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I would have loved a coach when I first started.

Even if just to show me how to do the lifts correctly. For a long time I couldn't squat with an olympic bar because of the pain my lower back received Even now with dead lifts there is a slight bow when i bottom out.

I am going to see Trent at PTC Sydney for this coaching to help get it right.

Also find with a good coach (speaking from other sporting activities) I stay motivated for longer and try harder. Wayne Bennett says he doesnt teach his professional players anything new, he just manages them personally.

food for thought.

Sorry I havent been on for so long, very busy, went to Canberra for the States up there, anyway

Rack pulls. We dont do them as they teach bad habits (hitching). We place the plates on blocks so it mimics the way a bar leaves the floor. We have numerous heights.

Half our lifters pull more off a block, the other half less. Not having momentum at a sticking point makes it much harder. Max has pulled 310kg when he was 75kg, he doesnt get much out of them. Zoran pulls 292.5kg off the floor and 270kg off blocks, clearly he needs the "run up" off the floor.

The best exercise for sticking points I feel is pause deads at your sticking point, stop for a count of 2, then finish the rep.

We love deficit reads, not sure it helps off the floor though as you can use more leg drive on a deficit that isnt there off the floor, but its a great exercise regardless. Do them

5x5 and those clowns claiming it and followers who have no idea why it exists

Bill Starr came up with 5 x 5 when he was asked to write a program for high schools in America to use. Initially he wanted squat/dead/incline but most schools didnt have an incline so he switched to bench press. The 5 x 5 is funny. He said the PE teachers using it were not very smart, and would struggle with a different rep/set scheme, he knew that anyone could remember 5 x 5 lol, so all you guys following it thinking your on something special, think again.

The fact is there is no "best" program, but youre doing one cause its easy to remember and some clown put his name to a program Bill wrote out for dumb PE teachers.

The effort is the key.

To those that claim paused benches are only a benefit for comp lifters, lose the ego, no different to full squats and not hitching your deeds, do the movement properly, your joints will thank you for it when you move to "man" weights

Coaches are important for those that have aspirations, a regular guy at a commercial gym does not need one, he doesnt care that mums can rep his squat PB, nor should he, its clearly not why he lifts, its a social outing, so he can tell his mates he lifts etc.

I hope I havent missed anything. Like I said I was in the ACT over the weekend, awesome comp, some great lifting

I'll post some vids

Big mistake, got injured, ruined his comp. Nathan was planning on 415kg squat, 225kg bench and 330kg dead, a 970kg total to break the All Time 110kg equipped record of 965kg

At the top of the squat he hurt his clavicle and rib, didnt take another attempt, took 2 token benches etc, ended up with 910kg

Jack Hobson benched 180kg at 19yo.....very strong kid

I just realised I have no vids from the Vics up

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