Recent content by FAUSTO

Workouthhh, these are great guys here that would help anybody out who needs help and advice. Dont call anybody names because your negative anger will make you lose the respect of the people here and nobody will help you out. Listen to what the people here are saying to you, the advice they are...

Hello everybody, I just did my second session today with my trainer and it was great. I did BENCH and LYING TRICEP EXTENSION. The weights were light because i am only starting properly. The first session was SQUAT and GOOD MORNINGS. Now i am waiting to do my third session. It will be DEADLIFT...

Hey guys whats up, I went for my first training session with the guy at the gym who is willing to help me and i had a great session. I did squats and good mornings and it was great. He has agreed to stay with me for a few sessions to help me get my form down. He proposed a 5x5 workout with...

I love all three especially when you are breaking PR's. But personally i love to squat and deadlift, then bench would come next for me :newbie:

Thanks guys for all your help, I have been talking to a guy at my gym who has done powerlifting and strongman comps, and he has agreed to coach me. Im really pumped to get back to what i love doing the most :newbie:

Thanks guys for the advice, Bald gorilla can you tell me if i should increase the weight by a weekly progression or do you recommend a longer time frame so as i can concentrate on correct form and technique, im not so worried about what i can lift, im not one of those people that go in and try...

Hello to everybody, I just got back to the gym 2 weeks ago after being out for over a year. I have being reading up on the boards and looking up some routines and im getting very confused about what to do. I really want to get into powerlifting big time and lift some heavy weight and be as big...

Hello to everybody my name is Fausto. I have been using Mammoth 2500 for a while and i find it easy to mix and goes down nicely. My question is do you guys think this is a good weight gainer or are there any better ones. I have tried a lot of things by Twinlab and find there products great also...

Thanks GSP for your reply, it was a good help to me.

If anybody could help me out, I was wondering if you should decrease the weight on the second squat day from the first day and increase it a little bit more on the third squat day but not as much as the first day. What i mean is if someone where to squat 200 lbs on day one then on day two he...

Thank you very much for your reply, it is a big help to me.

hello to everybody, i have a question about how to do the warm ups for marks begginner program. i know that you have to ramp up the weight for the warm ups, but i am confused about the weight that should be used for the working sets. if someone where to use 100 lbs for there working sets in the...

Hey to everybody, its been a while since i posted. I want everybodys opinion on whats the best way to warm up for Bill Starr's 5x5 routine. I really want to get into powerlifting. I have a feeling that my knees are weak and i want to get them very strong. One more thing, my gym does not have any...

Thanks guys for your replies, i am very grateful. I have some more questions for you. 1. How long do you recommend that i use the single factor theory before i switch over to doing the dual factor type training. 2. How many warm up sets do you think i should do before doing the main 5x5...

I want to start bill starrs 5x5 routine, single factor theory. I have a few questions about the routine. On mondays training could i swap the weighted hypers to goodmornings because we dont have a hyper machine in the gym that i go to. On wednesdays instead of doing incline bench, could i swap...