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But have you had ice cream?

I’m back.

I’m usually catching my breath after holding it for five reps under load between sets. Time well spent resting before next set.

You’re fine at your weight, you don’t have to be exactly on a whole number. While you’ll be atop of the 52 weight class, with a two pound margin you should be fine. However, if you plan to water cut a little (and I don’t recommend you do), be sure to bring plenty of salty snacks and Gatorade or Pedialyte to balance out…

I’d rather feel miserable and exercise then to feel miserable and not. At least I’m doing something, which exceeds doing nothing.

Narrow stance = a more likely tendency for internal rotation on the knee

Because Garmin is dumb.

If you want to build size of your quads and not a movement, do belt squats or bodybuilder style smith machine squats with partial ROM under constant tension. Or do both. High reps for a mega pump brah.

You’ll get a sunburn that way

Pretty proud of this. 505/229 x 5,3,2. https://instagram.com/p/BlGdH4eBELJ/ Not intimidated by this anymore

Those reading this and to those who are considering purchasing a belt that can be used in a federation need to keep in mind a few things. I’ll speak for the USAPL, since that’s the one I compete and ref in. 1. A belt can be of leather or vinyl construction but must meet the equipment specifications cited within the rule…

Depends. How’s your Vogue?

Pshaw to all the behind the neck nay-sayers. Hello? Anyone ever Squat Snatch? Overhead squat? Overhead Jerks? Push jerks? Where do you think that bar is? How do you think it got there? I do both (front and back) and have been pressing behind the next for around 20 years, no problems. I prefer behind the next because it…

Do a chipper of your favorite exercises and have fun.

Look pretty good to me. Congrats on the PRs!

Are you sure that’s enough activity? I mean it’s only every day, once a day? What about your lunch hours? What about when your asleep? Surely, you have time when your sleeping too.

Bench day yesterday

Did I state everyday? Nope. Which is good, less possible muscle loss. Can you think of a good reason why we would want to spare muscle loss? I can think three good ones off the top of my head.

I haven’t checked into this thread since around when it began... but here’s my new best friend, from Aldi.

Inderwear? Sounds painful.

I pulled a lot of equipment check, technical controller, and scoring table duty at USAPL High School Nationals in April, and during Saturday morning check I had these two teenage boys come in and start the pre-meet process. (Rack heights, weigh-ins, equipment check, and first attempts.) They throw down their singlets and…

Squats: 405x5 +1 Rep PR/RPE 9; 355x5x5. This was as much as a physical hurdle as it was mental. https://instagram.com/p/Bj5QRN7hhZt/

And tighty-whiteys. Underpants with legs are not permitted. Wear your tighty-whiteys (they don’t actually have to be white) at weigh-in.

Breathless!!!!

Mischievous

Has more fun

Never use any grip,assistance if you plan to compete up on the platform. Use switch grip a sparing as possible, and when you lockout those heavy singles, hold them as long as you can — and while you’re at it — never bounce a deadlift ever.

At 3x or above BW, are you sure they are not pulling equipped? Apples to apples here.

I can’t find one word of that to disagree with. Welcome!

Which federations? In USA Powerlifting you only bomb out if you can’t make at least one attempt in each of the three lifts. You need to have one successful attempt in each of the lifts to be able to post a total.