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225/135 Max-Rep Bench Press "Club"
After this Sunday (11/23/14) , I finish my current program and usually between programs I take a week or two off (this time only one week off) to test out new exercises (or variations) and to test my maxes on the big three. No different this time around, except I am not going to test my deadlift. I was thinking that I also…
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Technical Failure in Deadlift
My question is not regarding complete failure in the deadlift -- where one is unable to complete the exercise through the full ROM -- but with technical failure where one completes the exercise, but where the ROM is a little ugly, yet the rep is completed. (Sorry, I can’t locate the link, but I had read a really good…
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But does it fit your macros?
Does it?
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Did someone murder the proofreader before they went to press?
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Sunday-Morning Strength-Training Week-in-Review Klatch
How did the week go for you? Set any new PRs? Setbacks? Perhaps you uncovered a tip or a piece of advice that helped you in your training or a particular strength exercise? Or perhaps you found a video on youtube that helped, or confused? Did you finish a program? Start a program? How are you doing in your current program?…
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Socks Recommendation: Deadlifts
So, this: Can anyone recommend a good pair of socks that would cover my shin? I used to skate and boy this hurts more than you can imagine. (Shin burrs from the skateboard flipping up into them.)
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Oh Now I Remember Why I don't Like Squats
At a full four months back into weight training and with six weeks of that performing squats and deadlifts added back into my training splits once again, I now remember why I have such poor leg development because of the Osgood Schlatters in my right knee and to some lesser extant my left knee when I squat from it. For the…
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Physically Unable to Perform: Which exercises, why?
I'm an early middle-aged guy (43) and since getting back in the gym, I've found there are a few exercise that I used to do, that now cause pain and avoid. Specifically, Upright Barbell Rows and Lat Pull-downs.(Lat pull-downs are terrible for how they position your shoulders anyway.) Are there exercises that you've found,…
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Songs about Food
The Descendants "I like food" "I like food, food tastes good! I like food, food tastes good! Juicy burgers, greasy fries, Turkey legs and raw fish eyes Teenage girls, with ketchup too! Get out of my way, or I'll eat you I like food, food tastes good! I like food, food tastes good! I'm going to turn dining back into eating…
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Person above: Bottle cap, Cork, Pop Top, or Screw Top
Which is it?
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"How I increased productivity with beer and running"
Need extra motivation to workout? Try this novel approach. No slouch: Some good points overall (obvious of course): I always thought being a Milwaukee and Wisconsin native that we should have post-workout beer-based shake. It's our damn birth-right after all. A little reward can go a long way.…
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What are your Gym Hacks?
I’m a pretty basic meat-n-potatoes kind of gym goer. Barbells, dumbbells, body-weight, and some cables are my primary tools of choice, but I’ve found some hacks over the years that assist in doing my workouts by either providing greater comfort or productivity. Here’s my list below. What are those little things that you do…
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Staying Fueled at the Office. What are your hacks?
Allons-y! For the office drones and otherwise, what is your strategy for eating at work? This is mine below. Since I am trying to swap non-lean mass for lean mass, I re-assigned one drawer in my office just for food and tools. (Screw work... amirte?) This includes the flatware, a stainless-steel shaker bottle, snacks, and…
