Maybach
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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?

If the treadmill is enough to produce a metabolic adaption, it will interfere with the press sets. If it isn't, why are you doing it? Rest between...

I promise you this is not entirely rhetorical, so please actually think about your answer: why are you doing so many dips and chins?

Notably, it is in fact impossible to extend the knees from the bottom of a squat without extending the hips if your hamstrings are properly engaged....

The question "why are you doing dips" as asked by a few of us is not entirely rhetorical. We wanted to know what your actual reason for including...

He is EXTREMELY wiggly in both of these. He is rocking back on his heels and letting the bar drop in front of him and bending his hips. He needs to...

The cutoff for when you introduce weighted chin ups is around 15, since 15 is a (slightly arbitrary) cutoff for when you start getting into...

You are raising your chest early, which can be corrected now. Your grip and upper back could stand to be a lot tighter.

He did say he got the standard "your back is fucked up" MRI diagnosis. But you are squatting wrong. Try squatting right. These severe back...

I will say, as someone with type 1 diabetes who has experienced his share of hypoglycemic episodes, they do not come on rapidly (even the most rapid...

This is a bench problem.

The trap bar is a bad strength training tool, and perhaps so bad that it stresses the definition of strength training to its limit. But you are still...

You're not trying to increase force production, so the need to increase force production is not present. Training against resistance via a bike or...

An inch works. You're just trying to make sure the adductors are as stretched as possible at the bottom position. Adjust slightly.

These actually are much better. Technically we can't see your hip crease and they look like they might be a shade high, but drive your knees out more...

Do not do this.

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