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How to Bench Press Without Shoulder Pain

Shoulder and rotator cuff pain is the most frequent upper body pain a powerlifter can encounter, matched by lower back pain and knee pain for the torso and lower body respectively. Whether you’re...

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14 Best Accessory Exercises for Bench Press

Lifters either have a love or hate relationship with the bench press. Some people are gifted with the leverages and natural strength needed to press big weight. Others languish under the bar and...

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Great Accessory Exercises for Powerlifting

While powerlifting is a sport of just three lifts, and most powerlifters (especially beginners) spend most of their training time on the big three, accessory exercises are as important to a...

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Can You Bench Press with a Shoulder Injury?

A shoulder injury is one of the more common injuries in powerlifting. It's also a common injury among weightlifters, tennis players, wrestlers, swimmers, baseball and softball players – you get...

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link to How to Bench Press: My Personal Guide

How to Bench Press: My Personal Guide

The bench press is the ultimate bro exercise, and it’s pretty much the one barbell movement most gymgoers are familiar with. While the squat ranks up there as well, squats are typically neither as...

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  • No gym still (8 months now...), but at least I can make other kinds of progress. 20 solid reps @
  • Day 2. Wish I had chalk, it
  • My first clean no-swing muscle up (on camera ). Without a gym, all I can do is set new bodyweight
  • Hammies and back. Throw in single arm rows and Romanian deads with something heavy for more volume. Banded Leg curls
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  • Banded Push-Ups 4 x 8-12 Floor Press 3 x 8-12 Dips/Close Grip Pushups 4 x 8-12 Banded/Weighted Tricep Extensions 4
  • Weighed in at 73.1kg this morning, starting a powerbuilding program soon. Got a nice solid fat tyre around my midriff
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  • First day, back at it! Working up to heavy single on each lift to wake up (85-90%), then going into
  • Thank youuuu @cornucopia.ofhaworthias an inspirational quote to help me with my training goals in 2020
  • Holy grinder 142.5kg/314lbs for 4, RPE 10 (obviously), last squat sesh. Squats have been kinda shitty this past training cycle
  • 182.5kg/401.5lbs for 6. Heaviest set of the year, and my final pull of 2019. RPE 8, too! Squat PR tomorrow.

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