hey kyle... can you check out my DL and let me know if i am pulling properly? i'd appreciate it. whenever you have the time...
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Done. I didn't have much to add, but I gave you a tip.
Are you following any particular programme or are you doing your own thing?
I wanted to ask you question in regards to diet. These days Im tipping the scales between 195 snd 196 and looking alot like Fedor, and while my lifts are soaring the excess fat is affecting my conditioning and I look like absolute crap. I was hoping you could fill me in on effective ways on losing weight while preserving muscle mass in a slow and steady way. Thanks.
Lastly another thanks for getting rid of Cratos.
I'm doing my own thing again.
And I don't know if I can supply you with a specific diet, but I will say that the best way to maintain muscle mass would be to eat a slight deficit over time. Try messing with your macros and decreasing your carb intake while maintaining protein intake. You could additionally try doing a bit of LISS cardio as well. Overall though, the best thing you can do is try to operate at a slight deficit. I'm not sure what your target weight is, but maybe you see how dropping one pound per month feels. It might take you some time to change your body comp, but it'll lessen the chance of your lifts suffering.
And he'll be back.
sorry to fill your log with another request
but i have some questions about floor pressing,
what is the rom for the floor press do you let your elbows touch the ground? do you just let your body go flat like a board or is good to try and put a slight arch in your back? when you floor press do you let the bar go bleow the nipple and go stright up or is it more of a angled press up i feel when i do it the bar travels up so the weight kind of shifts to my upperchest and shoulders if that makes sense
and i want to say thanks for the log it is very informative and inspirational
I let my triceps touch the ground, but not the points of the elbows. I find that when I let my elbows rest on the ground, they become a hinge point, and if I relax at all, my forearm angle changes, causing me to mis-groove.
I lay flat but retract my shoulder blades. I don't use an arch for these, but the natural curvature of the lower back is going to make it appear as if I'm arching slightly. I'd say that this is a matter of personal preference though--doing it without an arch does make the exercise more difficult. I like to lay my legs on the ground in order to eliminate leg drive.
Bar-path is going to be determined by grip width. The wider the grip, the straighter your bar path. So, for me, I bench in a pretty straight line, but someone with a narrow grip is going to have to touch below their nipples in order to a.) keep their forearms perpendicular to the ground and b.) keep from having to flare their elbows out too much. So, if you feel like you're arcing up on your press, that's probably just the natural groove of your bench, determined by your grip width. You just have to be careful not to over-tuck or over-flare your elbows, as this will manifest itself in your bar path.
And I'm happy to help--thanks for stopping by and asking questions, sir.
