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    Our Prime Minister is chosen by Rupert Murdoch and other Media Moguls

    Rupert Murdoch wanted Malcolm Turnbull gone as Prime Minister "We have got to get rid of Malcolm. If that's the price of getting rid of him then I can put up with three years of Labor" Rupert Murdoch's Newspapers (the Australian, Daily Telegraph, Sky, etc) have run a campaign against Malcolm...
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    John Meadows Programs

    Has anyone ever done these? I am following his programs now and making really good gains. My arms are now bigger than they have ever been! I am hoping that they hit 15 inches soon. I know it's not much but I always struggled with my arms. The arm workout I just did was: EZ bar curls - 3x15 to...
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    ABF smashes NSW steroids import racket

    18-07-2016 -Australian Border Force (ABF) investigators have arrested and charged two Sydney men with importing performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs). ABF officers conducted an investigation into a NSW Central Coast based syndicate importing a significant amount of PIEDs into Australia...
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    Movement Hierarchies

    1. Squat Box squat, air squat, dumbbell squat, back squat, front squat, overhead squat 2. Single-leg Squat Lunge, box step-up, reverse lunge, hanging-leg pistol from box, elevated-leg pistol from box, pistol 3. Jump and Land Jumping mechanics, (broad jump), box jump...
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    Pull ups

    Hey all. I'm trying to get to the level of a fully fledged pull up. I'm currently on 40kg on the assisted pull up machines. So how do you know when you are ready to move onto the resistant band? I'd imaging there are some stability muscles that aren't being worked on the assisted pull up machine.
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    Does this happen to anyone else?

    Over the last week I've been going to the gym (most days) and working out (mainly weight machines such as the assisted pull up, leg press, seated row... etc) and when I get home I have my breakfast (typically a home made potato or pumpkin soup). After about half an hour after I've eaten I've...
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    Brisbane's first outdoor gym

    Free outdoor gym for Tingalpa For those on the south (east) side in Brisbane, looks like we'll have another option with an outdoor gym. "Cr Murphy said the Minnippi parklands gym will be protected by a shade cover with the following pieces of gym equipment proposed: Cross Trainer Treadmill...
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    Alternatives to Assisted Dips

    ive always struggled with pull ups / chin ups. so i've been using the assisted machine to compensate however this just seemed unnatural. so i thought i would just do 4 reps of however many reps i can and each week would just progressively get stronger. well i ended up straining a neck muscle...
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    Assisted Chin ups/ Pull ups/ Dips?

    I was just wondering what people think about assisting when using bodyweight excercises. I've been assisting while doing dips, pull ups and chin ups for a while now since i'm no good at any of this and I feel like its getting harder to do non assisted reps now that i'm so used to being supported...
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    Assisted Machine Barbell Press vs Regular Barbell Press

    just out of curiosity its something that i have been wonder for awhile no, are regular barbell bench presses a better then compared to using one of the assisting machines? i haven't used one of those assisting machines so was wondering if someone could help me out. I've watched others using...
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