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Eliminate. Choose a couple and stick to them for a while. Worry about variety then.

I've had the same "problem" (which is not by the way). Think of it this way, you're flexing your quad for a long time in the straight position. It's a lot of time under tension. As you get stronger this won't be an issue. But you'll have to practice through it.

Strength unbound is an amazing blog. We're lucky Waldo's sharing his insights. On the other hand, start off easy on your workouts. You want to advance in a steady pace, you'll eventually get there. BTW, if you want to loose fat, it's a diet thing. You can't out do the table. Focus on proteins and fats and you'll shed your belly away.

First, if you're just starting, do it easy. Maybe 5 sprints. Set a comfortable distance. Start by adding sprints, until say, 10 sprints - 12 sprints (but it's really up to you). Then start jogging back to your starting point or add some distance. I used to do hill sprint ladders (30m, 70m and 120m) jogging back to the starting point except on the last rung in which I walked back. Doing 5 sets of those was killer.

My thoughts exactly, you'll be missing on pulling. I'd say it's as, or even more, important than the pushing. Include bridges. If it's only to reenergize you could start doing some serious mobility work a la Ido Portal. Check his stuff over youtube. It may be a simple workout with great benefits, especially if you're going to have your "real" workout elsewhere.

As long as your technique isn't hampered there should be no problem, but make sure you're doing them correctly even when your legs are smoked . Of course, recovery will be an issue if you want to repeat several times a week. I like taking things to failure maybe in their last set for the week (at most).

I'd suggest doing some sort of joint mobility just to be sure and take away the morning stiffness. I haven't ever warmed up before jumping/skipping, but I haven't done it as soon as I woke up for long (very few times).

Thanks for the share! This is actually the reason why I enjoy this community so much. You want to be better, you only get cheers and encouragement. But, I think it's kind of unfair. Everyone sort of loves the status quo, so, even people that love you will work against you, even if they don't consciously realize it.

Elastigirl has the right of it. your feeding habits will be the thing that most impact your rippedness. Much more than your routine may.

Don't worry too much about your routine. I've been in a bulk for 2 months (and something right now) without changing my basic layout and gained 9 kg (18-19 lbs) without much more than upping my caloric and proteic intake. Focus on your diet and work on your strength. If you need an extra push, go to failure in your last sets of the week for any given exercise. Right now I'm trying to see how this affects with a more conditioning focused routine. But will start cutting again in Oct. so won't be much of a point to it.

It depends. First: what are your goals? Second: what does your routine look like? Tell us something more so we can help you. PS: Ladders onlly go up. Pyramids go up and down

Besides what Hulk said (as in, don't keep unhealthy crap at your place) thewritescott is in the right of it. What's worked for me best was a toll snack. As in: you want to destroy a bag of chips, first eat an apple (or any healthier replacement). If after finishing you're still craving that junk snack then have at it. The crave usually disappears.

As usual, Waldo's wisdom illuminates us all in BW

I've used partial reps with great success. But you need to be strong enough to start at them. The progression I've used is in my blog @ this post. But it looks like this: - Jacknife squat - Supported squats - Half squats - Full squats - Narrow stance squats (this can be skipped, although I think they build a lot of stability) - Partial pistol squats - supported squat + partial pistols - Pistol

Sorry it took so long to answer. If you're starting out, or aren't strong enough for the exercises yet, start limiting the total move (limited ROM). Once you get stronger first add to the range of motion. If you can't do a chest to floor push-up you don't have any business doing handstand push-ups yet, the same goes to dips. Once you get strong enough for those (it will be faster than you imagine) then start adding other moves/complexity.