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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?

Better invite Troy then.

Where us girls can just be girls and braid each others hair and have pillow fights and talk about boys omg omg omg

Fair enough, I like chin ups so will keep doing those. My numbers can be disregarded as they're not in line whit this thread sorry. For everyone else playing at home. http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/pull-ups-vs-chin-ups/

Is there a consensus about one being easier or something? I've always preferred having a supinated grip as it's easier on my wrists.

I hope for Bird's sake you are not anything like Rev, just saying...

If you look in my build thread, I always start lighter and work up, that's what 5x5s are (atl east I thought so). I like that it gives me a chance to get the motion going before loading it up too much. (especially squats where my ankle needs those lighter sets to free up). Honestly, I'm not sure I could 17.5 for every set, maybe I could? I'm not sure if it makes them easier or harder having a narrower supinated grip, I'd imagine wide grip pull ups with pronated grip would be harder? I was just throwing some more data in the mix. Maybe on Friday I'll go for the BW challenge and see i I can get 15 reps out or something? We're not all Rev lol

That's interesting about blocking up the holes, I actually cut holes in my bar in those spots and meshed it, one side to feed the air intake and one side to feed the oil cooler. Will be interesting to see how my car reacts now with the splitter on.

Oh also, new physio yesterday as my current one and the new one have switched hospitals. I didn't gel with her but we'll see how we go, she's got me doing some new stretches and is keen to get me back into running. She's also in the do not remove metal camp but I'm still considering my options. I got the impression she thought that I thought I had some massive injury or disability and was keen to point out how she's broken both arms and how it was so much worse than what I've done, also when showing how my bad foot rotates outwards and the heel lifts when I squat down low (due to poor ROM in the bad ankle) her response was, Wow I can't even do that at all you should be thankful... Needless to say this rustled my jimmies a bit and I had a few choice things to say, without being rude, just things along the lines of "Ability is all am atter of perspective, I can appreciate that you may not be able to do that, but I used to be able to do that with ease, and more and I'd like to get back to that point. She also made the mistake of asking me why I wanted to squat and DL when there we're far better exercises I could be doing, like cycling (that would be easier on my ankle) and I asked her why she still continued to Row (boats) after breaking both arms given she could do a lot of other exercises that wouldn't aggravate her as much... I didn't think I should have to point out that we do things because we like them or want to and shouldn't need to justify our choices to someone who is there to help us. So we'll see how this relationship pans out, I already miss the old physio. I've also been walking, almost power walking, every morning for 2-2.5k at least and sometimes going at night with Kate/bub as well which would be another 3. I also get in walks both days on the weekend and will look to jog a little again this weekend as the swelling has been under control of late.