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Originally Posted by sfcard
I appreciate that, but some people on this forum clearly prioritize one over the other and are applauded for their efforts and the top heavy brosky is the prime target for criticism, so I think it's a fair question. Basically I'm asking if people see it as right vs. wrong, or something more subjective.
This is mostly fair criticism of this forum. We prioritize strength training because it is useful and most people in a poker forum like this are going to skew towards objective reasoning. However, like Soulman said, the two aren't mutually exclusive.
People who train for performance (strength) first do so at a very small cost to physique improvement (looks), while the reverse is not true. People who train like bodybuilders with splits and use machines end up costing themselves significantly when it comes to strength and gain very little (if any at all) when it comes to physique.
All novices generally require the same programming, even if their goals are wildly different. And in the long run, a person who trains for nine months for strength alone is at a huge advantage if he wants to then focus on hypertrophy and bodybuilding. He will outpace the brosky very quickly when it comes to "looks" (assuming you normalize for genetics).