Thursday, 27 April 2017

Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Best strength training smart watch

I know i dont need one. I just want one that tracks strength training pretty well. Thanks



Quick question about elbow compression sleeves

So I've been going to the gym for almost a year now (on and off recently due to school being hectic and whatnot). Slowly getting back into it. I notice that my elbows are somewhat weak and that when i lift, a day or so later I get pains in my inner elbows (golfer's elbow type, but not as bad). It would hurt to extend my arms and sometimes, if I stay in a position for too long, my muscles stiffen up and it hurts to move them. I am thinking of buying elbow compression sleeves for when I lift. Is it a good idea? And if so, which brand/model should I go for/do you recommend?

Edit: I found these 3 on Amazon. Don't know if they are good or not.

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Monday, 24 April 2017

Working out for a couple of months, when should I expect a plateau?

So, I started working out again back in February. I used to weight lift regularly in high school since I played football, but that was about 7 years ago so I don't remember how long it took to slow down in weight lifting gains.

When I started again, my starting weights were really disappointing. Unfortunately, I can't really do squats since I have arthritis in my feet now, so instead I do leg press and deadlifts. My bench began at 120 and increased by a little more than 50% over the past couple of months, now at 185. My leg press was about 600, and is now somewhere around 850 (did 800 without too much trouble, but didn't have a good spotter so I stopped there).

I know these kinds of increases aren't going to continue and are going to taper off really soon, but I was just wondering if anybody could remember when the plateaus started hitting for them? Also, any advice on how to get through the plateau when it inevitably comes? I've done some research online to find out some ways, but most of the stuff I found was one person doing one thing that worked for them and nobody else in the comments, so I'd like to get a lot of ideas or recommendations from various people if possible.

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to your response if you choose to leave one!



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Sunday, 23 April 2017

How strong would someone have to be to lift a grown male up against a wall?

You always see the villain choke in movies but how hard would it be to lift a grown male against a wall?



Friday, 21 April 2017

Need Help on Daily Calorie Intake

So I'm 13 and I want to know what calorie intake I need to be at for me age to get lean enough to have a 6-pack while also having the ability to gain muscle over time. I'm about 5 feet and 4 inches, 117 pounds, and am active 5 days a week, (5 days cardio) and 3 days main lift sessions.



What happens when you hit week eleven for fitness? Tooth Wars!

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Father hears voice of daughter who was abducted three years ago.

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Thursday, 20 April 2017

How To Box Squat For Raw Lifters

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A good general strength program for those of intermediate level strength.

I train a few guys (and girls!) for general strength and body composition purposes, and strength train myself for combat sports and because I like being strong.

I've developed a '3 non-consecutive days per week' (eg M W F) routine (devised from my tinkering with other well established programs, I can't claim I've pulled the concept out of my ass). I think I have come up with a nice program that seems to work very nicely for those just getting past the beginner stage (in strength terms).

It's a general routine for strength/mass gain. The full body, compound movement based workout also burns a lot of fat and really gets the heart pumping.

Opinions/questions appreciated

WEEK 1

Monday

Squat - 3 x 5-8 (when 8's are achieved, add weight)
Bench Press - 3 x 5-7
Neutral grip pull up - 3 x (1 rep short of failure)
Romanian deadlift - 1 x 10-15
Barbell Curl - 2 x 8

Wednesday

Deadlift - 3 x 3-5 (every 3rd week go 75% on weight)
OHP - 3 x 5-7
Pendlay Row - 3 x 6-8
Weighted Dips - 3 x 8-10
Barbell lunge - 2 x 8-12 (each leg)

Friday

Squat - 3 x 5-8 (when 8's are achieved, add weight)
Bench Press - 3 x 5-7
Neutral grip pull up - 3 x (1 rep short of failure)
Romanian deadlift - 1 x 10-15
Barbell Curl - 2 x 8-10

Week 2 is essentially the same with the upper body movements swapped so that OHP, Row, and Dips are performed on Monday and Friday, and Bench, Pull up and Curls on Wednesday. The lower body movements remain the same.

I usually recommend 2 - 3 warmup sets before heavy sets. Rest periods between work sets are 2 - 2.5 min between squats or deadlifts, and 1.30 - 2 min between upper body movements.

Of course I'd love feedback if anyone tries it! This is one of a few routines I use depending on the goal of the user.

Also my first post ever on Reddit!



Form?

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Low Enough?

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Pound for Pound sport?

I am 5'5" and I weigh 118 lbs. I am very strong for my size. I can deadlift around 245 lbs 8 times, I have squatted 300lbs when I was 108 lbs. What are some sports or hobbies that would be appropriate for a small frame strong person like me?



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Wednesday, 19 April 2017

When prescribed percentages of 1RM, are they usually "rep maxes" of the prescribed rep scheme?

I've trained for the last couple of years(and with great success body composition wise) without using percentage based training. I've always used "rep maxes", in other words, if I decided that I wanted to do 3x10, I would find a weight that I could ONLY lift 10 times and proceed to attempt to get 3x10 with it. I would do this for every lift and every rep range, never going strictly off of any percentages of my 1RM.

Now that I'm more focused on strength and looking into strength routines, I'm noticing that most if not all use percentages of one rep maxes for the different stages(volume, intensity, etc). But here's what is confusing me, are these percentages typically(I know it must vary between routines) designed to be the "rep maxes" of the reps prescribed, or are they intended to leave some in the tank? What I mean is, if a strength routine says to do 4x10 on volume day at x% of your one rep max, is it intended that x% would be your 10 rep max, or is it more common that the percentages prescribed are a weight you could do for MORE reps than prescribed?

Leaving some in the tank is a bit foreign to me, but I guess it would make some sense from a volume stand point in order to get more working sets in. But the trade off is some intensity.



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Help! I need a link to a blog to justify a Husband/Dad's inconvenient and extended bathroom time!

My wife is hitting me with mommy blogs about husbands taking a lot of time in the bathroom. I need some ammo to throw it back at her. Fire with fire. Thanks guys!



[For comments] Strength Program for Traveling Professional

Hi there,

My job will require I travel frequently starting June -- which means I cannot continue my usual training (SL) on M/W/F. So I tried to devise a strength training emphasizing work-outs on the weekends when I am sure I can go to the gym, with only one session during weekdays, on Wednesday when I am about certain I will not be traveling.

I am a 41 yr old Novice, with goal of reaching 1BW for BP, 1.2 BW for Squat, 1.5 BW for DL (and something like 0.75 BW for OHP) and 10 BW chin-ups. Nothing very original.

Your comments are much welcome.

Saturday

  • Squat 5x5
  • Bench-press 5x5
  • Over-head press 5x5

Sunday

  • Barbel row 5x5
  • Cable pull-down (narrow grip, underhand) 5x5
  • Deadlift 1x5
  • Plank 3 x 60 sec.

Wednesday

  • Squat 5x5
  • Bench-press 5x5
  • Cable pull-down (narrow grip, underhand) 5x5
  • Plank 3 x 60 sec.

Each exercise would have a warm-up of 3x5 with increasing load. Loading would follow a linear progression with 2.5 kg increments down to 1 kg increments when I start failing. Also, standard de-load by 20% when failing 3 sessions in a row.

Saturday is "Push", Sunday is "Pull" and Wednesday is "Full body", with squats twice a week because I cannot do them on both Saturday and Sunday.

Thanks for your comments and advice.



NSCA CSCS exam book- 4th edition?

Has anyone took the CSCS exam recently (last 2 years)? I'm wondering how different the 3rd and 4th edition of the book are from each other. I have the 3rd edition from when I was in PT school and would rather not buy another book if the content isn't too different. Thanks!



Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Monday, 17 April 2017

Need a Program to Get Ripped On

Yes I know about SS, and Strong Lift, but I want a program that gets me that nice lean build that you want at a beach, I'm not in it to have massive arms, I just want more of that "Holly Wood" look. I'm just wondering if their is a program out their I could do or just follow, I mean I have a pull up bar, a weighted belt for the pull ups and dips, a dip bar, a barbell with a bench press and squat area, and some dumbbells, along with a good old treadmill. So I'm just wondering is their a program that gets you the lean yet ripped look? Because as of right now I don't know what to do and I'm extremely lost and need some help in all of this.



Need a 3 Day Non-Consecutive Wokout Plan

So I'm 13 and need 3 main days a week workout plan, one day for Legs-Shoulders, another for Chest-Arms, and lastly one for Back-Biceps. I have a pull up bar with a weighted belt along with that, and a dip bar, along with dumbells a squat station and a bench press station, and I have a treadmill for cardio. I know it's asking a lot but can someone make a workout plan for those 3 body areas so I can follow it? Thank you for your time, and if you do make it thank you for putting in your effort to do so.



Saturday, 15 April 2017

Toes forward squatters?

Anyone here squat with their toes pointed forward? Did you have to readjust/relearn your squat mechanics or could you always do so naturally? I personally find that with enough ankle and hip mobility, which I've been really focusing on, it is possible to do so safely with substantially heavy loads on your back. In fact, its helped me tremendously with depth, as well staying tight in the hole compared to toes slightly out. Toes out caused my knees to cave in slightly (I believe some refer to it as "valgus twitch") on the concentric part of the movement. Toes forward almost completely eliminated that problem for me. Can anyone relate to that?



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Weight Discrepancy from Barbell to Dumbbells

So, I'm a small guy, just started really working out with weights. I'm about to start benching 100lb after starting at 65lb in mid-February. I want to start working on my stabilizing muscles by pressing dumbbells.

Now, here's where my question comes in. How high of a discrepancy is normal for going from the barbell to dumbbells. I'm going to a MAX of being able to press 40lb dumbbells, and I'm really only comfortable doing 35lb—much lower than my last 95lb bench press (47.5lb/arm approx.).



Friday, 14 April 2017

Fit Daddy, Fat Daddy: Comparing parenting to Wile E Coyote and Roadrunner!

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Powerlifting for a Cyclist?

I'm a powerlifter that also rides 150-200 mi per week. Quite recently I've gone from doing mostly low rep, heavy workouts with bench, squatting in deadlifting (in the 3-5 rep range) to more high rep stuff (12-15 rep range) and more isolation stuff, to train for a race in may that's ~142 miles and around 14,000 ft of climbing. Previously, I was aiming to just generally get stronger and improve my compound lifts. However, I realize this is not likely due to my current riding schedule/goals. So now, I'm aiming to just maintain my muscle mass.

My numbers Squat: 255 x 5 Deadlift: 405 x 1 Bench: 185 x 1 OHP: 125 x 3

Does anyone have any cycling/powerlifting routines that they are aware of, or that they would recommend?



Workout routine with minimal equipment

Hi im looking for a full body workout plan, i have been doing the basics, have my diet in check, but i cant lose the flabby look. I dont have a scale so my estimated weight is somewhere between 160/170, last time i benched my max was 250. My bodyfat is at 11%, if any more info is needed ask and ill find out what i can.

I cant squat, deadlift or run very well due to previous injuries, so im open to any suggestions at all.

Thank you for reading and any suggestions.



EMSKR How to give a professional level back and shoulder massage

My girlfriend has thoracic outlet syndrome (sp?) and has pretty significant pain in her shoulders, neck, and back. Sometimes I give her massages, but truthfully I have no idea what I'm doing and only make her feel any relief maybe 50% of the time. I'd love some pointers or resources to improve my amateur massage skills.



Thursday, 13 April 2017

Heavy Weight

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Deadlift form?

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Tuesday, 11 April 2017

19 year old, college soccer player - weight gain

I am a 19 year old, D3 college soccer player living in California. I am 5'11, 150lbs with a very skinny build. In season, in the fall, we practice 6 days a week, and lift twice a week. In the off season, we practice 3 days a week, and lift 3 days a week. While I have seen improvements, I need to gain weight and gain muscle mass in order to compete for a starting spot. In addition to this, I have hypothyroidism which inhibits the function of my metabolism and I take a daily hormone replacement.

I usually consume whey protein with oats after working out, in addition to three meals a day with lots of protein and just overall generally well rounded (as best I can do in a college dining hall). What I am looking for is what types of proteins specifically in addition to supplements I should be taking in order to be gaining mass and muscle. My goal for the end of the summer is somewhere around the 165-170 range.



Is it fair to say this to your child?

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Grandfather sees color for the first time - saw this on r/gifs, but here's the video link

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Need help learning about/programming for periodization?

I just started doing research on periodization, currently wanting to start writing my own training programs. I am a decathlete, so there are a lot of factors that go in to it, mainly how technical a lot of my events are. After doing only some brief research, it seems two things are apparent: 1. Phase training should emphasize one specific characteristic (long-term endurance, strength-endurance, basic strength, power, speed, etc.) and de-emphasize other training characteristics (sprinting speed while trying to increase strength). 2. Very difficult and potentially less productive to attempt simultaneous development of different physical and physiological characteristics or motor abilities. Basically dont try to get fast and strong and powerful, all at once. Choose. Now my question is, where does the technical aspect fall into all of this. If I have to throw discus, a extremely technical event, can I throw it in all the cycles since its not weight being or metabolically taxing? Or since it is so technically difficult, it needs to wait? I just don't know where the specific technical tasks come into play within a periodization scheme?



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Teaching my kid good manners is really f****** boring

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EMSK: What Are Your Rights When It Comes to Involuntary Bumps?

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Saturday, 8 April 2017

EMSK: How To Wash A Car

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RANT TIME - ANGRY DAD RANT

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final year dissertation project, for personal trainers

Hi guys, i am a final year student at nottingham trent university, i am conducting a study into the differing marketing techniques used by personal trainers on social media. if any of you could spare 5 minutes to take my survey it would be greatly appreciated. here is the link http://ift.tt/2nrzpAG cheers



Getting sticker residue out of a washed and dried shirt, by Dad

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EMSK: Doors don't close anywhere near as often as you think.

So I just read a whole thread which was basically just people saying the "do a degree that's useful" or "have a clear goal if you want to get anything out of your degree"; and lots of people regretting the choices they made and I want to offer another perspective because i know a lot of people have this on thier minds.

Doors only close to lack of education, not different education.

The main thing you can take from university is how it sets you up to be an independent learner. Even in the most directed and specific of courses, if it is taught properly, they are teaching you to be able to always learn in that area. No one would expect anyone to do 3-5 years of university and then have a wrote knowledge of the topic off by heart, no doctor knows every malady, and no musician knows everything about theory or playing, but they do have the tools to learn more when they need to.

And that tool set is completely transferrable. A liberal arts degree doesn't preclude you from pursuing education and training later in life, no more than an engineer can not create a structured routine to start becoming a performing musician!

Of course you will have technical areas to learn and develop, but in any field you work in, that will be the situation for your entire life. I'm having to start learning very basic maths... The experts in my field are still learning maths, so i cant let the fact I have to learn stop me!

We all know people who chose a "just so" degree, expectation or immaturity or any other reason led to them not considering their degree and now they just kind of coast... Well, the problem there is not the degree, it's the attitude. Someone who coasts through a liberal arts degree just enough to pass, will do the same in a STEM degree and chances are they likely see the end of the degree as the end of learning. And I think that "treading water" approach is what leads people to having careers that don't fulfill them or feeling like they made a bad choice... Treating the, really rather amazing, opportunity to develop their life long learning skills as something to just amble through.

I'm not saying "yes everyone rush to uni!" Or that practical and trade vocations are worthless, obviously I fully advocate thorough advance thought and planning. But after the fact, once that choice has been made? There's very few excuses to stop someone from changing it and doing something else.

It's a ball ache for sure. But the cause isn't lost!

(Especially if you're 22 fresh out of uni and upset at your choice!! You'll never be in a better position to work to rectify something you consider a mistake or misguided)



Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Question about deadlift strength standards?

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EMSK - how to survive a fall through ice

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EMSKR: How to rescue a child out of a hot car

News stories occasionally come up about children left in car seats in a hot car. It's unthinkable for a parent to deal with, but also pretty awful would be to see it happening and not be able to do anything about it. So how do we handle this?

I have a partial idea:

  1. Call 911 (or 999, or whatever the emergency number is where you live) FIRST. Tell them where you are and what is happening. If you don't have a cell phone, run into the nearest business and get them to call 911 immediately.
  2. Break a window furthest away from the child? Here's where I run out of ideas. I'm not a guy who typically carries a zombie apocalypse kit with me. I'm unlikely to have one of those window-breaking hammers on my person. What's the best way to break a car window if I have to?

This seems like something that would fit on AoM, but I just keep finding ways to escape from a sinking car, which seems less likely to happen to me.



Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Dad Jeans: a comedy podcast about fatherhood that is actually about rock bands, politics and what we're drinking

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They don't make baby monitor stands, so I made one. Thoughts for improvements?

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1RM based on mass of body parts being used, or whole body?

Hi, so apparently a rough guide for your 1RM is 1.225 times your body weight. But obviously your 1RM is different for each exercise, so I would assume you would only calculate this using the the mass of the body part you were moving?



I want to strength train more! But when?!

Hi everyone I am currently in a bit of a dilemma. My problem is that I don't know when to strength train. I train boxing two times a week. Tuesday and Thursday. I also have a gym membership, but I only use it on Saturdays. I would like to go to the gym more often, but I don't know when. Optimally I would like to train at the gym three or two times a week. Should I train the day before boxing or the day after? I really don't know when because boxing is a full body workout and I don't want to be sore when boxing. I also don't want to hurt my gains by not allowing my body to recover.

Thanks in advance - Confused teenager



Monday, 3 April 2017

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Looking for testers for my iOS app 'Lift'!

Hey guys,

I posted in a few subreddits a while back regarding my new app for weightlifters called ‘Lift’ and gained around 100 testers for the app. I have since worked on revising a V2 update of the app and am looking for more people who would like to test it out!

Requirements are an iPhone 6, 6+, 7, 7+, the latest iOS update, and that you do a weight lifting based exercise routine

The app has 3 modules, a routine builder/tracker with logging features, a set and rest timer to track exercise, and an exercise database (the database is 3rd party so I don’t have control over its contents at the moment). I’m primarily looking for feedback on the routine builder/tracker and how well it suits users needs.

Here are a few screenshots to give a brief idea:

Todays Routine… http://ift.tt/2nNWWZy

Todays Routine Exercise Detail… http://ift.tt/2osG6lG

Set Rest Timer…. http://ift.tt/2nO8yLK

Exercise Database... http://ift.tt/2osPnKp

Exercise Database Exercise Details…. http://ift.tt/2nOaPGN

All I need if you’d like to give it a go is a PM of your apple ID email address and then I can drop you an invite to download the app, you will receive any further updates too and I just need any thoughts or issue with usage sent to me so I can work on them!

The only thing currently missing is editing an existing exercises set number and deleting a set, this is something im working on for the next update, everything else should be fine.

If you were a previous tester and want back in on the new version let me know as I cleared the tester list for the new version.

Appreciate any help and feedback



Sunday, 2 April 2017

Did a 2 week pure chest workout and after a week of pause I can barely lift my 75% 1 rep max

Hey guys, i've been going to the gym for 1.5 years and I plateau'd a few months ago at 70 pounds on each side; 1 rep max. I am very comfortable with doing 55's on each side (I usually do 4x8). So after my friend introduced to me this strength training regime that worked for him, I decided to try it too. The workout is here: http://ift.tt/2fSRC67

I modified it by doing only the bench workout, and added chest fly's to it. I would do this 4 times a week for 2 weeks and towards the end, I could do 8x4 with 75's on each side. I was really happy with the results, but it was short-lived. After a week pause from the gym due to midterms, I came back to hit chest and shockingly had trouble doing my usual 55's. My triceps felt so weak, I could barely keep it up. I tried again several times over the course of the month and still nothing has changed. I'm beginning to worry, did I over-train? I've already tried deloading after reading some forums, but it hasnt helped. My overall strength just straight up vanished.



Back into weightlifting...need some motivation

Hey crew!

I know this question is silly and is mental masturbation...HOWEVER.

I stopped lifting after having mono when my spleen swelled...and didn't get back into it. That was 8 months ago lol. I started lifting again a week ago and I'm weak as fuck! Anyone tell me how long till I'm back to where I was? For example...

I was benching 180 5x5....I just struggled to get 115 5x5 I was doing pull-ups 3x10, now I can only do 2 pull-ups :(((( squats, deads I intentionally went low weight so I'm not incapacitated by DOMS but I'm sure I'm weak in those too..

I'm 6'3 and was low body fat (6pack), at 173ish pounds, Now I'm 185 and no six pack.

Obviously I'm going to continue lifting but if anyone can humor me with some info on how long till I bounce back I'd appreciate it :)



Single AMRAP Set vs Multiple Sets/Reps (Deadlifts) ?

Hey guys,

Before posting your opinion here's a bit of a backstory...

I'm currently into my 3rd week of training for my 4th PL meet in June. June 3 to be exact. The week before prep began, I tweaked my back whilst taking my socks off before bed. (Lost my balance and when I corrected myself, it popped. Strained lower back, swelling etc). It's a lot better now, and I've begun squatting again. Squatted 3x last week. But I didn't deadlift at all until today to be exact. My back just hasn't felt good enough to squat. I twisted myself up so bad that my left leg was about 3/4 inch longer than my right. I saw a chiropractor twice and it seems to be better but I was still iffy on deadlifts.

I'm finally now to a point where I want to deadlift a bit, and was wondering what you guys thought of a single AMRAP set as opposed to sets/reps?

If I went this route, I'd basically be doing a different methodology for all 3 lifts:

Bench - Doing 3-5 competition singles to start my workout, then get all my volume sets in on accessories (close grip, incline, OHP, Slingshot, etc, addressing weak points). Keeping to about 1 minute between rest. I'm sticking to the same weight all week, upping it by 5lbs or so each week right now. This allows me to train bench more often. Up to 4-5x a week.

Squat - Due to back issues I am basically sticking to a linear approach. Started at 57.5%, then 60%, 62.5% and then 65% last workout and sticking to the standard sets of 6 approach while I wait for my back to feel better. In my next block I plan to maybe have a similar approach that I do in my bench. Right now it's been 4 sets of 6 or 5x5, with about 2, sometimes 3 minutes between sets.

Deadlifts - Today was the beginning of my 3rd week. I started at 60% (415lbs) and opted to, instead of doing tons of volume, work up to this weight and do one single AMRAP set (I got 12, with 1-2 in the tank) and stopped.

Just wondering with those with more experience, your thoughts on this? I've researched and guys like Greg Nuckols have said you get the most gain from a single working set as opposed to multiple, but I just didn't know if anyone had any hands on experience with this. I plan to as time goes on, change this up but right now this may be the most effective way to allow me to deadlift but not jack myself up more.

For those who are curious, my 1RM's are 530 squat, 385 bench, and 690 DL. I am 6'2", and about 225-230lbs.

Cheers!



Saturday, 1 April 2017

Training 6 days a week ?

Alright so , I haven't trained for a couple of months due to a small injury ( more like a discomfort ) and the past week I started training again , feeling great . Although , I kept thinking on what/when to train and if I'd be overtraining .

Monday - Biceps , Abs Tuesday - Triceps , Abs Wednesday - Back , Abs Thursday - Chest , Abs Friday - Shoulder , Abs Saturday - Legs , Abs

Do you think that that's a good plan or not ?



Grandpa crying as grandson (Tyler Jost) makes NHL debut x-post /r/hockey

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Father Finds Out His Son Is Getting Out Of Prison

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