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All you're finding here is people changing the context of the conversation cherry picking and grabbing at the low-hanging fruit to take away from the point that's being made.

Do your research. Look at the results. You can find plenty of people who went from what you look like in your profile picture to adding 20 lbs of muscle and getting completely ripped as well. How were they able to gain weight, add lbs of muscle, and still drop fat? It wasn't by just eating McDonald's at a caloric deficit.…

I understand where you're coming from and agree with you in part. As I said, it's to be taken with a grain of salt. I don't disagree with the principle though. I can see why you would considering it doesn't go into great detail but you do have to consider that at some point, if you want to become better or even elite at a…

So eating at deficit is how you build muscle and burn fat? Interesting... I can see why all these starving people in poor countries are just walking around with rippling six packs... Your abs are just like any other muscle and must be trained to grow. However, abs are made in the kitchen still means exactly what it's…

Eating clean has very much to do with your results. Eating at a caloric deficit will help you drop weight but your body will look very different from eating 2,000 calories of sugar everyday versus eating 2,000 calories of a well balanced diet. "Abs are made in the kitchen."

I disagree that it's not important. I think that's up to the lifter. Some people like knowing their true numbers. I also disagree that testing a 1rm is poor load management. Perhaps you could explain what you mean by that? I'm paraphrasing here but Load management is all about being able to recover and progress right? How…

Things to consider when training heavy or testing your 1rm is that it's really hard on your nervous system. (This is anecdotal) I ran a strength program template like Louie Simmons conjugate program and I was doing 1 upper body 1rm test and 1 lower body 1rm test every week for 12 weeks. I didn't get hurt or have any…

The problem with this is "too much" for what? Depending on your goals, knowledge, training history, body type, and so much more... It's a vague question that is followed with a vague answer. The idea is to stimulate enough for adaptations but not too much that you're dampening your recovery. Are you following a progressive…

Okay, so I don't know much about the program. I assume if you're testing your 5 rep max then you probably are training to get stronger. In my opinion if your goal is to achieve a higher one rep max then you should probably test it before starting the program so that you know the outcome once the program is over to see if…

There's a lot of different speculation about how one should go about testing their one-rep max and when it should happen. Are you familiar with the elite powerlifter and elite powerlifting coach Louie Simmons? Is conjugate system has you using max effort lifts every week where others are programmed every 4 weeks and others…

I think we're looking at this too small minded... Obviously it's training to get ready to go to space.

Tell us a little about yourself and your goals. We can better help from there.

That retired fire fighter sounds like a guy I wouldn't want to mess with.

I'm assuming you'd be wearing the vest for the charity event itself, correct? Not just a training tool? Either way, I can't offer any advice to the original question but the idea that one shouldn't wear a vest because of A,B,andC really wasn't the question being asked. It's strange that one could provide better…

Rows are a horizontal pull and are better at adding thickness while lat pull down is a vertical pull and better at adding width. Both are necessary. Keep them both. Cable cross over and shrugs can go for now, I agree with that decision. I think you should find out why you're being told to leave out deadlift and squats. If…

I'm asking your recommendation based on you saying that you think it's a pointless tool. What do you feel works better for breaking scar tissue? You said it was pointless without knowing my end goal so what I took from that was that you weren't likely to use it ever for anything at all. I'm just asking for general feedback.

There's a lot to be considered here. Starting with your goals, training age and experience, and physical limitations. If you're just starting out or coming back after a long lay off, less is more. Not that you won't benefit from isolation work but doing the bigger compound exercises will do for now in stimulating the main…

That's a good point. However, parasympathetic drive is beneficial to breaking scar tissue so I guess I will take that. What do you recommend in place of this if not the thera-gun?

@MikePfirrman, thanks. I would really appreciate the feedback from anyone with experience. I just bought one myself and haven't used it but I intend to start using it on my clients however, I wanted to gather as much feedback as possible from a wide variety of people and even products that are close in relation.

Hard to say exactly. What are your goals? Limitations?

Thank you for your insights on this.

Sounds good. Thank you.

Funny you mentioned that, I learned to do the get up in exactly that fashion. The caveat is that the water bottle is placed on your knuckles as you make a closed fist, simulating you're holding onto something while being forced to do the exercise with laser like precision. My progression is that an athlete must be able to…

@MikePfirrman I think this is the most productive conversation I have ever had on MyFitnessPal. Quite possibly ever... When I say productive I guess I mean egoless. I'm guessing that's your wife in your profile picture they are with you but should things not work out... Haha.

The video explains things fairly well from a theoretical level but I wouldn't say the video is great for learning the swing by any means. The swing starts from the ground not from a standing position for one and it also ends back at the ground so it begins parked and ends part and that was not shown. That alone is a big…

Another suggestion-Try tempo lifting at a lighter load. That will force the smaller muscles to engage and stabilize longer.

I figure at some point, something will break down from bad form. Generally when the shoulders are rolled forward, the lower back is also rounded. Stretching your hamstrings could be of great benefit too.

I would say the problem isn't in the deadlift then, it looks to be with something else. Try working your upper and mid back to help your shoulders maintain stability. The lower back is also another weak point in the deadlift, try doing the same but different such as deadlift variations and possibly some isolated work for…

Every little bit helps but sporadic bursts like that probably won't make much of a difference. Any chance your crew can join you?

Can you give specifics about what you're looking to do?