Exodus Strength

Hardartery wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:35 am Unless you are tiny, pinkies on rings is not a wide grip and you won't really hit chest at the bottom, but....on narrow grip you use chest a lot at lockout. A lot. So, although narrow grip increases triceps ROM and indeed increases the workload for them, if you typically bench narrow anyway it won't provide novel stimulus for the triceps. It's also a "Relative" thing, it's relatively greater emphasis on triceps, but it isn't a JM Press.

Hardartery wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:35 am Note about Hardgainers, I was friends with one. He worked out religiously, and claimed to eat a ton. I saw him eat. Slowest eater I have ever seen in my life. He did indeed work out and did not avoid volume like most, but no way was he ever anywhere near the calories he needed to get anywhere. He won't live long enough to eat the calories at the speed he eats.

CheekiBreekiFitness wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:06 pm I always had a voracious appetite so it's hard for me to understand the people who complain about not being able to eat enough. I mean I understand them theoretically and respect their struggle but I could never understand it from the practical side. My hunger is constant. If you are presented with delicious looking food, don't you just want to eat it ? I guess they are a minority though, the majority of humanity is very good at eating, so much that we are all becoming obese now that food is available in abundance.

alek wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:29 am Can neoprene knee sleeves shrink over time?

alek wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:29 am Can neoprene knee sleeves shrink over time?

AlanMackey wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:45 am WTF!

lheugh wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:08 am If you consistently wash them at high temperatures, it can damage the rubber (which can cause shrinkage). Neoprene in general is fairly heat resistant so it would have to be at higher temperatures than you'd probably wash typical laundry with.

alek wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:32 pmHuh, so it may actually be because my legs are getting bigger...

houzi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:00 am For those that often use Floor Press to aid their bench press, do you find that you can use more or less than you can usually bench press? Ive been looking online and im seeing some conflicting info. Its not really important, but Im just curious to know others experiences.

houzi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:00 am For those that often use Floor Press to aid their bench press, do you find that you can use more or less than you can usually bench press? Ive been looking online and im seeing some conflicting info. Its not really important, but Im just curious to know others experiences.

AlanMackey wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:36 pm

alek wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:32 pmHuh, so it may actually be because my legs are getting bigger...

Are you washing your legs at high temperatures?

CheekiBreekiFitness wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:47 pm alek I have the same problem with door frames, they keep getting narrower and narrower. Can't figure out why and it's bugging me.

AuthenticWacky wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:27 pm Hi everyone, dumb question re: 12 week general strength template. I did W1D1 today and got no discernible velocity decay across my sets (using iOS app). In fact my fastest reps were in sets 4 and 5. I noticed a number of comments stating one should be hitting 20% loss intraset and 15% interset for optimal training effect. Should I be doing more sets until I hit this landmark or what? Im erring on the low side of the total reps so I don’t get crushed.

And I don’t think I’m sandbagging my e1RMs as the single @8 tracks with my numbers.

AlanMackey wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:20 am Okay, stupid question time.

Most people tend to struggle with knee valgus (caving in) during squats, but my problem is the opposite: knee varus (bowing out). And I strongly suspect it has to do with, maybe, my toes angling out excessively (close to 45ª).

I've tried a feet pointing forward stance and, apparently, the problem self-corrects. But I'm not sure if my humerus head like it or not. Am I doing the right thing?

OverheadDeadlifts wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:44 am

AlanMackey wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:20 am Okay, stupid question time.

Most people tend to struggle with knee valgus (caving in) during squats, but my problem is the opposite: knee varus (bowing out). And I strongly suspect it has to do with, maybe, my toes angling out excessively (close to 45ª).

I've tried a feet pointing forward stance and, apparently, the problem self-corrects. But I'm not sure if my humerus head like it or not. Am I doing the right thing?

Did you try cues to fix it like not shoving knees out so hard or keeping foot pressure more even? If you can squat toes forward you most certainly don’t lack the internal rotation required.

OverheadDeadlifts wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:44 amDid you try cues to fix it like not shoving knees out so hard or keeping foot pressure more even? If you can squat toes forward you most certainly don’t lack the internal rotation required.

DCR wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:44 pm@AlanMackey, this is the answer. Yes I would bring your foot angle in, to more like 15-20 degrees, but, regardless of foot angle, if you absolutely refuse to let any part of the tripods of your feet come up, it would be very difficult (not impossible if you’re extremely flexible but very difficult) for your knees to bow out or cave in.

AuthenticWacky wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:27 pm Hi everyone, dumb question re: 12 week general strength template. I did W1D1 today and got no discernible velocity decay across my sets (using iOS app). In fact my fastest reps were in sets 4 and 5. I noticed a number of comments stating one should be hitting 20% loss intraset and 15% interset for optimal training effect. Should I be doing more sets until I hit this landmark or what? Im erring on the low side of the total reps so I don’t get crushed.

And I don’t think I’m sandbagging my e1RMs as the single @8 tracks with my numbers.