. You can, however, do like the rest of us and share experiences, opinions and anectodes.
I too could suggest the fighter pullup programme to people wanting to improve their pullup volume because it's working so well for me. But I won't because I don't know the many factors that make me understand if that programme is suited to the person I would be suggesting it to. Factors such as mobility requirements, proper form, strength and other skills of the muscles involved and many other factors I wouldn't dream about because I'm no sports scientist and neither a physical therapist.
Everything is specialised in their own field. A neurosurgeon that has knee injuries doesn't self - medicate but they go to an orthopedic, because knee injuries are one of the things the orthopedic is specialised about. Likewise, an orthopedic with spinal injuries will go to a neurosurgeon.