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awesome. today I did the palloff press, extra shrugs for the non-dominant side, and some one arm deads at the end of my work out. And JJ, in answer to your original question: I'd be lying if aesthetics didn't enter into it, but I'm mainly concerned about injury prevention. Plus, I figure if I get my...

Thanks everybody. JJ, what is a "high to low chop"?

So I have been picking things up and putting them down again for about two months. I've noticed a pretty severe imbalance between my dominant and nondominant side. Almost all my lifts are barbell, so I guess the dominant side is just doing more of the work. Specifically, my traps and erector spinae ...

Eat more, sleep more, don't eat garbage. Also, take fish oil - might be psychosomatic but I swear I get about 90% less DOMS now and I take about 2000mg/day. The way I lift, each day I work my way up to a set of three heavy singles on one of the "big three" and do some accessory work - and I never re...

215 x 1 back squat
225 x 1 deadlift

I've been lifting for about 6 weeks. 5'9" 150lbs. When I started 135lbs on the DL was heavy. I know they are sissy numbers and I'm in the 'noobgains' phase but I've never lifted anything that heavy in my life (28yrs)

Oh, right. L5-S1 I think, radiating to the left occasionally.

It's a kind of sharp pain that I associate with disc problems (I recently had some upper back disc issues also). It gets worse as I get out of shape and flabby, and better as I get stronger. I actually have some rightward curvature (like this: )) in the lumbar spine that a PT told me was due to left...

I had this same problem first time I squatted heavy, and like you I've had intermittent low back problems over the years (I'm not yet 30). I narrowed it down to 2 issues: tight piriformis (especially left side); and tight hamstrings. What I've done to solve it: 1. stretch piriformis and hamstrings a...