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to be fair, at lower bodyweights a bodyweight bench is much easier. you are aiming at say a 140 kilo bench, you would need to put 15 kilos/33 lbs on your bench in 6 weeks - that may be possible man the only way to find out is to try it. prioritize bench and do some assistance exercises for...

yup keep bar contact with the legs thru the rep, keep the chest puffed out and push your ass back to lower the weight, let the knees bend a bit as you go down but not as much as an actual deadlift obviously. but if your lower back is a lot weaker than your hamstrings, it could still get sore...

nice jumps!! the weather looks totally beautiful there, here in new york it's drab and horrible right now, not even any snow to make it pretty

YES you need to eat to gain, you need to eat more than you think you should in most cases unless you are a fatass. if your pants are looser (around the waist, not thighs) but you weigh the same, you probably gained LBM and lost fat but if you wanna gain you need more food, and try not to make...

olympic lifters set up with shins touching the bar or a hair away, and a mark rippetoe uses 'drag the bar up the legs' as a coaching cue to teach the deadlift. so contact with the shins is not necessarily a form error

well re-reading this it really depends on what 'heavily grazed' means. some contact is normal if the bar is kept close to the body where it belongs but if it's starting in front of you too far when you begin the lift, the 'graze' might have a bit too much bite to it. i'm sure you'll be able to...

sounds like you're not getting set up right, so the bar is swinging in toward your center of gravity when you pick it up and whacking you. definitely a form issue, you dont see people whacking their shins at PL meets, olympic lifters will drag the bar up the shins sometimes with light contact...

which day? you are doing like 4 kinds of squat day 1, and heavy back squats on the other days too, it's like you picked every squat and speed squat related exercise that exists and just split them up between 3 days. plus you are totally neglecting your upper body which is important to jumping...

33 inch hops on a 200 lb man, not too shabby at all

I drink a few glasses to a quart of organic milk every day, usually whole milk, and it seems to agree with me just fine. the organic milk has a better flavor i find, and there's no concern over antibiotics or hormone usage if the brand is reputable (i stick with organic valley)

he needs somewhere to keep his books

Wednesday December 12 Push press, Push jerk complex lift, 1 push press, 1 jerk. actually ended up doing 1 push press, 2 jerks. will lower reps if the weight gets too heavy for doubles. I'm working the jerk separately this cycle because it lags behind my clean. did 135 lbs for 5 sets of 1 push...

Came up with some goal lifts for this cycle: 225 power jerk 405 clean grip deadlift 225 bench 175 snatch These would all be true PRs for me, more than i've ever lifted before, and they're pretty ambitious but I think i'll get them. 2 workouts to post: Monday December 10 bench 105x8 105x8...

food has become a bigger part of my budget too since i'm taking diet seriously and eating lots of quality food. but it's a good investment

well it is more difficult, more work without weights. the exercises simm82 lists are all solid recommendations, but if you had access to a barbell you could do 3 exercises twice a week and probably have more benefit to your muscles (though the calisthenics will be better to improve your general...