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We all have a lot of untapped potential in our bodies and mechanisms that inhibit force output (tendon organs). To improve Force maximum, rate of force development for sports and to improve...

Depends on what sort of gains we're talking about here. If you want to be a powerful 155 then you have to train for neurological adaptations, frequent and heavy. For muscle- and more muscle- you go...

You're probably just tapping your glycogen stores and using them up on endurance MU's which have little potential for hypertrophy and don't produce much force. On top of your running it's little...

You could try hardening up the shoulders a little with some overhead presses or close grip bench presses. This should make heavier attempts more comfortable at least.

The skin does get a little...

Obviously poor form is going to have the biggest long term impact on knee health but it's also important to get adequate recovery inbetween workouts.

Lifting a LOT of weight and training with...

You tend to fold over while squatting. Notice how the bar path is not straight up and down but lurches forward and how much knee travel takes place.

It is a case of staying on the heels although...

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Break at the hips by moving the butt back while keeping a high chest. Point the feet a bit more forward. That will stop the knees going over the toes and the knees buckling in, so you'll have to rely...

Well namely the development of starting strength and explosiveness. So you get a fast stretch in the muscles on the eccentric phase of the lift, explode up- usually slow down and get stuck just above...

Yes, it does look like a fatigue driven technique problem. That weight is too heavy for you to get a good stretch and bounce. You're having to use lots of resistance and control to avoid dropping too...

A lot of the 'younger' folk have a tendency to subscribe to the 'monkey see, monkey do' philosophy. People are more inclined to copy than to think- well, if everyone is doing it, or if he or she is...

So if your hips and back are beat up from doing squats, you can carry on working the quads and hams on the leg press?

In my experience the people who ask for advice are never ever seen again.

The people who don't ask for advice and look like they could definitely use some advice are the ones doing the same...

Yes, the weight is definitely shifting to the front of the foot causing you to come up off your heels. If you track the bar path on your heaviest set it's very noticable. Concentrate on feeling the...

You should do full body workouts for the following reasons:

1. You're new to this and need more general sculpting as opposed to targetting specific weaknesses that comes with advanced/competitive...

Seriously, jmelanson, you could almost pass for a teenager in the after picture.

I bet you probably feel way younger too.

Are you coming up off your heels onto your toes?

Do you stretch at all and/or do any deep tissue work to iron out knots and scars?

Is there a cure for overtraining? If I am overtrained what do I do?

Perhaps the important distinction here is old max vs new max. For those constantly pushing up the singles 90% is 1 or 2 at most. You get a runaway effect with the reps, probably where the term...

Once your feet leave the ground you're no longer applying any force and while you're doing this the bar is going 'WTF are you doing, I'm reversing direction now, why are you still moving up?'....