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I would highly recommend the yellow box "basic" (original) set to the more popular Advanced Set. It's more coherent and better balanced. A lot of the seeming additions that Advanced introduces end up being subtractive for a lot of reasons.

I've just run face-first into a wall of my own construction. I had my usual upper body day yesterday. I've mentioned before how I've been going light on pressing movements due to my shoulder (which has been getting better). I've been able, however, to go hard and heavy for pulling movements...

I highly recommend A Visitor's Guide to the Rainy City: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/317941/a-visitor-s-guide-to-the-rainy-city It's setting neutral, and I've seen it used for B/X D&D, Fantasy Trip, and others. The vibe is great, and it accommodates a number of genres: picaresque...

Yup! I find as I get older that the more compound movements I do, the more overall fatigue creeps up on me over the weeks.

Are you still following that "legs most days" split you shared earlier? I'm curious about both your legs and your CNS. I'm considering upping my volume now that I have the summer (and thus more time).

Glad to read another Snarf essay. No arguments about the content here, and the inimitable style is always welcome.

I use Body Fat Calculator Is it objective? I'm sure it isn't. But since I'm only using it to gauge my relative progress, it's actually quite good! There are several ways to track body weight/fat. The probably more accurate one is to do it every day and average out the results over the course of...

Saturday morning weigh in and body comp check. I've been consistent in my training, but the diet has been trash at the end of the semester. Weighing in at 166.2 lbs and 17.8% body fat. If I want to get to 12%, it means I have to lose 9 or 10 pounds and not lose any muscle in the doing. Ugh...

I can't quite tell from the image: who is that?

Is a day between those two leg days sufficient rest for you? I also notice (in the second scheme), that you have a day of "heavy legs" followed by a day of deadlifts and squats, followed by "heavy legs," followed by another day of deads and squats. That seems like a lot to me, assuming I'm not...

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I'm with you on chest press machines. I struggle finding a good deep stretch that doesn't hurt my shoulders. I've liked the hammer strength plate-loaded ones that don't start at the bottom, but those are about it.

You got this.

Looking lean!

How do you like your hack squat machine? Everything I've read indicates that they're great, but I always feel uncomfortable using the one in my gym.