More Reason why you should deadlift.

Start light since joint and tendon strength improved slower than neurological and muscular strength

I am still trying to search for a good form for deadlift through videos and articles as I have a knee issue. Dont wanna destroy my knees for fitness lol

Generally, there is only 1 power rack and 2 bench press rack(with no safety arm) in the gym, have never seen people bench at power rack, do I look weird/stupid/annoying if I bench on a power rack? I don't have a spotter and I don't want to kill myself.

This post has been edited by helven: May 9 2016, 06:14 PM

No problem just drag the bench to the power rack . Alternatively you can do rest pause bench press which can help you to handle more loads next time on the regular bench press.

Might sound silly but perhaps sometimes it is good to dial back a little and go with the Smith? That's just an idea

Or perhaps just compromise a little of your form(unless you have already arched your back) to boost and lift that failure rep

*but really, I think Smiths aren't that bad haha

This post has been edited by lilredridinghood: May 26 2016, 11:47 AM

That roll trick takes effort to learn, I failed my last rep on past 2 weeks attempt and end up "hey bro can you help me"

hi guys
i have a pair of dumbbells and i plan to connect them using a connector

or is it better that i get a long bar?
if so, how long is recommended if i can only get one bar?

tqvm for your answer

depends what u wanna do with the bar?

oh? pls elaborate

i think pretty standard some row and curl...?

if like that, why not just stick with the dumbells? dont really need a bar for those.

i think you are you are right

unless ur going very heavy in total...u can actually do alot with dumbells.
but if still want to buy a bar... there's always the ez curl bar...

why not the straight bar?

cos its too long

straight cars do come in different length...

of cos got diff length.
but curl bar is standard 4ft.
i dont think i seen a straight bar here that's shorter than 5ft.

Recently days, I find myself able to use leg drive on my bench which I see many power-lifter does by thinking I'm pushing my body down towards the bench rather than pushing the bar up towards the ceiling, is this the correct technique to do use leg drive? I am able to feel the force from my feet towards the bar, and tighten the core is really an important factor to transfer the force. I've never been able to do that with cues that shown by Alan Thrall nor Candito

Alan Thrall did mention this pushing my body down towards the bench

Alan's cues: push yourself away from the bar into the bench, bend the bar to activate lats and tuck in your elbow not too close maybe at 45% to maintain shoulder health..maintain core and whole body tightness throughout the set..chest up..

Maybe i missed this part. Still not able to feel my lats yet so bending the bar doesn't really work now. Might cause my lats is still weak, not built. Might sounds illogical but those cue feel, doesn't comes in 1 day, it just come slowly.