Mitcho_7

I can't bench much more with the bar than with dumbells. On incline I can probably do more with dumbells actually. I think tha is purely because I have just always used dumbells because it was slightly safer when training alone. I do incline bench first and then flat bench, because my upper chest was lagging a bit...

That you can barbell flat bench 100kg or more for reps

Maybe do your benching first or something to see if it makes it any easier. I don't have the bench at 45 when I incline bench, I found it was working my shoulders more than chest so I moved it down to like 35. I train alone, so I have become a firm believer of "if i can't get the weight into position, I probably shouldn't be lifting it..."

Fark hammer curling them haha! I just use my knees to flick them upto my shoulders then sorta roll back at the same time. Works for me at the moment. Be interesting to see how I go when I start doing the 40's.

i have always found getting the dumbells up harder for incline compared to flat.

How can it drop 37kg ? If the bar is the same Etc what is the difference?

thats because of the epic pause they make you take with the bar on your chest in comp isnt it?

Some people are just genetically gifted with muscle insertions etc that allow them to be absolute animals in the gym no matter what. Exhibit A would be everyone that trains at Markos' gym... But they also train hard and make the most of their genetic predisposition.

What nasty ass surgeon decided it would be a brilliant solution to take your knees? What happened to you?

Markos, what rep range do your lifters train in on the big 3 and supporting lifts to get such high 1rm's?

Your body isnt going to be digesting a steak you ate before, when you are working out... Your body will go into sympathetic nervous system arousal which will divert most of the blood flow from the GI tract and slow digestion. When the amino acids are already in free form they are going to be alot more easily absorbed because they dont need to be broken down anywhere near as much so they will get into your system quickly(despite the limited digestive activity). They arent meant to replace good nutrition throughout the day by any means, they are just a supplement to use around your workout time. Leucine is a good muscle protein synthesis stimulator, so having it readily available around the time of your session is going to be adventageous in reducing skeletal muscle catabolism.

Fasted or not they have there place. Perhaps do a little reading on digestion of proteins and bcaa's before knocking them. You want a quick hit of protein before/during/after your workout to prevent too much muscle catabolism. The quicker you can absorb the amino acids, the less muscle catabolism you should get. I'm not saying they are the best supplement or to promote there use oranything, I'm merely trying to explain the science/thought process behind them.

The point is they are more readily absorbed in the bcaa powder form because they are already broken down so they are going to be available immediately for the body to use. If you are relying on getting your bcaa's from food you are goin to have to wait a fair while for them to be digested and absorbed. So your body will be in a catabolic state for longer.

All protein powders are going to have bcaa in them. The difference is with bcaa by themselves they are hydrolysed (broken into small peptide chains and individual amino acids) rather than being part of a huge long peptide chain. The benefit of that is they are absorbed faster because the body doesn't need to break heaps of peptide bonds with lots of different enzymes between individual amino acids to absorb them. If you are interested in bcaa's have a read about them individually. Leucine is the most important, but it has been shown to work better in conjunction with isoleucine and valine.

I take bcaa pre/during and post workout. All I can say is definently get a good flavored one, otherwise they will taste like bitter ass crack...

Well I'm just imaging it's expensive to run a professional league with all the associated costs and is the market big enough for two sports that are the exact same to make both leagues sustainable over the long term?

I think the two different governing bodies for a sport wouldn't be a bad idea, one with drugs and one without, but the expense of it will prevent it from happening. I'd really like to see how far the human body can be pushed with PEDs. In terms of steroid use for bodybuilding and powerlifting, I think they should only become an option when you have reached your genetic limit.

The newest episode of dexter that aired in the US yesterday. I Lol'd so hard when it happened hahaha!

There must have been some serious lactic acid burn in his legs after that! I don't reckon I could even squat 60kg for 30reps let alone 137. Major props to him, that's some mean feat.

try mixed, its the business for deads IMO.

Are you using a mixed grip on sldl's?

Every gym should have that or at least a variation of that!

I'm not trying to have a go by any stretch, I was merely asking what sort of weight training birds has been predominately doing for his 9 yrs of lifting to maintain rather than continue to grow in size. If his goal was to get really big, then 9 yrs worth of hypertrophy training should be more muscle mass/size than he has. But he has stated he didn't want to get huge and I am wondering in what way he altered his training once he reached the size he was after, so that he maintained rather than gained more mass.

Wow, I was expecting only like 2-3 yrs max. I dont mean to sound like an ass when i ask this (im genuinely interested), but how have you not gotten massive in that 9 years? I know you stated that you didnt want to get huge so your training might not have been soley focused on hypertrophy, but in 9 years of lifting I would of thought you would get a really solid amount of size regardless? I have been lifting for just over a year now and I would say im comparable in size to you, but im 6'1, weigh 83kg and would be at about 12-15% body fat. When i started lifting i was only like 73kg and probably still a similar/slightly lower amount of bf%. I know my growth over the next year probably wont compare at all to that, but it should still continue upwards providing diet etc are still in check. p.s. sorry for hijacking your thread troy...

How long have you been lifting birds?