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  1. choccyswag

    Fail Safe Leg of Lamb Recipes?

    To all the closest Jamie Olivers out here, anyone got ideas for cooking leg of lamb other than just baking or roasting it? I am thinking of doing like a raghu tonight but cooking it in a pressure cooker first to save time. Its only a small leg so it will fit :) My pet peeve is dry stringy meat...
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    Does anyone swap different PWO every training day?

    I've started using PWO instead of drinking coffee because I have to train really, really early (for me) at 7:30am instead of lunchtime like I used to. I am using half scoop Nitramine Dragonfruit which is awesome but I think after a week or so its not as intense and full on like before. So I...
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    Rep Fatigue? Advice please

    so I feel a bit discouraged that my muscles get fatigued quickly after my first set. It really doesn't matter what weight, I can go light as the bar but its still kind of hard to get the required reps. For example- Over head press 3x10 for 30kg (66lb) Set 1 - 10 reps easy Set 2 - first 7 reps...
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    Intraworkout that worked for you?

    I have been given some intraworkout samples to try because I been complaining about tiredness after my w/o (I train at lunch and then straight back to work, then volley 2x week and cardio/classes 1-2x week). The intraworkout promises to keep me going, because it has electrolytes and BCAA for...
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    I need help bracing my core please?..

    How do you guys brace your core properly and be in a nice position at the same time? I am having a lot of trouble with this! When I push my core out like trying to make a food baby gut, I am leaning forward like i am trying to do an ab crunch. Then when I try to correct this by keeping my...
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    Candito's strength Training program, thoughts?

    I am looking to change up my training to 4-5 days a week instead of 6 days a week. I been a fan of candito and i have watched his vids. :) I like how he explains things well and it makes sense. Obviously I am not going to be a powerlifter or anything fancy but want a nice template to keep...
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    Active Recovery

    Just interested what this means for you guys! I know everyone wants to train every day of the week if we could but our bodies have different ideas don't they. So what do you like to do on your day or days off that you can call 'active recovery'?? Me I think I have taken the 'active' part in...
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    Improving the Deadlift

    I am after a program to help me get better at my deadlift. I'm not sure if there is a diff between how guys and girls should be deadlifting but I noticed at my gym guys do conventional and girls are into sumo, for the most part. but I don't want to deadlift sumo. Basically I am stuck at my...
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    Motivation Posters to help you start your day! :)

    well I am sitting here bit bored cause no one's come to the gym yet (its cold as outside and i think people are hibernating).. so i thought why not start a motivational thread for you guys. Feel free to add ... lol. Invalid Link Removed Invalid Link Removed Invalid Link Removed Invalid Link...
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    Right arm weaker (recovering from falling)

    so I play volley, and I fall hard on my right side a lot lately. The physio told me the neck and the nerves were affected because they hurt before but not anymore. Anyhow in my w/o today I noticed the left side is not as strong as my right... an example is in tricep pushdowns i can do 12 on LHS...
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    Treating muscle soreness

    What ways do you guys suggest for dealing with muscle soreness (doms)? Especially when you are sore all over like i am now lol. I've taken magnesium and booked a massage. am i doing it right?
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    My P/P/L Log

    I'm going to put a copy of my training log from my gym files onto here, for a bit of motivation I guess! That and to doodle about whatever I feel like. I am doing P/P/L with 'A' and 'B' workouts which are slightly different and I train 6 days a week in my lunch break at work mainly. So i try to...
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    Those Callouses..

    I've noticed my hands getting rough with callouses and that worries me because i don't want hands that look like a man lol. I know the skin is meant to get thicker because of the weights but I find callouses a bit too much. I been trying to file them down with a manicure stick, and the chemist...
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    Pants over yoga/compression pants?

    This is simple but i am curious what you guys and girls think. Pants over yoga lululemon or compression pants.. yes or no? surely everyone who wears this must feel a bit underdone walking around wearing this clothing without anything to cover? And of the course the uncomfortable feeling when...
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    Stretching and Mobility

    Do you have any good mobility or stretches that you find ESSENTIAL day to day? The ones you can't live without (so to speak). I'll start.. the hip flexor stretch! And a neck stretch called mckenzie stretch because my therapist said I have bad posture. Invalid Link Removed Invalid Link Removed
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    Ab exercises / Routine suggestions

    I've always had trouble getting good abs but I like working on them just the same. My program is P/P/L and I been told that I can do abs anytime I want just not before leg day tho. Atm I do weighted crunches, hanging leg raises and planks. But I want to know if you do any other exercises that...
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    Dance Muzik Fans! List some good tracks here.

    Is anyone really into dance music here? shall we share the love? :) well I am a total trance and house music fan, so many of the artists i like you'll probably heard of already. Right now I am really digging Zedd, Krewella, Above&Beyond, Porter Robinson, Deadmau5.. among others. When i train I...
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    What your food label really means

    I thought this was quite interesting. Food labels are getting very tricky to read and understand what is really in them! What your food label really means Added vitamins One-dimensional factory versions of natural vitamins found in whole foods: ascorbic acid (man-made vitamin C) is usually...
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    Your favourite quote?

    We have a part of this quote on a poster in my gym, and I love it. Lance Armstrong: "Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." I know theres many out...
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    Push Pull Legs(proposed) - am I doing it right?

    So I have been doodling at work and rewriting my PPL program. All I done to the original PPL program is removed some optional exercises and replaced with exercises that I actually enjoy(I put a comment whenever I do this). A bit about me? I am 24, part viet mostly aussie and my work is in a...
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