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@ihavetwofeet41 I would just go back and keep doing the class. Nothing is going wrong here. You were in a place where it's safe to fail this lift, and you were able to take advantage of that safety. Everything is going right. Practicing at home wouldn't hurt, but that's optional.

@nice19 They exist because of the men's and women's divisions of weightlifting, and are designed to be different handle diameters and whippiness. The difference in weight is a side effect. There exist, in this world, 15kg bars that are not women's bars. Big difference. If you have trouble...

@mahk On race day, if you're really pushing yourself, yeah mid to top of z4 is appropriate for most of the latter half of the run. My numbers are similar to yours for the last time I did a half marathon I was well trained for. I think average was in the low 180s. But for somebody who's going...

@aachen_hexagon If you're spending an hour in "zone 4", it's not your zone 4. Calibrate your zones to your actual max HR. To be clear, I'm not saying the HR data is wrong, I'm saying the zone numbers are meant for someone else and you need to customize them to yourself. For example, I'm 43 and...

@iowa52241 if it's only for swings, go as heavy as you can find/afford. Might actually want a T-handle you can load with plates instead.

@jburd There's a whole club for people who like the oly lifts and accessory work but hate cardio and AMRAPs. It's called weightlifting. :) Nothing is stopping weightlifters from doing pullups, pistols, etc. My coach programs pullups as accessory work pretty often, and I've been known to do...

@rumiakthar Your metabolism is just an umbrella term for all the chemical reactions going on in your body at any one time (not only the ones involved in burning calories!) It's not really accurate to call it "fast" or "slow", so the term "fast metabolism" isn't scientific. That said: yes...

@chris210 Might want to work on turnover too! While my coach will always tell me to stay over the bar more, another thing that is currently really helping is being super aggressive with my arms. I warm up with muscle snatches now and try to punch as hard as I can.

@emiles97 Conjugate?

@thestvn lol totally get you. I never saw myself in those "we can rep out higher intensity" kind of statements. Then I got more into training cardio and suddenly gained this supposedly feminine superpower!

@patsy_cline_fan Huge thing you need to know for context: almost everything he points out is true of the general population of men/women who show up to a gym, not of inherent differences between male and female bodies. For example, women can often do more reps at a higher % of 1RM. A big...

@kimx If you never go to true failure, there's no way to know if you're actually close to it. You could have 2 reps in the tank or 20. How would you tell? In any case, there's not really a connection between failure and injury, so this isn't necessary.

@babychristian10 This is way more than most trainers will charge. If you think he's worth it, that's your call. But you can get the same services elsewhere for a lot less.

@goldladyslipper Nah, it's individual. There are men who do best with a wide stance and women (like myself) who need to be super narrow. Everybody should experiment to figure out what works best for them.

@nathan2018 I love when you do these posts!

@ttcmacro I'm in my 40s and at my gym we have a group of masters (ie 40+) olympic weightlifters. Some have been lifting since they were younger, some started as masters. We all squat. Makes us stronger. We all do pulls/deadlifts too. Would be silly to skip them. There are other ways to...

@protorayish No, it's not the same kind of work. I would do something like, swap the split squats for one of your hamstring exercises so that you have squats one leg day and split squats another.

@newbeginning1996 My warmup is there to prepare me for the workout. So, it depends! Yes, it definitely changes depending on what lifts I'll do that day. For, say, deadlifts, I don't do anything specific. If I'll be squatting, I might do a little bit of stuff to warm up my hips. If I'll be doing...

@thornbreaker If you like follow-along yoga videos, there are a bunch of good channels on YouTube. Here are some of the ones I see recommended (I've done a few of Adriene's but otherwise can't personally vouch for these) Yoga with Adriene Yoga with Kassandra Sean Vigue Breathe and Flow

@protorayish Things that make DOMS more likely: working that muscle 1x/week or less (so...a once-a-week quad day) high reps new/different exercises not enough protein not enough total calories If some of this looks familiar, consider tweaking those factors. Probably the first thing I'd change...