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Quick Q:

So those electronic scales that measure bodyfat, etc... So they're not really reliable, but are they reliable enough that you can measure a change?

i.e You measure yourself and it says you are X% bf. You measure yourself every month and the trend is downward, after 12 months can you say: I don't know what %BF I have, but I have lost X% - Y% in the last 12 months.

Yes and no. In the short-term, they're near-useless because they're easily affected by hydration levels. I guess the long-term trend may show direction.

03-09-2010 , 06:48 PM

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Spenda

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almost lost a press behind me today, would have been epic as there's this calf machine only a few feet behind the outside of the power rack and that would have made for an lol crash, luckily I managed to not drop it but it effed my last rep.

03-09-2010 , 06:51 PM

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SiQ

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Can someone plz help me improve my DLs. I need to stop sucking at them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRXwbfh0XCQ

beat: blocked weights suck

edit: is it normal to bruise your knee/shin slightly doing these? or does that mean im doing something wrong?

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03-09-2010 , 07:34 PM

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00Snitch

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It's cool that you have Muhammad Ali doing the camera work for you, but it makes it pretty hard to see whats going.

I don't know how to fix it, or what causes it (dl noob myself), but it looks like you are kind of straigtening your knees early... if you know what I mean... maybe think more about lifting your chest more and/or first... I dunoo, dl noob.

As for the bruising, totally standard, probably more so with octagonal plates.

03-09-2010 , 07:35 PM

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00Snitch

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Yah, looking at it again, it's like you lock out your knees, then turn it into more of a straight leg deadlift or something...

03-09-2010 , 07:44 PM

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Nottom

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 00Snitch

They bounce around all over the place. This morning over a 5 minute span mine read 50.2 and 32.8. That said, if you plot it everyday, I would imagine you would see a meaningful trend.

03-09-2010 , 08:19 PM

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NameOnTheCake

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Originally Posted by Rootabager

This is what I wore to the arnolds.

killer ass. fortunately you tucked your shirt in slightly so we could get the full effect. you should think about gauging your ears, though

03-09-2010 , 08:31 PM

#758

Thremp

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wtf no alpaca??!!?!??!?!?!

Backtuck ldo

03-09-2010 , 08:33 PM

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Claunchy

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Originally Posted by Spenda

you weren't the person who left a ~330 lb barbell on the floor were you? hyachachacha

NOTC, Christina Hendricks is hot and all, but that picture is distorted as all hell and the alpaca's awesome. Bad switch.

03-09-2010 , 08:36 PM

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NameOnTheCake

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i like the way its cropped b/c it makes her tits look even bigger

03-09-2010 , 08:41 PM

#761

Spenda

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no but wtf was that, who ****ing does that, right in the middle of where everybody walks, stupid ****

03-09-2010 , 08:48 PM

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NameOnTheCake

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are jumping squats with a barbell legit?

03-09-2010 , 08:55 PM

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Weasel45

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Originally Posted by NameOnTheCake

are jumping squats with a barbell legit?

ISF does jumping front squats i think

03-09-2010 , 09:31 PM

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deaders

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why are we looking at pictures of a man's bottom itt?

03-09-2010 , 11:34 PM

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TomCollins

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Power Cage for sale on Craigs List for $75.

I'm a bit worried it won't be able to hold itself up, let alone an weight on it. Or is this a good deal?

03-09-2010 , 11:35 PM

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Rootabager

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Showing how great I look in jeans son

03-10-2010 , 12:02 AM

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downtown

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NameOnTheCake

are jumping squats with a barbell legit?

Yes.

03-10-2010 , 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by TomCollins

Power Cage for sale on Craigs List for $75.

I'm a bit worried it won't be able to hold itself up, let alone an weight on it. Or is this a good deal?

Just look at it before you buy it?

03-10-2010 , 01:07 AM

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kickpushcoast

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wow, who knew the guy from the saw movies liked to work out

03-10-2010 , 01:29 AM

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Genz

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Originally Posted by NameOnTheCake

killer ass. fortunately you tucked your shirt in slightly so we could get the full effect. you should think about gauging your ears, though

I think I like the one-armed shirt even better, esp. in combination with the sweatband on the arm. The backtuck is pretty epic too, though.

03-10-2010 , 01:56 AM

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toothy

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Originally Posted by Evoken

I just found out what 21s for teh gunz are and I want to puke all over somebody who does them in the squat rack next time I see it.

almost as pro as "you then me"s

03-10-2010 , 02:06 AM

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TheCalm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UheCchftswc&feature=fvw

Scooby does "twenty ones" at 2:30 in his killer arm workout.

03-10-2010 , 02:52 AM

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<3_Tha_Grind

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCalm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UheCchftswc&feature=fvw

Scooby does "twenty ones" at 2:30 in his killer arm workout.

I've heard they are a really good finisher, particularly at the end of SS workouts. They are also really popular with CT and the T-Nation folks who obviously know a lot about strength training because they are really big and stuff.

03-10-2010 , 03:23 AM

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Soulman

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Whats up with the Vegas hate?

Just not my type of city, I like the outdoors. Too hot in the summer for me.

03-10-2010 , 03:27 AM

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Soulman

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Originally Posted by 00Snitch

Yah, looking at it again, it's like you lock out your knees, then turn it into more of a straight leg deadlift or something...

Agree. Bruising on knees can be helped by not breaking at the knees so soon on the descent. Break at knees after the bar passes them, and the bar won't hit them on the way down.

Kinda sucks that you're doing 5x1 instead of 1x5, but from what I've gathered that's the way it goes with them sucky octagonal plates.

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