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- Dynamic Effort days on Texas Method.
- Heavy Bag for conditioning
- Deadlift question
- Lying plates
- Alternatives to Chalk
- SS In Br Portuguese?
- Squat form check
- Did some high-bar... Damn!
- Belt squats.
- 0 chinups/pullups/dips
- Looking for a gym in Springfield IL
- + - 10 kilo bench press jump
- Life is occurring
- need SS routine critique
- A Stronger Finish
- At What Weight Did You Start Using a Belt?
- Looking for chiropractor in upstate NY area
- Chin-up article
- Military Deployment training
- Any Drywall boarders ??
- SS dead lift question.
- Aiming too high?
- Squat leg fatigue.
- Finally a decent SS record!
- not knowing how much is on the bar
- Novice effect and weight gain -- repeatability content
- To pull a 500 DL, what should my 5RM be?
- Merits of cheat curls?
- Bench press question
- Why am I getting weaker?
- Adaptation: Period, Persistence, and Prioritization
- Question regarding adding the wrong weight during the first few weeks
- t-levels and workout idea
- Preparing to hit my 1RM goal
- muscle imbalance
- Wall Street journal workout
- Starr 5x5 Power Rotuine problem
- Slowest press ever...
- Children and Weight Training from the NYT
- Gett'n crafty
- Kindly advise on Squat & Deadlift form
- Speedy GonzaleSS
- new geezer in town
- Why do we bench press?
- I decided to 'Super charge' MY SS routine
- Stretching, extreme stretching... yoga
- We wanna be 70sBig, what's your program and weight gains?
- What should I do when barbells / dumbbells are unavailable?
- Tips to not stall!
- Deadlift falling behind
- Resets, girl plates and the kitchen sink.
- Squatting and my shoulder.
- Bench high compared to other lifts?
- Basement furnaces and oxygen level
- My mom wants to start lifting and do cardio. She's 53 years old.
- Competition Makes the World Go 'Round
- What workout to do when tired
- Anyone ever use/hear of "Tri-Bar"
- Normal to do 13 reps with belt at a weight at which I can barely do 5 without a belt?
- You guys' thoughts on foam rolling, mobility and activation exercises pre-workout
- No center knurling and squats, olympic knurling and deadlifts?
- Just starting, have a quick question
- I have some questions
- Calculating lift attempts at first PL meet
- Prepping for Your First Powerlifting Meet
- Starting.. Starting Strength - really low weights to improve form?
- Competing....in something other than strength sport
- Belt Recommendations?
- Flat bench
- Need some help with Bill Starr's "The Big 3" program - turning it into "The Big 5"
- Sore hips and knees.
- Lessons from my first powerlifting meet.
- I wear short shorts, a discussion about calves.
- End of year goals
- Switched to low bar squats. Anybody else experience a sore/tight back?
- Looking to buy a singlet..know of any good brands?
- New to the board...
- What the f
- Equipment for Sale
- Ratio between standing OP and seated OP without back support
- Reaching the Top with the X-Factor
- Adding weight to knee ups
- Dizziness coming down on deadlift + assistance order Qs
- Doubled my starting deadlift today
- Cheap SS-Approved Straps in U.S. for those too lazy to go to junkyard
- Problem with 531
- Friend wants programming/general fitness advice
- Back questions,
- Bar-barians Reqs
- Champions Are Made In Garages
- Deadlift programming with non-round plates.
- Fixing this back angle shit
- More strength not more weight...
- Fatigue Setting in...any comments?
- Isolation/ bodybuilding training for a novice
- Texas Method question
- potentially useful hip mobility video
- Just got SS
- SS coach in NYC area...
- How do I increase weight?
- Implementing HB Squats with 5/3/1
- about weight gain
- My First Search for the X-Factor: York Barbell
- Strength and diet, are they related?
- Training for 1 rep max's
- Assistant exercises for the press...
- Calf training
- Should I "start over" with my bench
- Deloading
- Long legs short femurs
- 5x5's question
- Getting strong and beating the tape test
- Fatbar for sale
- Tell me why I need to bench
- My Strength goals, SS, body weight and squat depth..
- Modified SS with double knee injury?
- Bar path in a Bench Press
- A Strong Start
- Training While Stressed
- Kansas City Powerlifting Club?
- Texas Method - helping with building the program
- Would I be shooting myself in the foot if I trained with this gear?
- aggression
- How can I help my brother out?
- Hmmm. Not Sure I'm Liking the 'Geezer' Title
- Why some exercises feel better than others?
- Training in the Cold.
- Platform: Coaching the Clean & Jerk with Tommy Suggs
- SS Unbalanced?
- obviously we're all training wrong
- Sissy bench race
- knee pain
- When do you stop the weight gain?
- SS Goals
- buletproof knees
- Race to 315 squat....
- Platform: The Split Snatch with Tommy Suggs
- isometric strength
- Bench Questions
- Need Help
- Gaining weight for seniors (?!)
- Conditioning.
- Stuck
- Weightlifting Shoes With 1.25" Heel - Too Much?
- Weight of a weight collar
- New Year re-set (novice)
- Had to miss my heavy day on "The Big 3" - how should I go about this?
- 43M about to commence SS
- Platform: The Olympic Press with Tommy Suggs
- 3 Months Off
- 2 plate bench
- Bailing out of squats
- Weird setbacks, has this happened to anyone?
- "Sissy squatters of the world, compete!"
- Do You Lift More Than a 72-Year Old Woman? Maybe Not.
- Ready to start SS, but I need to lose weight (mainly my gut!) as well!
- POSE running
- Calorie Deficit/Strength Maintenance
- Bad form vs completed work sets
- book/dvd question
- Unusual problem
- Lats pulldowns
- When squats get heavy.
- Heavy/Light day
- i'm so weak
- Pavel's Programs
- Probably a dumb question...
- High school basketball player, will Start Strength soon, some questions
- Beginner friendly strongman contest in NC
- Did some glute-ham raises today...
- L-chins question
- First Strongman Training
- KG and Pounds
- Can I switch my Heavy-Light-Medium, to a Light-Medium-Heavy?
- Missed Day
- Bench press plateau
- Bench press plateau
- Used squat rack question
- Please recommend a belt
- Sick Deadlifting Video from my Gym... (STRONG Gym, Springfield, MO)
- subbing cleans?
- What is your Powerclean/Deadlift ratio?
- Smith Machine study
- Prowler for sale Brisbane.
- Slippery Bench
- I Need Some Help
- I have found the missing exercise in SS
- Selling cambered squat bar, $180 shipped
- Cold showers
- Is It Training or Exercise?
- Belts
- New lifting platform. Heads up/advice before finishing touches
- Squatting without shoes
- No progress for a long time
- Gray Hair and Black Iron
- Three (progressively improving) failures in press
- bent over rows
- Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96
- Not being a fatty: what is the best way to acheive this?
- Inglorious Shoulders
- Deadlift and back rounding.
- Help With Setting Up The Start Position When Doing Snatches
- Military People
- How a simple question on power clean instruction led to arguing...
- Don't Overlook the Middle
- Turn a power rack into a GHR for less than $100
- Inability to straighten wrists on presses
- Trying to finish my goal of not. Being fat
- Interesting article about the squat.
- San Fernando valley-decent gym-decent price?
- IPA NJ Championships
- Lack of strength, even after a few months
- Squat set-up video
- Yet another stuck bench
- New Rip Article
- Does split jerking the same way every time causes a muscle imbalance?
- Shoes
- Girlie Shoes for Heavy Squats
- Another new Geezer (doesn't feel that way)
- Do-wins
- Question about Size:Strength ratio and Testosterone supps
- What physique, performance and strength changes would someone see from high reps?
- Knee Sleeve question
- hook grip for deadlifts - hold it tight loose like in book for cleans, or tight?
- Grip Position for standard bar
- Help me understand weightlifting shoes
- Buncha noob questions
- Started Oly Lifting few months ago. Kinda frustrated!
- Rounding up/Rounding down
- Hypermobility of the knees
- Sports Med doc told me to stop squatting due to Patellar Tendinitis
- front squats and floor press?
- Stuck at weight on Deadlifts.
- Do-wins 2011- could use some help
- Geezer recovery and when to move to intermediate level
- Shitty volume day: what should I do?
- Fat Gripz
- Knee Wraps
- Starting Stall? (Press)
- Florence Italy
- Starting Strength Results
- question about de-loading
- Gain strength and lose muscle
- Slower gains but gains nonetheless
- Question re: hypertrophy and BP and press
- Will miss SS for 3 - 4 weeks.. need advice
- Houston Gyms
- shoulder pain from squats again
- Quick Lifts as Gauge of Overtraining?
- Power Snatch Question