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I don't think so, but it still sucks to be so crap at something.

Nice work. Your routine is very similar to mine. Man, why am I so shit at this compared to everyone else =\

It's cool Rev. 1) I wasn't really fussed what anyone else thought anyway as I am enjoying the routine and getting some results. 2) I was confident it was a decent full body routine as I'd discussed it with Markos for the exact reason I'd mentioned, balance. Markos was also nice enough to remind me that I'm miles behind his girls

I'm happy with how it's been going and the progress I've had in the time spent. For my goals it works well for me and mentally suits me better. In actual deadlift news, I got my repped DL up to my bench which I'm happy about given the road I've had to get here. Slow progress and low numbers still, but it's still progress, my back has never felt better

We're looking at it from 2 different view points, which is often the case, but its outside the scope of this thread so I'll leave it at that

I do full body sessions as I'm going for overall balance and just general strength and conditioning, I'm not out for big numbers.

Fair enough. I like to consolidate the weight before advancing, so I know I can do it even on a bad day, also gives time for the secondary muscles to catch up, but that's just old cautious Dan talking.

Good idea, will give it a go.

Nicely done. How often is everyone training deads here? Is there such thing as too often? I'm doing them 3 times a week, 5x5s so 25 reps per session. I pull up fine but I only do light weight.

Was having a weak session but managed a small squat and DL increase. I accidentally only added a plate on one side for the squat. It was supposed to be 106.5 but 105 was a push anyway. I think the diet cut is hurting a little. Oh, DL now matches bench AWWWW YEAH. Squat low bar 80.5 85.5 95.5 100 105.25 Bench 101.5 104 106.5 109 111.5 DL barefoot 88 93 104 109 111.5 Row 78 83 88 93 97.5 Chins 7.5 10 12.5 15 17.5 Dips 15 17.5 20 22.5 27.5

BROTEIN!

Hmm, not that big mate. Here's some pics with the belt pulled in tight (not bulldog clip) and with it all loose. I don't think it'd have the height. I'm 6ft and about 86-88kg, I do a little gym so have a bit more junk in my trunk and some extra padding up top but not so much in the gut. There's some weird rotation BS going on in the first two for some reason.

Not worried, just keeping reality in check. Easy for you to say anyway, respectable numbers AND volume... Solid effort is solid.

Pics of me wearing the suit are available if that helps anyone.

Cheers mans, good for me, still weaker than the PTC girls

Tipped the scale at 87kg this morning so the extra walking and removing a couple of things from the diet is helping. I also had a bit of a "well there you go" moment this morning when walking as I was thinking about weak all my lifts are when I realised that last time I could bench 100+ I weighed 93kg and I also wasn't squatting or DLing anything, to be fair I was doing 3x10s at 100 and I'm only doing 5x5's now but I start at 101.5 and work up. I'm lifting more on pretty much everything and weigh less, so I would dare say I'm over all stronger now in my 30's than I was in my mid 20s when I thought I was pretty tough. It's sad to realise how high my bf % was back then, I didn't care though I just wanted size. Now I'm old and sensible and leaner but about as strong if not stronger, so yeah go me.

The physio I have, through the hospital, is not really a hands on physio like some others, she's more interested in assessing whta I can do then giving me stretches or exercises to help improve problem areas. The plus side being it's free and I've been HEAPS. I was seeing a Myo for my back who was very hands on so I will go back and see her. I had a good stretch and foam roller session last night but the hammy is still twinging, groin feels better. Clearly my hip/pelvis/leg mechanics are still up the shit.

But do they even lift Brah? Couldn't resist.

There's a link in my sig, which has more details/ pic etc

If you read back, you'll see I was actually defending the guy. I give no f**ks about him or what he can do, all I said was he looked like he was doing a good job and look at all the people commenting negatively, I didn't actually make any negative comments about him myself.

Whatever works for you, I can't say anything because I can't lift shit so anyway is better than mine

lol, as I said, do the math (I CBF) she is probs as strong already kg for kg, if not stronger. I am the weakest link (lifter).

Fair enough. See my previous comment. When doing some reading I chose chins because I liked it being a little more bicep and I like supinated grips for my wrists.

*shrug* I like chins. That's all I need to know.

So how many chin ups can you do Rev? I'm guessing 30+ if you can do mid 20s pull ups and chins are easier?