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My first ones were made of short (6") metal pipes with skinny rock climbing rope strung through them and over a pullup bar or something similar. However, the ropes eventually got frayed from the sharp metal edges. I suppose metal cable or thin chain would have worked better. However, my...

If you have somewhere in your home some wall studs showing (l do in the storage room of my basement), you can build your own dip station out of 2x4's, something that I did. Only took a few hours. Otherwise, you might be able to build one out of metal piping (straight pipes, 2-way pipe angles...

And to just be able to grab the bar without straps while your grip is lacking, try reversing your grips (one hand supinated and the other pronated), or hooking your thumbs. And using plain ol' chalk works wonders.

Try fingertip pushups, or deadlifts/pullups with a thick bar, or towel pullups (hang a thick towel over a pullup bar, grab onto the two ends of the towel with your two hands, and do pullups). Keep in mind that your grip strength, at least for me, almost always grows slower than your other...

fliptight, Regarding the question on fatigue, here's what I understand of it...Look at Fig 1 of http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/full/82/5/2344. Remember, your central nervous system is an organ that transmits electro-chemical signals, so a large cumulative number of action potentials...

Oops, wrong url. That's just one of the pages. The index is at http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/ARTOL.htm.

This is the same idea as the "one-day arm cures" and "bigger biceps in 6 days" stuff you'll see at t-nation.com -- increasing the time under a certain load. It'll probably only work well for the smaller muscles in your upper body and maybe calves, otherwise you'll get too...

I just found J.V. Askem's old olympic webpages at http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/HP.htm. That has some good training guidelines and other info for beginners.

Do you just want to strengthen your neck? It's not clear what you mean by "motor control".

I've read that the deeper you go, the more your hamstrings are used in addition to your glutes. Based on my experiences, my recommendation is to squat as deep as you can physically go without losing the arch in your back or your pelvis starting to curl under (due to a lack of flexibility in...

ilFacell wrote: Thanks for clarifying what I was trying to say. So, what could cause such an unbearing degree of myotrauma?

When people talk of overtraining, they are referring to overtaxing your Central Nervous System (CNS). You can't really overtrain your muscles other than by training so hard so infrequently that you can barely move from the pain of DOMS after every workout. You could literally train your...

Does anybody know where there might be a cache of relatively inexpensive bumper plates for sale? Searching the web I find that the least expensive 45lb or 22kg bumper plates are all about $150 US for a pair. Used ones would be fine, too. Thanks!

Basically, any compound exercise is best for strength training mainly because you will tend to cheat a lot with single-joint exercises using heavy weights (which are needed for strength training), especially using dumb bells. Pick a few compound exercises (e.g., your bodybuilding front-squats...

I have also looked around for stuff online but found next to nothing. However, "An Introduction to Olympic-Style Weightlifting" by John M. Cissik, 2nd edition, has most everything a beginner might want including detailed explanations of snatch and clean-and-jerk technique, practice...