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    "If you can't hold a plank for 120 seconds, you're either a) too fat; b) too weak; or c) doing something wrong in your workouts." How true is this?

    @zondaar39 I would say if you ARE holding a plank for 120 seconds you're doing something wrong in your workout, as a working set of 2 minutes is not an effective way to build strength or have that much carryover outside of specific plank endurance (unless endurance capacity in that exercise in...
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    How to improve shoulder and rotator cuff conditioning (e.g. Cuban rotations)

    @bibbigo I also do a form of cuban rotations but for the internal rotators as well, sort of like what Bodyflexx does in the link here but seated so I'm leaning back a bit (like a scaled down version of being seated upright):
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    Parallettes like GMB p-barz?

    Yeah making your own is an idea... always the obstacle of not having tools etc though. Those amazon ones aren't cheap, but still cheaper than paying for shipment from the US. Although getting expensive ones is probably better than getting none at all, if it serves as an important tool to achieve...
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    Parallettes like GMB p-barz?

    I'm from Sweden and I can't seem to find any low, wide parallettes like the ones GMB recommend http://core-strength.co/Pro-5.5-LG.jpg I've found like one single page with something similar (https://www.artimexsport.com/m-en/articole.php?cod=000;001;248-G), but those bars aren't that long...
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    How are you building and increasing connective tissue (e.g. wrists and elbow)?

    @michaelphemo Slow cooking whole chicken is great. Then you can pull off everything except the bone and eat, including the cartilage etc. Cheap, nutritious, tasty.
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    An interesting Athlean X take on planks

    @fullspinzoo Fair enough.
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    An interesting Athlean X take on planks

    @fullspinzoo If the purpose would be to activate primarily the rectus abdominus, then it's still a better exercise than the reverse plank. Doing a posterior pelvic tilt to avoid arching your back in a reverse plank isn't going to overload the abdominals much. As for the increased activation of...
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    [Progress] M - 22 - 6’2”/188cm - 221lbs/100kg — Progressing barbell strength and calisthenics (205kg x5 deadlift and 2 reps of free HeSPU)

    @von20207777 Awesome! Have you correlated your overhead pressing progress with your gains in calisthenics? More specifically, at what level of strength did you manage to start doing the bent arm pike press?
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