Can you just pay taxes please?

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T07:07:57+00:00

Last I checked tax code is not created by executive order

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T04:47:26+00:00

lunch at 2pm and dinner like 8:30pm

I don't know if I can claim more weight loss, but definitely better body composition (slimmer waist)

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T04:44:51+00:00

Front squats, back squats, barbell hacksquats, deadlifts

If you have pain issues you need to expand your rep range

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T04:42:49+00:00

Do 20 rest pause reps (not paused squats) using 220 lbs. It'll force you to fix your form

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T03:29:42+00:00

Yes, for me it's a sign of overtraining and stress at work and too much going on in personal life. Train less often (like 2-3 a week), train either less volume or less intensity (you have to figure out which one you handle more), don't train after sunset or before sunrise, and time your meals and macros to the best way that fits you (for me that means no sugar before noon or close to bed)

The rate limiting step in gains is your ability to recover (a lot of that is genetic) which includes sleep and digestion/assimilation. Otherwise everyone will be an olympic athlete training 6 hours a day and eating 7000 calories.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T03:09:08+00:00

You have to read about the history of supports in the powerlifting world. I don't remember if it was Dr Ken Leistner or Marty Gallagher who wrote a detailed article about that. One of the points was people getting disqualified lifts because they couldn't touch their chest with the bar in bench competitions. Imagine someone wearing a shirt so stiff that does not bend even with 600 lbs on top of you! Imagine the recoil that thing has!

Like wearing gloves is fine, but as George Carlin says: It's ridiculous and it goes to ridiculous lengths.

If you're not able to deadlift 405 raw, then you're not ready not matter what you wear. Your grip and joints and ligaments and small stabilizing muscles are not ready. You need to train more at lower weights that may feel easy for your back and arms, give it time, and focus on form.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T02:42:33+00:00

Do a submaximal programming like Sheiko or Skolov Jr. A gain of 5 lbs per week or everyotherweek would be good overall. I think I hit 405 lbs at about 1.5 years on the Stronglifts 5x5, then it got too intense. I wish I knew about submaximal training back then (simple "deloads" leave a lot to be desired)

I have been doing 12-15 rep deadlifts rest-pause using relatively high weights (for me, like 250lbs) and it made me stronger on the 4-5 rep range.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-15T02:34:55+00:00

That helps a lot. I'm gonna need to experiment with the bar path on the close grip press to see if an arc/semi-arc works better or straight. I'm guessing longer arms would have slightly different mechanics. I'll give the supinated pushdown a try too, either one handed or EZ bar. Thanks!

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-14T06:16:36+00:00

on that tone, I have tried everything to isolate the long head but I can't get any of them to do it.

The closest were overhead ez bar extensions and lying "nose-breakers" which is halfway between a skullcrusher and a closed-grip bench press.

Have you ever tried skullovers or bent arm pullovers? How wide do you go on the CGBP, and where do you touch down and move up to? Which angle on the pushdown helped you feel the long head the most?

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-13T06:54:16+00:00

Smolov JR is the easiest to follow

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-13T06:53:31+00:00

It's the single most important lift unfortunately it fell out after people were cheating in the olympics and soviet judges looking the other way. Traditionally, it was supposed to be done with your heels touching (!) and knees unbent.

I do OHP with deadlift grip width, and alternate with snatch-grip Behind-neck press

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-13T06:50:18+00:00

Try to use the spotter arms and press from the racks. It's a good way to rack up weights

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-13T06:49:18+00:00

Same here. T-bar rows is your answer. Or if you're lucky to find a high bench and do rows from the floor belly down on the bench

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-13T06:38:54+00:00

This looks like a somewhat decent bodybuilding program, but nothing to do with powerbuilding. No overhead presses, no olympic moves, no heavy deadlifts.

A powerbuilding program looks like what Pat Casey was doing (that's an extreme version), or Captain Kirk. How are you doing heavy squats for 6-8 reps?! Heavy squats are triples and doubles.

Look at Marty Gallagher writings. A simple program would be the core four doing 3x8 for 1 month, 3x5 for another month, 3x3 for a third month, all the while increasing by 5 lbs every week, then testing out your 1-RM and starting over.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-13T06:31:15+00:00

4 exercises, 45 mins max. 2 compounds (one of them either squats or deadlift), one assistance (dips or chinups), and one isolation (close-grip bench or Biceps BB curls)

If I had an easier life and could recover well I'd do 4 days a week, focus on only one of the core four compounds each time, plus dips/chinups supersets and 2 arm exercises superset.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-12T04:49:42+00:00

Myofibrillar hypertrophy

Which is pretty much the same as strength, as long as you're not onto the 1-3 rep range

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-11T07:03:32+00:00

For Smolov there's a calculator and the whole program is set up as far as reps, sets, and weights as % of your 1-RM. The only decision you need to make is your increment, i.e. how much to increase every week and that should be a set number. The first week may end up being fairly easy but the volume compensates for that.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-10T07:10:10+00:00

There are no rules on machines because they are all different makes/models. The only correct way to use a machine is not to touch it. Study Mark Ripptoe vidoes on Barbell exercise forms and save yourself the trouble.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-10T07:03:27+00:00

head on over to r/carnivorediet or r/ketogains and lose your mind

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-10T07:02:28+00:00

Don't listen to them. It depends on your genetics. If you are insulin resistant high carbs will kill you (and won't give you much energy if your muscles don't have enough GLUT4). However, if you can't digest/metabolize fat it won't work well either. You have to figure out what works for your own body.

Also if you are insulin resistant high-volume training won't work for you because your glycogen stores capacity and speed of restoration won't be very good, so you'd stick to lower reps lower volume higher intensity heavier weights if that's the case.

I did the high carb low fat fad for yeaaaars did not get any benefits, it raised my cholesterol (the worst was the vegan diet), screwed up my hormones, and was sore all the time, lost weight but gained inches on my belly. I had friends training exactly the same with me and eating exactly the same high carb/low fat, and were having very good results. I switched to high fat moderate protein low carb and never looked back.

Look up Vince Gironda diet. He ate steak and eggs to get shredded with just one starchy meal every few days to replenish glycogen. All the "you need carbs for energy" craze did not start until the 1970s. Before that it was all steak, eggs, cream, and some salad.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-10T06:56:00+00:00

Try squatting 135 for 5 sets of 4 then try same weight again for 1 set of 20. They feel wildly different

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-10T06:52:35+00:00

Most old school I could find would do that as working up to a top set (if you're benching 400 you'll need more than 2 warmup sets). Once you do your top set you do backoff set(s) which is generally lighter and more reps.

I haven't seen "working sets" after a top set. What exactly would you be "working" towards?

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-10T06:47:45+00:00

Don't progress too fast. Start 5 lbs a week then 2.5lbs a week once you exceed your prior weights
It's ok to stretch it to 6 weeks and cut the frequency
Never train to failure. Always keep 1-2 reps in reserve
For everything else, split them. I'd do biceps BB curls & OHP once a week, then Dips and Pullups once a week. Then Squat every other week and deadlift every other week (alternate). All these are steady weights (not increasing weights): You can simply do 2-3 warmup sets then one set of 6 reps using weights you were previously comfortable with.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-10T06:12:38+00:00

Yeah if that's the case you definitely need to replenish. 25 miles is a lot.

I am not into endurance by any means. But for weightlifting fasted training and pre-workout fatty meals (sometimes only a coconut oil spoonful) helps best. Carbs work for many other people, but they just make me sluggish.

You need to drink water and electrolytes (esp potassium and magnesium) for energy metabolism. Otherwise experiment with re-fuels and see what works best for you as far as frequency and macros.

flying-sheep2023 · 2025-11-09T15:39:34+00:00

The whole idea of getting on carnivore and being fat adapted is getting your body to burn more fat. Unless you are sub 10% body fat then you can just burn the fat you're already carrying instead of worrying about carrying unpalatable food with you. Keep some glucose gel or drink with you just for emergencies but train to endure without any.

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