I dont agree with changing body symmetry artificially for lifting. The best thing is neutrality. Neutral grips, neutral stance, neutral ground to stand on. You build more stabilizer muscles without shoes as well.

Do you feel this way because of your personal experiences, or were they a result of your formal education?

Both.

Formal education teaches that natural body symmetry tends to be superior and reduces risk of injury.

Personal experience teaches that neutrality tends to build additional strength and more complete gains.



Weight lifting shoes may help give you extra on a lift - just like power suit, bench shirt, etc. However, these items are a tool used for NUMBERS only, and not true gains (both strength and size).

The only way to train that gives you the absolute complete strength and size benefit is to train as naturally as possible with very little, if any, artificial assistance. For example, my crutch happens to be wrist wraps because of the tremendous injuries I've sustained over the years to my wrists/forearms. Without wrist wraps, the pain from straight bar exercises would hinder my progress greatly.

Thank you for that elaborate reply, really appreciate it.

how to improve sleep ?

hey there I've also have a question about sleep.. I am working night shifts, 3 times/week, for some reason i can't get more than 5 hours a sleep at a time.. It's like my sleeping pattern is messed up.. I am tired and mostly sleep 2 times a day.. How do i fix this?

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=341790764
Sleep Guide




See the above post. Also, black-out your windows, and get an air purifier that emits a low hum to drown out external noises. This will help quite a bit.

This post was edited by SKCRaynor on Dec 8 2012 09:13am

Hello I have been lifting for about 5 years. I've been consistant (>3x/week without pause) for about 2 years.
The only kind of supplement that I take is about 45g of protein whey post trainning. (I train 5 days a week so I take one 5 days a week)

I'm about at 13% body fat 170 lbs 6' and I've been wondering if I try creatine will it make me lose my abs because of the water retention?

I am currently stuck with the weight I am lifting and don't see much improvement and I wanted to try out creatine.
Is it good for me ? And is a loading dose required? How do you take that supplement?

Thank you! (sorry for bad english it is not my primary language)

hey mate chicken liver on daily basis? good bad for you?

thanks for the reply SKCRaynor, I was wondering if you could share some insight on acne/ways to combat acne. As a teenager in puberty, i'm quite interested in trying to improve my skin