There's too much noise on the internet sometimes from bullshit sources when it comes to getting jacked.

I wanna give you a couple of non-negotiable concepts that will set you up on the right foot if you implement them.

Hard to not see results if you follow these principles.

1) Use exercises that overload the target muscle tissue correctly FOR YOU.

If trying to get as big as possible and hypertrophy is the main goal...you can't expect to train like a powerlifter and get the best outcomes.

This is coming from myself with a powerlifting background.

Just getting a bigger squat, bench, deadlift will work for some people with favourable leverages for the sport...but what if that isn't you?

Do you just stick with the dinosaur dogma and keep trying to force a square peg into a round hole?

Of course you fucking don't.

You can use a wide variety of exercises if you wanna get jacked and you aren't limited to just one way of thinking.

Barbells, machines, dumbbells, callisthenics are all different tools we have at our disposal for building muscle.

Which leads nicely into the next point.

Individual difference and a persons structure is pivotal in deciding your exercise selection for hypertrophy.

Let's take two individuals who are using squats for quad hypertrophy.

Person A is 5'7' with a short torso/short femurs, Person B is 6'4 with a short torso/long femurs.

Person A will have no problem overloading the quads and making those the limiting factor in the movement as they'll be able to stay perfectly upright with some good knee flexion.

Person B has their hips shoot up and lower back take over towards the end of every set.

Does that mean squats are complete garbage for Person B?

Not necessarily, but they need to make some tweaks to the movement.

Potentially switching to a heel raised high bar/SSB squat.

They also may see better quad gains by moving away from squats all together.

Movements like hack squats, pendulum squats, smith machine squats may be better suited for them to overload the target tissues of the quads and make those the limiting factor...instead of worrying about the glutes/lower back taking over.

This ultimately would build bigger quads.

2) Get stronger in that 5-10 rep range.

Doing sets anywhere in that 5-30 rep range, taken close to failure will 100% build muscle.

But predominantly using that 5-10 rep range is smart.

You'll recruit the high threshold motor units a lot faster without excessive fatigue.

If I can do a set of 6-8 and get the exact same gains/stimulus as doing 15-20 reps...I'm gonna pick the first option all day from a training economy standpoint.

That's not to say you never train in the 10+ rep range, far from it.

Certain things feel better with higher reps.

For me personally isolation movements like leg extensions, direct tricep work, medial delt work feel better in that 10-20 range from a joint integrity standpoint.

Potentially some anecdotal evidence of people seeing results in that 10-20 rep range with leg training.

Also if you're primarily concerned with getting bigger...stay away from that 1-3 rep range for the most part.

It's not that it's gonna kill you or anything, you're just better with the 5-10 rep range as you'll accumulate enough volume of effective reps to stimulate hypertrophy.

But you can't go wrong with taking all of the best exercise that fit your structure, and driving your numbers up over the next decade on those with standardised technique in that 5-10 rep range.

That's the foolproof plan to getting bigger.

Regardless of training split.

3) Bulk for as long as possible, cut as fast as possible.

Firstly if you’re well over 15%+ body fat reading this, I’d cut down to around 10-12% body fat before you start gaining. 

When you get to 10-12% it’s all about gaining slowly. 

Just a small 250-300 surplus daily.

Starting to gain from the leanest position just gives us a longer runway to go through a productive muscle gaining phase.

Starting a bulk with a higher BF% just means we're gonna have to diet sooner and disrupt our momentum that we've built.  

Aim to gain 0.5-1% of bodyweight per month so you don’t get excessively fat...this is very important.

Get to around 15-20% body fat and then cut back down to 10-12%. 

You’ll see that a lot of your time will be spent gaining size which is actually the hardest part. 

We don't want to be that skinny pencil neck who's always dieting and never spends any appreciable time trying to gain muscle.

This approach will hold you back in the long run if you're scared to lose a little ab definition.

As I always say...you can't sculpt bone.

Losing fat is ridiculously easy and you can lose upto 0.5-1% of body weight weekly without losing muscle tissue.

If you do it right, there’s no reason why you can’t slowly gain weight for 9-12 months and then take 6-12 weeks to drop any accumulated fat. 

Each time you cut, you’ll be left with more net muscle mass and strength. 

Repeat for the next 5-10 years to be an absolute animal.

This is the shit you really need to be focusing on.

Not about which "supplements to take"

Take this on board and get to work.