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[Austin Baraki]

There may be more or less effective ways for an individual to move in order to accomplish a specific task/goal, but no, there is not an "optimal"...

[Austin Baraki]

I would strongly recommend initiating strength training as soon as possible.

There is no specific/special program needed for this, outside...

[Austin Baraki]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear about this frustrating issue. Unfortunately I'm not too confident that your symptoms are related to the varicocele...

[Austin Baraki]

Yes, you can train.

[Austin Baraki]

Sure, you could do that.

[Austin Baraki]

Yes, that would be fine.

[Austin Baraki]

We typically warm up in a similar fashion to our working sets, yes. You don't necessarily have to put your belt on immediately for your lightest weights,...

[Austin Baraki]

As of this week, it looks like only about 3% of Canadians are fully vaccinated. I expect that things will improve markedly when a larger proportion of...

[Austin Baraki]

As of today, 29% of the US is fully vaccinated.



Who, specifically, are you referring to as being part of a "3rd wave"...

[Austin Baraki]

You should be fine with a more conservative food intake.

If you notice poor progress on the program, I would simply change programs, rather...

[Austin Baraki]

You can train.

If the symptoms are significantly limiting, you can adjust the workloads and/or exercises as needed. This is the same approach...

[Austin Baraki]

This is a rare condition that I do not have direct experience managing in adult medicine; however I did find this trial of exercise + dietary protein...

[Austin Baraki]

Ha! Welcome, Jim!...

[Austin Baraki]

Either way is fine. This is one of those situations where we can't predict which will work better for a particular individual - rather, you can experiment...

[Austin Baraki]

Correct, that would represent a "test" week (i.e. for 1RMs). If you aren't interested in testing 1RMs, then you can skip the week and move on....

[Austin Baraki]

If you're comfortable with the current (higher) dose of GPP, it'd be fine to stick with that.

And no, probably no need for that extra week...

[Austin Baraki]

If you're already comfortable with the general movements but just need practice, starting out with lighter weights should be fine.

If you...

[Austin Baraki]

Have you had a chance to listen to the most recent podcast episode? I would first direct your attention there.

[Austin Baraki]

No, that would not be expected.

[Austin Baraki]

It's fine to substitute it out for something else while dealing with this issue, but I wouldn't view SLDLs as a movement to be avoided completely/indefinitely....