Doing some reps with the barbell standing on two 0.5kg plates midfoot (obv without allowing heel/toe to touch the floor) helps with getting the right feel of balance. Toes definitely sounds too much in front and likely the bar drifting away from you (haven't seen the vid), although I do agree it feels more forward than squatmorningsquats (which are kind of heel dominant I think).

I really like just focusing on midfoot and especially "feeling the legs" all the way down & up. Helps to slow down a little too and not rush it during warmups, at least when working on form.

Yeah, I'll have to do a bit of video nitting to see if my bar path is really coming too forward or not. Like I said, it might just feel like it's on my toes because I'm so used to it being almost all on my heels. That vid also mentions a cue along the lines of "feeling the legs" and something along the lines of pushing equally with your legs and back. Am I basically switching back to HBBS with these sorts of adjustments now though?

Stay tuned for more squat nitting!

Also, for those playing along at home, one other thing to stay tuned for... The supplier called me the other day because they were all out of the crimson coloured romaleos for Mrs Snitch, so I said to switch the order to the orange ones. They arrived the other day. Perfect fit and they look sweet as f*ck. Way better irl than online. Mrs Snitch loves them (although is yet to do any real squats in them). pm me for shoe buying form check next time, btm.

Yep just a few more adjustments and then we finally have the bar sit where it naturally wants to sit. Soon!

Was actually looking at some of my old hbbs vids the other day. Not bad for no shoes...

Squat school vid was good - I am very imbalanced to the rear foot too and need to correct it. Noticed it with my recent lunges. Part of it is avoiding sharp knee pain in my right knee, but that's a weak excuse. Squatting properly should help that anyway.

Yeah, as I mentioned, I was working towards a really hip dominant squat because I felt like a HBBS was putting pressure on my knees. Not that they ever had any pain, they just felt worked and tired from time to time.

Aidan do you stretch or roll quads very regularly already? That's the biggest thing that keeps my knees from hurting. I mean like, every session, and if possible both before and after. And sometimes during.

Was going to post that exact video with the specific time references for you...you just saved me some work

No, I haven't been doing much soft tissue work at all. A leak for sure

Not really, since there's no real no evidence for its effectiveness.

Re: squat form. Seems fine. Cept hi bar.

deadlift: 3x120, 3x140, 3x157.5
bench: 5x75, 5x85, 5x95
deadlift, bench, pull-ups

Top set of deads was harder than I hoped, but on the other hand 120 and 140 felt nice. Probably the first time I've double over handed 140 for a triple in a long time.

Not sure how to count my bench. I'll just call it at 5. It was technically zero. I asked one of my bros for a spot knowing full well what kind of spotting he does. It was very much all touching all the time all you bro and I actually "did" 9 "reps".

Your no shoes hbbs looked great even at those weights. Why even switch to the dark side

Because Rippetoe really is the Messiah. More muscle mass used over more of the range of motion to lift more weight. Seems like a superior choice other than the fact that it's really hard to do right (and obv hbbs does in fact look more sexy).

When I think about the reasons I even squat at all, lbbs seems to make more sense. Probably better for my sport, probably compliments deadlift better, and non-functionally, it's probably better for making my glutes even sexier.

Side note... I keep forgetting to weigh myself, but I think I'm looking jackeder (and fatter) all over ('cept bicepts obv). Pretty sure I'm going to be 92kg next time I hit the scales.

snatch: 8x3x40
Med ball throw, pull-ups, planks

I should do crossfit.

[x] shoulder injuries
[x] dubious form
[x] uncoached oly lifting
[x] med balls
[x] expensive shoes to squat three plates
[x] exercising in broad modal domains (rugby boxing lifting)
[ ] lifting tattoos
[ ] paleo diet
[ ] abs

Almost there bruh!

Hahaha, not bad, not bad at all

I accept that.

skwaat: 5x105, 3x120, 4x132.5
press: 3x50, 3x60, 3x67.5
squat, press, pull-ups, facepull.

Squat felt like a house (although doesn't look so bad on video - RPE is a lie). Probably because I was f*cking around with hbbs in my ramp up sets. hbbs is dumb. You're all dumb.

Some minor improvement on the first couple of reps here imo. The test will be in a few weeks as I pass 140 again.

Looks like I got this one wrong. 90.1kg. Although average cals have been down over the last few days (not that I count them) due to some dental work.

I've just added my daily super calorie bomb shake back in, so let's see what happens.

What's in the shake? I remember back in 2012 I made shakes with EVERYTHING in there. Milk, protein powder, peanut butter, almonds, raw eggs, olive oil, ice cream,... literally all together. They were often over 1300kcal LOL.

I've been toying with the idea of adding some of these hocus pocus green veggie kale shakes as part of my daily routine but I always forget and have never even tried one.

Milk, frozen berries or a banana, peanut butter or nutella (sometimes both! Out of control!), whey, creatine.

Total yield around 600-700ml.

I added it all up back in the day to around 800cal and 60 or 70g protein iirc. So not crazy extreme, but basically adding 800cal and a bunch of protein to my regular diet. Should get the scale moving.

Also, I'll note, I'm not really trying a crazy bulk here, but I'm feeling pretty fatigued with lifting plus rugby, so hoping this will help, and I don't really mind gaining some kg. If I start bumping up against 95kg, I'll reevaluate.

Just did some super quick mfp estimates on the berries and peanut butter version...

650cal. 66/36/29. P/C/F.

Although the berries were waaay higher protein than I expected. 22g protein for 150g? K.

What magical berries are these? Sounds like they're injecting some crazy **** to get to ~15 g brotein per 100 g!