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I just spent the best part of a year coming back from an SI-joint injury. Just got to keep the faith and do what you can do rather than worrying about what you can't. It can be super frustrating playing the long game though!

Injuries suck. Hope the repair goes well.

What about if I'm a gay lifter and only interested in male attention?

Thirdwise. Literally. Can't. Wait.

Yeah. But, some of us train hard and require carbs. I'm in my forties now and my profile pic is me being "fluffy" at the end of a recent bulk. When I've finished cutting (still eating plenty of carbs - I might point out), I'll be close to single digit bf% again. I haven't suddenly "ballooned up" because I'm eating carbs…

You progressively increase the resistance by doing a more challenging variation. A basic pushing exercise might be a hands elevated push up. You could progress to regular push ups. Then feet elevated push ups. One handed variations. Plyometric variations. Handstand push up variations. Etc. That's the push family. For…

Lyle McDonald isn't a "muscle guy" - he's a former speed skater who also happens to be a) well versed in current nutritional science as it pertains to sport performance, strength and muscle synthesis; and b) a complete arsehat. His grasp of the current research is great. Perhaps, you should know of what you speak before…

This. Build your meals/snacks around a protein source. Also, if you have the day planned out in advance, this can help immeasurably more than winging it.

What am I reading? What happened to this section? It used to be gold. Used to be...

Thirded.

e) nothing. f) Currently Wendler's 5/3/1. Although, the sets/reps for the main work are prescribed, the assistance template is up for grabs based on your goals and current weaknesses/needs.

You can only utilise so much stored fat. The lower your bf% the less you can utilise. Basically, if the goal's fat loss, then you need a smaller deficit the closer you get to being lean. If you don't care how you look at some notional "goal weight" then have a large deficit and lose bone density, muslce tissue and…

Yeah, I'd be happy to squat outside a rack and dump a bar. It's not ideal and things can go wrong, but if you're not maxing out, you'll more than likely be ok. I wouldn't be happy about reracking blind though. If you're inside the rack, you might as well make full use of it as safely as possible and stepping backwards…

a) Power rack, barbell, bench, plates, dumbbells, kettlebells, farmer's bars, med balls, landmine, t-bar handle b) I'm currently occupying a corner in someone else's garage workshop until I get a house with my own garage (if that ever happens...) c) Yeah, it's there all the time, but I have everything non-powerrack stacked…

Reracking blind seems to have no upside to me. As to setting the bar up outside the rack: oly lifters often back squat and/or front squat from just a couple of stands without safeties. But they're pretty good at dumping a bar. In any case, lets hope the girls squat max is below the trainer's curl max...

Breathing is important for all sorts of things. Off the top of my head: Lifting heavy stuff: you need to learn to breathe to your belly and create your own belt. Valsalva maneuver Flexibility work: you need to be able to breathe appropriately into stretches to gain new ranges of motion. See the work of Pavel, any basic Tai…

Calorie deficit.

Is there a specific reason why you're trying to give yourself a heart attack?

Just. Break. Up.

Please tell me this is some sort of trolling, OP. I mean, people your age are presumably the future, right? That's a scary thought

Good luck with that one man. Seems both right-on and doomed to failure...

So much this. I hate that people think there's a secret handshake to learning to clean the bar.

You'd need more than 2 days between sessions, but this is one I've personally done and enjoyed (intermediate #4): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=135025731 Intermediate #1 and #3 (in the link) are also 2x week, but I didn't do those. Someone on my FL did though and enjoyed them, so maybe they might be good…

It's a great tool if you're already pretty lean and want to get sub 10% - I'm specifically thinking about the Berkhenesque version of it. It's unnecessary if you're just overweight and want to lose a few (or more) pounds. Just stick to a calorie deficit.

The rest of it's right. But the bolded bit? No. Building muscle is a matter of using sufficient volume and increasing it over time whilst eating in a calorie surplus. It's not a rep range (many different rep ranges can be used) The tonus of the muscle (from which "toning" has seemingly been derived) is the residual…

You could do a machine based routine and supplement in some dumbbell moves to work the stabilisers. The Chinese olympic weightlifting team has a massive emphasis on machine training as a supplement to their barbell work. Seems to be working for them. They're all tools. You can get stronger with them, but don't forget to…

Agree with this 100%. Walk in the opposite direction and find a new trainer.

I wear a pair of board shorts. Seriously, it's Yoga - the fashion police won't lock you up and throw away the key!

This is your problem in a nutshell. Fix this and you won't have to give up foods you love or be miserable eating lettuce leaves all the time.

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