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ANIMAL MASS - I've got a similar thing going on right now in my left forearm too - right after I benched a 500 raw (for IRISHPOWER) I felt a tightness in my left tricep - and it moved to my left elbow - and then finally to my forearm. When I supinate the left hand/wrist - it makes "popping"...

CONGRATULATIONS TO TOMMY FANNON - GREAT JOB. Unfortunately Tommy sustained a LAT injury on a DL attempt. Hopefully it's not too serious. The lifts were @275BWT. Keep PUNCHIN BRO. MK

Hey Irish, here's my assessment of you - you're nothing but a self-promoting, powerlifting wannabe, that's spends most of his time on the internet talking shit, and giving "advise" to people, without knowing what the fuck you're talking about. And the measure of a man/person, isn't what they...

Irish, I'm glad that you are sticking to your assessment about injuries and balls, as I am also standing by my views on brains and using your head. As far as injury lists, I didn't need to see yours either, as you were the first to bring up all of your injuries. I noticed you had very little...

Well Irish, what I got from your post was that you thought that rarely any injuries were severe enough to stop competing at a lift, and if you did, you obviously didn't have the balls to be a powerlifter. I didn't post anything before you made the statement about the injuries RARELY being...

Hey IrishPower, how old are you? Do you have any kids? As far as brains or balls - it's more like brains or EGO man. Don't say that all patellar tendon ruptures are the same either - because they're not. And the way your surgeon does the repair, has a lot to do with wether you will ever be...

Well IrishPower, as far as that statement about "RARELY being injuries that you can't overcome, just lack of willpower to do so", that all depends on what the injury was, and what "overcoming" the injury means. I've completely ruptured my patellar tendon, the doctor said I'd be lucky to walk...

Sorry, I just realized he said 10 POUNDS PER WEEK - not the 5 pounds I quoted - WOW that's a stretch - 40 pounds per month - that would be incredible - and you probably would have to increase your bodyweight a lot, in order to even come close to achieving that goal. If you are a beginner, there...

By training shoulders and triceps twice a week, and trying to add weight to those exercises, while trying to go up 5 pounds in the bench every week - is probably going to add up to overtraining. The triceps need recovery time in order to get stronger, the same goes with the delts and pecs. If...

New Jack, Having competed as an amateur and professional boxer in the '70's and '80's, I can give you some qualified advise. First, drop the glutamine, and start taking a multi-vitamin - if you don't think you are getting enough vitamins from your daily diet. The protein drink once a day is...

Hey Powerlifterjay - I noticed you had a birthday a couple of days ago - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO - Does that make you 28 now? Man, you'll be a master lifter pretty soon! How's the training been going? How's the new dog?

You're killin me Mikey. We weren't talking about calves either-Ha. Just kidding bro. I've got 15's, and we were talking about forearms - on women - 12's are huge. Stay Strong. MK

I use the thumbs wrapped grip, more stable, and can handle more weight. However, on all of my tricep exercises, I use a thumbless grip - even close-grip (22") bench presses. I think the triceps and lats are used more during the bench press movement, when using the thumbless grip. As far as...

Punch, I've been weight training for about 30 years, the first 15 years bodybuilding, the last 15 powerlifting, more specifically- training for and competing in bench press competitions. As far as westside training goes, you don't "need" to do their routines in order to obtain a huge bench...

I just thought I'd give some info on one of the WABDL bench rules that some of the lifters might not be aware of - THE BENCH PRESS DOESN'T START - UNTIL THE PRESS COMMAND IS GIVEN - WHEN THE BAR REACHES THE CHEST. So basically, you can do whatever you want UNTIL THE PRESS COMMAND - tap dance...