Recent content by Aslin

yeah ur back should be close to 45 degrees in the hole, make sure you're lower back is arched. Read starting strength, it will clue you up on all the main lifts better than anyone on here can herlp you.

sub the incline for the standing press

Hey man, thanks for the advice, i've not started any sort of steroid cycle yet, but thanks.

300lb is well good for a 180lb guy, i'm suprised your press isnt higher, I've read Mark rippetoes starting strength and got my form pretty tight now. I've gained some weight, weighing in at about 225 now, bench has shot up to 240*5, but it feels good, defo had more in the tank to up the weight...

yeah I do only bodyweight dips, i do somthing like 4*12, i wasnt thinking of adding weight untill i hit somthing like 4*15, but i'll give it a try next workout. I do take long (3-5mins) rests between my sets, especially when i'm going for pr's. I'm doing my Military right down to upper...

thanks man, I'm really happy with my bis/tris but i'm lagging at military. I stopped doing flys, is that a factor?

hey man is it possible your overtraining if your still improving the majority of your lifts? do you want to be keeping your overall tonnage up as high as possible when your doing progressive training? (aslong as your consistantly getting/maintaining pr's) Thanks - just a bit worried i'm...

I dont understand how it worked for him, u say it was his genetics... Does that mean his ability to recover and grow while doing such a mad workout? U guys forget this dude was a professional bodybuilder, that routine probably took him 8 hours, he was taking shakes and shit throughout etc

Hey guys i just wanna get some advice with some pretty simple questions. Cheers for taking time out. I've stalled on my bench, i'm doing 5*5 ramping at the moment. I've manged to reach 230*5 i've been stuck on this for the past month or so going no where.... I was thinking of changing the rep...

if i'm not feeling it i'd do 1 warm up set and two really heavy sets and get the hell outta there.

I dunno if I agree with pushing to failure on everything for every workout.. it's interesting to hear from all you guys,. I used to go to the gym and do pyramid sets it would look somthing like 10-8-6-8-10. I find thats fine with the easier exercises like curls, as far as squats go i love...

Just out of curiousity.. how do your reps differ when you cut? I presume you would stay low?

yeah mass and strength, my entire workout is geared around the bill starr 5x5, mixed with a bit of rippetoe. for example on a squat i'd do 10 warmup reps on an empty bar 132*8 176*5 231*5 (3 working sets) If i cant do all 3 working sets across i'd drop weight 5 or so lbs untill i...

I've been following the madcow intermediate routine and its working great... But I'm struggling to keep form with my 2.5% increases in weight for the BB rows... I've just finished reading starting strength and I noted that rippetoe suggests doing sets of 8 instead of 5, I was just wandering...

holy shit man when i was in iraq gym was the last thing on my mind lol