Recent content by Iron Chin

On madcow's 5x5, the Deads come after the Military Press, probably for this very reason. Deads just take it all outta ya.

I recently acquired a mild case of whiplash following an accident last Monday. Due to the accident, my neck and back have been stiff from about the shoulder blade region up to the very top of my neck and my jaw. However, the pain and stiffness have subsided significantly and now there is just...

Now when can we get it as a supplement? :p New York Times Article about Lactic Acid

There is this one 18-year old or so, very skinny guy at my gym who I see almost everytime I'm there. He is always doing multiple sets of wrist curls, barbell, dumbell etc., while I'm laboring under heavy ass squats. I just want to slap him with a Starting Strength book. Think this would be a...

Little known fact thats fun to tell the Aberzombies: Ernest Hemingway shot himself with his Abercrombie & Fitch shotgun. Yeah, they used to be a real deal wilderness outfitting co.

More idiots in the power rack. A guy got annoyed with me when I racked his 2 five pound dumbells and 2 five pound plates he left in the POWER rack. He was training his girlfriend to do bodyweight excercises using the only power rack, the only 2 benches and the dip station and girly weights...

Re: Bill Starr's 5 x 5 program... Variation per Madcow2 (thanx) So here it is! K up n By its very nature, the advanced program is for advanced lifters. The idea is that when the linear progression stops working for you, you will need to move to the dual factor periodization with rest built...

Anotherbutters: I am currently doing the basic 3x5 linear progression program and was thinking about how to switch to the intermediate and eventually advanced when the time came. Your line analogy really put the transition between programs into perspective for me. Thanks. Good luck VSUdude...

Agreed. I hate counting cals/carbs and I like the idea of cardio through the oly lifts so this method seems right up my alley. Thanks Biggt.