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    A Letter To Weightlifters, New & Old

    If you’re reading this then you have likely found weightlifting at some point in your life. If you have been lifting for over 1 year then you will recognize everything that we cover throughout this letter to new lifters. No matter how quickly you progress to good or even great, you will deal...
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    Model branded ‘Miss Iron Bum’ shows off her muscles after she was bullied for being ‘

    Model branded ‘Miss Iron Bum’ shows off her muscles after she was bullied for being ‘skinny’ Bakhar Nabieva, aka ‘Miss Iron Bum’. Picture: Bakhar Nabieva/Instagram Natalie KeeganThe Sun Email a friend A FITNESS model who has been branded ‘Miss Iron Bum’ has wowed her social media...
  3. Big Mick

    Extremely Limited Training Time

    I have a problem at the moment where I am extremely time poor due to work and personal commitments, this time poor aspect will hopefully end early next year some time. I have not been training for a few weeks now and feel worse for it, so was thinking today that may be I should just hit up the...
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    Quads

    Seems my quads are shrinking, I thought they were OK but guess it was half fat.. I want to add something for quads, but don't want to hit glutes too much I already have a deadlift butt that my Mrs is jealous of.. So far I have two different leg days. Leg day 1 is Squat + Romanian DL + Calves...
  5. White_Lie

    Kai Greene Australian Tour

    Anyone going to one of his seminars or store appearance? Thinking of going on Monday, its only 2 minutes from my place...hate crowds though! Seminars are $60/70 on the weekend in Perth. Think I'll give that a miss Deets as follows... ‼️AUSTRALIA TOUR SCHEDULE‼️ See if we hit your city!! &...
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    New diet??

    Morning all, Looking for a bit of advice mainly on how much I should eat. Brief background, I have lost a 18kg of weight over 12 months and have kept it off for 6 months by training for triathlons, so lots and lots of cardio, now I am wanting to get a bit of size to me. I am 173cm and 70.3kg...
  7. MickB

    Hi Guys and Girls

    Hi All, I have just returned to Bodybuilding after a lengthy spell out. I used to be a member on here 2-3 years back but had a car accident and herniated two discs in my neck - was touch and go for a while if I'd ever be able to lift again - got very depressed and couldn't even come on the site...
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    How an obese mother lost 44kg and became a bodybuilder

    Katie appearing in a bodybuilding competition last year that she won under the transformation category. Picture: Caters News news.com.au Email a friend AFTER an obese mother was called a ‘fat b**ch’ by a gym worker, she was spurred on to lose 44 kilos. And now she’s winning...
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    Asha Coulthard talks muscles, diets and spray tans of competition body building

    PHOTO: Body builder Asha Coulthard hopes to go professional in the bikini category this year. (891 ABC Adelaide: Brett Williamson) RELATED STORY: #chickswholift: The world of female bodybuilding RELATED STORY: Josh the giant: Australia's best bodybuilder MAP: Adelaide 5000 Eight meals a day...
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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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    No Routine

    Does anyone here just train whenever they feel like it and what ever they feel like? While ive only been backing training a couple of weeks, im just training what ever i fancie, following no set routine what so ever (still trying to hit the main body parts) . So far i am enjoying it, I think...
  12. ride29er

    Bulged Disk with extruded cartilage

    5 weeks ago in my local strongman gym I was doing some deadlifting, I hit a single at 180kg which is 30kg off my PB and felt a pop like a knuckle cracked so I instantly hit the floor and layed still for a few minutes to see how my body reacted, felt ok until I went to move and the pain was that...
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    Short courses

    Hi Everyone - bit about myself, 10years+ of lifting before having kids 8 years ago..this put my gym visits on hold :( Stats pre kids, 5 foot 9, 42, did ~5-10 courses (Standard stuff...courses consisted of usually(Not all together!) sust 250, bold/eq, test prop, stan...and even the old sheep...
  14. Repacked

    FYI Low carb protein bread, pancakes & others..**15% Discount**

    Some interesting stuff if your diet requires... https://theproteinbreadco.com.au/ ***Ausbb discount *** ausbb15
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    April 2016 Newsletter - our latest updates

    Hi there, This month we’re rewarding customers who spend over $250 with a free bottle of ZMA Capsules. Worth $30, your free ZMA Capsules are a great way to reduce muscle soreness and ensure you get a great night’s sleep. But wait, don’t start shopping to hit that $250 target yet. We've got...
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    Woman goes from obese to bikini model

    AN OVERWEIGHT woman looks unrecognisable after shedding half her body weight and becoming a stunning bikini competitor. After losing 52kg, Donna Gillie, 30, now proudly takes to the stage to reveal her hard work and her new svelte figure. Donna began her health journey when she found even...
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    Why hitting the gym is good for your career

    TIME to hit the gym. While the likes of Bill Gates, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg would likely argue otherwise, a new study set to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology argues that physical strength is often equated with better leadership qualities...
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    Use The RPE Scale To Rate How Hard You Should Work Out

    The RPE scale challenges you to gauge how hard you think you’re pushing yourself, based on a numeric scale. The American College of Sports Medicine defines RPE as “feelings of effort, strain, discomfort, and/or fatigue experienced during both aerobic and resistance training“, but uses a scale of...
  19. Fadi

    Australia is podium finisher in drugs taking

    Professor Gordian Fulde wins Senior Australian of the Year 2016. Here's what he had to say this morning on the subject of Australia and drug taking. MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: This year's Senior Australian of the year is Professor Gordian Fulde, the long serving head of the Emergency Department at...
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    Isoflex Review

    I have tried a lot of different protein blends, but must say that the Allmax IsoFlex Peanut Butter Chocolate is great. It is a very fine powder and it blends in literally seconds and there is not a chalky / clumpy taste. It has the flavor of hot chocolate with a hint of peanut butter. I will not...
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