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  1. Fadi

    Muscular fatigue and Neural fatigue

    There are different types of fatigue, namely: Local Muscular Fatigue, Neural Fatigue, Neuroendocrine Fatigue, and Environmental Fatigue. For the brevity of this small article and its intended purpose, I shall focus my attention precisely on muscular fatigue and neural fatigue. High intensity...
  2. A

    Why It's Dangerous To Ask A Stranger For A Spot

    When it’s time to go for broke with a new personal best in the gym, you may ask a stranger for a “spot”, which is fitness lingo for “help me out, bro”. You’re ready to crush this, you think… but what if the person doesn’t actually know how to spot and you get crushed? Worse, what if you both get...
  3. A

    This Video Shows You How To Choose Proper Weightlifting Shoes

    Proper footwear is important if you’re doing any type of weightlifting or strength training. Before you hit the gym, check out this video for some tips on how to properly protect your feet. When you lift barbells, you put a lot of weight and pressure on your feet. This can cause some problems...
  4. S

    Bench Grip Width

    for most people grip width tends to change based on preferences, injuries, focuses, etc I am curious to hear from Ausbb about their grip preference Personally, I noticed I feel stronger with a closer grip
  5. A

    Free locks for train passengers with bikes for western aust

    Free locks for train passengers with bikesThursday, 15 October 2015 ​Transperth launches education campaign to combat bicycle theft Smart transport initiative demonstrates the best kind of lock to avoid theft Project to install CCTV in all Transperth bike shelters now complete Transperth...
  6. Penn

    real question cholesterol

    Doctors tell us all the time high LDL cholesterol is a risk to heart disease. what do you think that really means?
  7. Jungnaut

    Hyper Sets - do you do 'em?

    I'm hearing hyper sets being thrown about at the gym lately but I don't believe anyone is actually executing them properly (can't rely on what I see at the commy gym I go to lol). I am under the impression this simply means max effort work sets, such as jokers in a 5/3/1 routine. Is that...
  8. spartacus

    Powerlifter tears quads off bone with 280kg squat

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c71_1428447914
  9. A

    The Gentleman’s Guide to Proper Steroid Etiquette at the Gym

    The elephant in the room is you if you’re juicing properly. If not, it doesn’t really matter, because nobody is going to notice you anyways. If you aren’t the biggest guy in the gym, you’re the smallest. If you aren’t the strongest, you’re the weakest. If you aren’t proudly marching towards the...
  10. Davepuppies

    Blood flow restriction / occlusion training

    Has anyone tried this style of training? it is essentially wrapping the end of a limb (example biceps- wrapped at insertion near shoulder) with a pressure of 6-7/10 then pumping a lighter weight. the wrap allows blood into the muscle, but does not allow it to return. results are extreme...
  11. M

    Does anyone know about Metabolic Precision?

    I'm new to all this and I've heard a lot of stories re the pre comp lead up training etc which can totally wreck your body (& health). I've also met quite a few people who swear by Metabolic Precision. Apparently there's a free workshop this week in Melboure CBD and I'm wondering if I should...
  12. Kranky

    I need to do this properly

    G'day all I have been lurking this forum for a little while now and I really need your help to lose fat. I understand that I need to eat 500 cal under my maintenance level to lose fat and that there are various ways to determine my maintenance levels. (ps,I think a sticky with a guide to...
  13. A

    Doing DB presses properly

    When lower the weights, how low should I go? A lot of websites are saying to bring the dumbbells down to your chest, with the elbows going all the way down, and the others are saying not to bring your elbows past the level of your back, so at 90 degrees, like this...
  14. jchen

    Food Poisoning - How to start to eat properly again?

    Might be a weird question but after having a farkkkking terrible bout of food poisoning sunday night , which has only just started to settle today, I am wondering when I will be ready to eat normally again? I only ask as a mate who trains pretty hard said he had the same thing, stupidly ate...
  15. D

    Squats and deadlifts?

    why are squats and deadlifts so highly recommended?
  16. C

    Warming Up Properly

    How NOT to warm-up Let's use the Bench Press as an example here. For sake of description we'll say that 275 is the maximum for 3 reps. Here is how most people do a bench workout. They load the bar with 135 pounds and do about 10 or 15 reps. They'll rest a few minutes and then go to 185 pounds...
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