Rip,

3rd set of 5 on volume day squats with 150kg, my lower back felt very tight. Finished the last two sets but didn't feel great. Low back still feels sore and I have sciatic pain which is most...

Terry Hollands, who competes in WSM weighs 410lbs at 6ft 6inches. He is lifelong drug free.

He eats a lot of meat, rice, vegetables and the odd protein/meal replacement shake. He eats all these...

Rip, I hear that Mike Massic has been given a job at the top of USA weightlifting. He was pretty disastrous for US fencing. I wonder who else was on the list?
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I want someone to run for President with the slogan "Abortion saves tax"

I have a pair of IPF legal wraps - they are quite different to the multiply wraps that you are thinking of. Try them yourself and see. Here in England knee wraps are not allowed in unequipped...

Duly noted, thanks for taking a look.

Hi Mark, would you mind taking a look at this please?

460lb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk4joRtGYMU

I've been having issues getting set with a 4" belt, so will be ordering a 3" from...

Hi Mark,

I have had an xray done on my right shoulder following increasing pain during the bench press. The films show I have a narowing of the AC joint, some marginal bone spur formation and...

2 PRs this week, 430lb deadlift and 390lb squat. This has got to be the most feel-good thread on an internet forum ever!

Steve has a message for you AngFloz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Troo0o43AzQ

I have found that the Rehband knee sleeves are good for keeping your knees warm. Our gym is pretty cold in winter. I tried a pair of elbow sleeves not so long ago and found that sizing was an issue....

Why do the French not play baseball?

Because if they did there would only be left field and nobody would be safe.

Hi KSC

Are there any alterations or tweaks you program for an intermediate lifter running 5/3/1?

I'm a big fan of the program (and Jim's work in general). I've added more volume to squats by...

You need never do another form check again Rip. Hoover's boys will come getcha if you do. Who the hell do you think you are anyway, giving people advice and shit without a letter of approval from...

Indeed. I work for the organisation that decides which drugs the NHS should commission in the UK. And I worry about this shit every day.

So lets say you go ahead and pay for as many tests as you can. You then get diagnosed with some bullshit condition like prehypertension or low female sex drive or whatever new thing the disease...

Hi Mark, Sully,

I had the MRI on the 23rd October, and finally got the results on Monday of this week. I have bone spurs on the femoral neck acetabular interface which the radiologist speculates...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2008/oct/06/testicles.ljubomir.erovic.fraser.lewry

I ate bulls testicles in Spain once, without knowing what they were. They were actually pretty...

Mark, has it been your experience that trainees with these sors of injuries are able to bench using dumbells instead of a barbell?

Rip, having grown up next to a beef farm, I find the comments about farming practice on this board as amusing as watching people buy meat labelled organic from the big supermarkets.