I am following the GZCLP routine but I find their Tier 2 exercises (3x10s) of the big 4 lifts very taxing. To the point I am way too exhausted to do accessory exercises. I am beginner, weak, low t(2.2 ng/mL) and insomniac. So someone advised me to replace the 3×10 exercises with less taxing alternatives. The basic programme looks like this.Day 1: T1 Squat, T2 Bench, T3 Lat Pull-downs.Day 2: T1 OHP, T2 RDL, T3 Kroc Rows.Day 3: T1 Bench, T2 Squat, T3 Lat Pull-downs.Day 4: T1 DL, T2 OHP, T3 Kroc Rows.I replaced Deadlifts with RDLs on day 2 and it has been much better. I was able to a lot more accessory exercises. I was recommended to replace T2 Bench and OHP with Smith Machine chest press and Smith machine incline press respectively. I looked it up and this machine seems controversial. My understanding is that.1) Smith machine doesn't work your stabiliser muscles 2) But it is better for hypertrophy. I was listening to Lyle Mcdonald (who /fit/ claims has been right for the past 15 years) and he argues stabiliser muscle development is overhyped and you can only develop them "so far" and it shouldn't deter you from using machines.So what do you guys think? Is it a good move to use the Smith machine in my case?
>>77587265>I was listening to Lyle Mcdonald (who /fit/ claims has been right for the past 15 years) and he argues stabiliser muscle development is overhyped and you can only develop them "so far" and it shouldn't deter you from using machines.does he even lift
>>77587286Hmm...but Bodybuilding types swear by him. Didn't he recently "humiliate" the Mike Isratael guy in their feud or something?
>>77587265Yeah, I am interested in this too. There's another smith machine thread in the catalog right now and they're just absolutely hating on it.
220 ng/dl ?????? You have 1/3 of the test of a normal healthy male
How about you follow the program as written?Do your highrep deadlifts, dont cheap out by doing rdls, build that work capacity.If you're asking questions about modifying a program, you're probably too noob to do it.
>lat pulldown
RIP OP, it was nice knowing you, send me a post card from snap city
Free weights will work your T levels far better, but if you're not sleeping I don't know how this will reflect on recovery
>>77587588wow thanks random 4chan retard that has literally no data to back up his claim
>>77587359Yes. Consequence of taking powerful anti-psychotics.
>>77587540>Do your highrep deadlifts, dont cheap out by doing rdls, build that work capacity.Adding 3 more accessories would do that no?
>>77587597NTA
>>77587286He's infinitely more knowledgeable than anyone on this board. OP don't listen to these fags. The smith machine is great for hypertrophy and for someone in your condition a pure powerlifting program can be a bit too much.How the hell did your testosterone levels tank so badly? This is horrific.
>>77588036This>>77587899. I was taking Risperidone+trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride for more than a year. That combined with a sedentary lifestyle and a carbslop diet killed my test levels. Apparently, Risperidone raises prolactin levels which suppresses testosterone production.
Bump.
The whole stabilizer thing is bullshit. All these people that worship the barbel because of it, why don't they use dumbbells? That's even more "stabilizer"training
