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You been on the vb breeze? you be bloody careful...

yup, thats trolling.

as far as I'm concerned shroom is a troll. we've linked him to shit, explained shit in depth for entire threads and still he manages to be a moron. don't feed him omie.

I'm getting a bit bored of rippetoe. I think if you're lifting for 'general strength' like a football team or something he's fine, but for powerlifting, olympic lifting or bodybuilding he just has a general idea of how to approach it.

Breeze: I've made up my mind. I'm joining the Newcastle powerlifting association as soon as the semester is over. I'll give them an email and see how much it will cost for a year, hopefully not over a grand. With a bit of luck the place won't be run by a WWE fan and his kids.

Breeze: 1) Rippetoe is really pedantic about the way you hold the bar in the squat. He says to make sure your wrists are straight (which I find a bitch to do) but I noticed that most powerlifters have bent wrists anyway. Whats your opinion on it? 2) Can you recommend me a good quality...

You really don't eat a thing, do you? no offence.

I swing my hips a bit, but I totally refuse to do another leg movement (push press) in a Rippetoe program!

you knew what I meant, now you're being pedantic :p

yesss, but its the closest I could get to 0.25kg. I'm not a professional lifter and I won't notice a 100g difference.

Don't worry too much about it, a bit of hip drive is fine. As long as you're not letting your knees get involved. Military press (aka overhead press) is a far better exercise for the shoulders imo. You take a natural stance and move the bar from your collarbone directly above your head in...

They're very small plates (1kg, 0.5kg, 0.25kg) which means that when you get more advanced and can't put 2.5kg on the bar every week you can go up in smaller increments and maintain constant progression. They're really expensive ($110 to get a full set in metric), so I rang samsfitness and...

Tim your barbell row is solid, I only just got up to 90 this week. btw guys, I bought microplates.

This forum is actually pretty weak in comparison to bodybuilding.com. Look up Abraham Biggs.

I know where you guys are going with this and I agree with you - I wouldnt directly recommend squats for building shoulders, but I think the core 5 in unison would develop them and squats are part of that core.

no rack brother, stands :( I don't mind paying, just everytime I do I'm like 'that's 3 hours of washing grease off sizzling plates...'

Righto, I'm gonna get some straps...and a belt...and a pull up bar...and a dipping belt...and creatine, multivitimins and EFAs... Fuck life's expensive :(

Yes reaaaaaally, your shoulder blades are holding up dat dere bar!

Does your grip get stronger with straps? I know a lot of people who end up relying on it and it just becomes a crutch 'yeah i could deadlift that. If my straps were here and I had the right shoes and um...'

They do actually, works as a stabilizer.