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Heh, but then half your shoulder muscles aren't attached properly. I was able to use 60Kg from fairly early on, but in all the previous years of training I only ever made it to 5 x 75Kg which is...

Er, catchup again.

I've swapped to 5 sets of 10 front squats on the deadlift workout to give myself a little recovery from the 5x5 but get some more leg volume in. On Saturday that was 60Kg....

Turns out I'm really out of the habit of properly logging. Weights are on my whiteboard in the gym, thats all I need to remind me for the next time.
I changed some volume up on the upper body...

Ta. Weights have a long way to go. There may be some old vids left public on the you tubes to show how far I've fallen.



Hi Andrew, nice to see you are still at it. Of course I knew you would...

Blah, injuries, excuses, haven't really lifted in 2 years, went from a strong and lean 92Kg to a lardy and weak 92Kg. 4 inches gained on the waist.

Restart. New home, new area, no gyms close by so...

Glute tear sounds horrible, you don't seem to have much luck with keeping yourself in one piece! Yeah, I should probably journal again but I know I'd never keep it up to date and currently most of my...

All these proper lifts and work, but I'm still impressed with the "bro" section, no way in hell I can EZ bar curl 40Kg for 8, let alone for 5 sets. Nice guns.

Nice squatting lately my man!

Its always worth it. In 2 months you could lose 16-18lb of flab if you sort your diet. That should go some ways to improving the body shape. :)

The manageress at my gym did a little more than that when she took over.:D

Strong benching in here, well done!

Ha, I've tried high volume on a deficit a few times and all I got was 8-12 weeks of getting weaker followed by 8-12 weeks growing back to my original strength levels at which point I looked much the...

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As an outsider looking in I'm not convinced that the gains in the base cycle are much more than motor pattern learning. I feel it would take more time, regardless of training volume, to effect real...

Bravo.

Much the same at 40, I put weight on my lifts go up a bit, I lose the weight and my lifts go back down. 2 steps forward 1.95 back each time.

I still haven't tried smolov but I did change my...

The way I see/approach it: Knee cave tells me my hips are shooting back and rising faster than my chest which in turn happens because my knee extensors (quads) are weaker than my hip extensors...

Quick update on main lifts, still a bit disappointing:

105Kg (3+) Bench last Thursday: 6 reps
140Kg (3+) Squat last Saturday: 5 reps - this was at the end of a strongman session with farmers and...

I've used merrell "barefoot" shoes for the past 3 years. My current ones are their "flux glove" model. I use them for all lifting other than front squats and Oly movements. My ankle flexibility has...

I think you are right. I'm just going to hold at this weight as best I can until we are back in the house. My macros have been skewed a little higher carb than usual[1] and I think that has also...

Still no house to live in. This means more dinners out and the cessation of any calorie deficit. My body weight is stable, unless its beer and pizza night, at around 88Kg. I still look flat/fat most...