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Ever since I started going to the gym my main focus has been strength gaining and primarily the big 3 lifts.
When I started in November 2009 I had been going to the gym for a few months doing some...

I find heavy deadlifting a tremendous shock to my body.

I lose the arch at the bottom of the squat. It happens when hitting depth I sort of roll the lower back into depth If that makes sense to you. I've been told by some it's just a natural movement and...

I sometimes do 3 rep sets with weights close to my max but not often. Mostly weights at around 80%.

I'm a high bar squatter probably, rests on the traps. Not sure about my hamstring flexibility, it's far from bad.

After a bit of internet research I can't seem to find a good reason why I'm forward leaning during squats.
The problem starts when using heavy weights and especially when doing a max or a near-max...

Since this is a thread about squat form.
I myself have been having some troubles with my squat technique. When doing my heavy work sets the first set is always good, pushing with the heels and all...

I'm just asking if it is essential to train each muscle two times a week and then asking if it's essential to have speed work in a good powerlifting routine.

About the learn/follow issue. I am in...

@Koyongi

Point being?

For some time I have been looking into workout programs and routines set by some great lifters and I have seen routines used by some of the lifters in my country and I started to ask myself some...

I gained 45kg in the squat and 30kg in the deadlift in 3 months just squatting once a week and deadlifting once a week with 1-5 rep sets. I don't know anything about this 5/3/1 but I just tend to...

A few weeks ago I experienced extreme back pain from doing box squats with about 50% of my raw squat max. I have done box squatting with that weight often before so I wasn't sure what was going on...

I'm in! Pulled 408lbs a few weeks ago.

My lifts are currently 352/220/408 and they have been increasing quiet rapidly and I want to keep that progress going.
Concerning my calorie intake, I wouldn't worry about that so much.

I want to...

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4. Thought that using anabolic steroids would speed up recovery.
6. Can't see that in this thread I'm asking specificly about the Westside methods. I...

I was wondering if there is any diffrence between the workouts for a raw powerlifter and a geared powerlifter using the ME/DE system of training like the Westside lifters use and the east-Europeans....

Thanks you both for your responses. I started lifting powerlifting style in late November/early Desember last year. Had been showing up at the gym 2-4 times a week doing all muscle groups in under 40...

A few months ago I was introduced to the Westside-Barbell strength training methods and I have been training using the methods that are used at Westside-Barbell.

There is but one thing that I find...

Awesome write-up and thanks alot for it.

There are some things I want to ask you about concerning specific weaknesses in the core lifts.
In the Squat, when coming close to my max lift I do a...

I'm a 17 year old guy interested in powerlifting and have been doing that since november last year. When I started I was really fat, 108kg = 238 pounds roughly. My strength has been increasing really...