Originally posted by: RyanSchwenksville

I honestly need a whole new workout plan. I did starting strength for about 4 months and really plateaued on every lift so I am pretty much lost. I really want to focus on losing more weight than I do packing on any bulk which is why I started doing yoga for cardio.

I also derailed this thread completely

Originally posted by: owen.

Does anyone drink that muscle milk stuff? I keep hearing about it non-stop.

Originally posted by: WREN

Originally posted by: owen.

Does anyone drink that muscle milk stuff? I keep hearing about it non-stop.

It tastes good but there are far better protein products out there.

Originally posted by: deadlift

Originally posted by: RyanSchwenksville

I honestly need a whole new workout plan. I did starting strength for about 4 months and really plateaued on every lift so I am pretty much lost. I really want to focus on losing more weight than I do packing on any bulk which is why I started doing yoga for cardio.

I also derailed this thread completely

what are you doing for accessory movements? and how often do you switch them up? squatting will not increase your squat, accessories movements do that. same goes for the the bench and deadlift. take a sprinter for example, they don't get faster by running, they get faster by doing exercises that strengthen the muscles used while running. the hamstrings, for example.

Originally posted by: tony plush

seriously. $3.99 for like 20g of protein? fuck that.

also, for my flat bench press, lately ive been doing:
-close-grip,wide-grip, and incline bench (low weight, high reps)
-vertical and horizontal medicine ball throws
-dips/pullups
-OHP
-tricep isolation exercises

Originally posted by: RyanSchwenksville
I guess what I need to know is which exercises to do on which days. I really dont know which accessory exercises are best.

Originally posted by: tony plush

cool, will do. i didnt mention things like deadlifts and barbell rows because i do those as main exercises as well.

right now im doing tricep kickbacks, tricep pulldowns, standing triceps extension, and skull crushers.

Originally posted by: Kevlar Moneyclips

I've been doing this one exercise to bring my squat up for a few years now. Its actually perfect, it specifically targets every muscle used by your body doing a squat, and places the correct proportion of stress on the specific muscles.

Start with the bar in the ladder or power rack approximately nipple level, if not a tiny bit higher. Walk up to the bar, line yourself up evenly on it, take a fairly wide solid grip on the bar and duck under, coming up with the bar resting squarely on your shoulders, a little below the tops of the trapezius. Straighten your legs, step back, take the widest stance that feels comfortable. Take a deep breath with your diaphragm, using the tension to brace your stomach, pick a spot on the wall higher than your head and stare. Fill your chest, reach your ass back and down until your thighs are about parallel to the ground. Go back up the way you came down. Repeat.