I always moved the safeties up so that the bar didn't have as far to fall if I released it behind me when stuck at the bottom of a squat. They're nowhere near the bar while I'm in the bottom position. Am I doing it wrong, safety wise?
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Yeah I've had the tunnel vision and dulled hearing like once in my inconsistent training career. I'm obviously a massive pussy. But I think as you lift heavier, the weights start to have more obvious effects on you, what with the sheer crushing weight of them and all. Plus your mental toughness tends to develop to a point where tunnel vision becomes a normal thing during your training, I imagine.
First day with the new belt was pretty great. It was a light day, so I didn't use it on my squat sets. But squeezing the abs to support layback was wonderful in the press, and 330x5 DL's came up really quickly. I had to set my breath before bending down, but the difference was pretty tremendous.
Speaking of traps, mine have been getting so sore from my DL's lately. I must finally be improving my DL now that my hammies and traps actually get sore from it, and not just my low back.
So speaking of deadlifts. I can't wait until my lower back is strong enough to stay tight so dead lifts start to stress my hamstrings and gluts. Any other auxiliary lifts I can do to speed up my lower back strengthening?
So speaking of deadlifts. I can't wait until my lower back is strong enough to stay tight so dead lifts start to stress my hamstrings and gluts. Any other auxiliary lifts I can do to speed up my lower back strengthening?
I recommend deadlifts. However, your lower back is strong enough to stay tight under some weight. If you can't extend under load, it might be because you don't know how to actively extend.
So speaking of deadlifts. I can't wait until my lower back is strong enough to stay tight so dead lifts start to stress my hamstrings and gluts. Any other auxiliary lifts I can do to speed up my lower back strengthening?
I recommend deadlifts. However, your lower back is strong enough to stay tight under some weight. If you can't extend under load, it might be because you don't know how to actively extend.
Any cues I should be using? Right now I think about driving my heels into the ground and thrusting my pelvis to hump the bar. Will have my gf take a video with her iPhone at the gym tonight for a form check and post it
So speaking of deadlifts. I can't wait until my lower back is strong enough to stay tight so dead lifts start to stress my hamstrings and gluts. Any other auxiliary lifts I can do to speed up my lower back strengthening?
I recommend deadlifts. However, your lower back is strong enough to stay tight under some weight. If you can't extend under load, it might be because you don't know how to actively extend.
Any cues I should be using? Right now I think about driving my heels into the ground and thrusting my pelvis to hump the bar. Will have my gf take a video with her iPhone at the gym tonight for a form check and post it
I was taught to take a big breath in the setup position, and in doing so drive and squeeze your chest forwards and down. This sends a wave of extension starting from the upper back all the way down. As for maintaining lumbar extension, can you do so when you squat?
So speaking of deadlifts. I can't wait until my lower back is strong enough to stay tight so dead lifts start to stress my hamstrings and gluts. Any other auxiliary lifts I can do to speed up my lower back strengthening?
I recommend deadlifts. However, your lower back is strong enough to stay tight under some weight. If you can't extend under load, it might be because you don't know how to actively extend.
Any cues I should be using? Right now I think about driving my heels into the ground and thrusting my pelvis to hump the bar. Will have my gf take a video with her iPhone at the gym tonight for a form check and post it
I was taught to take a big breath in the setup position, and in doing so drive and squeeze your chest forwards and down. This sends a wave of extension starting from the upper back all the way down. As for maintaining lumbar extension, can you do so when you squat?
I do the same thing, suck in a nice deep breath into my gut and hold it while I pull the bar up. Another thing I focus on is to not lift with anything above my waist if I can help it, I drive into my heels and stand up doing the whole 'hump the bar' thing. Seems to work out fine. As for maintaing lumbar extension I seem to be really good at that. I am wondering for the squat if it's fine if I'm getting kinda bent forward as long as my chest and head are still up, for all I know it might be doing that because I'm squatting deeper.
Yeah some people don't seem to have problems with BTN pressing, some people do.
I've not done any serious BTN pressing, but I know my shoulder mobility isn't fantastic, so I'd rather just keep working on fixing them before doing anything fancy.
The MobilityWOD stuff has been really great at giving me those "ahah" moments. Both the shoulder internal/external rotation stuff, and the hip internal/external rotation stuff.
This has been a godsend for loosening up my ass (and hips). I've actually been doing it since before I knew mWOD existed, but now I know where to go to get more info.
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so this is my main lift numbers right now, i'm looking for a new workout routine that doesn't change every week (been trying to do the kris gethin 12 week trainer but all the random changes annoy me)
bench 145x10 165x10 180x8
squat 135x6 155x6 180x6 210x6 225x6
incline bench 115x10 125x10 135x10
10 minutes on the treadmill before and after workouts, sometimes a little less. usually end up doing 2 miles at the end of the day.
I weigh 175 pounds and i'm 5'10, trying to cut down to 165-170 and increase my numbers. I'm 23. Still never done deadlift, might go for it tomorrow though. My main objective is to cut and drop the body fat in my stomach, so any workout routine tips to make that happen would be much appreciated.
Sorry man, you can't specifically target where you're going to lose the fat. And with us dudes we tend to lose it -last- on the gut. I'm not an expert but maybe have someone here give you some tips on your diet as well?
Cutting and dropping body fat is as much a result of diet as it is what you do in the gym. What's your diet look like? And are you doing any cardio or conditioning besides the lifting?
I know a lot of the programs dudes in here are going to recommend will include deadlift. I'm doing 5-3-1 myself and have had really nice steady gains.
I'll start doing deadlift, and my diet is pretty good I think. Usually eggs and potatoes in the morning with orange juice, sometimes just cereal. Turkey sandwhich for lunch or rice with chicken/fish. Chicken salad for dinner. Almond snacks inbetween meals, occasional shake. Might have one cookie every other day or so, I'm not completely 100 percent ultra strict. Hardly ever drink.
While we're talking about deadlifting though, I've got a question. My biggest plate doesn't raise the bar up terribly high, though it is more than enough for me to get my feet under the bar. What I'm wondering about is how far I'm needing to go down in order to prepare for the lift, take what this video shows as an example and it's the one I mainly used to try to get an idea of it.
You see there he only bends his legs slightly to get a grip on the bar? I pretty much have to squat in order to deadlift my bar. Is this just something I'll have to deal with until I have bigger plates? Am I worrying over nothing and crouching that low doesn't interfere with the lift? Yes I do keep my natural curve in my lower back while doing this.
You may want to look at deficit deadlift videos to get an idea of what your form would/should look more like.
You could get some blocks to put the bar on to raise it up a little if you want.
And if you can find a way, it would be a good idea to take some video of your lifts (at around max effort). Just edit the video to cut out the 30s-2minutes warmup before the lift.
Thinking about it I'm realizing I might have been going too deep to get to the bar this whole time. I'll need to just set up my bar today and do a deadlift with just my biggest plates to see or wait until tomorrow since that's a lift day.
When I say my biggest plates aren't really that 'big' I do mean it though, if I were to take a wild guess I'd say they're around 24cm in diameter, close to the size of a cast iron cooking pan.
I'll start doing deadlift, and my diet is pretty good I think. Usually eggs and potatoes in the morning with orange juice, sometimes just cereal. Turkey sandwhich for lunch or rice with chicken/fish. Chicken salad for dinner. Almond snacks inbetween meals, occasional shake. Might have one cookie every other day or so, I'm not completely 100 percent ultra strict. Hardly ever drink.
I probably just need to be working out harder.
Do yourself a favor, keep a food journal for a few days (get a food scale, use measuring cups/spoons) in order to get a better figure of how many calories (and how much protein, fat, and carbs) you're taking in on a daily basis. I know that before I started doing that, I was grossly underestimating the amount of fat that I took in on a daily basis (and with that, how many calories I was getting).
You may want to look at deficit deadlift videos to get an idea of what your form would/should look more like.
You could get some blocks to put the bar on to raise it up a little if you want.
And if you can find a way, it would be a good idea to take some video of your lifts (at around max effort). Just edit the video to cut out the 30s-2minutes warmup before the lift.
I actually remembered I'd had my friend record me doing a few deadlifts and took a look at it. The funny thing is it doesn't look anywhere near as low as it feels, so maybe it's just a perspective thing?
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Anyway, I think I'll do those at the gym today. They work your traps somethin fierce.
You talkin' bout this one?
second day back is always the worst though
Hurts so good.
I recommend deadlifts. However, your lower back is strong enough to stay tight under some weight. If you can't extend under load, it might be because you don't know how to actively extend.
Any cues I should be using? Right now I think about driving my heels into the ground and thrusting my pelvis to hump the bar. Will have my gf take a video with her iPhone at the gym tonight for a form check and post it
I was taught to take a big breath in the setup position, and in doing so drive and squeeze your chest forwards and down. This sends a wave of extension starting from the upper back all the way down. As for maintaining lumbar extension, can you do so when you squat?
I do the same thing, suck in a nice deep breath into my gut and hold it while I pull the bar up. Another thing I focus on is to not lift with anything above my waist if I can help it, I drive into my heels and stand up doing the whole 'hump the bar' thing. Seems to work out fine. As for maintaing lumbar extension I seem to be really good at that. I am wondering for the squat if it's fine if I'm getting kinda bent forward as long as my chest and head are still up, for all I know it might be doing that because I'm squatting deeper.
Yep. Thanks.
I just noticed that he is using a very wide grip. I did those yesterday with 135#, but I was using a narrow grip.
Any time I use this grip, I wreck my right shoulder.
Last time it was snatches with a pitiful girly weight. Cool. Least impressive way to possibly injure yourself.
One day I am going to fix my shoulder girdle and start doing the olympic lifts. Just not today.
I've not done any serious BTN pressing, but I know my shoulder mobility isn't fantastic, so I'd rather just keep working on fixing them before doing anything fancy.
The MobilityWOD stuff has been really great at giving me those "ahah" moments. Both the shoulder internal/external rotation stuff, and the hip internal/external rotation stuff.
Fixed that for you.
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bench 145x10 165x10 180x8
squat 135x6 155x6 180x6 210x6 225x6
incline bench 115x10 125x10 135x10
10 minutes on the treadmill before and after workouts, sometimes a little less. usually end up doing 2 miles at the end of the day.
I weigh 175 pounds and i'm 5'10, trying to cut down to 165-170 and increase my numbers. I'm 23. Still never done deadlift, might go for it tomorrow though. My main objective is to cut and drop the body fat in my stomach, so any workout routine tips to make that happen would be much appreciated.
I know a lot of the programs dudes in here are going to recommend will include deadlift. I'm doing 5-3-1 myself and have had really nice steady gains.
I probably just need to be working out harder.
You see there he only bends his legs slightly to get a grip on the bar? I pretty much have to squat in order to deadlift my bar. Is this just something I'll have to deal with until I have bigger plates? Am I worrying over nothing and crouching that low doesn't interfere with the lift? Yes I do keep my natural curve in my lower back while doing this.
You could get some blocks to put the bar on to raise it up a little if you want.
And if you can find a way, it would be a good idea to take some video of your lifts (at around max effort). Just edit the video to cut out the 30s-2minutes warmup before the lift.
When I say my biggest plates aren't really that 'big' I do mean it though, if I were to take a wild guess I'd say they're around 24cm in diameter, close to the size of a cast iron cooking pan.
Do yourself a favor, keep a food journal for a few days (get a food scale, use measuring cups/spoons) in order to get a better figure of how many calories (and how much protein, fat, and carbs) you're taking in on a daily basis. I know that before I started doing that, I was grossly underestimating the amount of fat that I took in on a daily basis (and with that, how many calories I was getting).
I actually remembered I'd had my friend record me doing a few deadlifts and took a look at it. The funny thing is it doesn't look anywhere near as low as it feels, so maybe it's just a perspective thing?