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The Deadlift has caused me more injuries, strains, sprains, aches and pains than any other lift. It's gotten to the point where it makes me a little nervous when I know I have a DL workout coming up. I didn't Deadlift at all for a while when I was focused purely on hypertrophy because it's …
I've been training with Powerlifting to Win's 1st level intermediate program and it's been great to train the power lifts again. It's basically a linear progression program so I've basically forced myself to lift more weight every week. The strength has been coming back much more rapidly than I expected, and my technique is feeling …
My 'throw everything but the kitchen sink' approach to improving my hormonal standing made it difficult to discern which item in particular may have been to blame for the several days I spent in gastronomical distress. I initially blamed the hydrolyzed collagen I have been mixing into my water, which while unrelated to male hormones, …
In my continued investigation of the impact of food on my endocrine system, I've found some fascinating studies which have altered some of my dietary practices. As I mentioned previously, I have cut dairy out of my life and increased meat consumption, along with eggs and a generally higher intake of fat as a percentage …
Yesterday, I entered the Phase 3 Trial for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. I've been moved by the stories of the people who have volunteered for these trials and suddenly decided I needed to do it as well. With the Pfizer vaccine approved under Emergency Use Authorization and Moderna's on its heels, humanity may be …
While I could accept the decline in my maleness as a part of the life cycle, aging gracefully into the night, where I'll sip Earl Grey tea wearing a cardigan sweater to avoid getting a chill, and petting my cat while yelling at the kids to get off of my lawn, that just isn't me. …
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I finally took the plunge and ponied up the cash to get my testosterone levels checked. I got the full male hormone panel which gives results for total testosterone, free testosterone (which is the important one), DHEA and SHBG (which is the bastard that binds up your testosterone so you don't have as much free). …
I've long been a fan of supplementation, especially in my earliest days of lifting weights in an effort to grow like the bodybuilders in Muscle and Fitness and FLEX magazines which I subscribed to and read with regularity. Sure, I was naive, but let's face it, the magazines weren't forthright in their presentation and never …
With a renewed focus on Powerlifting, today's training was the first real sense of where my strength levels are after not training for strength since 2019, and more importantly, the 6 months of this year I spent dieting down to 163 lbs and training basically with body weight and resistance bands. In March of 2019, …
I happened to come across a YouTube video from Reactive Training Systems discussing their current philosophy for Powerlifting training which they call Emerging Strategies. It's a fascinating strategy as it's essentially an ongoing science experiment to determine what works best for each athlete they coach. They start with a training block which they call a …
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