http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/(c) MuscleTalk Bodybuilding Forum30My chiropractor recently told me sit ups and crunches should pretty much be banned from a gym users routine due to overloading the Lumbar vertibre? Is this true or just another one of them bogus claims people tend to say to scare you out of trhttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4715062Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:44:45 GMTGonna start doing DC routine however really DON'T want to SS cardio!!! Was wondering has anyone done HIIT cardio along with it. I can't see why if your diet is in check and you keep it too a minimum I realise you work athttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4715150Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:16 GMTHey everyone, I dont know if its just me that gets this but In a month, three times I have had people come up to me and ask to be quiet when I deadlift. When I'm lifting, straining to stand upright and get that squeeze on my back. thttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4707075Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:15:34 GMTi think i read somewhere that training early close to when you wake up when you only have one meal etc is detrimental to strength and hormone levels will not be as peaked as they can be later on? I was planning to train squats in the early morhttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4714937Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:47:22 GMTI think people often ignore the stiffness they have, or a little niggle here and there and completely dismiss it as a part of life they'll have to live with. But I think most problems can often easily be remedied and one of the best ways to dohttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4715364Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:49:07 GMTI have been lifting for about 4 months religiously. mon, wed, fri. I know i am getting stronger because the weight is often getting heavier. Im training for strength and i do a full body workout , 5 sets 5 reps with the last set tohttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4714632Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:29 GMTHi All, I'm really weak on bench press, can't go over 80kg,rest of exercises are good (well I think they are), =] Any advice on this? Maybe I need concentrate on different chest exercise for a while? thank you for your help in advance! http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4714641Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:03:08 GMTguys and girls, just kinda looking to see if anyone has gone throu this, I have been training hard over the last 5-6 months, and seen some massive improvements in my appearence, going from a 24stone lard arse, to a 21st 'big guy'. I havehttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4708666Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:06:36 GMTI did this at rugby on Saturday (see pictures below) and at first I was convinced it was a knee or a stamp or something but I tried to do some jogging last night and both shins (inside, near bottom) absolutely killed. Could this be shin splints? &nbsphttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4713425Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMTGreetings folks, currently enjoying the Stronglifts 5 x 5 programme - fits in very well with my other stuff (BJJ & running) - I have one major issue with it though. The deadlifts - 1 set of 5 reps a week - just doesnt strike me as enough.http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4712238Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:38:12 GMTJust wondered if it I should change my whole routine or as it says in the title just the sets and reps range? I'm doing the PUSH/PULL/LEGS routine 5x5 and have been doing it for 3months now. I had a 2week break over xmas and am thinking of switching it uhttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4712360Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:27:04 GMTHi guys, aint been on here for a while, but have recently got a pair of squat stands. I know suqating on your own at home isnt the greatest idea but I thought maybe I could get some adivce on here from this video. http://www.yhttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4712883Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:18:58 GMTUnable to delete threads.http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4713241Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:38 GMTHey all, sorry in advance as i often seem to come here for advice Ive been training now for around 6 months, time is limited but i do 4/5 sessions a week and although the sessions are short (7 or 8 sets per workout) they are always to failurehttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4712588Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:56:26 GMTLike the title says i've got a pretty weak grip and my hands are a little smaller than average. The result is that its holding me back a little. I was doing walking lunges yesterday with 20kg in each hand. The weight felt ok mostly but mhttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4710612Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:17:16 GMTHi all Just after a bit of advice from the experts out there. I have been training now for over 3 years in which I have made good progress all over apart from my arms, chest and shoulders all which are being held up by my triceps failing constantly onhttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4712316Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:20:38 GMTHello everyone. Im new to the forum hopefully you'll be able to help me out and give me a few tips. Ive been in and out of a few gyms for a couple of years however a new gym has recently opened and ive officially got the bug for training. http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4712359Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:50:35 GMTHi folks, I've just recently got back in to leg training after a long lay off due to injury. Just doing squats 3 times a week to get the strength back. A couple of times last week, the inside of my right quad got really tight and ahttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4712227Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:33:43 GMTis absolutely nagging me to start doing weights. I'd like some help about this. I am refusing to let him do weights until he is 15 or there-a bouts. He has grown a good 6 inches in the last 6-8 months and stands about 5 foot 3 inches and has a very dehttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4710164Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:15:59 GMTIs it OK to use a E-Z bar for this or should they only be done with an olympic straight bar? Thankshttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4711488Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:23:49 GMTHey people, been back training at the gym since I found a decent gym in Romford, put on weight and stop going to the gym after getting married and having kids, never had my diet right before then and was never as big as most of you guys but I ways happy,http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4709907Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:07:24 GMTJust discovered this site and joined today, so here is my first post... Firstly, about me. Male, 42yo, 6' tall, 14st 3lb. I used to go to the gym in my early 30's and weighed upto 14st. I stopped ahttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4706630Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:42 GMTIs this statement true. "The amount of growth is in direct proportion to the amount of pain you can withstand both in AND outside of the gym" Knowing this I use mild pain as my confirmation growth is about to occur. And larger morehttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4695527Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:50:53 GMTBy those who are far more knowledgeable than me. 1. For the last 2, 3 weeks I've been training chest - I've been absolutely fine until I get to the incline. When I start to struggle, no matter the set or rep I feel a shootihttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4709599Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:25 GMTHi all I seen to have a dodgy IT band- not sure the technical name for the muscle but it runs from the hip to the knee, I think, and I have had physio on this in the past. When it tightens up, I get pain in my knee when I straighten my leg and it is&nbhttp://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.ashx?m=4710687Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:56:42 GMT