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Hello everyone, Looking for someone to critique a program i made up or offer a substitute program. I'm 46 years old, participate in jiujitsu 4 days a week and have all the normal life disruptions...

Comparing the j-cups of the Rogue Monster series vs the Monster Lite series, the Monster series offers UHMW protection on both the catch side of the j-cups as well as the upright side. The Monster...

Thanks for the info/replies. I'll be sticking with just the rubber tiles then.

I'm setting up a gym in my garage with 1/2" rubber flooring and I have some left over rubber tiles to make a pseudo platform (i'll have about 1 1/4" of rubber thickness under the weights and under my...

Also know that Niacin may interfere with glucose control if you are a diabetic and can exacerbate gout.

The advice above + using the 3% rule will put you in the ball park for determining your max. After you determine your max, you can approximate how many reps at a given %age of your max you should hit...

I feel your pain here Green. Dealing with long head bicep tendinitis myself. Doing Pt for about 6 weeks with only minor progress. Rather than effecting pulling motions, mine is bothersome upon...

I like to use exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards.htm as a standard

I have 3 rotating injuries, one of which i'mcurrently in my 6th week of PT to resolve. Thing that has helped me the most, ice the areas of my 3 common injuries after working out that area no matter...

Just an fyi, fish oil only helps lower triglycerides with minimal to no effect on HDL/LDL. To get a response, most people need to take a minimum of 3 grams per day. Also, increasing your soluble...

nice numbers. good luck hitting 1500

Thanks for the embed Dru.

@John P - thanks for the eval. I definitely have to work on getting out of the down position quicker. After i'm done with this Coan's routine, i'm going to step down a...

On week 8 of Coan's DL routine. Starting max was 295, end max 330 (hopefully). I was supposed to get 2 reps of 315 this week. On the 2nd rep attempt, i lost my concentration a little and was using to...

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions everyone. A few i haven't heard of and need to look up.

@Artemis90 "Due to grappling, most of my abdominal work was geared towards increasing strength"...

When i think of back(lower back) work, i think of heavy lifting - deadlift, sldl, GM's etc.

However, when it comes to abs, it's more about high repetition work - hanging leg raises, situps,...

Personally, i liked alternating them b/c it felt like i was working that particular bodypart twice a week. More of a pyschological thing for me though

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great lifts. congrats on the double PR

Agree here. 40 sets. "I do the same thing but only go 5x5 on flat bench. Everything else I leave at 3x10 usually. That could help! "

This will drop you down to 26 sets

Like others have said, in the end, it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. However, it's nice to know where you stand relative to others.

I like using this reference: ...