Recent content by JMininger

Actually my last post may have had my best theory yet and I didn't even recognize it. The grip and getting your forearms involved simply contributes to the tension you create to assist in lifting the bar. And of course that tension you create is similar to a degree to what a shirt does for you...

Don't really know. Could come up with some theories ... like getting your forearm more involved ... or eliminating entirely any bar movement other than the direction your pushing or pulling .... or just getting your head into it ... but it would all be conjecture. BTW, I don't focus on...

I don't know man, all I have is anecdotal evidence. Why is it more difficult to lift a bar with a thicker circumference than the standard Olympic bar? Why does it seem harder to pick up a 40 lb bag of dog food than a 40 lb dumbbell? Cause of the grip! If you grab that 40lb bag of dog food...

:rocker: Works for me on the bench. Seems to be more about mental preparation than anything else.

I know you're right. I have spent a lot of time on the squat but very little on the standard deadlift so I definitely have to work on that. We try to cycle our bench press between strength training, hypertrophy, endurance. We get our boost in strength from this program and then increase the...

Probably true. My workout partner was more advanced when we started working out 2.5 years ago and got to 300 faster. He is now struggling with the program ... he'll add to his bench but probably not as much as I will this go around ... he claims it's because he just turned 41 .. excuses...

Why do you even care? You're a little too aggressive .... whatever you're taking, either get off the stuff or save the aggressiveness for your lifts.

Uhmm, did you even read my post? Of course you can't ... I've certainly never been able to as I've just attested to. The biggest gain I had was the very first time I did it and that was 40 pounds after never having lifted a barbell in 20 years. I have been able to get increases in the 25 to...

I'm not old yet. This thread is pretty darn old. I've used the Shawn Phillips program at various times for about 2 1/2 yrs now and am currently starting the third week of another attempt. It works very well. The first time I tried it (at 36 years old and with no prior weight training...