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@ray0174 I don’t fit on benches like that. I like doing 1.5 rep hack squats where you tack on a second lower part to each movement, so it’s like that. If you want to get a good workout face down on the floor, just play nightcrawlers.

@brock Is the ability to accurately pick a 10 rep max the same as not working hard enough in the gym? I’ll interpret the result a bit different. I’d say programming straight sets are not that great because of how difficult it is to figure out the right weight. Something like double progression...

@waratah I’ve just started doing them for shoulder health reasons. My overhead stability is garbage and I know them as Lu raises who is a weightlifter that almost certainly does it for stability reasons. I feel them right above my scapula, which is the supraspinatus, which is a common problem...

@booboo222 The thing I don’t understand about the muscle part split is how shoulders fit into it. More specifically, how do I not train front delts during chest, and rear delts during back? I don’t think that’s possible, with the next logical step being, if I’m training delts twice, why am I not...

@backnforth Adding more sets or reps/sets or total reps would be the most direct way of progressing while using the same weight. If you are doing touch and go, or really bouncing the weight, you can progress by adding pauses to some reps, or slowing the tempo down. Lots of things can make a rep...

@lostandfoundproverbs31 Contracting a muscle means to bring the point of insertion closer to the point of origin. The lat inserts on the upper arm and has origins on the spine. Bringing your upper arm closer to your spine contracts the lat. Moving the upper arm away from the spine lengthens...

@lostandfoundproverbs31 I think the lats would be an antagonistic muscle group here. It's like the triceps during bicep curls. The lats are lengthening on the contraction and shortening on the eccentric, which is the opposite of what it normally would be if the exercise worked that muscle.

@mariajo Tempo anything.

@cathyj Doing 5/3/1 + stuff that 5/3/1 misses is a fine idea. But it's two different things you are combining together, so it's not just 5/3/1 anymore, it's your own thing.