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I lift at home so the rules allow prolific use of chalk.

Who the hell cares? Do the exercise optimized for the desired result. Or argue about it for another 5 pages.

Roman chair for glute ham raises.

Shirt is Rehband 7725 Pants are Rehband 7380 Best place to get them is Jackal's Gym online.

I looked it up and just a t-shirt and singlet are allowed. I will train in the warm gear as the benefits for my joints and tendons far outweigh any negative training. I don't even know if I will ever compete. I would like to at some point.

I really like that program.

I have always lifted alone in a power rack. Very easy and safe to bail out of a failed squat. Same with bench. OHP can be tricky when testing 1RM to failure, but I have always been able to fail into the pegs on my rack. Never had to drop the weight. DL fail is just drop the weights, but that can be hard on the floor and/or…

Well, I finished off the week with a new PR on DL (425) and OHP (150). Only issue I had is I almost dropped the 425 on the way back down to the floor. I did a long lockout (5 seconds) at the top and my grip gave out. That was a bit scary as I lift on concrete in the basement. Not sure what to do about that since I use the…

The eat more to lose more haters aren't going to like this.

No spotter, just my power rack. Not sure if I could have pushed harder. I am comfortable with bailing out of a failed squat with the rack so I have pushed those to fail twice in the last 9 months. I do not like a failed 1RM attempts. Not for ego reasons, but because of the incredible stress it puts on the CNS. Holy crap.…

I've been doing it for 7 months now. Really like it and how you don't ha 3 to lift at 1RM to get stronger. I have done it long enough now to make it my own. I stick to the matrix for 5 and 3 days. But 5/3/1 day is my joker day. I'll do the 5/3/1 lifts and then add weight for some 2RM work. I like going heavy once a month.

Just finished bench. Did better with that and got a PR of 235 on the second attempt (old PR was 225). Didn't do a third because I know it wasn't there. Now I am spent. Completely and totally spent. Maybe it's my prep work? I did 5 week and 3 week all in one week. I did 4 days of 5 week, followed immediately by 3 days…

Decided to do this today. Just finished squat. Got a PR @ 300, but failed at 315. Normally, I would have stopped at 300 because I know when to stop. But thought I would try 315. Couldn't get out of the hole. Damn, that kills. Good lesson learned because there is no way I can PR DL this afternoon after that. If I do this…

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I'm at 87kg right now so well below the the 90kg weight class. Although I could gain 8 lbs in 3 days fairly easily, I guess. I have no interest in the 82.5kg class right now.

Thanks. Incorporated into plan. How long between attempts? How long between the different types of lifts? Just want to plan the day like a meet.

4 weeks here. Read the book Easyway and just quit. Easy peasey.

Good advice on the carb loading, especially since I am a low carber and cutting. I plan to do this Sunday so I have a little over 72 hours. Will carb load and rest. I am very much looking forward to this.

Steve, thanks for the reply. I normally work out in my basement which is cold anyway. And then just shorts and a t-shirt. Today I decided to wear sweat pants, t-shirt and sweat shirt. For warmup and lifting. That worked great. Much warmer overall and the lift went great. I really like being toasty warm. And I found a good…

I despise any diet that involves losing muscle. Just too damn hard to get it back once it's gone. Bulking (muscle + fat) is completely different because it isn't that hard to lose fat. A diet that loses fat and muscle: it takes a lot of work to get that muscle back. Not worth the trade off, IMHO. SAVE ALL MUSCLE. Tom

The two posted use the same basic math. I like this one which uses different math: http://www.strstd.com And if you want to test 1RM, I like this approach: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/how_to_warm_up_for_a_onerep_max here's a shorter link: http://tinyurl.com/ok6r9a I love 1RM…

When I lift at home, I use chalk and proper grip. Chalk is the stuff I put on the wall for the pool table. Works great. I can get by without chalk if I focus on proper grip. Mark Rippetoe has some good videos on youtube on proper grip. Very helpful. For going to the gym, I bought some of this stuff: Mammut Liquid Climbing…

I refeed once or twice a week depending on what my body is telling me. I'm low carb most days (<100g) and I have found that my performance is negatively impacted by the lack of carbs. So I do this: Sun - Fri: 30/35/35 (Carbs/Protein/Fat). And I usually don't hit my carb macro and exceed my protein macro. Target right now…

Amazon. I took the advice of all the reviews and ordered one size smaller and it fits perfect. SInce the sleeve type don't seem to improve 1RM, if I ever compete I might think about using the ace bandage type because they can be wrapped very tight and do help with rebound. Just a PITA to use for regular workouts. Tom

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I plot max weight lifted that day, so it doesn't track reps. For example, if it's 5 day and the last set is 225 lbs, then I just plot 225 lbs. That's why it bounces around following the 5/3/1 progression. I have thought about plotting the calculated 1RM for each lift and plotting that in addition to the actual weight. I…

Excel.

No name suggestions but your tagline could be: Eat all the foods, lift all the weights, enjoy all the days.

sumo. I'll take some DL video on Saturday. I may have some older squat video @ 185 lbs.