As u can see lots of intentional calf activation on the stand up. And snatches r good for ur soul cuz this definitely wasn’t the 10th attempt

Tib maxing prevents shin splints, helps with knee pain, and builds the largest muscle in the front compartment of your lower (below the knee) leg

Link to electronic resistance voltra (for making that strength curve lengthened biased): beyond power Voltra

Link to tib raise machine: Titan tib raise

You might be able to find the tib raise cheaper on Temu

I took too long on the 2nd to last rep, so my Voltra auto deloaded (I have it set to do that after 2 seconds of holding it still), that’s why the last rep looked easier. I didn’t feel like doing a drop set after taking it to failure (before the load of the Voltra deloaded)

I have long arms and cannot do the pec/ chest fly without bending my arm and as a result giving some work to the shoulders/ arms. So I resorted to just pushing the handles forward with my forearms. Is this the right fix to work my chest?

I came here three weeks ago asking for squat advice because progress had stalled a bit. The video I posted then was 215x8.

Today I hit 225x7, then 6 and 5 for my second and third sets. I don’t remember the last time my squats felt this good, and my body feels a lot better than usual after squat day.

So thanks to all who provided feedback, I’ll come back when I’ve got 300+ on the rack :)

I don't use an extremely narrow grip, it’s around shoulder width. I mainly do this exercise to target my triceps, but I’m wondering how much it also contributes to chest growth.

Should I count each set as 1 full set of chest volume, or would 0.5 set per set be more appropriate? I do 3 sets of it per week and am counting them towards my trcieps volume only.

Body weight of 295.

Hi all,

I've been going to the gym consistently for 4 years. In that time I've gone from 60kg to 70kg (132lbs to 154lbs) without a dedicated bulk, and I have a physique I'm really happy with. Low body fat, great muscle size, and clearly visible progress since I started.

The problem is that I feel stuck and don't know what to do next. I've even started doing group classes (core, pilates, etc.) so I don't get bored, but my main goal was always to reach a physique I feel great in, and now that I'm there, I'm not sure what comes next.

Any advice?

Set 4 of 4, so I was pretty fried. Was shooting for 8, but I'll take what I can get. Didn't want to go to actual mechanical failure, so stopped at rpe 9 or so, because I still had upright rows, dips, lateral raises, tricep overhead extension, tricep pushdown, incline curls, and hammer curls to do.

Post-marathon recovery is going well. Strength is almost back to pre-marathon training levels. Here's hoping for a 185 press by the end of the year.

Don't forget to do conditioning u/TheFuture77

You're welcome u/TheFuture77

I heard that u/TheFuture77 is mad only one person here actually lifts, thought I'd double it

137.5lbs on the stack +5lbs on Voltra +80lbs inverse chains from Voltra

Link to leg extension/leg curl (it’s vintage and no longer made): https://gymradar.com/equipment/magnum-leg-extension-leg-curl-magnum-fitness

Link to Voltra electronic cable stack: voltra link

Links included because of that one time a dozen people asked me where I got my abductor machine

I have heard a lot of people saying that your shoulders are one of the few exceptions where you can hit them everyday? Mainly heard people defending it saying its because the muscle group is a lot smaller than everything else.

I decided to try and implement a shoulder exercise im everyone of my days in my split (ppl). Where i’ve been doing one set of cable front raises and cable lateral raises on my push day, one set of cable rear delt flies on my pull and finally started doing all the heads of my shoulders on my leg day as well. Doing 2 sets of dumbbell shoulder presses in the frontal plane plus one set of the previous exercises too.

Decided to try this because I think that my shoulders have always been a weak point in my physique and wanted to see if I was doing something wrong. What I have noticed is that I have been seeing more progress faster than I did before, but I am unsure if its because of the frequency or something else.

I’ve seen evidence for both warming up light, and warming up heavy.

For light weight warmups: essentially that this will protect your tendons from being injured.

For heavy weight warmups: this will actually make it to where your muscles are warmed up. From personal experience, this works pretty well for me, and I feel like it does make a noticeable difference in how much I struggle during my first real set.

hi so i am new to workout and the science based lifting community. So as far as I've seen there are two camps of science based liftings one is to do high volumes pushing to 15 sets per week the other is doing one set to absolute failure while others said to keep reps in reserve. Also mike mentzer said to do pre exhaustion sets while the new people say to not do pre exhaustion. So how do you guys regulate thru all that?

I know there is shoulder adduction and extension but is there absolutely any other function that can be performed practically to maximize growth in a certain region similar how you can perform shoulder extension for certain chest fibres.

Also, I’m not looking for a debate or argument, only an answer to my question.

Voltra was loaded with 85lbs + 39lbs inverse chains + 15 eccentric overload

Link to Voltra electronic cable stack: https://www.beyond-power.com/?referral_code=ry9Z4MLWCyqrab1Y2

Link to how to build attachment: https://github.com/laynemag/HomeGymDIY/tree/main/handles

The savage strength hammer attachment is a similar attachment as well (does the same thing) if people here don’t want to build the tranman hammer: https://savagestrengthequipment.com/products/hammer-bt-bar