Maybach
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You're not going to like hearing this, but it *sounds* from your description that you're just experiencing regular aches and pains and letting them...

"Form breaking down" is sort of an ancillary concept here. I'm having trouble really conceiving of a "form breakdown" that would be especially...

I'll tell you one thing, your grip is totally fucked. Neutral wrists, point your elbows at your tailbone.

Generally, the hips are low enough in the deadlift that this isn't a major issue. But these are related. The erectors and the hamstrings are in a war...

As Satch alluded, because a) your back angle is not correct. It is not established early, changes throughout the first part of the lift, and does not...

The arguments regarding neuromuscular efficiency for using triples with female/older trainees apply to the press as well: the press is the least...

If you really can't get your grip into place you might have to high bar squat. You might have more subtle problems if it's aggravating the arthritis...

Widen your stance, drive your knees out. This will fix the depth. If you were to take a shit at the bottom of your squat, you should not be...

Look man, you can object to the philosophy behind it. But have you SEEN the kind of shit that gets on fitness YouTube? Preventing the kids from...

Well first, "muscle damage" as a mechanism to drive growth has been more or less roundly debunked. The most you can say is that it often corresponds...

Why are you including the accessory movements. Do you think the accessory movements will allow you to make faster progress on the main lifts?

Starr *also* doesn't use the strict press, for that matter. 1) 5-10, as heavy as you can get them. Progress by adding some amount each week. What...

You said you were focusing on lifting. That's what I based my responses on. Y A reset this aggressive is never warranted. A 135 bench is doing...

Your stance is way too narrow, and as a result these are way too deep, and your knees are too far forward. These are verging on high bar. Widen...

These are better than your last ones. All those things you list are better but could still be improved. Notice how your hips move up a little as the...

You can work out with your wife. You can lift with your wife. Hell, you can even write your wife a program. What you should not do is *coach* your...

Have you read the book? The bar needs to be an inch or two lower on your back for the squat. Your stance needs to be about six inches wider on...

Your ankles do not need to dorsiflex any further to reach sufficient squat depth.

You are describing a 4 day split. This can work for advanced trainees as well is it can for intermediate trainees. An advanced trainee who has been...

Based on the location of the spine, what might all exercises which "load the spine" have in common, that exercises which do not "load the spine" do...

I don't think you are going to be unable to cut to 189. I think cutting to 189 is going to severely impact your training. It is going to look like...

No, it is not. The center of mass is is going to be located somewhere out ahead of your body towards the thing you are pushing against. It is a point...

With women, switch to triples early and aggressively. The light day is a fatigue remediating factor, which will not set in for some time. The triples...

Five pounds a workout is not slow. To my knowledge it's on the order of the fastest increase promised by any program. The speed of its increase is...

If you are avoiding heavy weights because they might irritate your elbows, then what exactly is your rationale for employing a rehab method...

The 4 day splits start to get fiddly with structuring the lifts around each other. This is evident in the squat and pulls: the volume squat is...

The "ceiling" here is going to be how much, if at all, it interferes with your productive training. It's not a training stimulus, is the thing. Go as...

If you really think about this, Brookfine, and I mean really put that wet pink walnut to work, I think you can figure out why you have the wrong idea...

The four day vs three day is a decision based on practical constraints. If your Monday workouts take four hours, split it into two.