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    Rank these in order of importance for a bodybuilder?

    Drugs Diet & Nutrition Genetics Training Obviously being even mildly consistent with all 4 will yield the most optimal results. But which could be considered more vital than others? Can overdoing one overcompensate or make up for the relative lack of another?
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    people who workout to help with anxiety or depression:

    people who workout to help with anxiety or depression: do you find that it has to be a certain level of intensity or a certain type of workout, for it to work?
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    Has anyone here bulked without counting calories? If so, how did it turn out?

    Has anyone here bulked without counting calories? If so, how did it turn out?
  4. Measurement recording app?

    So after an extended lay off due to injury, I'll be getting back into the swing of things soon. I want to know if anyone has any recommendations for an iPhone app to store and track my measurements (legs, arms, waist etc) and weight. I'd prefer not to buy a full gym app because I have no plans...
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    Weekly Discussion Thread #4

    This weeks topic: Periodization! · What do you use? · What program are you running? · What is your experience with program writing? · What are your thoughts on the various types of periodization? · What do you think most people do wrong in creating a...
  6. Free weights v Machines v Cables

    What do you prefer and why or do you use a combination of all?
  7. Full body.

    These are good. I'm going back to full body. Very busy at work. I wanna sleep more. Train 3 days only, but hard. http://ditillo2.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/full-body-workouts-cs-sloan.html?m=1 Full-Body Workouts by C.S. Sloan In the era of go-for-the-pump bodybuilding we’ve forgotten one of...
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    Has bodybuilding helped or harmed your dating life?

    Has bodybuilding helped or harmed your dating life?
  9. Hi from Gimli

    We all struggle in this world, many struggle in ways we could never understand but regardless of the severity one mans struggle is still a mountain for him to climb. I was 28 when I stepped up to the foot of my own mountain and from there on the climb has been arduous. Drink and drugs fed by a...
  10. Unilateral imbalances & muscle activation

    For a little while now I have been doing some unilateral work once or twice per week focussing on my lower left side to bring up perceived muscularity and strength imbalances. This has gone a long way, and the visual difference is minimal now. I am aware that when squatting heavier weights...
  11. Starting home gym

    As some of you may be aware - I have not been training much, motivation is down - but also on the other hand I have just purchased my 1st home and will be moving in (all things going well) on the 16th on this month. It is a beautiful old country style home BUT it also has a fantastic garage and...
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    CrossFit Games creator Dave Castro details how he designs the gruelling competition

    Winners are grinners. Rich Froning taking it all in. Source: YouTube AFTER four days of gruelling competition, Rich Froning faced a cheering crowd with his arms spread wide. He was embracing the moment for he had just won his fourth consecutive CrossFit Games and was now considered the...
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    Sustainable lifestyle and drug intake

    So it is possible I lead the unhealthiest lifestyle in the world and because I am extremely paranoid I never tell my dr's (note the use of plurals) the truth. So I have turned to bb boards for my medical advice. here goes it- train with weights twice a week, twice a week take a pt 'class'...
  14. Rack, Benches, Bars - Perth, W.A

    Selling all of my home gym gear. l'll be throwing up my weights, weight tree and possibly an ABC bar up later on this week after l hear back from someone so l'll update the post than. Please PM me if you'd like photos of the any piece or if you'd like to stop by and have a geez. Flat Bench -...
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    Surge in men using steroids - The West Australian

    WA's illicit drug needle exchange has had a surge in young men injecting steroids just to get "the tight white T-shirt look". The WA Substance Users Association says its needle exchange once rarely saw people using performance and image-enhancing drugs, known as PIEDs, but they now made up...
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    How the man with the world’s largest arms wound up homeless and broke

    The once-legendary strongman now begs for money on Venice Beach. Source: Supplied BILL Pettis was an eighties legend, blessed with biceps bigger than Arnie’s and the face of an iconic poster for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. But while Schwarzenegger became a Hollywood and political...
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    BO220BN + 155KG ABC Oly Grip Weights As New

    Ok so the story goes I was intending to build a garage and deck it out the gym equipment. This never happened and the oly bar and wights have been sitting in my study for display. The 2 x 25 plates are still in original box and the other weights are stacked in the corner of my study. I have put...
  18. Pro Raw to host 2016 powerlifting at Arnold Classic

    With all the bullshit between the many feds in Australia, it is great that Pro Raw will host powerlifting at 2016 Arnold classic in Melbourne. Pro Raw is open to lifters from any fed; always has been. 'It's official, The 2016 Arnold Classic Australia powerlifting event will now be Pro Raw. We...
  19. Monolift Fail

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySOcwYndiMA
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    Why is it called a “medicine ball”?

    Medicine balls, for those of you who haven’t been to a gym or never accidentally kicked one thinking it was like a soccer ball (true story), are heavy weighted balls coming in a variety of sizes and weights (with the biggest we could find ringing in at a whopping 150 pounds) with a diverse range...