crabgrass1981

Finished strongville last week. That was a bit rough, but loved it. The last weeks workouts ran really long (1:30 - 1:45 total). Switching to The Prequel for next four weeks, followed by Let’s Pregame as part of squatober prep. Feels good to have a sub one-hour workout that doesn’t try and fin...

I used it. After a couple of days it mellowed me out. However after about a month, it completely murdered my motivation to do anything productive. I had to stop. Tried several times (years apart) with exact same result. Everyone’s result will vary....

[quote]Well fast forward a few months and once I got my appetite back I started eating protein like I was back on gear back in the day. I tracked my macros and just forced myself to train harder than I honestly ever trained. It has been a mountain I didn't think I could climb again but I am back t...

+1 for this thread. I just finished running a few months of it and busted through a bunch of platues / PRd on everything (at least in this millennium). I ended up peaking at working sets (3x5), of 240 bench, 350 squat, 135 press and 415 DL. Towards the end my barspeed was suboptimal (although...

Just started Strongville, and love the programming. 1) how much to you increase your TM each cycle (month)? Do you calculate a max, or like 531 increase by 5-10 lbs on each lift? 2) i am assuming it’s fine to swap out some of the straight barbell lifts for Trap bar DL, and SSB and cambered ba...

[quote]also if you feel urge to go to sleep after taking.....go to sleep immediately, do not fight it, or you will regret it when still awake 3 hours later.[/quote] Yea, there is a window of opportunity where it knocks you out. If you decide to fight it or something gets you up and you really wa...

[quote]Is this a home gym setup? [/quote] Home gym situation. Should have stated that earlier. I might check Fat Gripz out ...

[quote]I guess I don't understand why you'd be opposed to using straps. Are you training for some bizarre raw trap bar deadlift meet? I'm assuming the answer is no so what does it matter? [/quote] Yes, World Open Trap Bar DL meet. LOL. Negative. I just want to focus on trying to increase gri...

Open Trap Bar. Upper and Lower are the same diameter - correct. I am just saying, compared to a straight bar bell, its is more narrow (25mm diameter vs 28mm). I think its so narrow that is causing less Grip issues for me, but more straight pain on my palm/hand because the smaller diameter grip. ...

[quote]NUobell Adj DBs [/quote] Any recommendation for adjustable bells (NUobell or Powerblock, etc.)? Do you size them up to ~90lbs per DB? And suggestion on fair price - $500-600 bucks for a used set?...