Recent content by sothex

you guys are ridiculous. There are 6 pages of responses and not one solid post pertaining to the question. I don't even know why i fuck with these forums.

sets every day? twice a day? should i do pushups every day as opposed to having a big workout and taking a day off? i really want to get them up there

so i have had several pushup competitions with my english teacher and he creams me every time. I quit lifting just recently to do calisthenics and cardio, so i think this is a good time to train for a pushup competition. Before i could never do many because i was always doing very low reps...

what stretches should i do?

sometimes when i deadlift heavy i feel a very uncomfortable pressure (bone-grinding almost) right at the outermost part of my hip-bone. When this happens i assume i shouldn't be going so heavy and drop weights.

hey i usually have a sack of whey protein but i got a good deal on weight gainer and ordered a sack. in the weight gainer is a ton of protein and other shit, i was wondering what the real difference is between the products.

whats the advantage to using bands and chains as opposed to just squatting? and does the box serve any purpose other than to confirm that you are going down low enough?

how do i determine my weaknesses? and i don't really know what any of those are . . . bands? chains? whatsup?

gm's?

Usually i deadlift once a week (not including SLDL), and do a 5x5. I only started deadlifting 2-3 months ago but i love it. Anyway last week i did 5x5 at 140k. Today i switched it up and did 10-8-6-4-2 at 90-110-130-150-170. I was able to complete the set of 4 at 150 perfectly and even felt...

well i suppose i'm going for mass gain and strength gain. Who isn't? I am something like 6'1 (183 cm) and 190 lbs (86 kg). Arms 17.5, legs 24, waist 33. why is this program only average?

hey, i was just wondering why this message was shut envelope and put at the bottom. does anyone know?

so its simplified to a 3 day split wednesday deadlift bench press pronated barbell row wide grip pullups dumbbell flys bicep tricep satuday squats stiff legged dead lifts lunges leg extension leg curl calves sunday incline db press military press chinups one arm db row lateral raise bicep...

lately what i have been doing at the end of my arm days are an isolated bicep and then tricep with 2x10 (Full rest, as heavy as you can go) 3x12 (very short rest) that always gets me really sore

so today i tried doing some front squats. It hurt my shoulders a whole lot and i wasn't able to put up much weight and halfway through the set i said fuck it and did lunges instead. Is there any advantage to doing front squats (opposed to back squats)? They just seem painful and unnecessary...