this is good news, pedro
sometimes i do get very worried about consuming so much beef....sometimes up to 300g per sitting! all that saturated fat..... hehe.

u mean stiff-legged deadlift?
if so, yeah they are essentially the same thing... but with minor differences. SLDL is straight at the knees completely, all locked out, whereas the romanian has a slight bend in the knee. both are great ham/glute workouts.

*some variants of SLDLs take the bar so low until the lower back is rounded - absolutely not recommended for beginner lifters or for heavy poundages!

FOCUSED CONTROLLED proper FORM!!!
i have seen many ppl using their body swing movement to move the weights through the movement.

it's not abt the machines in the gym, but sometimes the simplest things like dumbbells and barbells works magic...

dun bother if u r lifting lighter than some guyz, every1 is different in terms of strength or goals.
as long as u r focused and working towards it, it's all good

Oh I see,but I mostly feel only my muscles at my legs are sore after doing squats,that's normal?

okay here comes another question
should we be locking out our knees when we're doing squat?

Am doing front squat today,1 huge fella come to me,and ask me to wear belt for protection,and ask me not to squat heavily(yea that time i was struggling at 140 lbs+20kg olympic bar, front squat for 5 reps)
According to him,I am not supposed to lock knees when I am standing up,I should control the movement slowly and maintain the muscle tension there.

and he did pointed out I tend to 'bounce' when I am standing up,which is stressing more to the knees.it will hurts the ligament and I will be regret after 3-4 years.squat should not be too heavy as I am not competing ,why rushing ? yes I admit it,when I am standing up I tend to bounce so the lift will be easier.but I never realized thats a cheat form and could be potential harm to my knees.

Well,kinda speaking,he's much bigger than me and least years of experience,so now...I always think that squat should be go heavier,or i should follow to this guy advise? dont lock out,go slowly..

and my feel left knees knuckles cracking when I am doing front squat..which I recheck my form,its should be shoulder stance,foot pointing outwards,hips go downs,knees not over toes....it is not pain but feel weird....

There are not over than 5 people squating in the gym room,and only 1 people who doing deadlift,thats me ! none-of any instructor there,which I barely cant find a big bodybuilder and ask for the skill helps.

Someone enligthen me , I am confused,especially the knees cracking part seriously bothering me,and I might not want to harm my knees,I know squat is way too important,but if I am doing it wrong end up this might be my last chapter of bodybuilding.I did googled,but too many version there ,confusing which 1 to follow.

Use WD-40 and why do people "play" with dumbbells/barbells?

any of u guys been to ff avenue k?
you've never been to a ghetto gym till u get ur ass to ff avenue k
i've been to ill equipped gym and felt more at home than being at the newly situated ff (moved from maxis to avenue k)

u know how large the weight room is?
its a size of 2 average bed rooms in a medium sized apartment
and ur sharing about 7-8 benches (including fixed flat and incline bench) and 3 dumbbell racks (not taking into account huge guys doing their stuff there)
and ur next to the bodyweight areas and the cable crossovers and stuff

i was damn angry and asked the managers there what happened
they said "the management gave it a thought and decided that ff is aiming for 'fit' and not 'muscular',"

now thats bullseye for business acumen
stupid sh*t!

oh well no use complaining though
now gotta go to the curve and play

Sorry it got your panties in a bunch,should always remind myself that people here think different,from where I come the Iron rules and there's nothing to compare it with as gyms such as CF/FF are inexistent.

Do the ghetto style:
Squat the barbell off the bench press rack --> walk out of the bench --> skwat --> walk back into the bench rack --> unrack.
I used to do this, not in those fancy gym though.

i got told off today at my gym(FF) for "slamming" the weights..when all i did was touch the weights to the floor after every rep as i was deadlifting..hence producing a clinking noise due to the floor mat being not very sound absorbent..

i mean when im lifting 100kgs+ the least of my worries is putting the weights down nice a gently for u now is it? stupid commercial gyms..

I can't fit into jeans anymore, plus the trend now is the fitting type of cutting for both jeans and shorts... which makes it all the more tougher, gosh. I think my mom would be pissed if I told her I needed tailor made shorts.

any recommended exercises for back and shoulder width? kinda noticed thickness has increased but width remain the same, resulting in a stocky look. others has commented the same as well. been doing close parallel grip cable pulldowns and lots of lateral raises, any other suggestions?