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The idea isn't to drink all of it, it's to drink enough to fill in whatever calories you need. If you're on a budget, you're not going to find a better bang for your buck than at least 2000 calories for 3 bucks. But I'm not advocating for this guy to aim for a pound a week or try to bulk, especially when he's not even squatting heavy. Just eat to gain strength. Awesome. Here you go. http://www.nerdfitness.com/community/forumdisplay.php?135-Assassin-s-Den-(Bodyweight-Gymnastics-Parkour) You linked to a guy who was 63kilos. I don't know in what universe 140 pounds is considered big.

Why make this so complicated? Buy a gallon of milk. Drink it. Not putting on enough weight? Drink more. Putting on too much? Drink less. Essentially, you're a twig. You just need to eat more. It doesn't matter what. Just more. I'd also argue that putting on a pound a week is a tad on the high side, you'll be getting atleast half fat, but at your weight, putting on some fat would probably still make you look better. Your goals at this point should more or less eat to keep putting weight on your lifts. Bodyweight will come with that. And you need to find a gym. I've never heard of anyone getting big off of only bodyweight

Are you carrying that much fat where you can get away with 1500 calories a day? For a 250lb guy, that seems literally madness. What happened to -500/day? Unless I missed the latest trend in losing fat. Like, what diet are you following? Or are you just going crazy and starving Edit: Reading comprehension. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_Sparing_Modified_Fast But still, what's your rational for yourself?

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/BBBentOverRow.html And actually exactly what jdanger was talking about: http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Shoulder.html#anchor109263

Wasn't this in some relation with football players or something? As for OP, however many pounds you can lift with proper form. And why aren't you worried about how much you can squat?

To get technique down, you're supposed to progress cleaning from the hang, to above the knees, to below the knees, and finally from the ground. I think there's one or two steps I missed in there, but you get the idea. From the ground is the last thing you should worry about. Someone more experienced *cough jdanger* can elaborate more on this.

Soreness or pain? Soreness, lift. Pain, no.

Even with mixed grip? That being said, do more pullups/rows/deadlifts. Holds on your last deadlift rep of the set. Or do high rep (10+) low weight (50% 1RM) straight-legged (your legs are straight) touch-and-go (no resetting) deadlifts (where you pull the barbell from the ground) with double overhand (not underhand) or if you want to be really cool, hook grip (aarrrrrrgggghhhh). ... I got carried away with the parenthese after the first two.

If your gym has banned deadlifts, find a new gym. If you can't do that, tell them you're doing reverse hack squats. For those who don't get the joke: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/BBHackSquat.html

Without knowing anything else about your programming or current progress, I'd have to agree with jdanger and say there's no reason to be worrying about specific muscles, but focus on heavy compound lifts at this point.

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Land them together. And to simplify my answer, yes, the squat is necessary. Go watch the videos.

www.mobilitywod.com There's no such thing as too low in any style of squat. Work on your hips and hamstrings, but I'd recommend making that place your best friend in general. And yeah, you're breaking at the knees. As for the deadlifts, the bar needs to be closer to your body. There's nothing wrong with starting that high, though I'd recommend dropping your hips. If you look at yourself from the side, your arms should be completely perpendicular to the bar and the ground, forming the hypotenuse of a triangle with your torso and thighs as the other two legs of the triangle. My cue for deadlifting is "ass down, chest up, grip it, and rip it"

Yay, this discussion again. It's a high bar squat. Anyway... You need to go deeper. You look like your lacking a tad in the mobility department. I can tell if you go any deeper your back is going to start rounding. www.mobilitywod.com I recommend you make that place your best friend, but start with anything relating to hips and hamstrings. And to the toes over the knees thing, it's fine. If she start mobbing that'll correct itself in the process.

I wasn't talking about the floor even, I just saw when you turned angles, one foot was on the ground and the other was on the mat. Which you shouldn't be turning like that in the middle of a squat. Unrack it, walk it out, and stay planted. You lose tightness and and form when you're wiggling around, not to mention when you turn 90 degrees. Your form *shouldn't* change in different settings (granted it probably does for all of us to some degree. Honestly though, if you're serious about learning the snatch and clean and jerk, having a little bar like that at home is great for practicing. Just unrack all the weights and follow the progression outlined in the videos. A coach that knows his stuff would have you practicing form with nothing but a PVC pipe forever before you start throwing weight on. But I also go back to my original point, find someone who knows what he's doing (and half the time, Crossfit people don't, so be weary).

I mean, I'm not going to sugar coat it. Ugh. http://californiastrength.com/videos/viewvideo/44/clean/clean-how-to-video-part-one http://californiastrength.com/videos/viewvideo/41/snatch/snatch-video-how-to-part-one Granted, the snatch is arguably the hardest athletic movement to perform across all sports. Yeah, it's possible to teach yourself, but I'd recommend seeking someone who knows what they're doing. As for the squats, they're easily the best of the 3 videos. But it looks like your weight transfers to the balls of your feet. Depth should be lower. Shouldn't be moving around as much. Shouldn't be squatting on uneven surfaces. Shouldn't be squatting in those shoes. Do you not have something to rack the bar on?

Semantics, but rather important ones in this case. I have to agree with ETF on this one. I don't see any straight up women-hatin' going on in your post, rather just the standard double standard that exists. I respect anyone that's strong, regardless of gender. That being said, I could never marry a girl who squats more than me. I'm supposed to be the stronger one here, and that's something that isn't going to change within me.

Ah maybe it's something else then. You didn't mention those things yet, and I always try to find the simplest possible answer to a problem - which would've been a deload IMO.

Topic over.

I love these things for two reasons, if not for the fact the advice we like to give is somehow scientifically backed up (see the very first study), but they had lab rats squat. Page ten. Yes. Some sick bastards had lab rats squatting. Then killed them an hour later. I love it.

Feel weaker working out? The work out is harder? This more or less sounds like your body is telling you that you simply need a deload. Reduce total volume of the next workout or two by about 60% and you'll come back the next session feeling stronger. Or take a week off of working out.

Make sure you get Olympic weights versus standard. http://www.adamantbarbell.com/Olympic-vs-Standard-Weights You will progress faster than you think. If you plan on sticking to this for, more or less your life, the investment for the good stuff is more than worth it.

You need to work on your mobility. mobilitywod.com Deadlifts look off but I can't put my finger on what exactly. I think it's related to the fact that you have next to zero external rotation of your hips while you're squatting. Refer back to aforementioned site to fix that. Also, bring your arms in as close as you can while you squat. Elbows should be directly, or as close as possible, under the bar with as narrow grip as possible. Oh. And your heels are coming up off the ground. Or at the very least it looks like you have the weight on the balls of your feet in that 135 video. All the weight should be on your heels.

What if the title of the tumblr was "Wants to have 6% BF at 5'6""?