Good enough for me Any reason to take BCAA or nah? Not that I have any but for future reference.

Train fasted, no problem.

I take BCAAs pre/during workout recently, fasted or not... mTOR something something(?). It's been a while since I convinced myself of the upside, I don't really remember but I'm guessing if you google it you'd find the info. Basically, I see no downside and it's relatively tasty pre/during workout.

Fair enough.

Good god, which brand?

Scivation Xtend Lemon Lime

and iirc I chose that (a long time ago) bc Leucine imo

lol ... there are a lot of reasonable questions in the world but that is not one of them ...

after buying SS & Practical Programming and reading them both front to back it was appalling obvious my form on everything was dog**** and if I cared about myself at all I would start over from scratch... so that is what I did... as stated in the book itself, it is harder to unprogram bull**** thinking and movement pattern conditioning, so it has taken about 8 months, better part of this last year, but it was the appropriate decision ...

back feels a ton better, shoulders are finally healing and not constantly injured from awful form, I can bench and press appropriately for the first time ever and I understand now not only how to properly execute cleans but why ... so basically revisiting noob gains all over because I'm not destroying myself with bad equation variable inputs from the outset ... not coincidentally, proper equipment helps significantly, bought a 10mm inzer belt and it is just as incredible as the shoes for overall stability on every lift if not more so...

also I frankly love the short linear progression cycle and I will probably microload to squeeze the last bit out of it before switching to a periodized program... I have not exhausted novice status as of yet, at that point I will add complexity through accessory work and periodization of the main compounds... probably in two or three weeks...


Quote from my buddy who has gone full rippitard. He's been lifting for like six years. My original question was why he was doing SS

Your friend sounds like a smart guy

Bros,

Got a weird issue. Sometimes when I do a hard set, the air in my left ear will compress. You know like when you hear your breathing and you need to pop your ears to fix it. It would go away after a few minutes, but lately, it's been happening a lot more throughout the day. Kind of annoying, and I have no idea what to do about it. Popping my ears doesn't work.

The air from you head is leaking into your ear then out into the atmosphere when you pop your ears. Eventually the pressure outside your skull will sufficiently exceed the pressure inside your skull causing your head to collapse in on itself in a gruesome spectacle. I recommend avoiding high pressure activities like deep sea diving to extend your life expectancy.

did you see cailer woolam's pull from a week or two ago? one of the most impressive deadlifts I've ever seen. 915 lbs at 210lbs BW without straps. not at an official meet but still amazing and hes only 22 yo

Nah, missed that one. Link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhhwCSxbn-o

Jesus.

And he hook gripped it too. Jesus.

He's a literal genius aspy. I just think its ****ed that he a) thinks he's a novice after so many years and b) taken the past year to fix form issues that didnt exist. He's the ultimate perfect is the enemy of good type of dude

I'm assuming you've prescribed him concurrently run full Smolov for bench, squat, and deadlift STAT?

GOMAD & get your sinuses checked out imo.

Sounds like a brain tumor.

Two cycles of each, yes

Send him to loco's guy so he makes sure to properly activate his rhomboids before benching imo.

Interesting write up for those interested in diet & the fats:

SSC: Hungry Brain book review

I always think the mlylt saga can't rise to a new level................ I'm always wrong. OOT bad poster thread if you are interested.

Wonder how much you get out of a whippy bar like that (not trying to take away, just curious)

Depends on the numbers/what his form looks like/what his goals are etc etc. Once people have an idea in their head, its hard to shift them. I see people at our gym wasting time making changes all the time. I try to have a conversation but at some point people gonna people.

Solid lel

Interesting!

I saw something on facebook recently about a longer study that had looked at CICO model vs Taube's insulin/carb model. Apparently Taubes part funded it but the conclusion was that, when caloric intake is balanced between groups, there was no significant differences between high and low carb groups. Can't find it at the moment though.

I figured we all knew that already.

Leptin isn't really new.

SSC can be pretty good but that article is a bit infuriating.