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[highstreet]

[MoneyMike]

Yeah, I've watched those and they definitely helped. Still feels like something's a little off though.

[Captain Corea]

Yeah. Only advice would be to train with someone who knows - at least for a few times.

[KimchiNinja]

Going old school for May; steak and eggs, liver, raw green vegi, 8x8 sets, short rest periods.

Expectation for month end results -- lean awesomeness.

[Captain Corea]

Just got back from a trip to Canada. Trained with an old training partner that's getting ready for a (natural) pro show - was pretty inspiring.

Also realized that a lot of my sore joints are shared by my buds - made me feel a bit better about it.

Brought back some big tubs of cell-tech. Let's see how they work.

[Jyang486]

Started taking Orange Triad as my multi-V and I don't think I can ever go back to anything else. It is on the pricey side, and the tablets are enormous, but so worth it. I don't go through any of the normal soreness I usually face the days following a tough squatting session.

[highstreet]

What brand fish oil you guys take? You buy it locally? Mine is about to run out.

Also, any gym recommendations? My membership is about to run out, not sure if I want to re-up or move elsewhere. I like my gym, but, it's a little sparse.

[Jyang486]

[MoneyMike]

Hey, I'm back to ask more noob Q's!

I'm feelin a bit better with my squats now, but my deads still don't feel right. I'm gonna cut the weight by 30% at the gym today, maybe I went up too fast and that's causing my form to break down.

But if I can't get this figured out, I wanna take deads out of my program. I'm not doing them very often, just one set of 5 at the heaviest I can manage, every second workout.

I was thinking 2 sets of pullups, then 2 sets of weighted hyper-extensions. How does that sound? Any exercises that will replace my deads more effectively?

[Captain Corea]

There are lots of variations of deads you may want to consider. Sumo style, stiff legged... play around with it as every lift does not perfectly suit every body.

The only deads I do nowadays are a cable deadlift for hamstrings. I don't enjoy deads, never really have. For lower back I'll do roman chair work instead.

[12ax7]

My workouts are going pretty good. I lifted my old pre-illness max on the deadlift last week. I hadn't deadlifted so much in a long time.

I've reached my target weight (up 10kg from 2-3 months ago), but I'm bulking up so easily since I've switched from a soy protein powder to whey protein powder last week that I'm going to aim for my old max weight. I figure at the rate I'm going I should be back to that weight by the end of June.

I also got a dip belt to add more weight to my chin-ups and dips. They didn't have one at my gym, so I ordered one of my own. I'll be trying it out later tonight.

[12ax7]

Well...Just came back from the gym. I can't believe I hadn't invested in a dip belt until now. I used it today for chinups...Best back workout I've had in a long time. The whey protein is really making a difference, too. I'm up 3kg from a week ago and my max weight for the deadlift went up 10% in the same amount of time (I even managed a single rep at 20% more than last week, so that's the weight I'll be aiming for next week). Looks like I won't be buying the soy (mostly) and whey protein blend again.

[Captain Corea]

Yeah, I've heard a lot of ppl have issues with soy. Glad to hear you've got your nutrition better sorted, man.

[crisdean]

[fermentation]

They're not replacements for deadlifts. They can be used for assistance. Nothing can replace dead lifts.

This video series helped me a lot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdjuX-GRby8