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Yeah PPL is constant working out with only 1 rest in a week, so it pretty much hits everything twice, maybe a bit much in retrospect?
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Wow I just tried one of these And this poo poo is fuckin tart wow.
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Oct 13, 2017 12:21
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Well they're not called amino bases
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Data Graham posted:Well they're not called amino bases  Are amino acids worth buying?
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I'm sure I've asked this in this thread before, but what preworkouts are you guys using these days? I want something that doesn't have an absurd amount of caffeine. Just been taking half a caffeine pill and bronkaid most nights, sometimes with Hemavol when I'm doing arms.
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Original APS Mesomorph was the loving business. Cant get original any more in Aus (just the lovely new formula) but if you can find the Original Formula With DMAA in it then get ready for face melting rage. Nothi g has ever made me rage so hard in my life and i've tried many dozens of PWO's
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thats cuz its meth
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bug chaser chaser posted:
The performix 922 BCAAs are tasty and low calories so I use them as a refreshing drink, but lol if you think amino acids are going to make any noticeable difference
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Constipated posted:I'm sure I've asked this in this thread before, but what preworkouts are you guys using these days? I want something that doesn't have an absurd amount of caffeine. Just been taking half a caffeine pill and bronkaid most nights, sometimes with Hemavol when I'm doing arms. Coffee, if anything, but I'm also a lot more recreational about working out than I used to be. Is there evidence on efficacy for anything but creatine, BCAAs, caffeine and beta-alanine?
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I like the Mio caffeine kind as a preworkout. I can add a squirt for ~40mg or a couple for more. Way cheaper than preworkout and I can add beet root powder and creatine to it easily.
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Is it OK for my toes to lift off the ground when squatting? This disappears once I'm under a heavy enough load, but if I'm squatting with a light or no load my toes like to lift off the ground.
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Oct 13, 2017 23:41
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It means youre not squatting properly and not activating your hams. You need to learn to sit back more and drive through the heels
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Oct 14, 2017 01:35
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Sludge Tank posted:It means youre not squatting properly and not activating your hams. You need to learn to sit back more and drive through the heels Toes up sounds like he's sitting back too much.
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Eldred posted:Coffee, if anything, but I'm also a lot more recreational about working out than I used to be. Beta alanine tingles are nice until the day you overdo it.
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Sludge Tank posted:It means youre not squatting properly and not activating your hams. You need to learn to sit back more and drive through the heels Think sassassin may be right here, I definitely do think I'm driving through the heels considering half of my feet that's not the heels is off the ground. And sometimes I do feel like I'm going to fall over on my back. Putting on heavier weights helps keep my feet more firmly planted on the ground and makes me more stable though, so I'm not sure if I'm doing it right. Plus my hamstrings feel sore and I hear that's a Bad Thing.
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That happens to me in my warmup sets if I have a too narrow stance which prevents me from leaning forward enough.
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Constipated posted:I'm sure I've asked this in this thread before, but what preworkouts are you guys using these days? I want something that doesn't have an absurd amount of caffeine. Just been taking half a caffeine pill and bronkaid most nights, sometimes with Hemavol when I'm doing arms. Adrenal Rush V2, I was getting it from here for a time while it was buy one get one but I don't think I can justify dropping $40 on 30 servings right now
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sassassin posted:Beta alanine tingles are nice until the day you overdo it. That car ride when you take it before you hit the gym. Hands tingling on the steering wheel, anticipation of the workout... Man, sometimes i miss having to drive to the gym.
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Ah sorry i read that wrong. I was having the opposite problem (was springing on my toes) Maybe post a video of form?
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i find that a nice cue for squats is "keep the weight over mid foot" if you're doing that, your feet should not move https://startingstrength.com/training/mid-foot-balance-a-master-cue
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Sludge Tank posted:Ah sorry i read that wrong. I was having the opposite problem (was springing on my toes) Started deadlifting again today. My butt hurts.
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So I did the low-bar method for squatting today as recommended by Rippetoe, and the toes lifting off seems to have solved itself where the toes are able to maintain light contact with the floor throughout the lift, so there's that I guess.
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Oct 15, 2017 04:49
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The best part of low bar squatting is being the only person in the gym that low bar squats.
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I honestly dont know how people highbar squat. It feels so insanely uncomfortable for me. I cant even rest 60kg on my traps.
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It might not actually be a low-bar/high-bar thing, I just did some random highbar-style squats (sans the bar) in my room just to keep my legs flexible and my toes stopped flexing upwards, just had to make the stance slightly wider like UnfurledSails said. My toe muscles still vibrate quite a bit and they do not actually touch the ground but there's no huge obvious half-of-my-feet-off-the-ground thing going on. Might just be a muscle control issue. I actually prefer the highbar style because I can go super low, while my torso pretty much stops me from going as low on a lowbar squat. There's some writing on how the hamstrings get used more on a lowbar style squat but I'm not really feeling it, so 
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Sludge Tank posted:I honestly dont know how people highbar squat. It feels so insanely uncomfortable for me. I cant even rest 60kg on my traps. get stronger traps, u weak babyman
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high bar squats make my lower back hurt. perhaps i squat too low and allow my lower back to go into flexion.
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Sludge Tank posted:I honestly dont know how people highbar squat. It feels so insanely uncomfortable for me. I cant even rest 60kg on my traps. Get a narrower grip on the bar so your traps bunch up. ham_sanitizer posted:high bar squats make my lower back hurt. perhaps i squat too low and allow my lower back to go into flexion. Or you bend over when "squatting too low" instead of keeping upright when sitting down. I see a lot of people doing that for the last six inches because they're focused on the bar moving in the mirror for depth. With high bar you want to stay as tall as possible through the movement.
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hmm. maybe i should let my knees track forward more in that case. they are slightly behind my toes as it is.
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ham_sanitizer posted:hmm. maybe i should let my knees track forward more in that case. they are slightly behind my toes as it is. Knees behind toes is a low bar thing so yeah.
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Oct 15, 2017 18:48
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And even then, knees slightly forward of toes isn't always an issue. See: Max Aita and Chad Wesley Smith squat coaching videos.
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yeah alan thrall says the same thing. i just have long femurs so my calves stay relatively vertical.
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Vertical calves on a high bar squat requires some olympic-level hip mobility and/or ligament damage (see appropriate image searches). In high bar you sit down instead of back so your knees pretty much have to move somewhere to get out of the way.
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sassassin posted:Vertical calves on a high bar squat requires some olympic-level hip mobility and/or ligament damage (see appropriate image searches). bottom of my high bar squat  bottom of my low bar squat  i guess my calves aren't as vertical as i thought in high bar
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I'm about to cook chorizo and eggs.
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Chief McHeath posted:I'm about to cook chorizo and eggs. We also have linguica burgers and linguica dogs. It's pretty much the same stuff but in convenient patty and hotdog form factors.
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Chief McHeath posted:I'm about to cook chorizo and eggs. Don’t bother me unless that means you’re about to suck a dick
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ham_sanitizer posted:bottom of my high bar squat You could stay a little taller and let your knees drift a little more imo. Might help your back. Or make it worse. Have you tried front squats?
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