Maybach
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"Moving as much as possible" the weekend after heavy squats is an extremely stupid idea. I have a hard time seeing how "greasing the groove" with a...

There are no glaring issues with the actual form but you need to slow these down a LOT. Your knees are moving forward a bit but that's certainly just...

How would lifting be making you look worse when you aren't actually doing it? You describe gaining 30 pounds since June. If an NLP is maintained...

Afraid I can't take credit for that, but it's a good idea. The bottom of the squat is an anatomical, not a spatial, position. Try the "prayer...

I would bet any amount of money that your inability to hit 375 mark is due to your admission that you spent your precious recovery time "moving as...

Actually a lot better. Your stance is a tad narrow: your knees are tracking slightly outside your feet, which you don't watch (you can see it...

Failing to fully extend makes it harder, not easier. If you can't fully extend your hips with a weight, you won't be able to clean it.

Interestingly, you could tell they would be high before you did the last rep, because It is literally impossible for you to get correct depth...

I think the official position on women doing power cleans is somewhat softer due to neuromuscular efficiency arguments, but, STILL.

This seems like a lot of detail for not having a video. Triple extension is a quick movement, and we don't have a way of knowing if you're really...

Good to know, I stand corrected.

Starting Strength camps generally do fives ALL the way up, because the purpose of camps is to give the coaches in charge maximum exposure to your...

On SS Radio #271, Rip, you have a guy call in about training his dad and recommend the Nu-Hope ostomy/hernia support belts. These look pretty good,...

The purpose of squatting the empty bar is to get blood flowing to the muscles. 10 reps accomplishes this pretty well. You're not practicing 5s with...

A hard stick like that indicates you have failed to produce the next increase. Try 96 pounds. Triples are occasionally warranted for the...

Is there a reason you want to keep your knees so far back? They can move forward a *little*.

You appear to be describing your quads "making contact" with the bar: the bar should be in contact with your quads to begin with, and leave them once...

If you use open loop straps (the kind recommended for the deadlift) then releasing the grip releases the straps. The force on the wrist won't be any...

The best exercise to restore that range of motion is the press. If your lockout is correct and can be achieved with weight and without pain, I cannot...

What do you require your fingers to do during the clean that they don't do during the deadlift? Are you saying you can't flex your fingers back far...

These have extremely bad arm pull which you need to fix. But it doesn't look like the lack of sleeves really presents a problem.

Yeah this is what I was thinking. The Olympic lifters in my gym regularly squat 400+ pounds off of floating rogue stands that aren't more than a...

You can clearly get your back into extension: you do so sharply at the beginning of each rep. Just do whatever you do at the beginning on the unrack...

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?