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Which Brand - Cast Iron Plates ?
Hello, I decided not to go with Bumper plates for my home Gym. I wont be needing to lift-drop my weights. Price wise I know I can get Bumper plates (premium quality) for roughly the same cost as Olympic Cast Iron plates. Because I like the sound of Iron... Reg Park, Arnold Schwarzenegger...- G
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Arnold Schwarzenegger FULL Training, Q&A, Workout Tips (2016)
Don't RE-live your glory days - LIVE your glory days, every day. There are always new challenges, new weights to lift, new mountains to climb. Stay hungry. Like me and Franco. He was my favorite training partner 4 decades ago and he is my favorite training partner today.+- Admin
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Muscle Motion Commercial Power Rack new home gym setup
Hey all, As you can see by my post count, I'm new here. I have a background of fairly high-level training in the past, as an adjunct to other sports (mostly rowing and rugby), but it's been a long time since I've lifted weight seriously. I thought it was about time to re-start. As I've just...- DocSpachemmen
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The Accidental Powerlifting World-Record Holder
At sixteen years old, Lee Winroth deadlifted four hundred and twenty pounds, unofficially breaking the world record for women in her age and weight class.CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY MIKE POWELL / GETTYOn July 2, 2015, a video was uploaded to YouTube that began with a teen-age girl in a gym wrapping a...- Admin
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25% to sustain the remaining 75%
THE SPORT Olympic weightlifting THE YEARS 1982-1984 TRAINING FREQUENCY 8x/week TOTAL HOURS/WEEK 16 25% (4 hours) of those 16 was spent doing conditioning exercises and stretching. The exercises consisted of sit-ups, leg raises, crunches, weighted back-extensions. The pre-session stretching...- Fadi
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Suggestions/Info needed
Hello, I rang up a few places regarding buying equipment to have my own home gym (saves me the membership of a Gym and travel time). After talking with a few places, one of them recommended instead of investing $2000-$3000 in a home Gym, since I am a beginner, I would be better off spending...- G
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Funny gym incidents.
Once upon a time my gym buddy quit going to the gym. So I was a lone wolf. I stumbled into the Cheap and purple gym near my old work like a lost sheep. Reluctantly, after my warm up I decided to do weights because no one should be a cardio bunny. I knew their needed to be a balance. So I sat...- Reide
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Gold Coast bodybuilder says female competitors are using peptides, cocaine and Clenbu
Amanda Fisher is a Gold Coast bodybuilder who says drug use is rife at bodybuilding competitions. Picture: Amanda Fisher. Rebecca Sullivannews.com.au Email a friend THE techniques that Australian female bodybuilders are using to get competition-ready could be worse than originally...- Admin
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- Forum: Steroids and Performance Enhancers
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Why It's Dangerous To Ask A Stranger For A Spot
When it’s time to go for broke with a new personal best in the gym, you may ask a stranger for a “spot”, which is fitness lingo for “help me out, bro”. You’re ready to crush this, you think… but what if the person doesn’t actually know how to spot and you get crushed? Worse, what if you both get...- Admin
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G'day Everyone
G'day everyone, stumbled upon the forum whilst looking at information about getting back into the weights. A little bit of background on me. I was in the Army from 2003 - 2008 and was really into fitness but without all the intricate side of things like macros and one rep maxes etc. At my...- Ringstinger
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Does It Matter How Many Reps You Do When You Work Out?
So, your workout has you doing 4 sets of 5 reps for this exercise, 3 sets of 8 after that, and — oh, thank goodness — only 2 sets of 50 to finish it out. Well, hey, the good news is that these rep numbers aren’t just based on a sadistic desire to see you huff and puff. Here’s how they differ and...- Admin
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Not another belt thread..
So...there are hundreds of threads about which belt to buy, 10 or 13mm, single/double prong or lever etc on the internet and everyone has a different opinion; at the end of the day a hundred differing opinions are of little assistance. I'm interested in the opinion of cats on this forum who...- Repacked
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Anyone here own a Muscle Motion barbell?
Looking to buy a new general purpose barbell to replace my cheap crappy one and I found this one on Gym Direct http://www.gymdirect.com.au/shop/weights-bars-dumbbells/bars/olympic-size/elite-pro-olympic-bar-1500lbs-rated/ Does anyone have any experience with them? I'm in Brisbane so I can't...- Do_I_even_lift
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Steroid users speak out against stereotypes as drug use among teenagers and young men
Bulking ... Steroid user Paul shows his results five months after undergoing chemotherapy for testicular cancer.Source: Supplied YOU’VE heard the steroid horror stories. The bloody bar fights blamed on roid rage, the exploding biceps, the withering testicles and the sudden strokes taking young...- Admin
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This 94-year-old grandma is a powerlifting champion
Think of a powerlifter, and you probably don’t imagine: “94-year-old Florida grandma.” But not all powerlifters look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, and some are retirees. Edith Traina is a 94-year-old Floridian with a real passion for heavy weights. While she' s just six years short of 100, that...- Admin
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Australian fitness model Maggie Russell works out four hours every day
This is Maggie Russell. She’s 20 years old, trains every day for four hours and only eats 1,100 calories. Seeing as we are never going to put ourselves through that regime, looking at these pictures is the closest we’ll get to knowing what we’d look like doing the same. Thankfully she’s not...- Admin
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Wimps are 'stronger than bodybuilders', study finds
Wimps are 'stronger than bodybuilders', study findsA gram of bodybuilders' muscle is less powerful than the same amount of tissue from someone who did not weight train, tests show Bodybuilders are only strong because they have so much muscle mass, research suggests. Photo: Getty Images...- Admin
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What are the common injuries in grip training?
What are things to be careful of in grip training? How do you prevent these injuries?- Admin
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Body building parents: ‘The school gate mums call us self obsessed but let’s see them
Body building parents: ‘The school gate mums call us self obsessed but let’s see them try it’ Husband and wife body builders Brooke and Richard Newland rise at dawn to train each day. Picture: Waide Maguire.THE couple that pump iron together, stays together. That could be said of Brooke and...- Admin
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Weekly Discussion Thread # 11
This weeks topic: Arm training · How do you train arms? · How big are your arms? · What do you think most people do incorrectly when training arms? · Do you train forearms? Any other questions/comments regarding the topic- Admin
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