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I lost a bet once and had to eat a 200g jar of vegemite with a spoon. :barf: 200g may not sound like much, but it ain't called concentrate for nothing.

I do shrugs on shoulder day too... but, I'm thinking of losing shoulder day altogether and adding it to chest day and moving shrugs to back day. :)

Mr.Guvernment: I recommend you get a full length olympic bar (7ft). You should be a able to buy it with weights and clips as a set, for a lot cheaper than buying seperately. If you want real high quality bars then the cost goes up considerably. I wouldn't buy a rack like the one you've shown...

You'll find some here http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/bars&handles.html I've been looking into getting some 18 inch d/bell handles too. A supplier here in Australia wants $88 Australian each! I might order from NYB instead. Another option, I've been told is, to get have a couple of old standard...

Lamborghini Diablo. It's really only a Honda Civic... but a man can dream can't he, dammit!!

Are you gaining muscle? Are you gaining strength? How hard are you pushing yourself on each rep/set/excercise? Sounds like you are doing too much volume based on what you've said. I see little point in training a b/part more than once a week. But the harder you push yourself the more rest you...

IMO those swiss army knife type of home gyms aren't much good. You'll soon outgrow a unit like those too. Get yourself an olympic bar and weights (a 300lb kit would be a good start), a good solid bench that can preferably be adjusted to incline/decline, a power rack, some adjustable dumbell...

I like hard, fast, angry music when I lift too. I just burnt a new workout CD the other day which I've titled -> Songs To Deadlift By 01. Disasterpiece - Slipknot 02. Prison Song - System Of A Down 03. NWO - Ministry 04. Papercut - Linkin Park 05. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The...

I'd say my best workouts usually happen on back day. It's always been my favourite body part to train, and it's also been the fastest developing b/part for me. I change the routine around a bit each week, but a typical Saturday afternoon for me these days is: Deadlift: 2 warmup sets then 3...

How 'bout: Mon: Gymnastics Tue: Chest/Tri Wed: Legs Thur: Rest Fri: Shoulders Sat: Back/Bi Sun: Rest Or, switch shoulders and chest/tri day around maybe. And *all* your workouts should be intense. :finger: :D

As disturbing as it is to see these things, it reinforces how crucial safety is. Always squat in a rack with the pins set properly. If those pics haven't scared you enough take a look at this one.

This an exerpt from a magazine about someone witnessing Dorian Yates train. It really impressed me and I found it very inspiring... hope you do too. --------------------------------------------------------- To talk about this type of focus and intensity is one thing, to witness it is another...

Magazines like Muscle & Fitness and Flex have a lot to answer for. IMO train your back and chest *hard*, and the biceps/triceps don't need a hell of a lot of direct work to polish them off. I do four sets for biceps and 6 sets for triceps.

That bicep routine is quite ridiculous frankly.

Well okay, now I'm confused. :scratch: Why is it okay to round your back when pulling the weight in a seated row and not okay in deadlifts, barbell rows etc? I've always thought never, ever round your back when lifting/pulling in any exercise.