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If i were to add pull ups/chin ups to strong lifts is there an optimal place to put it, ie certain days and before or in the middle of the original exercises? I ask as i tried to add them this morning after doing squats, OHP and deadlifts, I could barely manage a single pull up after those I just didn't have the energy :p

Or should i perhaps start using the pull down machine to build strength for it first?
 
mrthingyx said:
Bro doing upright rows... Some letch helping a chick do chin-ups... And for £260? No. Way.

Ask nicely and one of us will do you a program for free. Diet is entirely subjective, however, but I am sure we can also help with that. ;)

Or just so Stronglifts, which is 98% of everything you will ever need.
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I was thinking about starting that. I'm just worried about form on the squats and deads. Never done squats before, and only lifted light deads.

Ayahuasca said:
It just works.

Don't be afraid to eat either, you can worry about cutting when you've gained decent strength and size.
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Don't worry. I'm definitely not afraid to eat :) I am type 1 diabetic also so my diet is pretty clean. Only thing is I'm quite low-carb due to insulin sensitivity. Would that affect gains?

When I have enough courage to go I will start up a training log to see how I'm improving both aesthetically and strength wise.
 
[TW]Sponge;29684232 said:
When I have enough courage to go I will start up a training log to see how I'm improving both aesthetically and strength wise.
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Brohirrrim, logs make you 15% stronger! No one will ever judge you - only encouragement. And always remember that everyone starts from nothing :)
 
NexusK said:
I'll do them at the start on Monday then. I was quite embarrassed this morning when i went to do them at the end and stuggled so much with just one!
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Do you mean pull ups (overhand grip) or chin-ups (under hand)? I have always found pull-ups hard (and much harder than chins) - a set of 5 PUs was major achievement of mine!
 
[TW]Sponge;29684232 said:
I was thinking about starting that. I'm just worried about form on the squats and deads. Never done squats before, and only lifted light deads...
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Dude. 99% of lifters don't worry about form - you will be fine. ;)

Post a vid if you are concerned. :)
 
XeNoN89 said:
Has anyone else had a drop in sex drive when cutting down? After my last calorie/carb drop at the start of the month it seems to have taken a hit!
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The longer you're in an energy deficit, the leaner you get and the less available energy is to the body at any one time, the more it prioritises certain things like processes that keep you alive over things like the reproductive system. It doesn't know all this is in aid of looking better and you're just choosing not to eat etc, it just thinks you're starving to death slowly. If you're not yet that lean it can be a sign your calories and/or your average fat intake over a week might be unnecessarily low, although sometimes it's just a case of people's individual tolerance to energy restriction.

The only way to restore negative hormonal adaptations is to not be in a deficit. For some things like leptin this can be restored to baseline over several days, for others it can take over a week, hence the occasional use of 10-14 day diet breaks during a cut.
 
So today, during my split, I saw a guy do: ez curls, preacher curls, cable skullcrushers and db skullcrushers. That was it, and he spent about an hour on them. Must be curlz for teh gurlz day
 
Well did a variation of reiyushins deadlift cycle:

Warm up: 130x8, 140x8, 190x3, 220x1
240 x 3 for 4 sets (injured my lower back on second set)
210 x 3 for 6 sets (could only manage 5 sets as locking out was painful and didn't want to risk real injury
180 x 5 x 3 (only managed 2 again due to above)
Could not do 180 SLDLs did one agony rep
Gave a good heavy session of BORs after

My body is starting get used to reps I think!

2 more DL sessions and going for a 295... Back permitting.

Thanks again Reiyushin :)
 
RaohNS said:
Well did a variation of reiyushins deadlift cycle:

Warm up: 130x8, 140x8, 190x3, 220x1
240 x 3 for 4 sets (injured my lower back on second set)
210 x 3 for 6 sets (could only manage 5 sets as locking out was painful and didn't want to risk real injury
180 x 5 x 3 (only managed 2 again due to above)
Could not do 180 SLDLs did one agony rep
Gave a good heavy session of BORs after

My body is starting get used to reps I think!

2 more DL sessions and going for a 295... Back permitting.

Thanks again Reiyushin :)
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Hope your back holds out for next week! I stuck rigidly to the guide this week and didn't do any SLDLs. I'm tempted to try varying some of my other lifts to try to increase the weight. Perhaps a de-load will be the first thing.
 
RaohNS said:
Well did a variation of reiyushins deadlift cycle:

Warm up: 130x8, 140x8, 190x3, 220x1
240 x 3 for 4 sets (injured my lower back on second set)
210 x 3 for 6 sets (could only manage 5 sets as locking out was painful and didn't want to risk real injury
180 x 5 x 3 (only managed 2 again due to above)
Could not do 180 SLDLs did one agony rep
Gave a good heavy session of BORs after

My body is starting get used to reps I think!

2 more DL sessions and going for a 295... Back permitting.

Thanks again Reiyushin :)
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tom_nieto said:
Hope your back holds out for next week! I stuck rigidly to the guide this week and didn't do any SLDLs. I'm tempted to try varying some of my other lifts to try to increase the weight. Perhaps a de-load will be the first thing.
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We shall see. Had worst nights sleep. Every time moved woke up. I only feel fractionally stronger to be honest but because of how my sessions work I wont be going for the 295 till mid July, adding one in as a cushion for it
 
Hi I am wondering if you guys are able to help me.

I've been working out for about 4 years and more intensively for the past 12 and I am getting pretty good muscle development on the whole from doing Bro splits I am happy with the majority of progression at 95kg, 6.1ft and 34 waist and 44 inch chest.

One problem I am noticing is that when looking in the mirror my left lattimus dorsi is smaller than my right. When I flair my 'wings' and pose it is definitely less developed than the right side I notice from the antior view. Posteriorly it is hard for me to see but my gf does say it's less defined.

Now I have dislocated both my left elbow and shoulder before in an accident and since have trouble with elbow extension due to fracture site osteopyhte formation into the joint.

I am asking if you think this would be the cause? I can curl the same amount of weight with my left arm and shoulder some times feels a little weaker but on the whole they are fairly balanced on the ohp.

I was wondering if there was a way I could work out just the left side for extra reps or just isolate the left side for a while until equal? most lat exercises seem to be two handed though.

Any thoughts or help is appreciated.

Dude

P's my usual back routine:

3 X chin ups
3 X single arm row
3 X lat Pull down / or v bar pull down
3 X seated row
3 X bent over row

All for 10 to 12 reps

Then some curls to finish up with ez bar and then single arm concentration curl
 
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