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Partial Squats vs No Squats
Question for the weight lifters.... I have a chronic knee issue that limits my range of motion. I'm able to comfortably perform squats just slightly "above-parallel" with relatively heavy weights (for me), but I can barely squat just the bar at parallel level or below because of my knee issue. I know that I won't get the…
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Successful Cut Before Bulk?
[I'm reposting in this section since I know there are a lot of people doing bulk/cut phases that frequent this section (and I didn't get any responses from the "General" section). Although my topic is about cutting, I'm hoping I can get some feedback from those who do bulk/cut phases.] A question for those of you who do…
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Successful Cut?
A question for those of you who do bulk/cut phases. I'm currently trying to slowly cut to about 12% body fat by the end of the summer. I'm trying to minimize my lean muscle loss during my cut so in addition to eating at a slight caloric deficit and doing cardio (which I enjoy), I'm also doing resistance training. Over a…
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Memorial Day "Murph"
In honor of Memorial Day and our veterans, our Box is doing the "Murph" Hero WOD on Monday. For those of you not familiar with the Murph, it's a 1 mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, and another 1 mile run. I'm planning on breaking it into 10 rounds of 10 pull-ups, 20 push-ups and 30 squats. Anyone have…
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Nutritional "Quest"
So I'm spending the day traveling across country with my kids for their spring break and, despite being on planes, trains and automobiles for 12 hours, I wanted to try to eat healthy and stay within my calorie/macro goals. Knowing that I'd be short on time and mostly around fast food joints all day, I bought a carton of…