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this question has been asked. so. many. times. go google stuff. plenty of good stuff on the googlez

I ran 5/3/1 for a year with minimal assistance and ****ty recovery but it went okay. now doing BBB and loving it, feeling great, and progressing! i do (for example) 5/3/1 deadlift, then BBB zercher...

you go glen coco!

or you could just train really hard and lift really heavy 3-4 days a week and then you wont want to lift 5+ days......

also i just do a bunch of pullups if im feeling antsy on my off days

Hey fam, I have my first meet on October 12th (push pull) and want to retest my maxes before then. but currently I'm feeling pretty burnt out (im stubborn and had bad recovery) and am going to take a...

i too hit 405 a few weeks ago...and my previous was 365...and im running 5/3/1....srs...!!!!!

but yeah congrats

smiley-est lifter ever

I don't believe I've been touching too low, but I'll check next bench day. And I probably haven't been working them as much as I should have been. I'll throw in some more goodmornings. Thanks

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm positive I'm not over arching, and this only recently became a real problem, before it was just some tightness now it feels like serious muscle cramps. I'll try...

back has been cramping up on max effort attempts with both TnG and paused bench

specifically my spinal erectors

I've been foam rolling and stretching before and after but it doesnt seem to be...

how many chickens? or do you use the same chicken for the whole set? do you use a curlsquat rack?

thanks for the responses guys, yeah i guess i just need time to adapt. and ill eat like a horse.

and i have to get up at 5, so gym before aint gunna happen. ill try keeping my regular schedule and...

cliffs: new landscaping job, 50+ hrs a week super taxing on the body. keep lifting 3 times a week or scale back till less hours end of summer.


over the past school year i was training 5/3/1...

samsont: I'll try implementing some of those, thanks

engineer_guy: by foam roller i mean 6" pcv pipe covered in 2 layers of duct tape. but yeah im thinking a lax ball might be better suited? and...

sinal erectors tight and sore, dont like not lifting, what to do?

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So I was slowly killing my spinal erectors because my glutes and hamstrings were weak

process of fixing that with...

they're about a 17.4 i'd say.

yeah pausing at the top or bottom both seem to have their downsides. ill try breathing in during the eccentric, thanks

yeah i've been doing touch and go, kinda firing it off my lats if that makes sense. which hasn't left me much space for breathing i guess.

ill try pausing before each rep (or at least after a few...

doing 5/3/1, ohp progressing nicely.

i usually hold my breath for about 4-5 reps fine, but cant seem to figure out when to breathe during the third set when i go for say, 8-10 reps. it always...

I use an eco ball, literally 4 bucks on amazon, very little residue. works fine. i used to lift at planet fitness and never got sh*t for it.