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    [Article] What are some basic health tips?

    Thе kеу tо a healthy dіеt is tо eat the rіght аmоunt оf саlоrіеѕ for hоw асtіvе you аrе ѕо you bаlаnсе the energy уоu соnѕumе with the еnеrgу уоu uѕе. If you еаt оr drink mоrе than уоur body nееdѕ, уоu'll рut on weight bесаuѕе thе еnеrgу уоu dо nоt use іѕ stored as fat. If уоu еаt аnd drink...
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    Medications affecting muscle gain?

    Hey all, I'm not really sure of the best area of the Forum to post this but thought this was a good place to try? I am an Electrician and live an active lifestyle, I ride between 10-20km a week but I don't work out. I had a car accident about 8-10 years ago and shattered my talus into 8 pieces...
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    [Article] What are the main exercises for body building?- Odeta Stuikys Rose

    Hello Members, This is Odeta stuikys Rose and I'm new here. I want to know what are the basic exercises of bodybuilding for beginners? Please share your valuable views, it will help me a lot to achieve my desired goal. Thanks!!
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    Please help! Growth Hormone AND IGF-1 pathology result interpretation

    Hey guys My first run on HGH and got my labs back after 10 days or so, but it's very confusing to work out how efficacious my gear is with all the conversion methods/units between different countries and discrepancies between articles publishing 'normal ranges'. To give context this test was...
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    Exercise books

    The barbell prescription. Sullivan & Baker SS basic barbell training. Rippetoe Practical Programming. Rippetoe & Baker $20 each or $50 for the lot. Will post at your expense. Books are in perfect condition. Moving overseas and have to eliminate some items lol. Sent from my HTC 2PS5200 using...
  6. Big Mick

    Who Actually Lifts?

    Would be interesting to know how many of the members here actually lift weights?? By some of the responses to posts on here, it becomes apparent that some people do not have a clue about weight training. Do they still train? Or do we have people here that just come to the forum to kill some...
  7. Goosey

    Gut check back to basics

    I'm a big fan of Japanese Pro-Wrestling. I got into it years ago from reading Dave Meltzer's awesome Wrestling Observer Newsletter(I think I started subscribing to WON in 1984 and have been reading it ever since). In Japan Pro-Wrestling is one of their major sports... there's Sumo and there's...
  8. Vialli

    Bloods

    I am planning on getting my bloods done 4weeks after I finish My Test E cycle what should I get tested for I have read lots of different advice and recommendations.
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    powerlifting duo rise to challenge

    this was in the local rag Powerlifting duo rise to the challengeMonday 21 August, 2017 By day Chloe Warburton and Karina Joy are Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW) employees, who work respectively as an online content coordinator and senior hydrogeologist. But outside of work, they are each a...
  10. spartacus

    the importance of specific strength for sport, avoiding heavy lifts

    I have been training a good triathlete for 10 weeks now, mostly on bilateral and bodyweight exercises. he has improved his leg power by 5%, a pretty good feat, but I/he was waiting to see how it helped his sport performance. yesterday he rings to say, that despite only doing 15km swimming per...
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    PT's in Parks

    You see P.T.'s in public Parks all the time now. They all seem to be getting their Clients to do a Circuit type program ie. Medicine Ball lifts and throws, Bands, Push Ups, Abs and other stuff. It seems to me that they are just targeting the ill-informed and running/starting a Business that...
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    Power Rack For Low Ceiling Garage

    Hi guys, I'm looking to build a basic home gym, and was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a power rack (preferably with a pull up bar) that is about 1.8m-1.9m. My garage ceiling has a height restriction of about 2m Thanks.
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    Strongman - Anyone?

    Hello, I live around the Western Side of Sydney (so Windsor/Richmond direction).... Is there anyone (even not on this side) that is a good personal trainer in Strongman/Strength conditioning? Im sick of all the stupids out there that claim to be personal trainers and don't even understand...
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    Bumper Or steel

    Hello, As I have been understanding the foundational principles in lifting, and the basic 4 things you need to lift regardless of which training program you are going to use... As a weight lifter, you would need bumper plates as the weights are dropped from overhead (outside a power rack)...
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    What's your cookware set up like? What size pots and pans do you use for your bulk/we

    What's your cookware set up like? What size pots and pans do you use for your bulk/weekly meal prep cooking?
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    Muscle Motion Commercial Power Rack new home gym setup

    Hey all, As you can see by my post count, I'm new here. I have a background of fairly high-level training in the past, as an adjunct to other sports (mostly rowing and rugby), but it's been a long time since I've lifted weight seriously. I thought it was about time to re-start. As I've just...
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    Routine Critique Please!

    M 181cm 83kg Hey, I have been doing a basic PPL for a couple of months inconsistently but now as my schedule is tighter the time is too much. My new routine is based on Stronglifts 5x5 with added accessories. Goal is a balance of strength and aesthetics. Also on a slow bulk. Current 1RMs...
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    Bodyspace

    Who uses bodyspace , which can be found it your profile what is it ? what does it do i hear you ask? Well quite simply it is a place for you to provide some stats on your body , check it you in your profile While it isn't as full on as bodyspace over on bodybuilding.com , but it does...
  19. Repacked

    The sixth taste

    For hundreds of years, scientists have known about four basic tastes: sour, sweet, salty and bitter. More recently, a Japanese chemist discovered a fifth basic taste, umami, which is triggered by monosodium glutamate, or MSG, as it's more widely known. Umami, perhaps best described as savory, is...
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    tnation - Primer 4: Big, Bad, Basic Workouts

    Everyone knows what a single, double, or triple is, but when it gets to "four," people suddenly develop weight training amnesia. •  You can build a solid foundation of strength and mass with a program based around sets of four. And it only requires four days a week of training. •  One of the...
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