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I have had this glute injury for the past 6 months. Basically I can't do any lower body lifts like squats, deadlifts, any variations of those, etc. Pain can also occur when I try to do barbell rows or good mornings or good morning type positions. When doing the squat or deadlift, there is pain...
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The study can be found here.
Better get watching, bros.
So decided just build up a gym in the backroom, planning make a lifting platform but was wondering about this rack not sure if it be snap city or Im just better off getting a squat stand.
Half rack / Squat Rack S1 - World Fitness
Force USA Squat Stands | Gym Equipment
Picked up a safety squat bar from ebay a while ago, and while the bar is okay, the pads are a bit crappy....just wondering if anyone has recommendations of places that would sell replacement pads? Would love to have pads which wrap around the bar, like the elitefts one...
i've noticed that as i descend, the bar moves forward and is not vertical (probably why my quad tendon has been hurting!!). my hips bend first as i try sit back more and it looks like that is moving the bar forward straight away.
squatting low bar and i use the nike romaleos 2 shoes as well...
Started barbell training Dec 2009. Reached the above in June 2013 so 3.5 years.
Raw with wraps for squat for me.
Sumo deadlift so I guess that is cheating :p
Squat 200kg@80kg and deadlift 240kg@80kg. Both at GPC nats 2013.
http://biohacks.net/squat-challenge-bring-sally-up/
Did this with just BW squats this morning and was relatively tough.
Who is up for the challenge?
40kg (88lbs) for women and 60kg (135lbs) for men.
I'm going to have a crack when I get some damn carbs in me haha.
Could do a...
I've been reading some Logs on here and can't understand the need to squat so heavy??
Its bad for your knees and back.
When in real life will you need to squat 200kgs?
Kristos Papanotis squats 584 lbs @ 148! AllTime WR Raw/wraps | Powerlifting Watch
All time squat record broken - 265kg with wraps
All time deadlift record - 300kg. Dan Austin's record was actually equipped.
The Five Minute Squat Challenge is a maximum repetition squat challenge where the aim is to complete as many squat reps as possible with your own bodyweight on a bar within a five minute time limit
The ChallengeThe Five Minute Squat Challenge is pretty simple – on paper. Load up a barbell with...
Hey, I remember about 15 years ago when there was a resurgance back to the barbell squat on the internet and reading a lot of pros and cons.
if you didn't "squat ass to grass", you weren't squatting and that the against people saying that the squat is dangerous and bad for the knees, as with...