Recent content by _Simon_

Ah I don't know why I didn't think of band assistance for nordics... Sounds like a much better way to progress these. I've been doing nordics, and just assistance with hands/push back up when needed. Also the hip hinged variation with minimal assistance needed. How is your band setup? Attached...

Oh damn.. sorry to hear mate hoping you recover soon! It's definitely really circulating bigtime now huh.. Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Yeah I would personally never go to failure with deadlifts. You don't always have to hit the perfect number of reps, so if you were to do a second set I would simply end it not super close to your max reps. Not only in terms of injury potential (which is so much higher closer to failure), but...

G'day! If you're starting a proper HST cycle I definitely would, just to decondition enough. I wouldn't think you'd lose significant mass. Just so you can go into the cycle primed and ready and for it to have maximum effect :) But up to you obviously! Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Alright alright, y'all have convinced me to give Lu raises a try haha, quite like them! Love the full range of motion, hoping it'll be decent for better shoulder health, even though I'm addressing that through other stuff. Started with just 2.5kg plates, 15 reps Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Ahhh okay, I've never heard of EMOM, just looked it up, sounds fascinating! Would be too brutal for me recovery-wise haha. Ah damn that's annoying.. and constant tiredness is tough... hoping it all sorts out okay [emoji1303] Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Merry Xmas mate, awesome to have you back here! Geez so sorry to hear about your partner... really hoping she's okay. I love your current rep schedule of shooting for a certain amount on your first set, and doing a total of 2.5x that amount... did you get that from anywhere? It makes alot of...

Dang... sorry to hear about your injury flaring up, is it definitely SI joint issue? Mine f'd up biiigtime few months ago in the middle of RDLs, something just shifted/slipped and SI joint was horrendously painful, sitting, standing.. This exercise helped the most, he shows it at about 19...

Nice work brother that's amazing! And for a moment there in the second vid, I legitimately thought you were doing hands-free squats [emoji1787][emoji1787] Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Oh well done, those looked like really solid lifts! And 700 total.. amazing. Was wondering if the comp went ahead, sounds like a great day :) Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Ah shit, so sorry to hear mate that really sucks.. Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Ah g'day @_tim ! Great to hear from ya mate! Oh congrats on the new job! Have been unemployed for a year now, so that's been interesting! Still training heaps, but moreso martial arts stuff, weights twice a week and exploring lots of different stuff there. Great to hear you're still training...

Heeeee's back ;). Hope you're well

Hmm that last paragraph is interesting! So heavier load when fresh (unfatigued) works better at stimulating muscle fibers than lighter loads taken closer to failure? OR is it just that it is able to put out more force? Whether that means its 'better stimulated' (in terms of hypertrophy) I'm not...

Hmmm sounds like C), but I don't know for sure. And I'm sure systemic effects would be in play... but I do wonder if it is only select fibers that grow, or because they're all intertwined to a degree that one single fiber growing affects the surrounding ones... It is worth putting out there...