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  1. WoodyAllen

    335kg deadlift. Wait. No. Its a raw bench press.

    Kirill Sarychev. Raw bench. Pretty clean reps. No bench shirt? Tick. Decent judging? Tick. Spotters not helping? Tick. Proper weights and equipment? Tick. Natty? Um, prolly not. But dayyyyham. Thats a good bench.
  2. S

    Monolift versus Walkout

    Pros and Cons?
  3. A

    Ballina bodybuilder Lee Nagorcka to represent Australia at world titles in USA

    PHOTO: Lee Nagorcka won the men's physique category of the Muscle Mania bodybuilding contest on the Gold Coast.(Supplied: Lee Nagorcka/Jared Taylor) Bodybuilder Lee Nagorcka is gorging on protein shakes and rising at 3am to lift weights, all in preparation to represent Australia at the Muscle...
  4. A

    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...
  5. Headley

    Need a new routine

    Hi guys, i now live in a combined martial arts/weights gym, i have access to: - squat/smith machine cage - cable rower - cable cross over - flat and incline benches - leg press - heaps of dumbells - lots of barbells and stacks of weights I want to focus on my arms especially but all over my...
  6. Fadi

    Load the muscle not the bar...

    Since 2009, I’ve written many words on this forum;however one aspect of training I’ve always emphasised was and still is the psychology of training. I believe not enough thought is given to this essential element of our training, the thought of how we ought to approach our training. If your...
  7. B

    Where to get speciality barbell collars from?

    I have a couple of speciality bars (axle and logs) that just don't fit Olympic size lockjaw, OSO or spring collars. I am after some speciality collars that fit bar diameters of 48mm to 49mm. I have tried screw collars but I just don't seem to be able to do them up tight enough to stop the...
  8. P

    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...
  9. Goosey

    Dude does push-ups

    Yes, this all looks cool in a video. This bloke is totally destroying one of the most effective body weight exercises available.....by having people see this and try to mimic.
  10. Nikko

    What lifting shoes do you guys & girl wear??? While lifting weights

    :confused::confused:
  11. spartacus

    Crossfit 2016

    anyone watching
  12. A

    You Don't Need To Lift Heavy Weights To Build Muscle

    In a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, Canadian researchers took 49 men who’d been weight training for the past two years. Already there are two key contributions by this study: It involves a larger sample size than most similar studies and subjects who would not just...
  13. Nikko

    What motivates you to train and why??

    Progress
  14. A

    Pumping iron: Lighter weights just as effective as heavier weights to gain muscle, bu

    New research is challenging traditional workout wisdom, suggesting that lifting lighter weights many times is as efficient as lifting heavy weights for fewer repetitions. It is the latest in a series of studies that started in 2010, contradicting the decades-old message that the best way to...
  15. A

    Does protein powder make you bulky?

    THIS is one of the most common questions I get from women. If you read no further the simple answer is … no. So the next question is, do you need it then? The answer to that is not so simple. Most women want to be lean and fit looking. The misconceptions are that protein, especially powder, is...
  16. G

    Strongman - Anyone?

    Hello, I live around the Western Side of Sydney (so Windsor/Richmond direction).... Is there anyone (even not on this side) that is a good personal trainer in Strongman/Strength conditioning? Im sick of all the stupids out there that claim to be personal trainers and don't even understand...
  17. Goosey

    Forum

    I posted this here because I didn't know where to, so many sub forums. back in the day at around the mid nineties there were a couple of forums specifically about lifting weights, with maybe three sub forums. all had their philosophies and like minded people used to discuss methods and swap...
  18. G

    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)...
  19. Goosey

    Choosing a program or training philosophy

    A little light reading on a Saturday morning. This is something we come across quite often on this particular forum maybe not so much now...where young and old find a program and try to do it to the letter, without any consideration to their lifestyle, as I've said before find something you...
  20. S

    Working Calves without weights

    Is it possible to work Calves effectively without weights? I used to wonder if Hill Sprints were a good way to work Calves, wondering if the greater the gradient the more the Soleus is activated. Whereas the flatter the Hill the greater the Gastrocnemius is activated. Bro-science?
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