I just ordered a set of fractional plates today: 2 1/4 lb. 2 1/2 lb. 2 3/4 lb. 2 1 lb. plates. I've just been training linearly lately, no ME or DE stuff, just sets of 5 adding weight every workout. I'm at the point where it's just not possible to continue adding 5 lbs. to my OH press,...

I don't know why it is but I HATE training biceps. I just dont care. What is your approach to training biceps, if at all? I see the merit in training them to avoid injury in deadlifting or even benching, but how far do you take it? Specific isolation movements or just lots of rowing...

Yesterday I was supposed to either condition or perform a recovery activity. There was no part of me that wanted to do either. I remember watching one of Mark Bell's vids talking about Stan Efferding and his push towards his last meet. Mark talked about how Stan incorporated naps into his program....

Had Jim Grandick on Just Big last night. He talked about how he does a 5 day split. He also came from a bb background. Jim is a pretty muscular guy to say the least. Just curious on thoughts about hitting the main lifts and treating the rest of your training like a bb. Already thinking about my...

How many of you guys train with a crew and how many of you train by yourselves? Sometimes if a crew isn't run in an orderly fashion, I know a lot of people who have opted to train by themselves for both the simplicity as well as the efficiency. The flip side of that is you lose spotters,...

Hi, I need a belt cause of the weights that are going up with time, Anyway, I wanted to get an Inzer one but it's too expensive (around 130$ with shipping) So people recommanded me to get this RDX belt (LINK) And after a brief look it looks like it's too thin and dosen't look very durable so...

Outside of going to a meet and hitting a single, what is the one exercise that you know if you hit a PR on you are stronger? For me it's full range with heavy amounts of chain (4 or more sets). I always keep track of my PR on that movement and if I hit a PR I know I'm good for a PR at the meet. ...

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Hey all. Not looking for clinical diagnosis here or anything, but I'm curious who else has dealt with this. Ever since roughly around the time I started powerlifting (6 years ago), I get high serum creatinine levels in my blood tests (usually around 1.5 mg/DL, but it varies a bit). Of course,...

I sure hope someone reads all this... For those pushing a raw 500, or maybe double bodyweight in the higher weight classes, i have a question. I've historically done a LOT ov assistance for my bench... like two consecutive days pretty much (bench + heavy bench assist + pecs day 1,...

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Ever since I switched gyms, I cannot setup properly on the lower benches. I used to be able to get both tight and tremendous leg drive because my old gym's bench was higher off the ground. I can either tuck my legs back which results in zero leg drive, but I am very tight or I can go feet way...

Thoughts? Are boards only good for guys who bench in shirts? Or is there some correlation to increasing your raw strength?

Brent Howard (a.k.a. “Sgt. Rock”) is a celebrity of sorts in the powerlifting world. Brent gives a little bit away about what makes him tick and then tells his secrets for deadlift mastery! http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=262 Enjoy :) Daniel

Now that the weather is nicer, it's easier to use the sled. At my gym we use it year round but inside gets boring. We vary the pulls between heavy weight and shorter pulls (100yds or less) designed for strength and speed increase, to lighter weight and longer pulls (300-400yds) more geared...

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I'm down 7lbs and I hit a 70lb Pr, I did 405 here then 5 minutes later I hit 425. How's my form? I'm super happy lol http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa-466KxK0

I just moved to a new town with my new wife which means training at a new gym, "the rush". I'd never trained in a commercial gym much at all and it was never busy but this was monday night, national bench and curl day apparently. 50+ people on benches and the db rack but the squat rack was open. ...

Hey everyone, so for the past 3 weeks I've been using Floor Presses as my Max Effort bench lift, and have gotten up to a heavy single with 285. Last week, I also decided to see where I was at on CGBP and got 290 for a heavy single However, today I did board presses as my ME lift. I made my own...

I've been seeing videos and posts as of late inferring that bands are an ineffective tool for strength training. Here is a quick rebuttal I made: 1iNGJPEwtrQ&feature

When do you do them, back day, shoulder day, other? Curious to hear some thoughts.

This lift has me on track to where I want to be. I have been sick and still gutted this week out. I'm proud of my work. Embarrassingly, about 3-4 months ago I missed a 530 raw bench warming up to put the shirt on at the last Elite UGSS. I don't know if I'm working smarter, but I'm definitely...

How often does everyone here do ab work? Every day? Just on lower days? Do you think abs need an effciant amount of recovery time just as any other muscle does, like hit them hard once or twice a week then rest them?

Just a local meet, but my first one. 350SQ 270BE 550DL @ 210# Best gym lifts are 365SQ 255BE (with pause) 585DL Had never done all 3 lifts back to back before, DL was a disappointment but the squat took a lot out of me. Lot of fun, can't wait till the next one!

Had a conversation last night with a friend and i'm having trouble coming up with many pros for normal band set ups and was wondering what you guys thought. my pros for rev band set ups - the exponential tension curve doesn't really seem much different if at all even though it's flipped. ...

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I've been training a long time. Currently doing Crossfit at an affiliate 3 days/week and doing 5/3/1 throughout the rest of the week. My numbers are DL 475, Squat 385, BP 330. I have a power rack in my garage and would like to incorporate bands/chains into my DL, Squat, and Benchpresses. What's...

A short article I wrote today: http://www.atlargenutrition.com/blog/2013/05/tendon-stiffness-from-exercise-is-it-really-bad/

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