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Hey happimess01! Yeah I'm not seeing anything unusual from this video angle for your experience level that won't correct itself as you get more reps with appropriate weight. Seriously a good starting point 👍. One thing I'd like to see you work on is your Valsalva maneuver for bracing. Take time right before every rep to…

I don't believe so though it's on the cusp of big Depending on the brand I'm 46-47/13-14 & I'm just over 1.9 meter/6'3" The size 12 in US can usually be found at stores and is the cut off for readily available. To me my feet are somewhat odd looking even for my height. My hands are absolutely huge for my height though.…

I'm a bit confused. You "grew" them or is that a mistype? Also in would be helpful knowing your recent training history, equipment available, diet(carnivorous?), caloric intake, & weight goal. Are you sensitive to training? Could you please explain what you mean by "straighten them"?

I had size 12 wide when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. It was quite the look for my height at the time.

It going to come down to programming and goals in the end. For both hypertrophy & strength goals I prefer main lifts to have full ROM as evidence suggests it's optimal for both in general. Though a small part of my variations might have a specific ROM that is lesser to the parent lift. For bench & skull crushers I would…

Please read initial post in full if you haven't already. I respectfully disagree with your advice and there isn't any evidence that locking your knees is inherently dangerous on a squat. In fact it helps replicate good technique. It also is required by all feds of powerlifting to begin the squat. I'm unaware of any data…

I fully concur other than no lift is more inherently higher risk of injury by itself. Proper load management is key. Compound lifts "might" be easier to increase the stress just by intensity jumps, but it comes down to stress accumulated in relation to recovery. So like you mentioned keeping it in the 7-8 possibly 9 RPE…

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It certainly is useful if they did hone a skill of performance at one time but not a absolute. A good trainer will have verbal cues that will get the result in the movement they want performed. Everybody has different limb length, proportions, health issues, so demonstrating isn't necessarily a optimal tool compared to…

1. You have a quite large ROM from the vid, so if you respond fairly sensitively & your programming has sufficient volume at adequate intensity I would feel its reasonable that you will elicit a response. 2. You are correct under most conditions you will be able to utilize a higher intensity with a BB vs. DB. Depending on…

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Foam rolling shows no additional benefit of performance of a lift. Foam rolling is basically a self massage that may make you feel good but doesnt improve or benefit compared to proper warm up with specificity. In other words if you're preparing to squat, them warm up squatting. If you enjoy foam rolling, no harm. Just no…

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He's getting a sloppy one.

This will be individualized because of so many variables & my experience may differ from yours considerably. What strategies have you applied thus far?

Week two of reintroducing squat singles into training while more than likely eating in a caloric deficit for first time in 3-4 years. https://www.instagram.com/p/CR6nO3KgnK9/?utm_medium=copy_link

Yep. I would concur wirh your reasoning.

Best advice I can give you on warm up is stay specific to the lift itself. Further away in terms of specificity, the less beneficial. So if your squatting reps of 6 a general but excellent warm up for a beginner to a advanced lifter would be something incremented towards your working sets. Here is one I might program for a…

That is no where close to being true. I know some places may ask ypu to wear sleeves to cover them but now a days it's not looked down as it was decades ago. I know police, firemen, doctors, nurses, lawyers, trades people, etc...all considered top 10% of wage earners in the USA that may have full sleeves, neck tats, etc…

Curious what you mean by "guesstimate" & "great results". Is there a specific goal ypu are speaking of?

Farmer's carries do not improve grip strength of the deadlift. Two entirely different lifts/applications. This is a notion that unfortunately is regurgitated as useful on the poison side of the fitness industry.. Also if his/her goal is to improve deadlift the fatigue from the intensity in farmers carries that is needed to…

Then just use lifting straps 👍.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRmB3g5AQkD/?utm_medium=copy_link The start of week 1/5 was decent despite leaving 1100 calories on the table yesterday. Let see how tomorrow belted pulls go 😉.

Good point. RPE rating is based of all aspects at for task at hand. I just had this talk with two of my newer clients too and overlooked this....ooops! I think a valid question I overlooked is are you or do you have asperations to compete in powerlifting? If not, then I'm curious why worried about grip strength.

Walking and or any activity by itself doesn't result weight loss by itself. One would have to look at your TDEE and how much your calorie deficit is on average in relation. If walking helps you stay in a deficit....great. Simply put if you are walking 5k or 24k per day but you aren't losing weight, your caloric intake is…

7-8 RPE at what part of your training? For advice it would be useful to know a bit more info on your training. A good example would be the following... Warm up sets double overhand until 405lbs. Then switch grip until around 550lb of triples my grip seems to go. I only use liquid chalk and lifting straps for accessories to…

The scale is bogus when it comes to body composition percentages. Much if evidence on this. Strength gains does equate muscle gains. Frankly higher intensities does equate strength gains neccessary either. If you are seeing improvements that mirror your goals I wouldn't validate or negate them based on a gadget scale.

👍 Glad I could help. Yep, post a direct side angle of DL & I can take a look.

Nice. Yeah your depth was right there on this vid from I can see. I believe the sixth & final one was borderline. The camera heights can play havoc sometimes on what we perceive to be depth. You certainly cut off the right amount of depth here in my opinion. Also you're holding a better back angle throughout the lift and…

Helms' article link a very good write up for auto regulation. When speaking of load management it's basically accounting for all the useful stress both internal & external from training and even non useful stress from life when we optimize it. Using both together is extremely useful for short and long term progress and…