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    Quote Originally Posted by Matthew_888 View Post
    Yes! Corrected a little bit my previous comment : "Aiming at being an intermediate w/ 2-3 sessions/week is probably enough anyway."

    Nice!
    I went to the ENSIMAG too... still in 38, but I hope not for too long.
    Reassuring to see so many that (at least try) to stick to The Program ® and more importantly come back to it.
    Or maybe it's because of the forum.
    According to exrx.net I'm already Elite!
    Or maybe It's the wrong table I've looked at... but these days you know, they all look the same.
    Are you in the U.S. ?
    Yeah, I'm half German, half dutch, studied in Karlsruhe and at the ENSIMAG to get my Ingénieur and D.E.A., and after moving around a bit moved to the US 15 years ago (time flies!). Had a great time in 38, lots of studying, but the mountain biking, skiing and climbing were fantastic. "Au bout the chaque rue, une montagne"

    Good luck with your training, you are on the right track!

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    Last edited by Matthew_888; 02-03-2017 at 05:27 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peez View Post
    Yeah, I'm half German, half dutch, studied in Karlsruhe and at the ENSIMAG to get my Ingénieur and D.E.A., and after moving around a bit moved to the US 15 years ago (time flies!). Had a great time in 38, lots of studying, but the mountain biking, skiing and climbing were fantastic. "Au bout the chaque rue, une montagne"

    Good luck with your training, you are on the right track!
    Thank you for the kind words!
    It starts to hit hard a little bit... already!

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    Hi there,

    Quote Originally Posted by Matthew_888 View Post
    Salut !
    Suis plutôt en Isère... pour le moment !
    Heureux que SS soit déjà présent en France d'une manière ou d'une autre !
    French-based lifter (I use the word in a very loose sense) here, currently located on a balcony in the PACA region.

    As for Making France Strong Again, my lifts are pants, so I'll leave that you guys. Actually, I am not even French, so it shouldn't be my job anyway.

    :-)

    Happy lifting,

    IPB

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    Dal momento che il tuo nome è "Il principe brutto", presumo che sei italiano.
    Che bello !
    Grazie per le gentili parole.
    E la responsabilità di tutti di essere il più forte possibile !
    Buongiorno da te !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matthew_888 View Post
    Dal momento che...
    Your Italian puts my French to shame.
    Thanks for your kind welcome.

    IPB

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    -2 kg in 6 days, I can understand you're feeling weak... Do you hook grip for DLs ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaums View Post
    -2 kg in 6 days, I can understand you're feeling weak... Do you hook grip for DLs ?
    - Yeah... bad flu: 16H asleep, cannot get up, not eating much... finished at last!
    - Double overhand grip for now + chalk.
    - Do some pronated chin-ups in the end to make sure my weak body understands to do something about my grip.
    - I really dislike the mixed grip: ugly and dangerous compared to double-overhand/hook grip.
    - hook grip is really a pain. The few times I tried it I could lift much more but I feel my thumbs almost going out of their sockets... Don't want to make sure they can + I saw some guys going pretty far w/ double overhand...
    - I mean, I am not even at 150 kg and you have guys doing 180 kg *one handed* dead-lift[1]!

    [1]: Aymeric PRADINES - 180 kgs One Arm Deadlift - YouTube

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matthew_888 View Post
    - hook grip is really a pain.
    Only for the first thirty/forty times. Then it just subsides into a dull sense of numbness.
    Seriously, it's mainly a matter of practice.
    You could start using the hook grip for all your warm up sets, and then get used to heavy singles.
    Also, there is no need to keep the thumb directly under the bar; the hook also works if the thumb is turned slightly towards the side (facing your shins) of the bar. you will have to experiment a bit to find the right compromise.

    IPB

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