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  1. RyanF

    Weekly Discussion Thread #13

    Hardness =/= effectiveness, except for when you know what I mean. A lot of the difficulty in squats comes from generating enough tightness in the trunk to transfer force from the hips to the shoulders and maintain balance. If you could remove that element of difficulty from the lift and put as...
  2. RyanF

    Weekly Discussion Thread #13

    - My thighs are bigger than my calves :rolleyes: Calves are pretty minuscule, but they're getting better now that I don't neglect them all the time. Still takes a lot of work to get not a lot of results, though. - Mostly variations of squat, deadlift and calf raise, with some Nordic leg curls...
  3. RyanF

    the what u saw at the gym TODAY thread

    ^ Nice! Supra-bodyweight BP on a girl is generally a pretty big deal.
  4. RyanF

    As you get stronger

    I haven't yet gotten to the point of needing to train less frequently to get more progress.
  5. RyanF

    Weekly Discussion Thread # 11

    - I rarely do much to focus on my arms. Most of my training is compound movements: bench press, overhead press, pull ups, rows. I do train CGBP, which is more triceps-oriented than my main grip for bench press, but I know with certainty I can make my triceps work harder in isolation exercises...
  6. RyanF

    Scotts guide to water cutting.

    I weighed 67.9kg the day before weigh-in and 67.3kg for weigh-in. Just ate less carbs (especially sugar) and salt the day before and stopped consuming anything from 7pm the night before weigh-in. Tiny cut, didn't feel bad and was the difference between getting a medal vs competing against...
  7. RyanF

    Lunges

    I don't like them due to an old ankle injury and the way my knees feel doing them, but lunges are a pretty good quad exercise. They get the rectus femoris (front-most quad muscle) in a way that squats and leg presses can't. Earlier this year I had a play around with what I'm calling Jefferson...
  8. RyanF

    The PB Thread

    Solid! Feeling good for Sydney Cup?
  9. RyanF

    The PB Thread

    Thanks everyone. I'm really happy with how everything went down. Still on a high from it 24 hours later.
  10. RyanF

    Bench-deadlift

    For me, the more I practice my bench arch, the less soreness it gives me (except for 1-2RMs, and even then it's not so bad). So I'd predict that with practice you will get less back soreness from bench press. On the topic of arching, there's more than one way to do it -- some methods being...
  11. RyanF

    The PB Thread

    Thanks :) I went in and achieved everything I had intended to achieve, then got an unofficial extra 5kg on deadlift backstage on top of that, so I'm really pleased with how the competition went. Came home with a silver medal.
  12. RyanF

    The PB Thread

    PB's on all lifts today. Squat 172.5kg (2.5kg PB) Bench Press 102.5kg (2.5kg PB) Deadlift 195kg on the platform (5kg PB), then, since that was much easier than expected, 200kg (10kg PB) in the warm up area
  13. RyanF

    What are you or what did you train today?

    Today I'm training my hunger and thirst muscles. Just over an hour til weigh-in.
  14. RyanF

    Stiff-legged/romanian deads

    Assuming it is a lack of core activation, control and/or strength, your immediate focus shouldn't be on trying to hit the core core hard, but on trying to make the core do anything at all. Take note of the technique point I gave earlier on drawing everything in and lifting your chest. Practice...
  15. RyanF

    people who workout to help with anxiety or depression:

    When I go through cycles of depression, I just stop caring, so food doesn't taste as good, progress doesn't seem either viable or even interesting, and attitude towards training consequently also becomes pretty meh. Anxiety, on the other hand, has very physical effects. When my anxiety gets...
  16. RyanF

    Stiff-legged/romanian deads

    If even 10kg is making your lower back sore, my guestimation is that you aren't using your core properly, so all the torque is taken up by the erectors. If you aren't doing this already, learn to draw your belly and your balls into your body with your chest up -- this will help to activate and...
  17. RyanF

    The PB Thread

    Cheers, guys. I think I'll aim for 102.5kg as my 3rd attempt on Sunday to play it safe (on paper I've got 105kg available now, but I'm not so confident about my ability to get white lights at the same time), then see how training goes after that.
  18. RyanF

    people who workout to help with anxiety or depression:

    Train 24/7. No more emotional issues :)
  19. RyanF

    people who workout to help with anxiety or depression:

    That used to be me. Chemically, training helps. Mentally, it's a bit more complex than pure chemicals, and this is one of the reasons why. To advance the problem, the fitness industry thrives on selling certain types of physiques and the hope of looking like them. This isn't evil in itself, and...
  20. RyanF

    The PB Thread

    After a billionty years in the gym, I finally cracked 100kg on the bench press today, and some light assistance helped on a second rep.
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