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    If you Had To Pick 1 Weight Training Exercise…

    If you had to pick one weight training exercise per muscle group, what would you pick? Legs Chest Back Calves Shoulders Biceps Triceps Traps Forearms Abs
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    Is this a good start ?

    OK... after 17 years out of the gym, I am back in. Competed and won a few comps in the mid 90's. Supps and stuff was different then... so I am kinda confused. Have talked to many a person re what I need now and they I have come up with this: Train hard... diet well and.... Neogenics...
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    How do you do your BB rows?

    Like this? Pendlay Rows 250 X 5 - YouTube this? Yates Rows 225x15 - YouTube Any other preferred methods?
  4. Where to start on being a personal trainer/str coach?

    Hey guys, I am interested in doing courses on personal training, str coach, anything in the bodybuilding area, as it is something i would be interested in doing in the future, also i have a fair bit of spare time on my hands due to only workin bout 30-35 hours a week so it will give me something...
  5. What age did you start weight training?

    Choose from the relevant poll option. This is the age when you first started doing weights, regardless of whether you didn't know what you were doing, never heard of deads etc.
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    High rep on rest days

    My chest area has the poorest blood circulation out of all the muscles in my body. Do you want to take a guess which muscles have the best blood circulation of all? That’s correct, my whole shoulder area from the neck all the way down to my front deltoids. Now in order for my muscles to grow, I...
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    pullups 4x10 way of progression

    my routine states that I should do 4 sets 10 reps of weighted pullups. for now my max is (only bodyweight): 9 reps, 7 reps, 5 reps, 5 reps so should I wait and try to add reps each workout till I get all 10, 10, 10, 10 and then start to adding weight and get sth like 10, 9, 8, 7 and next...
  8. Inverted Rows

    Does anyone here do inverted rows? They don't get much of a mention on the forum but i reckon they're a pretty good exercise. DeFrancosTraining.com - Inverted rows (feet elevated) - YouTube Inverted Row - YouTube The second vid kinda regards them as a stepping stone to pullups, which...
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    Fitness Modelling - where do i start?

    I know this has been a previously posted thread by someone else, but i am looking to start fitness modelling. I am already a sprint athlete and looking for a change (im only 18). I already go to the gym atleast 3x a week and have a relatively good diet but i have no idea where to start and how...
  10. Did you start out as skinny/fat/skinnyfat/muscular/obese?

    What did you guys start out as before you began weight lifting. I started out as skinny fat, probably more skinny though. 66kg at 173cm, no abs, no definiton really
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    Where to start - Fitness Modelling

    Hi! I am interested in beginning Fitness Modelling. It's been something that I have been thinking about for the past 3 months, but still have no idea where on earth to begin when it comes to a training program and diet. One day I would like to get into some of the other categories, but it...
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    Have you ever taken Steroids?

    Following on from the post on how many people take steroids, may as well do a unanimous poll. Have you ever taken steroids to improve performance, increase muscle mass or any other similar benefit?
  13. clenbuterol

    Just wanted to know if any of you guys have used this for a cut? My friend has got some in and I wanted to know what your experiences are with this? I have heard about side effects, I am still unsure if I should buy some off him. Please no dickheads telling me steroids are are for weak small...
  14. Food Poisoning - How to start to eat properly again?

    Might be a weird question but after having a farkkkking terrible bout of food poisoning sunday night , which has only just started to settle today, I am wondering when I will be ready to eat normally again? I only ask as a mate who trains pretty hard said he had the same thing, stupidly ate...
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    Something to start your morning!

    YouTube - BENEDIKT MAGNUSSON WORLD DEADLIFT RECORD 1015 POUNDS (460.3 So unreal how easy this looked, and holy shit his grip is ridiculous. my mind is full of fuck EDIT: cant embed for some reason :\ sorry 26yqOMsxQho
  16. How long before you should start calling her your girlfriend?

    Im socially inept and morally void but thats another issue. Anyway how long after dating a chick should you really be calling her your girlfriend and not the chick your dating? Im kind of unsure what the social conventions say as I usually just say they are mine if they say other wise ignore...
  17. How do you start a cult?

    So i was thinking about cults and was wondering how to start one?
  18. Want to start (beginner)

    Hi,im Bryan.I hope this is the right section to post this. Ok,i have weight trained in the past but as for my body its average.I want to start with a pretty simply diet,im a diabetic type 1 insulin dependant.I also work fulltime as a mechanic. I want to get big muscles back,shoulders,arms...
  19. Repetition

    Sometimes I like to mix this up, if my target for an exercise is say 15' I will start at 15 and work back, or I might break it into into fives, occasionally when I'm on the last five I'll break it down to ones. I do whatever I can. Breaking into fives works quite well for 20 reppers. Along...
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    Where did you start?

    Hey guy's, I don't know if theres a thread on this but i'm really interested to see how other people started? Like how much could you lift when you first started? I've been at it for 5 weeks ( yes very new;) ) and i started with 50kg BP 15 kg concentrated dumbell lifts. 30kg 21's, squat 70 kg...