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    Box squats with no box?

    A lchild's stool or primary school chair (front of the chair is about a hands witdth below your kneecap). When I was having hip and hamstring problems I used to squat down to a chair borrowed/stole from a year 6 classroom. I would just brush it but while I was injured it seemed to keep me...
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    Worst exercises

    Chest - Flyes - cable crossovers - pec dec - give a bit of a pump but I'm unconvinced they build any muscle Back (upper) - lat pulldowns - same as flyes Shoulders - front and side raises - rear ones seem to be ok as its kinda hard to work that rear delt, but you'd be better pressing than the...
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    Are athletes built or born?

    Truth is there are few really good 'players' who are simply born that way. But its near impossible make it at the top level without good genetics. NFL is a great example of this. In order to get a look you need to have been born with speed and coordination. They do everything from measure the...
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    Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty Training

    The Washington Redskins won 3 super bowls using HIT training. In fact, it was all the rage in college and pro Football Training for a long time. I personally found it sucked balls but but there are a lot of huge Nfl players that would say otherwise.
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    Opinions on generic power racks

    Lol. I own a power rack from a site like that. Tbh its not as bad as guys are making out, i've had mine for 8 years, but I'd spend an extra 200 and get a better rack.
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    pre/rehab equipment/gear

    Believe what you want. Zen is a really knowledgable guy re execise science. From personal experience, I don't really feel foam rolling is a good warm up. Is it good for prehab and rehab. Fuck yes.
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    pre/rehab equipment/gear

    The guy is really more into sports medicine and science than golf. If he was just some golf dude I would ignore him. And works with all sorts of Athletes. I would prefer so eone who has researched it over internet Broscience. If you prefer broscience. I was doing tons of roam rolling as a...
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    Workout Equipment for beginner teen

    LC2 Power Rack + 140KG Olympic Weight Set + Flat bench | | Cyberfit Gym Equipment Seems like a better package. Can do all your basics out of that. Squat, dead, stiff leg dead, lunge, bench, rows, curls, etc
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    pre/rehab equipment/gear

    A New Trend ? - Page 6 - Golf Instruction - iseekgolf.com Forums Post 104. Took me forever to find it. Zen talks about foam rolling.
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    pre/rehab equipment/gear

    Foam roller - good for your hips Rubber bands - great for shoulder prehab Tbh if you do 10 min of simple calestenics every morning it will work out a lot of kinks and you will never have doms. Eg 1 star jumps or mountain climbers 2 push up variation 3 lunge variation 4 sit up variation 5 band...
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    Which exercise is best for huge triceps

    I used to love bench dips and then one day they just seemed to start causing sholder issues out of the blue. Still them, normal dips and French curls top my list.
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    Do you train to failure on every set, or just the last set of an exercise?

    I never really found slow reps, forced reps or negatives to do much for me. The thing about grindy slow reps building slow twitch fibers must be why. To get good intensity I usually do a rest/pause set on my main lift and have started to do what Tnation calls stacking on my big assistance...
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    Buying 2nd barbell, muscle motion black oxide?

    Nope. I picked up on your sarcasm. Was just joining in poking fun at the $500 bar people.
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    Buying 2nd barbell, muscle motion black oxide?

    I guess the $70 bar I've had for 15 years is not working.
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    Lat pulldown on cable crossover

    Selkow has a pull up progression that works 10 sets of 1 10 sets of 2 8 sets of 3 7 sets of 4 6 sets of 5 5 sets of 6... And so forth. Keep the total reps in the 24-30 ballpark. Do 3x per week. Note this is for people who can only do 1 or 2 reps. The first few cycles should go really fast...
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    Do you train to failure on every set, or just the last set of an exercise?

    Then why bother to reply? I replied to the thread, which asked what I did, and then you jump in and want to argue Semantics of what Wendler or Carter do. In the programs they design and sell, they advocate sub max training, that is what I do. I don't see why you feel the need to try and...
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    Do you train to failure on every set, or just the last set of an exercise?

    I don't give a rats ass what other people do or don't do. I know what works for me and submax training is working awesome. I follow Carter's Blog, mostly cause I think he is kinda funny, and don't see too many failed sets. His real work are some big ass back off sets. Like Big Mick I leave a...
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    Do you train to failure on every set, or just the last set of an exercise?

    He is also older and wiser now. Been making great gains with sub max training. I see no need to change to appease the whims of internet warriors.
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    Do you train to failure on every set, or just the last set of an exercise?

    I am in the Wendler/Carter camp. Sub-max training.
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    How important is the deadlift?

    I rate it high enough to do myself but don't think it is necessary. Its made it into my program as one of 6 exercises I do, so it has benefits. But I don't realy rate it that high. I really feel I could replace it if I had more equipment.
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