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  1. dandexter

    How Much Training Until You Get Sore

    I see people around over the years saying that you have to get sore to get bigger. Which I somewhat dis-agree with as I've gain a fair amount of muscle with rarely getting sore. I've been lifting for quite a few years now progressively adding more and more volume (and weight when appropriate)...
    • dandexter
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    • adding amount bench change day exercise exercises feel hat house lifting limited months muscle people press rain range sets sore train training tricep wondering years
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    • Forum: BodyBuilding Training Discussions
  2. dandexter

    Building legs without squats or presses

    I haven't squatted in the last 12 months. The only quad exercise I did was leg extensions. For the 1st 10 months I did them three times every 2 weeks (10 sets of 20). Even though I cut down and my wasit went from 85cm to 78cm, my quads stayed at 67cm. That was with bugger all training to be...
  3. dandexter

    Powerlifting posting in Bodybuilding Forum

    Alright i'll stay out of here and let the new guys waste time on the leg extension machine instead of squatting. I miss the days on here when top quality advice was always offered, and people were put on a solid start. Now we have people who see the word squat or deadlift in a routine and...
  4. dandexter

    New to all this

    If you call starting strength a powerlifting routine, then you should call it a olympic weightlifting routine as well. It has power cleans in there and olympic weightlifters do them, so it must be a olympic weight routine. That's the same logic people who call it a powerlifting routine are...
  5. dandexter

    New to all this

    You don't start out on a powerlifting routine, no one does. Starting strength, PTC beginner routines are just that - beginner routines. They aren't for powerlifting or body building. They build the base for either, ie learning and doing compound lifts. As for when to change that is up to...
  6. dandexter

    3 day upper body only

    Overhead press isn't the best way to improve bench press. Doing more bench press is the best way when your bench press is under 140kg. Plus he said it hurts his shoulders.
  7. dandexter

    New to all this

    When someone starts lifting, whether they want to do bodybuilding for powerlifting they should follow the same routine/very very similar. As a new lifter needs to put the most focus on compound lifts, squat, bench, deadlift, military press, rows etc. Not fucking around on the chest press...
  8. dandexter

    only a few last sets to failure?

    First thing I would do is be in bed before 12:41am, you need lots of sleep if you want good results from the gym. Next I would move deadlifts to first on your back day (i'm assuming that what the day is). Overall imo its not as bad as most spilt routines people make up, the rest I would...
  9. dandexter

    Ten Commandments of powerlifting.

    Equipped means using squat suits, bench shirts and deadlift suits. Has nothing at all to do with drugs. However in answer to your questions, from what I have heard a massive amount use them (but not everyone). Even in drug tested leagues like IPF, drug tested doesn't mean drug free.
  10. dandexter

    Ten Commandments of powerlifting.

    +1 that's what it means and should be applied to weight training regardless of goals (BB/PL/OL). Don't go its only a 60kg bench warm up and put minimum effort and no setup into it, not a good habit to get into.
  11. dandexter

    Turkish Getups

    I don't do them as my routine is already full of exercises that will actually help me achieve my goals better/faster then Turkish Getups would.
  12. dandexter

    Turkish Getups

    In my opinion these are a good fuck around exercise.
  13. dandexter

    how are you progressing

    I'd say i'm progressing well, main goal this year was not to re-injury my back. Its almost been 2 months now.
  14. dandexter

    Bumper plates

    When I can clean & jerk 120kg i'm going to get a pair of those 50kg Ivanko bumpers. You have to email them, thats how I got my 50KG Ivanko Steel plates.
  15. dandexter

    Beginners program

    Just something I would like to add to Greyham's post, RAW Powerlifting world records for a 75kg class lifter. Squat: 272.5KG Bench Press: 220KG Deadlift: 325KG http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/world
  16. dandexter

    Beginners program

    Just something I would like to add to Greyham's post, RAW Powerlifting world records for a 75kg class lifter. Squat: 272.5KG Bench Press: 220KG Deadlift: 325KG http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/world
  17. dandexter

    Beginners program

    Strength = most amount of weight moved. What you described is a body weight : strength ratio. If a 180kg powerlifter squats 400kg, and a 100kg powerlifter squats 300kg. Who is stronger? The 180kg powerlifer, he moved more weight = stronger. Who as the better strength : body weight...
  18. dandexter

    Beginners program

    Strength = most amount of weight moved. What you described is a body weight : strength ratio. If a 180kg powerlifter squats 400kg, and a 100kg powerlifter squats 300kg. Who is stronger? The 180kg powerlifer, he moved more weight = stronger. Who as the better strength : body weight...
  19. dandexter

    Beginners program

    No such thing as a seated military press, its seated overhead press or seated shoulder press. People use the term 'military press' to loosely these days.
  20. dandexter

    Beginners program

    No such thing as a seated military press, its seated overhead press or seated shoulder press. People use the term 'military press' to loosely these days.
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