Maybach
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Your hips are a bit low, with the attendant knock on effects (knees too far forward, bar forward of mid foot). I'll bet Rip'll have something to...

Put him in charge of counting your reps. This will keep him in one spot.

I mean it seems strange that you can't bench the weight you can pull up. 280x5 isn't really a high standard for someone repping +80 BW chin ups.

The bar may not be in the correct position at the top: his grip is loose. His elbows and arms should have the relationship to his torso that they...

Your back oscillates back and forth between extension and flexion like three times throughout the set. Watch your hips and your upper back and note...

Oh Jesus it doesn't even have a sleeve. Have you tried cleaning with it? How bad is it?

None of the programs in the Grey book are intended to be used out of the book. Reading the entire book cover to cover will impart the principles...

I admit I'm not familiar with the EU situation, which appears to be more dire than I imagined. But the damn thing is not really an engineering feat....

Honestly, man, a squat rack is not that expensive. You can get yourself a relatively small footprint squat stand for a couple hundred bucks that will...

No. No man. Why would it? That's like three checks against it. This is not a Texas method of any description. Power cleans are not optional.

He might. Your touch point is a bit high and your elbows are a bit far out. You could touch the bar perhaps an inch lower and keep your elbows closer...

The shirt needs to be cotton because the bar needs to not slip around on it during the squat. They even make shirts with little rubber grippy things...

That's just it. This ISN'T adequately explained by stupidity. This guy may have been trying to kill you

Why would he think he needed help going down? Doesn't the 120kg of metal help with that?

Oh, really?

The bar drifts well forward of midfoot as the set progresses. This is probably related to the fact that you are not in control of the weight at all...

Grip is way too wide: you want your forearms to be in line with your humeri, which should also be more or less vertical at the bottom, not adducted...

Yes, but as you said, two weeks ago, you DID. And then you added 15 pounds. This is, in fact, the opposite of detraining. I don't think you...

There is no actual problem here. Note that your 445x5x3 also moved "without any noticeable difference from the last two weeks"

I think these are all 30 mm *shaft* bars, whereas OP is looking for bars with a 30 mm *sleeve*. This confused me as well. I think John Poe may be...

The elbows will go where they need to. If that isn't below the hands, it's because the hands are in the wrong place. That said, it couldn't hurt...

Your grip needs to be tighter: your elbows should be pointed at your tailbone, and the bar should be resting in the heels of your hands in line with...

I cannot imagine this ever mattering in a way that wouldn't become immediately apparent to you as soon as you started warming up.

The blue book discusses lightheadedness on the press, and as you say, is generally thought to be due to increased pressure on the carotid sinus,...

If you're getting a new barbell anyway why do you care about it being 30mm?