This chart gives the approximate one repetition maximum for a given set of repetitions at a specific weight. Why is this useful? You can look at something like Starting Strength's standards. I can currently deadlift 320 pounds 5 times for 1 set. So, this means I should be able to lift 370 pounds once. This … Continue reading National Strength and Conditioning Association: Training Load Chart
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Secondhand Lonely
"'Show? To who? Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me.' 'Lonely, ain’t it?' Nel’s question sticks out in my mind like the point of an index finger toward a shameful secret unfurled before a judgmental public. Lonely, ain’t it. 'Yes. But my lonely is … Continue reading Secondhand Lonely
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