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Deadlift Alternatives at Home

The deadlift is an exercise that’s explicitly made effective with heavy weight, and there are few true deadlift alternatives. Heavy weight, in this case, is relative. I’m probably not alone when...

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Leg Calisthenics for Powerlifters

When it comes to calisthenics training, there’s no shortage of pull and push exercises. Beginners and masters alike can amuse themselves with countless pushup and pull-up variations, as well as a...

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Pull Up Variations for Powerlifting

Despite the pull-up being far removed from the usual heavyweight iron culture of most powerlifting gyms, it’s a staple in nearly any lifter’s program, much more so than the push-up. Pull-ups...

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Pushups for Powerlifting – Progressions at Home

The pushup is the quintessential resistance exercise. Perhaps not in terms of effectiveness, but certainly in terms of reputation. It’s a dead-simple exercise and can be done on the fly, like many...

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Useful Calisthenics for Powerlifting

Calisthenics and powerlifting feel like they're on opposite ends of a strength spectrum. One has you using objects to move your body, while the other has you moving objects with your body. But at...

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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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