Maybach
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Is your contention that lactase has some unknown mechanism of action that degrades the protein? Because that is the sole extra processing step over...

Deadlifts, even when programmed incorrectly, are seldom the proximal cause of a back tweak. Can you tweak your back doing deadlifts? Of course. But...

These are pretty good. Your knees and back look fine. Only problem I can see immediately is you start to raise your chest prematurely on the final...

The parts of the knee that are really dangerous to hurt are helpfully tucked away inside the bone: if banging your knees into something while walking...

Yeah man if you're doing 500x5x5 you can *probably* scale that back a little? I started capping anything I did over 400 pounds at 4 sets.

While I'm not sure the hard physical work is part of it, it sounds like you've identified the problem. When chosing between volume and intensity,...

He means you're "hitching": the bar clears your knees before they extend. This is related to your main issue, which is that your back is coming...

A 185 pound squat and 250 deadlift 3x a week is not something a healthy man should have trouble with. Maybe drop the deadlift to 1x a week but that...

Do you think the fives are somehow...not actively stretching the muscle? "Active Recovery" is a myth. Adding a bunch of extra volume isn't going...

Right, but how does an endurance adaptation help you in an exercise where endurance is not the limiting factor?

You are keeping the bar up with shoulder extension, not resting on your deltoids. Pack your upper back in tighter and pull your elbows towards your...

The main utility of higher reps is that they're lighter. You use them when the intensity of fives or lower reps is something you can't handle. This...

There is no reason for "exercise" inside a gym when you can get basically the same results either a) getting things accomplished in your life or b)...

Get a tennis ball and put it under your chin. This works surprisingly well. It's kind of a fun old school gym teacher trick but I'm surprised it...

Retinopathy doesn't have anything to do with increased intraocular pressure: it's a proliferation of blood vessels which happens at high glucose...

Ten weeks of kettlebell rehab

The bar needs to be like a half inch lower on your back. Your back angle is changing all the way down because the bar isn't quite in the right place:...

You probably should alter the training, since of course Starting Strength is calibrated to produce the smallest possible increase in strength and...

Your sport will probably not impact your recovery if you lift Tuesday. The workouts won't be so heavy that you are incapable of doing anything the...

It is extremely unlikely that the "stress of eating" is causing you to wake up in the middle of the night. Does eating without training produce this...

25 reps? What the hell is the app having you do? That's too long a checklist. Use the five step setup. You are not extending your lower back at...

The contribution of this to atherosclerosis is also pretty tenuous. They claim it activated inflammatory markers, the science of which is much less...

Do you mean you've been working with a "SSC" (Starting Strength coach) or a "SCC" (strength and conditioning coach). The former is a special case of...

I mean, the main downside of lower quality carbs is that they are basically completely unsatisfying. Stuff like GI and all goes out the window if...

Stance is way too narrow, depth is excessive, and you are looking up every rep. The first two are related.

Well then...what do you think your next step should be?

The bar is drifting forward on the way down. Your position on the way back up is a byproduct of this. Leaning over more ("breaking at the hips")...

Paused deadlifts are often thought of an "underloaded" variation. And anecdotally, they certainly seem to "feel" harder than an unpaused deadlift....