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Awful post, basically every part of it is false. You can make ENORMOUS strength gains in a deficit.

My advice: stop running

More push-ups, and more sit-ups.

Probably not. Sorry.

Tape it up, rub some dirt on it and then become Captain Upper Body until it heals.

Thread #21038012458 with "too much muscle" claims and no pictures. Congratulations!

Of course. I've put up some of my best numbers when sick.

I mean, if you're able to lift the weight that you need to lift as you work your way up, then the amount of rest seems fine. But on that AMRAP or between your top sets, yeah I'd be willing to add some rest time. I've actually done a bit of experimentation to see how much rest helped my ultimate strength. I've found that…

Really it's going to come down to your preferences and goals. Generally speaking, minimal rest is going to be good for better conditioning/endurance but you're not going to be able to go very heavy so it's not great for hypertrophy or strength. Resting a moderate amount of time (say 1-2 minutes) will be good for…

I've been doing this for five years and it's great.

Judging by your video I'd say that technique improvement/optimization would be a huge help for you. I'd start with something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHx1gYTA-Rw There are numerous other great resources out there from Omar Isuf, Alan Thrall, Mark Bell, etc.. as well. Try to takeaway some cues and…

Bingo. Strength is never a weakness.

Don't we all, don't we all.

As heavy as you reasonably can? I mean, goals are great but you'll find that once you hit them you'll immediately want to hit new goals. It's just the way it is. As far as a reasonable first goal, I don't know, 135lbs? 50lbs is very light, I guarantee you can do it already.

If you're not grunting as loud as you can, you're not getting any gainz. C'mon, everyone knows this.

That's not true at all. A new or returnining trainee can get severe DOMS just from a light workout. In fact, I just took a week off of training for vacation and I now have crippling DOMS just from doing a light squat workout (with literally 1/3 the weight I normally use). An advanced trainee may have to deal with DOMS…

If this was the case, everyone in those pesky concentration camps would have been pudgy as hell.

I've had a couple cases of tendonitis all over my body, it's just something you live with and manage after a while. It never really goes away it seems. It's not really even a big deal to be honest, you just can't let it get bad.

Nothing truly works but time, in my experience.

How far along are you in your lifting career? What is your current 1RM for example? Triceps are most focused towards the top of the lift so if you are actually accelerating at that point then your triceps are probably fine. Having said that, as a general rule for breaking plateaus I would recommend: 1) Increasing overall…

You'll get a little stronger at first, and then plateau forever.

Have you tried being less of an awful person maybe?

Pushing motions tend to cause tennis elbow. Pulling motions tend to call golfer's elbow. So basically, it depends on where the pain is.

Okay?

I have no idea what your point is but you should probably understand that body somatypes were debunked long ago.

'nuff said

Squats and deadlifts are the only things that can save you now.

A month and a half? Keep working at it for the next 5-10 years is about all the advice I can give.

I'm not sure what answers you're expecting. With a narrow full grip you're gonna have your wrists bent to some degree. This can only be alleviated by going wider if that bothers you. Or just doing thumbless, as you have discovered. If you insist on going narrow, full-grip and you're worried about your wrists, try wrapping…

Grip takes time to build. When I was trying to build up my grip I would just hang from a pull-up bar for as long as I could. Or I would grab a heavy deadlift (say 500) and try to hold it as long as possible. Due to a multitude of issues I just use straps now, but I could barehand 545 before I quit mixed grip.