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12/6/12 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 27 80kg x 13 80kg x 10 (reverse grip) Single arm DB row 30kg x 10 DB Curls 20kg x 10

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6/6/12 SQ bar x 10 40kg x 10 70kg x 10 90kg x 10 120kg x 10 140kg x 8 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 20 100kg x 2

4/6/12 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 25 80kg x 11 100kg x 2 80kg x 8 80kg x 10 80kg x 7 (RG) 60kg x 15 (RG) Single Arm KB Rows 32kg x 10

1/6/12 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 20 80kg x 7 (RG)

31/5/12 SQ Bar x 10 40kg x 10 70kg x 10 90kg x 10 120kg x 10 140kg x 7

Reps. Work on getting 50kg for 20 reps, then 55kg for 20 reps, at that stage you will smash 60kg. I had the same problem with 100kg. I got 80kg for 12 then next thing I know I've pumped out 100kg for 4, massive PB for me and demolished the mental block.

I got a dexa scan done today, below is the 7 month comparison, up 2.7kg lean muscle, but also up 3.2kg of fat.

28/5/12 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 10 80kg x 11 80kg x 10 80kg x 8 90kg x 3 (reverse grip) 100kg x 2 DL (warmup: squat 70kg x 10) 70kg x 5 120kg x 5 150kg x 2 200kg x 0 180kg x 0 Too confident from last session, rookie mistake. Gassed after the 200 attempt. Disappointing but I should have known better. SQ 90kg x 3 120kg x 5 140kg x 5 150kg x 2

Bump, still trying to get my money back... Link to for sale thread (link in 1st post no longer works) - http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/236106-power-fc-hand-controller-r33gtst-1100/

Hovering around 75-76kg with slack eating. A few weeks ago when I was eating solid I got up to 78.5kg. The last few weeks have been stressful and busy trying to get the car going again (SR blew, then bought a forged motor from a private seller in "good working order" turned out to be completely f**ked and had to get my money back, then bought another SR from an import shop and that one turned out to have a hole in piston 3, they rebuilt it free of charge and it's all sweet, still, ended up putting the engine in/out two more times than I should have had to do lol) but that's settling down so I should be able to focus on training and eating again from next week onwards. The deadlifts felt pretty good. The 125 and 155 didn't cause much strain at all, the first rep on 175 was hard but solid, the second rep was slow and not great, but I didn't break, good sign, lol. Sometimes you just have to test the waters. It's a starting point, haven't decided if I'll start training deadlift again, but what I do know is if I do, it should be ok as long as I keep the rep range low so that my form doesn't break down and get me in strife. Another thing I might add that helps tremondously with rest and recovery is by deadlifting on a lifting platform with bumper plates, I don't have to waste energy controlling the down portion of the lift, I can just 'drop' while holding the bar. (Obviously this isn't really an option if you train at a commercial gym because they'll shoot you for dropping the weights + they're not bumpers and will get damaged)

23/5/12 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 10 80kg x 5 100kg x 2 RGBP 80kg x 8 80kg x 7 80kg x 9 60kg x 21 Single Arm KB Rows 32kg x 10 32kg x 10 32kg x 10 DL - decided to see where my strength is at on these, despite having not trained them in almost a year because of bulging discs, so I kept the reps low. Previous PB was a hard 170kg in comp.. 75kg x 6 125kg x 6 155kg x 2 175kg x 2 (New PB) Progress pic, goal is 16" arms @ 10% (currently 14" @ 18%), still have a fair bit of muscle to build..

The first and only time I've ever been on holiday outside of Australia was to Thailand. Initially 3 weeks booked there, got food poisoning at the end of the first week, went to some backyard doctor who gave me injections, pills, and fluid drips for two days, fixed me up good but that put me off big time, ended up coming home a week early. Previous to that when I was a bit younger my dad and me both ate Hungry Jacks and were sick for 3 days. My mum wrote a letter to someone about it and the restaurant got in a bit of shit, pity shit didn't sue or something. Heard a horror story of an acquaintance to the family, he ate at some Asian takeaway joint, next thing half his bowel had to be removed or something :S, poor guy.

Macdog - daaaammmmnnnn Sounds bad, how does it happen? From memory, is this what some people get who travel long distances on airplanes without moving much??

Most people will be doing a high bar squat without even knowing because that is the position it naturally sits on your back. It takes a bit of practice and getting used to do low bar.

17/5/12 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 15 80kg x 3 100kg x 3 100kg x 3 80kg x 7 80kg x 9 80kg x 9 RGBP 60kg x 14

The biggest thing I've found with overhead press is to try and poke your head through the hole your arms and the bar makes, what the elbows do should just be natural

If you're not competing in powerlifting comp, no real reason to squat low bar powerlifting-style squat. IMO you get much better development and all round carryover from doing the Olympic-style squat, also feels more natural and as you noted, not as hard on the wrists. Both styles have their merits as they target different muscles because the movement is slightly different. If you're keen it would be beneficial to do both styles, just as it's good to press on many different planes i.e. flat, incline, overhead etc.

Why not? ..because racecar. hahaha. But seriously, if I can make it I will. There is only one first GPC Nats...

*left out 150kg x 4 in there as well ^

14/5/12 SQ Bar x 10 40kg x 10 70kg x 10 90kg x 10 120kg x 10 140kg x 8 160kg x 1 - went for a double but wasn't to be tonight 160kg x 1 175kg x 0 - pants split at the bottom, aah BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 22 80kg x 6 RGBP 60kg x 13

Still at PTC, the new location is so much closer to me, only 15mins drive instead of nearly an hour!

9/5/12 SQ bar x 10 40kg x 10 70kg x 10 90kg x 10 120kg x 10 140kg x 8 150kg x 3 150kg x 3 160kg x 1 160kg x 1 Front SQ 70kg x 5 70kg x 5

When you up calories, takes about 2 weeks for your stomach to get used to eating that much, so it's really uncomfortable, even hard to finish the meals, but after 2 weeks it goes back to feeling normalish again.

7/5/12 BP bar x 20 40kg x 20 60kg x 26 80kg x 8 80kg x 10 80kg x 6 80kg x 8 80kg x 6 RGBP 70kg x 7 70kg x 8 70kg x 6 CGBP 60kg x 8 60kg x 8 60kg x 7 60kg x 7 Single Arm KB Rows 28kg x 10 28kg x 10 28kg x 10 28kg x 10 Trap Bar Ben Rows 75kg x 10 KB Side Lateral Raises 8kg x 10 8kg x 5 + 5 KB Rear Delt Raises 8kg x 10 8kg x 10 MP 40kg x 7