Recent content by doironron

could be that you are not getting enough work time out of your muscles. By all means, go up in weight, but do not sacrifice higher weights for lower reps, thus less work. I've seen people working out that go high in weights, but throw them up so fast for so many reps and feel so proud of...

Not eating works for me. I train around 3am to about 4:15am, then eat all day long to give the body what it needs to build. around 4:30 I have my first meal (shake) before work, and then every 2-3 hrs until bedtime at 7:30pm (last meal aroung 5pm).

interesting poll, but how about advice? I've tried both, but cannot seem to get enough activation with dumbells, or even enough weight. Body parts do get in the way when doing it with a barbell, but can lift to failure. Question is... is it OK to lean forward on barbell lift to clear...

Usually depends on current routine. on time under tension weeks, i am getting up to 55lbs for 1 min. on my work sets (3). for heavy rep weeks, up to 90lbs for 6-8 reps on work sets (3).

Try dumbell squats, or even for a bit of balance work for variety, do dumbell or barbell lunges, hitting quads, hams, and glutes.

actually, I workout at about 3 in the morning. My last meal was between 5:30 - 6 pm and I am in bed by 7/7:30. I work from 5am - 5pm, so the work/eat/sleep/workout schedules I do work for me. So the problem couldn't be pre-work meals, and I work legs once per week, but am now going to...

I've read an article in Ironman about how Tom Platz did squats at times; Timed. I've been real bad about "routines" and am trying different techniques, but all techniques need a break-in time to figure out your "weight". Last week I did timed squats for 2 Min with 195 lbs on the smith machine...

I get the same thing, but unfortunately during the squat, so much that I have to stop before what I would concider muscle failure. I've only recently made myself work beyond pain (the good kind) to actual failure, but I usually have to stop because I am heaving up water I sip during workouts or...