Starting Over After A Year of Inactivity

[DkMetz]

So after more than a year away from training I knew my only reasonable option was to start anew with the Beginner Template. I have a lot of areas of my...

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If you get some bands of different sizes you can attach to the rack and fashion up a form of banded leg curls, lots of videos on youtube on ways to do...

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If you have access to a safety squat bar, it won't hurt to give your arms a break for a couple of weeks for squatting, or even every other workout.

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Like many, I have had no access to a gym or any kind of barbell training other than some bodyweight stuff.

I have ordered myself the equipment...

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The commercial gym in my small town, the owner doesn't spend money on anything. All of the barbells have no centre knurling but the centre of all the...

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Do you train at a commercial gym? Chances are you are using a crappy barbell. The sleeves and the barbell roll as a unit whereas a good quality barbell...

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I've done Powerlifting 2 and for bench press overload I really liked using a Sling-Shot.

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Hi everyone:

This has probably been answered before but what's a good way to do warm up sets when working up to a top single at RPE 8?...

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Something you can try which I'm going to try after my next meet is to train the opposite lift. If you do conventional deadlift, train that as your primary...

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I am currently doing the 7 week legacy Hypertrophy 4X/week template. After week 5 I will go right to week 1 of Powerlifting 2 in order to prep for a powerlifting...

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Rack pulls are an overload type exercise, so I always go as heavy as I can for the prescribed sets/reps. This usually requires a belt and lifting straps...

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I'm not an expert in anything but I recall over the years when I read all the bodybuilder mags they didn't like lockouts of the knees on the leg press....

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I've decided to start prepping now for a meet on March 21, 2020. I won't be having a coach and I train alone so I was looking for some sound advice as...

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Are you doing the free version of The Bridge?

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I ran Powerlifting 2 back in the summer until an injury unrelated to lifting took me out. I had made it to week 6 and was making decent gains in squat...