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Tips for a new guy?
After a year of dedicated cutting and 76 pounds lost I have been maintaining for about a month, and I decided this morning to start upping my calories and ease into a bulk, go from three days a week to four in the gym. Any advice for someone who has never done an intentional bulk before? Rigger
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Deadlifters
Do you drop the bar when you deadlift? I drop the bar at the top on my working sets. My lifting buddy hates it, he doesn't deadlift because "it's bad for your back, power cleans are better." I drop the bar at the top on both exercises and it drives him crazy. What's your position on this? I should add that my buddy threw…
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OMG, someone please help me, my diet is going to fail!!!
I just had strawberry shortcake for breakfast topped with heavy whipping cream, and I'm having pizza for lunch, and then dinner will be fast food, from Chipotle. I might even have some chocolate today. Please help me stop the horror! :sad: Oh, Wait, that's a pretty normal looking day, full of normal foods. Ticker says?…
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Cleans
I have started adding cleans to my routine since I'm now going to a gym that enables me to do them. What type of cleans do you prefer and why? Go. Rigger
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Fast food meals high in protein
So Wednesdays are busy for me, as a result dinner is typically fast food since I'm not home and don't have time to do anything else. I'm just wondering what you guys have hurled at you from the drive thru window when you need to get more protein? Rigger
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Pull-ups NSV
One of the things I do in the weight room is pull-ups and dips on the machine, about a month ago I started doing dips without an offset weight, but pull-ups have always been tough and I'm still working with an 80 pound offset. Well, the other night I decided to see if I could do a legit pull-up form a dead hang. I was able…
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My first small NSV
So about four months ago my wife bought me a new pair of shorts, I went to try them on and found that I was about three inches away from buttoning them. Well, yesterday I hopped out of the shower and there they were, staring at me from the closet. I'm down 27 pounds since then and I thought why not? So, I slid them on and…
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Hello from the west
Hello all, been lurking for a while now, and finally decided to join your community. I started my journey two weeks before fathers day, I am down 22 pounds so far from a high of 264, figured I could use some support and encouragement to keep me motivated. Rigger
