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More HSM Each Week? Oxymoronica	Oxymoronica	147 4
Mag-10 or Cold Meals at Night? bassist127	Chris Shugart	72 1
Post V-Diet Conundrum Xalor03	Chris Shugart	85 1
Post V-Diet Strategy Kevin Hendrick	Kevin Hendrick	130 2
Pre-Made Shakes? kostanza	kostanza	151 4
V-Diet Extreme!?! Evan@Tischer	Evan@Tischer	1639 20
Work PT Tests While on V-Diet? yoseff	Chris Shugart	137 1
V-Challenge Question a1oldham	a1oldham	116 2
No Surge weevilball	Chris Shugart	208 1
Sets in V-Diet Workout? yoseff	Chris Shugart	149 3
Coconut Water - Yay or Nay? jckc	jckc	277 4
After V-Diet - Indigo 3G or Mo... pratik_patel	Chris Shugart	192 1
Prowler Work on V-Diet? bigbuffalo	bigbuffalo	325 4
Mental Focus, Body Temp at End... jckc	jckc	197 4
Workout Fuel During Transition Kevin Hendrick	Chris Shugart	184 1
V-Diet Strength Training Lengt... bigbuffalo	bigbuffalo	356 4
Se7en and Canadian V-Dieters? JailBa8	JailBa8	156 0
No Scoop With Surge colinazzam	colinazzam	289 3
Question about Surge ggold005	ggold005	283 1
Transition Questions Loveday	Loveday	223 2
V-Diet Start Date? kane2180	Chris Shugart	256 1
Muscle Soreness Lardo	Chris Shugart	252 1
Is The V-Diet Good for Women? nuku nuku	Chris Shugart	332 1
About Diet Menu hyunmin85	GregManzo	207 1
Serous Tennis Player and V-Die... panchclau	Chris Shugart	418 8
Should I Modify the Plan to Lo... jpas123	jpas123	293 2
Questions Before Starting V-Di... gettinbigger	gettinbigger	351 2
Do You Need Leucine? ggold005	Chris Shugart	287 1
Back Injury During the Diet eavesjesse	eavesjesse	334 2
Bedtime Meal Timing chrstphr31	Chris Shugart	717 3
Velocity Week 2 and the New MA... Dabelende	Chris Shugart	467 4
V-Diet Week 7 Transition Quest... frauny	Chris Shugart	629 5
No Colon & V-Diet ltown	Chris Shugart	929 6
V-Diet or Indigo-3G for a Woma... 78jp	Chris Shugart	318 1
V-Diet Tips and Tricks HT007	Chris Shugart	463 3
Blending V-Diet with Indigo tjp4f	Chris Shugart	431 1
Nut Butter in Shakes Early in ... Loveday	Chris Shugart	411 1
I'm 263, Want to See 210 eavesjesse	Evan@Tischer	463 2
BJJ and Muay Thai While on the... RayDumasia	RayDumasia	324 2
Question About Starch pratik_patel	Chris Shugart	429 1

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Christian Thibaudeau: ... I couldn't get away with when used for combination training. So really, unless you plan on doing only rings, what I did would be of zero help and could actually hurt your progress.

Christian Thibaudeau: @ Lonnie.. about rings... I really can't. (1) I experimented for 3-4 months where I did nothing but rings. Many things that I experimented didn't work, some did, some led to problems. I also don't remember exactly what I did every day of those 3-4 months. (2) Because I only did rings it would not be applicable to combined training (rings + strength lifts + pump work) and because I did nothing but rings I had more leeway regarding what I did... in other words I could get away with mstakes...

Christian Thibaudeau: @ MytchBucanan.... 135lbs? Of dry muscle weight? No, probably not possible. The average man has about 40-50% of his body weight in the form of muscle mass... we often think only in terms of muscle and fat. So if someone is 200lbs with 10% body fat we normally assume that he has 20lbs of fat and 180lbs of muscle. In reality it's more like 20lbs of fat, 80lbs of muscle and 100lbs of bones, organs, fluids, etc.

Chris Shugart: @pradaboy: The gym chains are going to vary by location. I sometimes train at a 24 Hour Fitness that has an O-lift platform, battle ropes, plyo boxes, etc. A lot of times it depends on the owner. Just avoid Planet Fitness.

Dani Shugart: @Brandon, anytime! And actually thank YOU.

Dani Shugart: @Corst, glad to help ;-)

Dani Shugart: @Prada, could it be temp and weather related? My skin is more susceptible to that sort of thing when the temps get warmer.... more oil production possibly? And I have to swap out my skin care products for the hotter months. Also, nuts/nut butters exacerbate my skin issues. You may be completely different, but thought I'd share because skin probs are really frustrating!

Chris Shugart: @itisfinished: Sure. Most have close to the same ingredients, which are mostly good. They're kept in the freezer section of health food stores. Same company that makes Ezekiel (which I generally don't recommend since it's wheat) makes one:

Chris Shugart: @pradaboy: Drinking any milk? Big cause of acne for many people. http://www.t-nation.com/...n_and_good_skin

Christian Thibaudeau: @ coolusername... yes... my new favorite method of achieving a maximum pump is to do 5-10 reps in 3 partial ranges, then rest 10 sec. and do 5 full explosive reps... so for example on preacher curl, do 10 top partials, 10 mid partials, 10 bottom partials... rest 10 sec. and do 5 explosive reps... after the pump reps you think that there is no way you can do the 5 explosive reps.... but you can... they actually feel like a relief but when you drop the bar it feels like the biceps is on fire.

Christian Thibaudeau: A 7/5/3 wave would look like this: 330x7/350x5/370x3 / 350x7/370x5/400-410x3

Christian Thibaudeau: @ troublesome... with 5/4/3 first wave is conservative, second is close to your best, third is either your max or a new max... with 7/5/3 the first wave is conservative the second is limit... so with a 3RM of 405 a 5/4/3 wave could look like this: 330x5/350x4/370x3 / 350x5/370x4/390x3 / 370x5/390x4/405-410x3...

Christian Thibaudeau: @coolusername... the VMO has two main functions: 1) it is the prime mover in the last degrees of knee extension 2) it stabilizes the knee joint... so it is more heavily involved during the last quarter of a squat.

Christian Thibaudeau: @ rpm... I actually talked about that possibility yesterday. What I recommended was 1-3 reps @ 105% (partial) / 1 rep @ 90% / 6 reps @ 80% / 1-3 reps @ 110% (partial) / 1 rep @ 92% / 6 reps @ 82% / 1-3 reps @ 115% (partial) / 1 rep @ 95% / 6 reps @ 85%

Christian Thibaudeau: On that same video I squat 550lbs x 5 and 600 x 1

Christian Thibaudeau: @ Chig... the only video I can think of is my 142.5kg snatch in training. My best friend of the time filmed it so he might still have it.

Christian Thibaudeau: hard to get an overload from them.

corstijeir: took 30 minutes out of my day, haven't been back since

corstijeir: my ART guy actually just adjusted the alignment of my shoudler

corstijeir: I had a similar issue

corstijeir: Frizzle - go to an ART guy. He'll fix you up

Frizzle: big mistake... although the pain is odd... i can do a pressing movement and it does not hurt, front and lateral raises and no pain either. I can't really dupilcate the irritation unless i am on the bench, or if i am reaching and pulling, twisting ect.. heck i took my shirt off to change before i went to the gym today. Arm got hung up for a second in the shirt and it caused pain. So i dunno.... thinking taking a month off from bench might be the answer. Just want to keep some chest strength

Frizzle: @corstijeir and wallstrt Just started about a month ago. was benching heavy (for me) 275x5 for 4-5 sets 4x a week. Then it started to get irritated so i lightened the load for a week but it still bothered me so I took an entire week off. Started back up doing reverse grip bench instead of regular and it seemed to of gotten better but still irritated especially on the chest days. yesterday I attempted reverse grip bench again and i felt more pain then normal. So i switched to normal bench cont..

pradaboy: If I already feel some muscle soreness coming on, while I normally have none, I should probably forego my plans for a Pulse Fast tomorrow and perhaps reschedule for the weekend? Any thoughts...

Mutsanah: @bwbski: sorry a bit late - I don't change anything when doing a pulse fast. Just make sure you have pulsing right around WO period. Indigo at -40 to -60WO and take new Anaconda during. With new formulas, if doing an afternoon WO, I would pulse upon waking (2 scoops new MAG-10), pulse 2-3 hrs later, pulse at -60WO, 2 scoops Anaconda during, pulse at +60WO, pulse before bed. Normally have great WO's those days, especially when using AGPC at -90WO.

pradaboy: just checked your pics by the way... I used to look almost exactly the same as you did, it's scary... and immensely impressive to see what you have achieved!

Lonnie123: Really though, I think its an awesome idea. We could also have a "submit your problem" kind of thing and then experiment on solutions - ie: My calves suck... Try switching calf-jumps ONLY for active rest 2-3 days a week for 12 weeks

pradaboy: I think the kind people that run this site would welcome such contributions, how inane they might be

Lonnie123: That, and we would probably need our own sub forum so the experiments could stick around and not get buried

pradaboy: 12 weeks of curls would make you go insane I think

Lonnie123: The problem would be retention... Tough to get people to stick to things for 8-12 weeks

Lonnie123: Prada - I dont know about deadlifts, but I think it would be interesting to try with chin ups or something like that

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