Recent content by blowdpanis

oh yah, i figure i'd throw in an anecdote about barbell rows: i found that i could perform barbell rows with a close, neutral grip via using an olympic triceps bar. if you are capable of doing so, i really recommend it...the amount of weight i was lifting improved noticably. best performance...

deads were mentioned, 280 for 15 with straps being my best performance probably. i performed 325 for 3 without straps a couple months back. my weakest lifts are bench and squats, i think. i haven't consistently trained barbell bench for ~2 years. flat barbell bench best performance is...

to rev: i don't even know many bodybuilder types that can chin/dip as much as me :) my lower body sucks, hence the mediocre deads (ie weak bottom portion of posterior chain). not that i'm superman, but it is good relative strength, i think. the main difference is eating. the size = strength...

just curious how many 'not so big' guys that are out there that can put up some impressive numbers. i realized that in several years of training now (5, though only a couple/few have been worthwhile), i haven't really eaten like a bodybuilder. as a consequence, i am not very big muscularly...

the leg press thingy is simply to keep up activation of the quadriceps, as deads don't involve much leg extension (or nearly as much as a leg press or squat). i hypothesize it won't interfere too much with my deadlift. i'm not looking for an ASSISTANCE exercise for the deadlift, but rather...

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god damn you, i'm not here to debate. lol the logic is appallingly simple. squats fuck up my lower back, partially due to contraindications of my own unique aspects as a trainee. i do work on squats, heavily, but i am interested in a DEADLIFT FOCUSED PROGRAM FOR A FEW MONTHS. boy, imagine...

just for reference, here's what i was looking at: powertec leg press thing

maybe you're not understanding me. i don't care about your gym lore, i'm asking for feedback on the actual device :) or any leg presses that one could purchase for a not stupid price.

a dumb thought this might sound incredibly stupid, and i hope no one who knows anything about physics actually corrects me but... the hst/dc style strike me as the 'phaser' of 'lasers.' the principle of the phaser is that short bursts of laser accumulate more effect than a continuous, steady...

assuming i run across some money, i was halfway interested in buying some sort of leg press-esque device for home use. i have a squat rack, but i want to focus a few months on deadlifts and use leg press as complementary to this. squats + deads in any routine simultaneously fry my CNS/lower...

hmm i think it's somewhat obvious that more frequent training, up to a point, yields more potential hypertrophy. i halfway agree with the conspiracy theory you've presented, too. the assumption that people keep making in all of this is that the balance of intensity/volume/frequency is...