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I usually do a banded glute warmup, for squats, I do some banded hip flexor stretches, and then some warm up sets. I can easily take 30+ minutes warming up to my working weights. It is what it is.

You do you and f the idiots. Last time someone was stupid enough to tell me that my arms were unattractive I just laughed and promptly took some flexing pics.

Simple. My goals don't get accomplished sitting down. I need to be in the gym training to make them happen.

Depends on goals and game plans. Average just training to get stronger and preserve muscle mass? I'd rest. I can and will bench heavy two days in a row. But only for specific purposes at specific times. Like yesterday and today. Hit 94% of my max for repeated singles yesterday, and was scheduled for deads today and bench…

Second last heavy bench day before comp. I'm going to need a refeed before the next one. https://instagram.com/p/BFCLtZSjL8F/

Chalk encouraged. Competition caliber equipment. Yes I'm spoiled but I can't imagine using regular commercial equipment anymore.

I train 5 days a week, 90 minutes to three hours a day. Everyday is focused around 1-3 of the big three (squat, bench, and deadlift), with accessory work as needed to both stay in muscular balance and bring up weak points in a lift. I do almost no cardio, but I do have permission to do some low volume and intensity a…

I use my reebok lifters for squats, bench and any oly partials, and chucks for deads.

I vastly prefer my morning training sessions but it fits in whenever I make it fit. When I know I'll be competing at a slightly off time, I try and train at around that time at least a few times.

I can't remember the last time I had one training day that I could describe as bad, never mind two. I miss weights sometimes, but there is usually a concrete, visible reason behind it. I know what overreached feels like. And it's not as simple as just one or two bad days. But then, my coach is very one top of how I'm…

For the vast majority of people, this. Overtrained/overreached is a lot harder to get to than most people think it is.

22 days out and feeling very confident in my planned opener. This is 77.5kg/170lb. https://instagram.com/p/BEwPRMUDL2u/

@nakedraygun - it's a solid weight these days for sure. Gotta love the ammonia jitters though. There's a reason why I almost never use the stuff! @ROBOTFOOD - nice! @McCloud33 - you definitely made those squats look easy! Love the bench to. @juliewatkin - good luck at your meet! One day I'm sure that we will be at the same…

Turkish get ups, windmills, dead bugs.

Stretching isn't right for everyone. As someone with hypermobility, stretching actually makes me more injury prone. So barring a couple specific stretches for specific things (hip flexors, hamstrings, and my arch for benching), I don't stretch.

Best addiction out there! I get itchy taking more than two days off in a row.

Nice! @ROBOTFOOD @nakedraygun - if I hit this on the platform, it's a platform pr. https://instagram.com/p/BEjWzvmjL1j/

Morning is when mine fit so morning is when they get done. I train just as well the occasional time I have to do afternoon though.

Yup. When I take two recovery weeks in a row, the doms are unreal my first week back. And then nothing

I follow my programming almost to the letter. I figure, I'm paying my programmer because I trust him to keep me safe while making me the best lifter I can possibly be. Therefore, it makes sense to actually just go in and do my program. Every once in a while, I will go in and have a play day. Where I just have fun. Today…

For me it happens while waiting for weigh ins. Even though I'm talking here and there with friends, my mind is focused on lifting. And usually I have a jolt of nerves as soon as I set foot on the platform, but it's easily channeled into positive forms.

Umm ouch! I'd probably make the same choice myself and then just not tell my coach.

Lol! Yeah, guys and their junk. I have images seared into my brain from commonwealth, especially the Australian singlets. Whoever thought their bright yellow was the color to put on the bottom of a tight piece of Lycra with not much underneath didn't think things through. Nothing at all left to the imagination in person -…

Hmm, most of the benchers I know have some of the better posture. Most of them also include as much rowing/back work as benching. For upper back, mine includes seated rows with a high touch point, inverted rows and holds, Giffen/kelso shrugs, inverted row/fly/overhead extension superset. Other things occasionally show up…

I do them. But I do bent over variations that work the lower traps and rhomboids more than the upper traps. Because after all, that's where I need to be strong while setting up my bench.

Aww thanks Matt! I'm having a minor freak out meltdown over my next meet. I think it's hitting home just how big it is and how many people will be watching, not necessarily in person but on the live stream.

What I did was just eat at maintenance. I worked incredibly hard to build up the muscle and strength in my legs, and I wasn't going to allow being sidelined with an SI separation to take back my work. My strength feels like it's still there in that 65-70% on squats and deadlifts still feels like 65-70%, but we will see how…

I love watching you lift. Seriously just makes me happy

You mean bragging about being able to bench 280? What is that, about 127.5? I don't think in pounds anymore.

But he's doing it on only one minute rest. Just think about how much more he could lift if he would let his body recover properly between sets.