Matt James
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My wife once, uh, interrupted me between my squats and my deadlifts. So that's something to take into account on the home gym front.

Straps are cheap and take up a lot less space than a deadlift bar.

I would note that the IWF approved bars have a center knurl, though.

It's more of an issue on the snatch. Center knurling tends to catch on things at the jump.

Have you tried mixed grip? You should be learning to use hook grip for your cleans, anyway. My experience is that if you can pull one rep with...

Good eye, Pete. Those look like Fitness Gear plates. The pair I have are 15.5" in diameter.

Absolutely. I gained about 35lbs in a year between 14 and 15. I can't imagine what that would have looked like if I had been training and not just...

Hayden's suggestions are good. What I did, when I was running out singles on the squat (about a 100lbs lighter than yours, good work!), was once I...

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I have so many questions.

I have a pair. I've probably had them a year and a half or so. No complaints, but they're the only lifting shoes I've owned so I don't have...

Well, I haven't programmed haltings and rack pulls for myself because I don't really have an option for rack or block pulls currently at home. ...

I don't squat anymore because it's bad for the knees...can I still use this when I upright row?

Something that worked for me over the last 6 months or so was to do a biweekly deadlift progression. So week 1 was 4 sets of 5 at 80% or a little...

Out of curiosity, did you rest 6 minutes prior to sets 4 and 5? Another point. It's easy to mis-groove pressing movements. More on the press, ...

Other than depth, are there any form problems where you would have somebody take weight off the bar to address them? Asking because the question...

There's a lot to unpack here. You need to pick a volume day exercise and stick with it. NOTE: Pulling a heavy set of 5 is not a volume day...

Can you clarify what you're doing for volume deadlifts? Load, reps, and sets? It sounds like a recovery problem for both lifts, especially if...

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