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| bio | website | daveliepmann.com |
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I:
- train combat sports (judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and occasionally wrestling, muay Thai, MMA and wrestling), though I'm very much still a beginner
- enjoy punishing forms of short-duration conditioning
- lift (poundages at roughly 175 pounds bodyweight: squat in the mid-200s, deadlift in the upper 300s, press just over 100, bench about bodyweight, so altogether nothing special)
- and sometimes have more time for reading than training, unfortunately.
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Apr 29 |
answered | Should I lock out my shoulders at the bottom of a pull up? |
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Apr 29 |
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does being able to lift more weight mean more strength? It's possible to have strength in some movements but not others. (For instance, arm wrestling involves more than just the muscles in a biceps curl.) And yes, it's possible to be more endurance-y but less strength-y, or vice versa. See this answer. |
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Apr 29 |
answered | does being able to lift more weight mean more strength? |
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Apr 29 |
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What amount of excess calories, and in what proportion of macro-nutrients, is most effective to bulk up while doing Starting Strength? @TCSGrad Rippetoe is just describing the math of the program: if you add 5 pounds to your squat in every workout, and eat and recover sufficiently to keep that going for x weeks, then your squat will go up by x times 15 pounds. That doesn't mean you can just decide to do SS for an unlimited number of weeks and have a world-record squat. |
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Apr 29 |
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Should I reboot Starting Strength program, to get better results? So what happened? 5 pounds every workout is 15 pounds a week, 60 pounds a month, and it's been 3 months. Did you deload? Not add weight at all? |
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Apr 28 |
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What amount of excess calories, and in what proportion of macro-nutrients, is most effective to bulk up while doing Starting Strength? At its core, this is a version of the excellent and popular How Do I Get Big question, for which this answer is OK for diet recommendations. The rest of this question needs to be narrowed down. There are five or six different questions being asked, since you're looking for comprehensive advice--which is understandable! :) |
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Apr 28 |
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Should I reboot Starting Strength program, to get better results? How did you Not Do The Program? Were you not adding weight every session? Were you failing and deloading every two weeks? The reason Rip says 50 pounds over 3 months is YNDTP is because it's logically inconsistent with the program as written. So if you weren't doing the program...what were you doing? |
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Apr 28 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 26 |
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Bodyweight exercises to increase legs strength Pistols and loaded squats (e.g. barbell front or back squats, dumbbell squats, goblet squats with a kettlebell) are the options that come to mind. Single leg deadlifts, too. I would focus on the logistics or medicine to do those before looking for alternatives. |
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Apr 26 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 25 |
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What is the optimum training intensity to prevent atrophy when on a caloric deficite? @zero-divisor Certain rep ranges produce certain types of results. Caloric deficits make it hard to achieve goals, particularly hypertrophy. Beyond those basics, I think this is a "pick whichever suboptimal approach matches your long-term goals best" question. |
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Apr 25 |
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Bodyweight strength training added 224 characters in body |
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Apr 25 |
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Outdoor gyms equipment/machines @K.L. If your goals are an improvement in looks, posture, fitness, strength, and endurance then any program will work at least somewhat. If minimal equipment is a requirement then pick one of the three references and start doing it. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. |
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Apr 25 |
answered | Bodyweight strength training |
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Apr 25 |
answered | Outdoor gyms equipment/machines |
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Apr 24 |
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What is the optimum training intensity to prevent atrophy when on a caloric deficite? Because I think training in non-hypertrophic rep ranges won't help build muscle mass, whereas training in the hypertrophic rep range while on a deficit might work to a diminished degree. It might be the case that such an approach is doomed from the start and the best approach is to work on reducing body fat or maintaining strength. I think your question lacks context, that is, why are you on a calorie deficit? |
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Apr 23 |
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Stronglifts 5v5 : Where do I go from here? Yeah, but they don't just lift through it forever, they fix it. |
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Apr 22 |
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Need exercise recommendations for abs, triceps and biceps to incorporate into Stronglifts 5x5 edited tags |
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Apr 21 |
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I am skinny, would joining a gym make me skinnier? If you exercise in certain ways, then yes, going to the gym could make you skinnier. To gain muscle, see this answer. |
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Apr 19 |
answered | What is the optimum training intensity to prevent atrophy when on a caloric deficite? |
