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Powerlifting for Ectomorphs and Hard Gainers

I’ll be honest, I think body types are pretty stupid. The three major “somatotypes” are based on the outdated musings of a 1940s American psychologist and have no real basis in fact or...

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What Injuries Can You Get from Deadlifting?

Injury prevalence is higher among the deadlift than any other lift, yet studies on injuries are quite low for deadlifting, versus squatting or bench pressing. From what we do know, however,...

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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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Why are Front Squats Harder Than Back Squats?

Front squats are a tougher variation of the back squat, with the barbell held in a “front rack” position resting on the lifter’s anterior deltoids. However, for many lifters, it isn’t quite...

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How to Deadlift: My Personal Guide

I’ve described before that the deadlift feels like home to me, thanks to relatively long arms and a natural affinity for pulling. That doesn’t mean I have any talent in putting big numbers on...

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How Much Warmup Is Enough?

If you’ve ever done any amount of heavy lifting, you know that it’s not generally a good idea to pop into the gym, slip under the barbell, and start off with a 90% TM (training max) set - without...

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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
  • You wouldn
  • 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
  • Same weight (195kg), two weeks apart. 200kg sooooooon #lifting #powerlifting #pwrlft #fitness #barbell #natty #deadlift
  • 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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