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    Weekly Discussion Thread #4

    This weeks topic: Periodization! · What do you use? · What program are you running? · What is your experience with program writing? · What are your thoughts on the various types of periodization? · What do you think most people do wrong in creating a...
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    • Forum: BodyBuilding Training Discussions
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    Pain from military press

    About two-3 years ago I broke my collar bone, would this have anything to do with the pain I experience in my left shoulder? It feels like all the muscles are pushing together and overlapping sometimes and it hurts and I have to stop training. Should I keep it light with the bar only until I can...
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    • 5kg ago bar bone broke collar experience feels heavier left lift light military muscles overhead pain press pushing shoulder stop things til traini training years
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: BodyBuilding Training Discussions
  3. canned tuna

    Olympic shoes for squatting, disadvantages as well as pros

    Advantages of raised-heel squatting are very well discussed Not a lot is said about long term usage and disadvantages, or the ideal usage circumstances Please share your findings Aside from obvious benefits, through med-long term use I am finding -Knees take more of a beating; often am...
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    • advantages beating benefits close days disadvantages feel flat hips hit ideal knees light long mobile olympic pro pros run running share shoes squat squatting work
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Power Lifting/strength training
  4. kaz

    [Tv] Game of Thrones Season 5 **SPOILERS*

    Coming to Foxtel Monday 13th April!
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    • Forum: Entertainment (TV, Movies, Music, Books, etc)
  5. Neddysmith

    Training a female suggestions?

    Hey Guys, I have been asked my a female friend to train her and help her out. First off I am not a qualified PT or anything like that, she knows this and is fine with it, just going to do some training with her and show her the ropes and setup with a program etc and some advice to get her...
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    • art barbell basics beginners box deadlifts exercises female great helps hey learn light machines moving press sea shoulder squats star start suggestions support training weights
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    • Forum: Female Training Discussion
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    Light vs. Heavy Weight High reps or low reps for muscle growth? - flexonline

    OPENING ARGUMENTS Defense: Lifting heavy weight is what separates the men from the boys and allows bodybuilders to make the biggest gains in mass. In fact, some of the largest bodybuilders to ever grace the posing dais were ex-powerlifters. Prosecution: Lifting with light weight and higher reps...
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    Ronnie Coleman (Light weight, baby) a tribute song by Eric M Hunter

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    [ADL] DHS Hercules Weightlifting Olympic Barbell

    [ADL] DHS Hercules Weightlifting Oly Olympic Barbell. Great for Olympic lifting, powerlifting or crossfit. Ideal for a home gym, PT studio or commercial gym. These bars are used by "Australian Muscle: The Gym" so you know they can take a beating. Details: High Quality Barbell similar to...
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    • Forum: Buy/Sell/trade
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    Lee Preist

    Lee Priest Lee Priest grew up in Wallsend Australia. Priest's mom was also a bodybuilding competitor, and posed with Priest onstage. Priest started training at the age of 12 with the help and support of his grandfather. He competed for the first time at the age of 13 and won. He went on to win...
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    Light days

    Just a friendly reminder that unless you're lifting heavy 5 days of the week, you have no business having a light day and that you're a pussy for doing so.
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    • bodybuilders building day days drop earth experience front guy high ice light main makes maximum muscle muscle building part sense sport strength strength training stupid training weak
    • Replies: 104
    • Forum: Power Lifting/strength training
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    woodchopping for physical prepartion and light cardio

    Iv'e always been a massive country bunkin and grew up watching my burley of old ledgend of a neighbour getting into his training (however he is an an older man an cna't go on with his hobby. I keep thinking that this would be a great addition to my training as it is a full body exercise in not...
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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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    What do you do to warm up?

    i find what i do isen't cutting it whenever i least expect it i get put out with an injury due to poor warming up attempt. i'd like to know what othey people do to warm up b4 lifts
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    • Forum: BodyBuilding Training Discussions
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    Light weights are just as good for building muscle Researchers Find

    Light Weights Are Just as Good for Building Muscle, Getting Stronger, Researchers Find ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2012) — Lifting less weight more times is just as effective at building muscle as training with heavy weights, a finding by McMaster researchers that turns conventional wisdom on its...
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    Benching

    So a few guys have asked if I can post up a few pointers on the bench. Im no bench specialist, but hopefully the following can help you out a little. Setup First things first, we need to set our grip width. 81cm is the maximum legal grip that can be used in competition, so given my levers...
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    • Replies: 577
    • Forum: Power Lifting/strength training
  16. Figjam Brah

    Help. Weird Leg pain/feeling, legs felt fucked after doing light squats.

    Hey peoples, had a weird experience today. While doing warm up squats, of only 25kgs, I had a really weird pain/sensation run up my legs. I'd just finished doing 10 reps atg, felt normal doing them, just the usual cold muscle feelings. but as soon as i racked the bar, I got what felt like a...
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    Light Head

    Does anyone out there know why i would have been getting light headed while training and not been able to perform to myu normal standard. I do sometimes get a little light headed while training when pushing really hard but never this bad before and couldnt lift to the level that i have over the...
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    Light Headed.

    Hey guys. I started working out last week, Proper diet and everything. Now my first question is, I'm 17 and i've gained about 1.2 KGS in a week, i don't gain fat easily or at all and ive been eating like a healthy monster. Is it possible to even gain that much muscle in a week? =/ However my...
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    Day Light Savings

    As you may or may not have noticed , the posts times are out of sync with the clock time , this is due to day light savings you will need to go ahead and change your timing In the Navigation bar up the top , click http://ausbb.com/profile.php?do=editoptions Scroll down to Time Zone , and...
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    How can I make light weights heavier?

    Hi guys, I've realised I'm not going to have time to head down to my gym tonight (it's not close enough) but I don't want to miss a session so am going to try and squeeze in 30/40 mins using what I have at home - the problem is I don't have a lot of weight so I am looking for ideas to make what...
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