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[Austin Baraki]

I don't have a strong opinion. I use a straight one. Others are free to chime in with their thoughts.

[Austin Baraki]

Ideally you'd get a bit of conditioning in too, but other than that -- sounds fine to me, based on your current circumstances.

[Austin Baraki]

You seem to be continuing to think about this issue in a similar way.

I work in a military setting. The overwhelming majority of folks I...

[Austin Baraki]

Not really, as exercise selection primarily relates to individual goals.

If I had a military trainee who needed to prepare for a military...

[Austin Baraki]

It will probably require asking around in your local area. Wish we had a better way, sorry.

[Austin Baraki]

I'm not sure what happened - the forum leaves us a placeholder on the backend when there's a deleted post, and I don't see anything here....

[Austin Baraki]

We certainly do not treat it (or recommend treating it) as general. Regarding whether it should be treated as individual/iterative: to a point, yes....

[Austin Baraki]

Nothing wrong with this, since it seems to fit your goals....

[Austin Baraki]

If you're having persistent/recurrent severe symptoms and are hoping to rule out as many possible underlying causes as you can, I'm not sure what other...

[Austin Baraki]

I don't know what to make of this limited video, but it doesn't raise immediate concern.

[Austin Baraki]

There is nothing implied by the fact that there are 9 slots available. Just because there are 9 slots does not mean you have to fill them all with warmup...

[Austin Baraki]

We can't provide specific recommendations for your situation of course, but for a hypothetical individual with the characteristics you describe, I would...

[Austin Baraki]

Roughly, sure. This is a reasonable take, although the aspect of "efficiency" and which strategies are "better" is a more complicated...

[Austin Baraki]

I don't know. However, I don't think you'd need to be off for 6 whole weeks to see whether there's an effect. You could even bring the dosage down to...

[Austin Baraki]

The sides are each 2 feet wide by 6 feet deep, and the middle section is 4 feet wide by 6 feet deep.



I don't understand this...

[Austin Baraki]

1. 6 feet deep by 8 feet wide

2. Power bars like Ohio Power bar, Eleiko power bar

3. I don't do any olympic lifts, and can't...

[Austin Baraki]

There is no established causal relationship between intense exercise and chronic kidney disease....

[Austin Baraki]

I would also incorporate things like tempo curls, yes.

[Austin Baraki]

Perhaps, but whether the overhead press is the "culprit" or not isn't a particularly important or useful distinction to make. It is more likely...

[Austin Baraki]

Unfortunately I can't say that I've personally done a sufficient deep dive in this area of literature to provide you with a confident answer, sorry. Perhaps...