User Profile

[Austin Baraki]

It's certainly possible he has some sort of connective tissue disorder and/or additional blebs, though we don't have a CT to tell us.

On...

[Austin Baraki]

Yes, that's possible as a component of general allostatic load.

[Austin Baraki]

There seems to be a bit of misunderstanding here. There is no such thing as an "RPE program" or someplace to "go after RPE". RPE is...

[Austin Baraki]

9/21

Deadlift: 635 x 1, 670 x 1, 610 x 4, 525 x 4 x 5 sets. Top single (5 lbs under all-time PR): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecBQlb...

[Austin Baraki]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for sharing. This was also shared and discussed a bunch in our BBM FB group.

[Austin Baraki]

No one is stopping you from doing whatever you want....

[Austin Baraki]

9/20

After a rough trip home

Squat up to 595 x 1, 545 x 4, 480 x 4 x 5 sets

Bench 245 x 8, 265 x 8, 275 x 8

[Austin Baraki]

We have not.

[Austin Baraki]

What is an "alternate stance" squat?

[Austin Baraki]

Yes. They tend to do this sort of thing on smaller, isolation-type movements (which are less fatiguing, even when taken to failure). Frequency of exposure...

[Austin Baraki]

Yes, I believe this has been discussed several times here before, and would be set up essentially the same way.

[Austin Baraki]

How would you define "cross training" here?

Sufficient volumes of strength & conditioning work, combined with a calorie deficit...

[Austin Baraki]

First, consider the actual exercises they are performing these sorts of techniques on.

[Austin Baraki]

Yes, you are free to do whatever you'd like here and see how you respond.

[Austin Baraki]

Correct, the relationship is not perfectly linear. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6026459/

With that said, it's probably not...

[Austin Baraki]

Yes, if this were your intention I'd replace C-P with a S-B1 slot.

[Austin Baraki]

Yep, you can put sumo in Either as a C-D or as a S-D, and maintain a conventional-style on the other.

[Austin Baraki]

"Just get to the gym and lift" doesn't actually mean anything. If you care about making some objective form of progress (even if it's just body...

[Austin Baraki]

Joe - you're hired.

[Austin Baraki]

We have previously advised you that your back is probably fine to train, based on the evaluation you had undergone to date.

From the sounds...