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Hey, Browner, haven't been around these parts in ages! Well done for keeping on keeping on. Nice pull.

Hey Jester, good to find you still here. Hope your injuries are under control Are you firing on all cylinders now?

I just posted in a thread about your appendectomy which I thought was current but now I see this thread and you are lifting decent loads again, so I guess you are all healed up which is great [emoji106] All the very best for your imminent new arrival. Hope all goes well for your lady too. (And...

I’ve missed a load of posts here but am trying to catch up a bit. Sorry you’ve had a set back but all the very best for your recovery, Browner. I do hope it goes well mate [emoji106]

Got a paused HBBS at 140kg the other night which is a PR for this kind of squat. I've been doing paused squats for the past few months to improve my bottom position in the snatch and c&j. I use the load to push me down as far as possible and focus on getting a big stretch in my hips and ankles...

All the very best for a speedy recovery, mate. Frustrating as anything, I know. A friend of mine nearly popped his clogs when his appendix suddenly ruptured so thank goodness you are still here to fight again another day. You will be back at it before too long.

Personally, I'd do a load of bodyweight stuff and just be careful. Unless you are competing at a high level (which I doubt because otherwise your coaches would be advising you) there's no need to rush to get back to heavy lifting. Strength and size will come back soon enough once you have...

All the best with your muscle-up goal. When you do your pull-ups, try to bring your elbows back and down as far as possible so that you are doing more of a chest to bar pull-up. This is really hard to begin with so you probably won't manage it for all reps but try on the first few when you are...

Sunday 30/7/17 Left biceps still not right (there's some bruising and a hard lump) so I'm giving o-lifts, rows and deads a break. I can still bench ok and squat though. Paused Front Squats (kg) W-U: 50/5, 70/5, 80/3 90/5 95/5,5,5 100/5*,3 - * PR 70/15 - met set Knee sleeves throughout. No...

While I do believe that there is always a minimum volume required to elicit a hypertrophic response (which is dependent on the conditioning to exercise of the muscle tissue at the time), I'm fairly sure that DOMS is not a reliable indicator that this minimum has been reached. I can do a 100 air...

How would RBE fit into your understanding? What do you think is going on? Is it something to do with connective tissue/extracellular matrix/other stuff? If it is true that the sensitivity of the muscle tissue to a specific load is reduced through regular bouts of training with that load, then...

21/07/17 General update Bodyweight is currently around 82kg. Am dealing with a few annoying niggles. Still have a numb top of left thumb and part of the back of my hand. There's some pain and constant pins and needles too, depending on what I'm doing. That's generally a nuisance in everyday...

@NWlifter: thank you for your interesting input. I appreciate that the tension on an individual muscle fibre is not dependent on the load applied to the system as a whole but are you saying that, in your opinion, it's not really relevant to be concerned with triggering (what I understood to be)...

Sunday 2/4/17 All loads in kg Paused HBBS 40/5,5, 50/5, 60/5, 70/5 80/5,5,5 90/1 100/1,1 - 10 sec then 5 sec pause Bench 20/15, 40/10, 50/10, 60/10, Brief pauses between reps 70/10 80/5 No pauses except for final reps Row from bench 50/10 Notes As-deep-as-possible squats (Heels to...

Cheers Mick. A lot can change on t'internet in a few months so I was pleased to find that my old hunting ground is still here. I will have to find time to catch up on a few logs. Hope everyone is injury free.

1/4/17 Hi folks. Hope you are all doing well. I am taking tentative steps with the weights. Had a complete break from the end of December until 30th March. Left arm still isn't great. I have constant hand pain but it's reduced now so I've come off all pain killers. Amitriptyline was doing my...

I used to like that too.

For a press variation, I reckon handstand (feet against wall) push-ups are worth a try and more equivalent to upper-body deads than any other form of pressing. ROM is limited and the balance element is greatly reduced. Not so easy to go above bodyweight but not impossible either. Eg. Weighted...

I've been using Gym Buddy in place of my trusty old log book for a few years now. It's not a bad little app but it really does need an update. I still have it working on iOS 10 but it often crashes when entering a note. It's getting tedious to use now so I will either have to write one myself or...

Fri 23/12/16 On the road to recovery following repair to left-arm distal biceps tendon rupture. Paused Front Squat (kg) Warmup: bar/10, 30/10, 40/10, 50/10, 60/10 Notes: I recall reading a Dan Jon book on training in which he entitled one chapter: "The warmup is the workout", or something...