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How much you pull relative to your other lifts depends in part on your leverages. In my experience most people DL more than they squat, but some squat more than they DL. It may be a function of how your body is built. It might also be a function of your programming. Broadly speaking, a common way to increase DL weight is…

Just to clarify, the progress you're looking for is to lose body fat / weight?

Oh hey you're right, I bet that deadlifting is bad in some circumstances and for some people, but "don't deadlift" is poor blanket advice. Good luck with your SI joint issues, I had a chiro that told me my SI joint was bad but (and I'm not sure this is a good thing) I haven't let that stop me!

A trainer at my gym many years ago told me that I shouldn't deadlift as it was bad for the back. Solid advice!

The Starting Strength guidelines have you set up with the bar over mid foot, approximately 1 inch in front of your shins, and then require that you push your knees forward until your shins are touching the bar, which will result in your knees being slightly over/past the bar. You can see for example at 0:19 in your…

What kind of advice do you want to give people? Have you got examples?

Full body 4 day per week splits are a thing, and often have you lifting Mon Tues Thurs Fri.

Just to confuse things, here are 2 different videos from Alan Thrall and Jordan Feigenbaum that show a very different SLDL to the other videos and links so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH7gaaT_tU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsAFY5Dv7E8&feature=youtu.be EDIT: Note the lack of rounding

2 things worth considering: 1. Most men carry their fat around their bellies 2. Body scans do not accurately or reliably measure body fat (or anything else) You've lost 6 lbs in 2 months, congrats on the progress! Eat 0.8-1g of protein per lb of bodyweight, follow an established strength training program, be patient. It's…

What sort of body fat % do you have, ballpark? Are you saying that your left pec is flabby because it is covered in a layer of fat that doesn't exist over the right pec? Is it loose skin due to having lost lots of weight? Do you strength train? How long have you been strength training for? Maybe a bit more information…

If youre squatting less than prescribed under the texas method then your issues is definitely not too much volume. In fact, the key issue many detractors have with the texas method is that it often doesnt provide enough volume for an intermediate to progress. Squat more!

Pendlay rows start from the ground, while barbell rows generally don't. Pendlay rows provide a greater range of motion (from the grount to touching the sternum), and are more difficult to "cheat" (e.g. by limiting the range of motion or using momentum). Stronglifts prescribes the pendlay row. If you want to do pendlay…

I think there is a reasonable chance that your progress has stalled because you aren't following an appropriate program. I would pick out an appropriate beginners program from the following link, and follow it: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1 (I like…

What strength training program are you running?

It might have just been coincidence, but when I went off creatine my max lifts dropped by 5-10%. It's a miracle supplement!

I researched creatine pills at one point and concluded they were less effective than creatine monohydrate. May be thinking about a different type of creatine pill though!

Conventional, rack pulls and romanians here, nothing fancy!

I also do 3 different deadlift variations per week! :)

Stronglifts has you doing 1 set of 5 deadlifts once or twice per week (i.e. max 10 reps per week!). Without 3 days of 5x5 back squats per week, i don't think its enough hamstring work.

Front squats are more quad dominant than back squats. As you have decided to front squat, how do you plan on making up for the reduced stress on your hamstrings?

I thought thick (also thicc) meant that someone had a big butt and/or big thighs (in a good way)? I've only ever seen it used as a positive. It doesn't seem to be a common term in Australia!

I recommending looking at new gyms. Alternatively, squatting with heavy kettlebells or dumbbells until you find your new gym.

I hate body fat measuring devices. They're not "accurate" in an individual sense,* and even the direction of progress that they imply (i.e. an increasing or decreasing bf%) can be misleading, particularly if you use BodPod#1 for your first measurement and BodPod#2 for the next. The direction of progress that you would get…

Recommending this approach.

I agree with you, which is why I was curious as to what this guy meant when he said you need to give 110% every session.

Does 100% / 110% mean training to failure every session?

I say it is bar + 300, because I think saying weight capacity of 300 but meaning bar + 255 would be misleading and would potentially lead to law suits.

Is there a particular reason you don't train legs? Re the cutting, my tip is to do whatever is currently achieving results and be patient.

Which process?

Bare hands with chalk (if needed). I shave down my calluses with a razor once every week or two, no more comments about rough hands from the gf.