thats up to you. some people prefer doing till failure on their last sets, some prefer to fail on all their sets.

but if you're overtraining, trust me you'll feel like shit. your poundages drop, you feel tired all the time, recovery time gets longer, etc etc

i train alone as well. you'll get used to it. only thing that should concern you is your safety when doing free weights, haha.

and ignore negativity, everyone starts somewhere. just a matter of time before they shut up, if you do everything right

ermmmm, you grouping me with THEM?!

totally out of my league LOL.

2 months is very short duration to see gains. people do this for years. in fact, i wont consider myself advanced until i reach my fifth year doing weights consistently.

patience is the key virtue here. however, being a beginner you should really take advantage of your beginner gains. start on programs like starting strength or 5/3/1

Don't get why he quoted me on that..

Got me wondering, thats all. Not really familiar with forum etiquette are you?

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Added on May 17, 2012, 11:55 pmGot me wondering, thats all. Not really familiar with forum etiquette are you?

This post has been edited by mikehuan: May 17 2012, 11:55 PM

Lol, and such small matters warrants a reply from you? Its forgotten. You let it go.

intra is during workout.

No hard rules here. I take bcaa before workouts. Generally people use it as an intra workout supp, since they got supps for pre and post already lol. I don't use pre workouts so I can take it at the beginning

wheres the abhancer pic? someone post it lol.

read stickies, this damn question has been answered a billion times.

tl:dr ver
check your diet.
sit ups dont work.

dont think you'll see a significant muscle loss if u didnt train for a month

increase in test: increase in libido

lol i screw up my macros ALL the time. its fine. you'll get a jump start once you start training again.

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Added on May 22, 2012, 3:02 pmkinda. it deteriorates not because the body is burning the muscles away, its because you're not using them, and also not enough protein to maintain them.

in the end proteins are still cals. if your muscles dont need use up the protein its still gonna be converted to fat stores.

This post has been edited by mikehuan: May 22 2012, 03:02 PM

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_articl...on_of_an_expert

i find this article to be particularly useful. might be flame material, but whatever. i think it makes sense.

LOL! This would look friggin hilarious irl.

I'm using false as well. Imo regardless of gripping or not its just how everybody squats is different. You probably need more energy to support the bar on your back, or something like that.

I get the forearm pump. But not always, and its not really pumped la, more like a minor fatigue. On the real hard sets I unconsciously grip the bar super hard too. Sort of trying to help push it up lol. It happens

Any of you guys use the ***** pad? I find squatting with the damn thing is more difficult, hard to stabilise. That could cause your forearms to do extra work too.

You'll be surprised how most things we self adjust have names.

For example, my deadlift grip is called a snatch grip, lol.
(Yes, I know, you are all dirty minded bastards)

Squats I'm using conventional close stance variant, etc etc

Protein is protein la mel, I take them when available.

Don't understand lol. Why would you have problem scratching your forearms?
Both grips pronate for what lift?

Pronate, mixed, straps. I use them all lol. In one session too.

Basically pronate till can't grip, change to mixed, when that fails straps come in

actually, yes. if you use a standard bar you can use the olympic weights too, but its dangerous as it is loosely fit and will fall off if you're off balance.

as long as you're not in danger of killing yourself, a power rack is not necessary.

push ups

This post has been edited by mikehuan: Jun 5 2012, 12:52 PM

Preferably look for a bench that can do flat, incline and decline. Make sure to ask the load weight of the bench. Cheap ones can't hold more than 100kgs which I think is kinda dangerous.

If can, get the ones with a leg curl extension too, lol.

Duh, of course BW is included.

well, t-nation forums refers em as p*ssy pads, lol. disagree with your statement though, yes it might hamper stability a bit, but its doable with the pad. my old gym has a guy who partial squats 4 plates per side with the pads and im sure as hell aint calling him sissy.

SISSY SISSY SISSY SISSY SISSY (taking whatever chance to diss this guy lulz)

what? did you add an additional 0 there or somethin lol.

its a personal choice thing. to be fair, no one in my gym squats without them p*ssy pads, except me. i dont make an issue out of it. none of my business

no one called you a sissy. referring to the pad as sissy pads made you mad? tbh i have no idea what the pad is called so i have always referred them as p*ssy pads as t-nation forums calls em that. whats the big deal here?

imo form is off. you're not sitting back when going down, at least from my experience.

best if you post a vid, no way we're gonna find out with just descriptions on how you squat.