Simon de la Rue
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Simon de la Rue
@rue_simon
Watching the world of politics and cricket. views my own.







Why low rep training feels "wrong" to most people: You finish a set of 5 heavy reps. No pump. No burn. Heart rate barely elevated. Could have a conversation immediately after. Brain says: "That wasn't hard enough." Then you finish a set of 15 reps. Massive pump. Burning sensation. Gasping for air. Sweating. Need to sit down. Brain says: "NOW we're working." Your brain is confusing systemic fatigue with muscular stimulus. The muscle was challenged adequately at rep 5. Everything after that was just making you tired. Growth doesn't care about your perception of difficulty. It cares about mechanical tension. This is the disconnect you need to overcome.








Creatine: A 2024 Nature Scientific Reports study found a single high dose (~20g) improved processing speed by 24.5% and buffered against sleep deprivation for 9 hours. While 5g saturates muscle, recent reviews suggest 15–20g is necessary to maximize brain creatine level. You should be taking 15-20 grams of creatine a day!















Because the author of Fooled by Randomness finds GENOCIDE, censorship, manipulation, lobbying, propaganda, control, lies, fake-negociations, INJUSTICE, colonialism, displacement, façades, Aparteid,the warping of democracy, & treating regular people as cattle totally acceptable. Fuck you.









