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January/February Q&A Part 3

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What do u think about anavar for losing some fat and get shape?
I am taking 20mg am pre workout and 10mg pm.
I am taking legalon as well 150mg×3 times
What do think? my objective is drop my bed from 22% to 16% although i am struggling to lose fat even with regular diet and workout including ardio

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When you’re training Dave, it seems like you always have a lot more volume (5 sets for some exercises) compared to like Hunter and for yourself. What is the reason for that?

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another question regarding accommodating resistance. According to Dr. Jacob Wilson you should periodize the use of bands/chains in order to maximize hypertrophy any thoughts on that?

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post workout, would you recommend a protein shake immediately, and then maybe an hour or two later a meal with antioxidants and greens? also, when would taurine and creatine be implemented

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I notice in your Swiss bar press you keep a ~75 degree position vs a strict 90 degrees. Is this cue done with the purpose of keeping tension on the anterior delt throughout the movement?

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Looking for some nutrition advice. I’m in the Marine Corps and my new platoon has training every morning. These are usually some kind of distance run, swim, or circuit course of some kind (I never eat anything before these group sessions). Then I do my own training during my lunch break but I’ve been having a hard time getting my nutrition right on this new schedule. My schedule looks like this:

6:00-7:00 platoon workout

7:30-11:00 work

11:00-1:00 weight training

Based on your advice, about a year ago I started doing a low-zero carb/high fat/moderate-high protein meal for breakfast which was also my preworkout meal. It was an adjustment but once I started doing it I realized how much better my training was doing that.

My questions are:

1. How would you recommend setting up my nutrition on this schedule?

2. Would you still recommend a zero carb/high fat preworkout meal even though I’ve already done one training session earlier in the day?

3. If you recommend having carbs between the two sessions do you still think I should have a high-glycemic carb drink after my weight training (I currently use Vitargo)?

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I tend to struggle with pull workouts…
as the pull ups and pulldown tend to start to give me issue on my left elbow and I feel some sort of golfer elbow developing….
I tried different grips positions… but still painful
I started with the pull ups and I am now on pull down with lighter weight as time go to stay away from the pain I also had to drop the weight on biceps exercises …
I have been concentrating on alignment and really tried to work on mind/ muscle connections…
Is there any pull exercises better or easier on golfer elbows?
And same for biceps exercises?

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Any suggestions for lower back stiffness and pain? It takes forever for me to get loose from stretching my hamstrings

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I’ve been training for about 4.5 years now, but I really started focusing on just lifting in the past year since I was a wrestler and losing a considerable amount of weight with very dumb ways made it hard to build any appreciable muscle. Now that I’m starting to get into it, I feel like I have the training portion really dialed in. I could get better sleep but I know how to do that, so that isn’t my issue. My biggest issue is diet. I know very little about what to eat and a lot of the terms that go along with getting the best results which gets me confused. I know there’s things like inflammation, GI tract health, and whether I should eat white meat or dark meat, and if I can eat fruit or not and a lot of other things. I’m not exactly sure what it all means and if I should even be worried. I’m wondering if there was a way you could make a template that puts people in a category of if they should gain weight or lose weight and explain what foods I should avoid or eat more of. I hope that explains my dilemma a bit better. I guess an easier way to say it is that I would like to get as big and as strong as humanly possible and I feel like the main thing holding me back is my diet. If there is a way you can explain my ridiculously long question with a good answer it would be much appreciated, thank you!

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How should you optimally progress DB preacher curl? It fells like there is a limit to how much you can progress weight, curling anything above 60 lbs-ish seems unrealistic for most people, plus each increment on many DBs makes for a significant increase in load.

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I have different lower back issues with herniated and ruptured discs in the lumbar area. I have been starting to incorporate dead lifts and rack pulls top strengthen the area. on rack pulls if the rack is set below my knee there I can work that area but not enough load to tax my upper back. what would your thoughts be on doing 2 working sets with the rank set at the top of the knee where I can work heavier without pain then two sets with the rack below the knee for strengthening around the weakness? if that is to specific completely understand and thank you.