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    What are peeps doing for Ab work atm?

    I'm still sticking to different variations of Crunches and Reverse Crunches. Don't do many Planks or the new fangaled stuff.
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    2018 Barbell

    Hi all, Looking to upgrade my Chinese barbell to a proper one. I've been lurking around here and other forums for a while and have narrowed it down to two. Australian Barbell Co. BOP220 with deep fine knurl and stainless sleeves. Or, Rogue Power Bar. At the moment I'm swaying heavily to the...
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    Steroids V Peptides

    hey all pretty new to this side of working out. im 6 foot 2 90kgs, but a slimish sorta build. Ive been looking at, and weighing up the steroids vs peptides. I can get the peptides easily and legally but very $$$ places claim to have the same effects as steroids using only peptides? Can people...
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    Sarms

    Whats the go with SARMS ?Waste of money ? or worth a looks Thanks
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    Recommended mats for a DIY lifting platform?

    I've been wanting to build a lifting platform for a while and have decided to clear out the garage and go ahead with it. It's going to be a 2.4x2.4m platform with plywood base, another 15mm plywood board in the middle and 2x 2400x600 rubber mats either side - the only issue I have with going...
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    Bench Press - is it over rated outside of PL?

    Discus
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    Low Total Test - Second Opinion

    Hey all, New to forum and haven't taken any steroids in the past. Went to GP to get bloods done for sake of curiosity and came back with a result of 17.1 nmol/L (11.5-32.0). For a 22 y/o male, I argued results were on the low side but the GP assured that levels were healthy as they are in...
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    Melb - East side training buddy?

    Ayyeee. I was a member here about 6 years ago, and I'm looking to get back into training seriously. I've been lazy AF the last year or so, and I'm garbage at keeping myself accountable. I would love to find a eastern suburbs training pal particularly for morning sessions. Anyone keen? Burwood...
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    someone was curling in the squat rack

    Pittwater Rd stabbing: Three wounded in Brookvale gym stabbing A KNIFEMAN is at large after stabbing three men inside a gym on Sydney’s northern beaches last night. Witnesses said the “agitated and aggressive” man entered the gym on Pittwater Rd, Brookvale about 8pm and approached four men and...
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    Chest pain, not muscular

    Recently I have been getting this dull ache on the left side of my chest. There is no tightness and my heart is all sweet but sometimes when just leaning forward I got this dull ache. Today I was doing shoulder press and the ache was there and then suddenly something triggered in there, didn't...
  11. Fadi

    Release the tension in your hamstrings to relieve the pain from your lower back

    Tight gluteal and hamstring muscles can place a lot of stress on your lower back. So even though you feel the pain directly in your lower back region, its origin and cause is more often than not lies within your back side and hamstring muscles. I find a stretch is not enough, or at least not...
  12. Shrek

    “Injuries Causing Me To Stop Weight Training” – Lee Priest

    Fitness, Bodybuilding, and Professional Sports “Injuries Causing Me To Stop Weight Training” – Lee Priest Posted by Lee Priest EDITOR’S NOTE: MuscleSport Magazine columnist Lee Priest has decided to stop weight training due to a debilitating injury he suffered two years ago. The legendary...
  13. Repacked

    -Foodz on sale heads up thread-

    Seen your favourite snack food on sale? Seen chicken fillets at a mind blowing price? Got the inside track on gainz in a tub killer ice cream? Well don't be a selfish kunce - help out your brothers and sisters and post a heads-up here!
  14. Fadi

    Can you relate?

    Listening to the words, and seeing how they were affecting Kelly's still open wound (so it seems), it took me all the way back to 1970 when at the tender age of 5, my mother left. However unlike Kelly, my story and my feelings are the exact opposite to hers. Today my mother is the number one...
  15. Fadi

    Triceps giant drop set with a twist

    Everyone knows the effectiveness of a giant set, where more than two exercises targeting the same muscle or muscle group are done one after another. Similarly, everyone is familiar with drop sets and the burning pump they give a worked muscle. This triceps' giant set does have three exercises...
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    Storing a Barbell outside...Ideas inside. Advice?

    not fully outside it is under patio , but does anyone keep their equipment outside ?
  17. Shrek

    Piana exposed

    https://youtu.be/Jk9GTcgoRuI
  18. Sandin Face

    A horrible ripping sound

    The day before yesterday, I went to do some pull-ups - the kind where you grab the bar from behind, palms facing you - and as I started, there was this horrible ripping noise* from inside of the elbow of my right arm. It definitely sounded (and felt - although the pain wasn't much) as though...
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    How Much Weight Can A Bench Press Bar Lift Before It Gets Bent Out Of Shape?

    It’s a lot of freaking weight. The stress test on this cheap Olympic bar reveals that the straight metal bar can lift an immeasurable amount of weight before it buckles and permanently bends itself out of shape. When it’s just lifting normal plates and the like, Beyond the Press counted nearly...
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    Shots have been fired into a South Melbourne gym

    STAFF at a South Melbourne gym were shocked to find bullet holes in their building this morning. The shots were fired into the side of the building and roller door of the Whiteman Street fitness centre before 6:30am. The gym was closed at the time of the shooting. A large window and two roller...
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