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  1. Zoot

    Impending quad injury felt innocuous, like a cork

    In case it helps anyone else: Friday last week I had a mild pain that I would describe as being like a bruise or a cork, right in the middle of the outer quad, the vastus lateralis or whatever it's called. Was really nothing, but I aborted the Friday squats anyway out of caution. By Monday it...
  2. Zoot

    body proportions and hitting squat depth

    Everybody has a different ratio of torso length to femur length. The proposition that I'm putting forth here is that for some people, that ratio impedes their ability to hit a legal squat depth and a further subset may never be able to make a legal squat at all. This first diagram shows a long...
  3. Zoot

    Crap deadlift, good opportunity to point and laugh

    My deadlift is crap. I'd really like to do something about it, but I really struggle with form. I'm miles from any regular critiquing, so it's not really getting better. Here's a current attempt, when somewhat fatigued, at about 75%: Crappy 140kg Triple - YouTube It doesn't look too good...
  4. Zoot

    Picking a bench opener when you're a novice

    I've seen advice to novices on here about opening with a weight that you can triple. But for bench, is that a weight that you can triple paused, or triple touch-and-go?
  5. Zoot

    Ghetto kettle bell substitute for UDL's

    I wanted to do some Ukrainian Deadlifts, but the gym doesn't have any kettlebells. And I believe they're expensive to buy. I had a handle lying around, so I thought I might be able to knock up something using the gym's dumbbells. I got 4 shackles - took a dumbbell into the hardware store to...
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