Recent content by Kabeetz

If you have swollen lymph nodes and they aren't subsiding you should really consider going to the Dr.

Nothing is gonna replace squats in the long term...it's a total body, testosterone building compound movement. But for a short while u could probably just do heavy leg presses on Wednesdays.

Very simple. Re-read the madcow site. There is mention that the original intermediate 5x5 program had power cleans, NOT barbell rows. The clean is a back developer. Just like u can choose to run incline bench or overhead press, but not both, you should choose power cleans or rows. When it...

A powerlifter will lay with the bar almost behind his head, looking back towards the bar... and lift and bring it well in front of the chest, then descend down towards ur chest, touching at the highest point, then push the bar up and back. Then subsequent reps will go from the up and back...

Forget the routine and the supps. it all starts with food. If you are not eating enough to make the scale budge, you are not eating enough to grow. Make the scale move up, add weight to the bar every week, and/or add reps to the set every week and get stronger, get bigger.

If you are doing a 90 degree bent over row, you should deload to the floor with each rep. This will allow you to generate more power and explosive strength. I've even recently found I prefer this with DB Rows. If you are doing barbell rows not 90 degree, then bend over more and see above :)

Ulter and Mac must be some pretty knowledgable bros if people are willing to spend 10 pages of thread defending and discussing them. Impressive, and the positive legacy will not be tarnished by those who wish to re-write history and delete posts in a vain attempt to impress a few newbs. If you...

Dingo..the answer is there is no one program. Your body needs to changes and to try to mix things up..different exercises, different stimuli, different rep ranges, most importantly... MORE WEIGHT ADDED TO THE BAR. Stick with what works. If you are growing/gaining on the 5x5 don't think about...

Re: Bill Starr's 5 x 5 program... Variation per Madcow2 (thanx) So here it is! K up n Please note that it is HIGHLY unlikely that is the case:) You WILL grow and strengthen off the intermediate program, and probably fall in love with its logic, simplicity and intuitive design.

Revisionist history: Because If You Say It Enough, Somebody's Gonna Believe It!

I wouldnt do cardio only for two weeks, your body will only feed on the muscle you've built. I do think taking a couple weeks off might be a good idea. You might want to make adjustments to your lifting schedule... following the 5x5 template for a year, even with adjustments, might not always...

Maybe some nice panty hose would have a slimming effect on your legs. I'm trying to remember what brand Al recommended to me when I had that issue...

There is a famous study done on monkeys and marijuana. One monkey went clinically insane or something... a wierd outlier... but the only long major term side effect noted was on motivation, the inhibition of it. For me, weed makes me f up my clean diet, and makes feel like I am not in 100%...

You're nervous and anxious and you don't feel comfortable with a strange chick and then because u're nervous it'll happen again. I wish there was an easy answer for you bro. You're gonna meet a girl who just totally takes control of you and rapes you and're gonna break that little streak of...

Biggest difference is in your traps & back. wow. 22 pounds in 3.5 months is amazing. I am very, very, very proud of you. You haven't been dealt a perfect genetic hand (and guess what? Neither was I or most of us on here, that's why we were/are/will be so determined to evolve). You are...