Brett McCrory

@DefiantLs I’ve met her before. She’s really nice. She’s a top level Strongwoman in her weight class. I see nothing wrong with women competing against women in strength sports. What’s the issue?

It's getting more and more ridiculous...

@BakerBarbell My grip still will give out even with the figure 8 straps but that’s a long time after they would’ve given out without them.

Does anyone think that Overhead Squats are even remotely close to the same stimulus for the legs as a back squat? No. Why? Because the ability to hold the weight overhead is BY FAR the limiting factor in this exercise. You will drop the weight due to shoulder and arm strength long before your legs are even remotely taxed. But yet….. Guys will argue with me until they are blue in the face about using straps on rows or RDLs. When your grip gives out 100+ lbs before your back or hamstrings do you are severely limiting your gains. You don’t overhead squat for your legs, why are you barbell rowing without straps?? But I wanna strengthen my grip too!!!! Then do grip work. If a guy wants to strengthen his legs and shoulders, he does squats and shoulder presses. He doesn’t try to get a “two-fer” by doing overhead squats. Wear your straps.

@anymanfitness That was actually my point. When you’re doing all the little things right, adding some other stuff really amplifies what you’re doing. I thought you’d enjoy the process.

It has nothing to do with credibility. You could make the argument that doing steroids and using peptides will make you more $$$ (especially on this app). The reason I’ve never taken them is I have a EXTREMELY addictive personality. I will love it. And I’m scared it will become an obsession. A man has to know his limitations.

@KINGS1973 I guess you find out. Or, you don’t say a bunch of stupid crap and you live in peace.

@BigBrett58 Who determines consequences and when ?

I thought “ cancel culture” was a bad thing ? Someone help me here 🤷🏻‍♂️

@anymanfitness Heresy

One of the hardest things I had to relearn was how to throw food away. We're so programmed to think throwing food in the garbage is a waste of money and resources - like we're going to save starving children by eating every morsel on our plate. This just makes you fat. Avoid.

They both look like they’ve successfully completed their first few months of the novice linear progression 🥛

@wolfstrength Didn’t Martins Licis do these at the beginning of all his YouTubes?

Saw someone doing these at the gym the other day lol

@KINGS1973 @YouTube They’re up a lot more than that here in Illinois. If someone told me 50%, I’d wouldn’t disagree.

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@paulb3rd That’s all well and good but for some of us, free weights is all we have.

Bodybuilding is all about longevity. You need a lot of time to build muscle and that's why it's sometimes not worth doing free weight movements because the risk for injury is significantly higher compared to machines. I can't deny that it's still fun to do free weight squats every once in a while but at least for me, those days are behind me.

@chrsvnbk I don’t have any for a couple more weeks but many for the next couple months. Had really good health finally.

A whopping 320 hd traded on cash hogs today...425k estimated slaughter, that is .00075% of the daily kill, obviously it didn't print because who can price hogs off that few numbers. Apparently the floating summer holidays are strong at work or nobody has any pigs for sale yet!

@wolfstrength I usually alternate quarter and plate until I get close. 45, 95,135, 185,225,275,315 x2 then I’d do 345x1. I’m also 49 and don’t mind taking my time getting there. What’s the hurry?

Still too many of you under-warming up out of excessive concern for fatigue. There’s almost always more than one right path to work up to your 1st work set, but assuming it’s 365x5, and will be hard, not routine, here’s a general idea. Assume 1-3 empty bar sets as needed first.

@MisterCommodity Fake news

@aussieinaustin_ @anymanfitness You’re better off with bacon. It’s at least even protein and fat which is basically the same as eggs.

@anymanfitness One thing I learned from tracking is how bad sausages are in terms of macros!

I’m a big dude. 6’8”. 240 pounds Once upon a time I was also 40% body fat. I tried so hard to “eat clean”. And “eat healthy”. It never worked. Maybe it would work for a few months, but I always regained the weight. It wasn’t until I got REAL with myself and started tracking my macros that I realized just how much I was actually eating. Studies show we eat 50% more calories than we think we do. And we burn 50% less calories than we think we do. Tracking will open your eyes. I firmly believe everyone (who is trying to lose weight) should take 90 days and track everything they eat. It will show you what an “everyday food” is. What an “every once in awhile” food is. And what a “that ain’t worth the calories” food is. You don’t have to look at your speedometer to not get a speeding ticket. But if you find yourself getting pulled over frequently, it might be a good idea.

@KINGS1973 Only if you buy stuff

Tariffs are tax on consumers

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@BryanBoock I drove to Columbus Ohio yesterday and it all looks good from home to here.

Left western/NW Illinois with tassels starting to poke out in some fields. Get to NE Missouri and see a whole pile of knee high to waist high corn. Took until close to Rush Hill to see, what I thought, was a pretty solid looking corn field. (Once we got into Mo)

@MP120783 @antidoc Leaning out before test isn’t a terrible idea. Less likely to have high e2 with moderate test doses.

@antidoc How the fuck does anyone touch a peptide before test?

If you’re currently experimenting with more than 2 peptides, that’s -5000 odds you’re going to be using steroids within 6 months. I don’t make the rules.

@cjtrapp @schober222 Why go off? Just dial back to maintenance dose.

@schober222 I’m more interested in hearing what happens after you are off of it for a few months.

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@BowTiedHRT Any particular reason why eq over mast or primo? I neither agree nor disagree. Just curious.

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