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6', 195 lbs., 10%. Bench - 295 Squat - 405 Don't really deadlift much, but I can pull 365 without much effort.

P.S. Pulled a muscle in my neck while pressing the 90s the other day. I've been out of the gym for 5 days now, and it looks like it will be a few more until I'm back. I'm rethinking whether I should be training shoulders heavy at all...

I've gone 90s for sets of 6 which is the heaviest I've seen....but my gym has a bunch of pussies.

Put up 300 at 195 bodyweight...feel pretty good about it. Certainly put a confused look on the face of the bigger guys in the gym. Squat 405 for a single no problem too. I would say 300 is the bigger deal...especially since I train just to look better. If I packed on 50 more pounds of muscle...

Make sure you are locking out over your center of gravity, which is probably further behind your head than you might expect. This should help with balancing the weights. The form in the cross-fit video looks pretty good to me; I just focus on exploding with my legs and that seems to get the...

I stay pretty fit and strong while drinking heavily around 4 nights a week. I don't really get hungover from drinking because I always make sure to get a few liters of water down before bed and also a good protein-packed meal when possible. I've worked out hung over before, it's not really...

With dumbells, there's a physiological reason--you don't get a stretch reflex out of your muscles if you start at the midpoint of the movement on the first rep. But with barbell bench, for example, it's purely mental.

After going through about 3 pairs of boxers, I decided I can no longer where them on leg day. Boxer briefs for me now.

Dips without weight added are a complete joke. Might as well be doing pushups. I usually add at least 2 plates, sometimes 3 if I want to keep the reps a bit lower. I prefer flat bench and incline bench for chest development, however.

Personally, dips just fuck with my shoulders. Everytime I go heavy (3 plates for 6-8 reps), my rotator cuffs get strained or something. Neither flat, incline, nor decline bother my shoulders though.

When on HST, I have always done a bunch of warm up sets. HST can be pretty tough on the joints with all that frequency and intensity, especially deep into the 5's. I don't warm up on every exercise, but I do some sort of warmup every time I encounter a cold body part. For example, if I were...

I remember when I was 18, 6'0 and 165 lbs and first came to this website. Fast forward a few years and I'm 195 lbs of pure muscle. Throughout that time period, I've mostly done HST and 5x5, but I've also thrown in some one bodypart per day routines. I'd say start on the single factor 5x5...

I dropped 405 from about 60% of the way up the other day on my last rep. Good thing the power rack's bars were in place. Made a huge noise and I felt a little stupid because I never see anyone squatting over 225, but it wasn't a big deal. Might have left a little bit of a scratch on my...

Simian- Is HIIT still ok on an empty stomach?

I have the same problem...even when around 8% bodyfat with abs clearly visible, my stomach/organs stick out. It sucks.