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    take note women:Gwyneth Paltrow's trainer says no woman should lift over 3lbs

    Thats right folks, you read the title right! “No woman should lift more than 3 pounds.” This pearl of wisdom came out of the mouth of Gwyneth Paltrow’s trainer Tracey Anderson during an appearance on Oprah. (Ok before I get bombarded with questions about why I was watching Oprah I will include...
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    • 3lbs easy gain heavy lift lifting lol note paltrow pink plastic results size trainer weigh weights woman womengwyneth
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Female Training Discussion
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    Heavy loading causes cartilage breakdown

    Joint Effort Jim Stoppani, PhD. Bodybuilding is all about mass: building more muscle mass means lifting more mass in the gym. No bones about it, you must train heavy to get huge. Just take a look at the poundage hoisted by some of the sport’s biggest pros, such as Ronnie Coleman, Markus Rühl...
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    how strong is you front squat ?

    how does your front squat strength compare to your back squat ?
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    • 110 140 5kg 75kg atm back don eve felt front guy heavy lie lol rain shit squat str strong today train training week wet white
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: BodyBuilding Training Discussions
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    Tim Muriello Rich Piana Conversations Part 2: High Reps VS Heavy Weight

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    Alexey vs Cutler: Only heavy weights! Only hardcore!

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hux9ohUAkL0
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    Sore Forearms and Elbow - Heavy Weights Putting Pressure on Body?

    Hi all Recently I've built I'm my lifting to where I'm pushing some decent weight around (eg 130kg sets on bench). This is great, but I think it's causing some issues with my body. First off I got tennis elbow in my right arm, and then recently both forearms have started to get really sore. I...
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    • body elbow forearms heavy pressure putting sore weights
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Injuries and Rehab
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    Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty Training

    Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty Training Found this today and found it a good read. Anyone used this program before? Might give it a go next year.
  8. Goosey

    Heavy bicep curls

    I don't just think it is just for biceps, but every damn thing. When it is done correctly...with heavy resistance. The leverage is so great that when the weight is in the mid point or half way it works your back as much as a set of heavy SLDL's and the downward pull on the shoulders work the...
  9. kaz

    Grinding/Clenching teeth during a heavy lift?

    Anyone else find they do this? If you use a mouth guard, where did you get it from? Im finding I'm doing this every session and can't seem to break out of doing it....
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    How heavy is heavy for DB wrist curls?

    I started doing dumbbell wrist curls a few weeks ago now I'm looking for some point of reference to work towards. I'm sure everyone has their own ideas but what's considered heavy for this movement? How much would someone strong be lifting? E.g. for bench, squat, deadlift there's 300/400/500...
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    Leg Press machine for home use but needs to be heavy duty

    G`day all I`m looking at the following piece of equipment - Southern Workout Store - Healthstream STE7006 Leg Press - Fitness Equipment, Gym Equipment, Exercise Equipment Adelaide, Exercise Bike Adelaide, Workout Equipment, Home Fitness, Fitness Supermarket Adelaide, Weight Lifting Equipment...
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    Heavy Duty Ab Straps in Australia ?

    Anyone know where to buy heavy duty ab straps in Australia similar to these ? Elite FTS Thanks
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    Why lift heavy, when you could just lift light?

    Resistance exercise load does not determine t... [J Appl Physiol. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI The new study has now been published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Here's the key graph: The three groups did: three sets to fatigue at 30% of 1RM 1 set to failure at 80% of 1RM three sets to...
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    Time Between Heavy Workouts

    I am interested to learn from other lifters how long a duration that they do between maximum effort lifts. Currently I train the three big lifts every day at around 80% for three sets of three reps and going for a PB once a week. I have had good increases in strength for 8 weeks but have...
  15. taurus

    muscle ups

    hey boys & girls hope youre all well! Im happy with my rope climbing now, can go up and down a couple of times, not using feet at all. i need a new challenge! i have looked up muscle-ups on the interwebs, and have tried with NO success... I will be going at them again this arvo, with alot more...
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    • age balls bus bust couple deep failed fall false give gonna grip hat heavy long morning muscle shrek sort stage thi tonight tubby ups
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Power Lifting/strength training
  16. Rugby88

    Mike Mentzer - Heavy Duty Training

    Thinking of changing things up and maybe putting in some "heavy duty" style training, more rest, less sets, less training days etc...think my body needs a change atm... So anyone done it? thoughts? Ideas? Tips? - anyone have any Mike Mentzer heavy duty training templates I can have a look...
  17. The Hamburgler

    All hail Eddie - Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

    There seems there's a few of us that are into hard rock and heavy metal. Figured I'd start a thread where we can share bands, favourite songs, gig talks etc etc! I'll kick it off with some of my favourite bands: Starting with a band that I have over 11 hours worth of music lyByogG8JTI The...
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    Seriously heavy duty strength equipment

    I put this thread in here as it is only suitable for guys searching for over the top strong squat racks and bench presses. We used a set of squat stands that belong to Barry Murray for ProRawOne. We had guys squatting 300kg from them. I was VERY impressed. We took measurements and pics. Alen...
  19. kindred

    Stuff relating to heavy bag work

    How can you tell if you have wrapped your hands/wrists properly? I have often wondered this? I still hit the bag anyway but meh...
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    Lift Heavy Ass Weights

    Found a good article for growing big. the part i liked most i m pasting here. Lift heavy ass weight. Heavy ass weight makes muscles grow. Heavy ass weight can be in any rep range, because it is heavy ass weight and is kicking your balls seven ways to Sunday. What rep range should I use? FAIL...
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