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    August 2015 Newsletter - our latest updates

    Hey there! Before we get to our Product of the Month, we've got an extra special treat for you... our flat rate shipping has been cut from $12 to just $7! It doesn't matter how big your order is or in which far flung part of Australia you live, with Bulk Nutrients your shipping will always be...
  2. Jungnaut

    Reps to BN for reducing shipping rates!

    Hey there sexy Jungnaut Before we get to our Product of the Month, we've got an extra special treat for you... our flat rate shipping has been cut from $12 to just $7! It doesn't matter how big your order is or in which far flung part of Australia you live, with Bulk...
  3. N

    Hi im Jarrod

    Hi I'm Jarrod, I trained for 3 and a half months this year at the beginning and stopped due to soft tissue injury. Starting weight: 59kg Height: 5.10"/5.11" Current weight 75kg and havent touched a weight in like 3 months. Went from 59-78kg using creatine only in 3.5 months and increased my...
  4. Repacked

    Strength and volume

    A Q for you Powerlifters here - How would you characterise the relationship between volume and strength? Do you find it necessary to manage the volume of your ancillary exercises in order to increase strength in your main lifts? In short, do you find that too much volume detracts from your...
  5. Repacked

    Sldl rom

    What's the consensus with SLDL ROM; once you go past 45-50 degrees does the glute/ham emphasis all but diminish and move to lower back? Do people think it's safer to use higher weight and keep the ROM to 45-50 deg?
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    Weakpoint Monday : Traps

    How do you train your traps (upper, middle, lower fibers), and with what volume and frequency? What do you do when you realize your traps are lagging behind?
  7. spartacus

    Why i have a lack of arch in lower back

    I got my xrays for back, and it helps explain why I can never get an arch at start of clean or deadlift. I remember years ago m weightlifting coach saying I needed to get more of an arch, but things have obviously got worse. Chiro report: Lumbar spine is very flat. The shape of your pelvis...
  8. DukeZ

    Sore Lower back

    so every time i do deads i get a lot of lasting lower back pain not doms more of an ache..... my form is pretty good and i wear a belt while completing these. any thoughts.... ive nailed it to be from deads as ive rotated other back excersises out of the routine too find deads are the ones that...
  9. Shrek

    Ass Anyone?

    Legit ass poses.
  10. K

    Right side lower rib pain

    I was fine until I woke up this morning im wondering if its caused from fatty foods? I remember I had some kfc and the pain became sharp under my right side? I couldnt twist my body without a sharp pain and most days felt winded usually lasts for 3 days or more? I wanted to go do legs but dont...
  11. Goosey

    The leg extension

    Some say it's a knee wrecker. Some say don't fully contract the knee because it will fuck your knees up. i jumped onto my leg extension yesterday, to do my 12 rep's and noted that someone was using the whole stack. (id done a set on the leg press jumped on the hammer for twenty reps, then the...
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    Running for as little as five minutes a day could significantly lower a person’s risk

    Running for as little as five minutes a day could significantly lower a person’s risk of dying prematurely, according to a large-scale new study of exercise and mortality. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/running-just-5-minutes-a-day-has-long-lasting-benefits/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
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    Paracetamol won’t reduce lower back pain or speed recovery times says new study

    PARACETAMOL is the pill universally recommended worldwide to treat back pain but it doesn’t speed recovery or reduce the pain a startling new study has found. The first ever placebo controlled study of the drug’s use in lower back pain conducted by Australian researchers is likely to prompt the...
  14. jzpowahz

    Helgas lower carb bread

    2 slices. 193 cals 11P/20C/6F 4.6g fibre Don't know if I'm late to party but just found out about this. About half total cals compared to "normal" bread. Tastes like bread to me :) Can eat twice as much for same cals. Aaaaawwwwww yeah. #inb4wheatbelly
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    Lower back pain - how to eliminate?

    Hi All, Few weeks ago realised I had done my lower back and gave squats/deadlifts/all lower back/body exercises a miss. and then just started doing bodyweighted squats and deadlifts. Body felt ok in terms of recovery and last week decided to jump back into deadlifts. the DL session felt ok...
  16. Rugby88

    Max-OT for Dummies

    Max-OT for Dummies Max-OT (Maximum - Overload Training) is one of the most popular routines out there, and it can give great gains in strength and size. This article will put in simple and short terms what exactly Max-OT is, what the training looks like, and what to expect from it. I've seen...
  17. Goosey

    Worst exercises

    Your worst exercises, the ones that give you grief, or you recieve nothing at all from them. Chest Back (upper) Back (lower) Shoulders Thighs (quad) Thighs (ham's) Biceps Triceps
  18. K

    lower stomach (need advice)

    over 2 years i droped 60kg then bulked 20 and cut down 15 and now sitting at 93kg but my only problem is lower stomach due to the amount i use to weigh 140kg the skin is stretched and and slightly hangs . my question is whats the best way to tighten to skin around the lower stomach area and...
  19. Darkoz

    - Low bar squat is not an exercise -

    I know that what I am about to write will piss some people off, but I’m an old man, 66, and don’t have anything to lose. I also know that many people will disagree with what I am about to say and it is certainly their right to disagree. What I have to say is only one man’s opinion, but it’s...
  20. Mackie

    Lower Back "pop" Yesterday

    So whilst attempting the herculean task of tying up my shoelaces yesterday I felt a "pop" in my lower back.. I'm not in any severe debilitating pain, I'd call it constant slight discomfort. What annoys me the most is I resistance train 4-6 days per week, always concentrate on form over weight...
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