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  1. Suggestions for a good new exercise for chest and exercise for quads

    What about front squats? They'll smoke your core and hammer your quads. Also, holding a bar in front can force you to either maintain a neutral spine or drop the bar in my experience. Effectively making it difficult to do the exercise with a flexed spine. In addition, most people end up...

  2. Powerlifting + Cutting =?

    Just watch your overall volume. Deadlifting or squatting every workout is very doable if you watch the total volume and be careful on exercise selection.

  3. What's the best type of workout? Full body or split routine?

    I doubted it at first too, but hitting upper and lower every day lets you up the volume without killing your muscles every day. Deadlifting and squatting all week long is awesome.

  4. Hip Pain On Squats

    I typically jog to the GYM and work my way up from body weight, to 135, 225, 315, and to working sets. I've fooled around with loosening my glutes before lifting thinking maybe they were tight and causing my hip flexors to strain. I've also fooled around with loosening the flexor itself to no...

  5. Training Advice. Workout Posted

    Personally, I'd combine days. Roll the bench, shoulders, and hip dominant exercises together, and do the knee dominant, and pulling movements together. You can do a dedicated arm day if you want or even do a dedicated arm and shoulder day with this kind of split. Only thing is that you'll end...

  6. Body chin-row......wtf is it?

    Rack chins sound like that

  7. Hip Pain On Squats

    That stick is pretty cool. Did you find your issue was cause from your hip flexor being too tight or from your gluts and hams? And to answer your question I typically squat once to twice a week. 3 sets of heavy front or back squats (6-2 reps) and then one legged squat and lunge variations for...

  8. Hip Pain On Squats

    I've been experiencing some hip pain over the last few months whenever I perform back squats over 225. If you follow from the iliac crest straight down about 3 inches to what is the front right corner of my right leg you'd hit right on the spot of the pain. The odd thing is that I can front...

  9. No weights

    Is working out outside of practice and scheduled GYM times really a good idea? Assuming the staff is competent at your school, which they may or may not be, could they only have you lifting twice a week during the season for a reason?

  10. People on their cell phones at gym scrolling facebook.

    I always use my phone to get percentages for 5/3/1 and for Facebook. What am I supposed to do for 3-4 minutes? Stare the bar into submission? I've tried the whole focusing on your next set, but if it takes more than a few seconds to go through my lifting cues or technique then there probably...

  11. what is more effective in squats, heavier weight to half squat or less weight ATG?

    I think it depends on your goals, but I don't see a point in doing just one or the other. Both can be implemented in any program. For example, maybe a powerlifter might want to do parallel on backsquats but ATG on other variations like front or paused squats. I think being able to squat ATG...

  12. Bro Split is fun but I need some change

    Yeah, but I've been affectionately dubbed "Quadzilla" a few too many times, and finding pants that fit is a chore already.

  13. Bro Split is fun but I need some change

    I always just ignored the hypertrophy leg day and did two power days. One for squats and one for deads. I thought it worked great.

  14. Movement Oriented Splits and Legs Almost Every Workout

    Good to hear some others are enjoying this style of programming as well. It's been a PITA to get most of my friends to consider it. They're too stuck on bro splits.

  15. Training, is it key to have th perfect plan?

    Just do what actually gets you to hit the GYM and train. A routine comprised of a balanced amount of compound exercises in normal rep ranges is all you need.
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