SLDL 100kgx5




more + squats tomorrow

Focus on getting your hips back as far as you can on those. I think you can get back a little farther, which will put more stress on the hamstrings and take a little off the low back. Aside from that, they're pretty good.

Thanks. I feel really good about my form on this exercise, more so than conventional Deads. You hit it right on the mark, I'm limited by hamstring flexibility. trying to correct this with stretchin and RDL. I'm getting so close to the floor

Deadlifts 120kg 5x1

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I found a 6yo squat video on my old YouTube account I'll upload for kicks. I'm kind of shocked at how much strength and size I lost. Everything basically

I'm training every day, at least 1 movement, here on out. I'll hit my old marks. Obviously haven't followed much of a program

Here are a few old squats I found on my youtube channel. 6 years ago, I eventually maxed at 170kgx1

When you set up your DLs, before you pull, try to shift your weight back, especially your hips. When you do this correctly, your hamstrings will become very tight before the weight leaves the floor, and your shins will be more vertical.

Also, look up and think "chest up" when you pull. You're looking at the floor. That tends to get your body forward, shifting the load to your low back and making it feel heavier than it should. Think chest up and pull back.

It looks like your shoulders are a little shrugged up. The chest up cue should help fix that.

I'll work on chest up. I felt like I "sit back" when I rock backwards before the start, which is also when I set my upper back. I don't think I should be looking up. Chest up should help me maintain the arch in my upper back

I have pre existing neck injury and I think my head needs to remain in neutral as much as possible.

All of my pulls in the past that were over 200kg resulted in rounding of the back, I'd like to completely avoid that this time to spare my back and neck

Squatted. Been busy eating and thinking about my ex. Who I love forever and ever and ever and will ALWAYS be a part of the life of.

Did chins 5x5 2 days
Deadlift 120kg 5x1
Squat 60kg 3x5

Haven't done well so far with consistency

Do what you think is right regarding your neck.

With that in mind, I have battled neck issues for ~20 years, and it has not been in better shape than it is right now. I currently lift with two chiropractors and have lifted with two others. My chiropractor (a two time Olympic medalist in wrestling) also agrees with the ones I lift with. They all say the "neck nazis" are a little overboard with their advice that you need your neck exactly in neutral position when DLing and squatting. Head tipped slightly back should be fine. They, myself, and all of my powerlifting teammates, look up when we squat and DL. You do not need to look at the ceiling imo (although one of the guys I lift with does this), but tilting your head back slightly should be fine for your neck.

When the weight gets heavier, looking down is more likely to make your upper back and neck round than tilting your head back a little is going to mess your neck up imo.

Again, do whatever you think is best for you.

Ugh. Chiros are full blown idiots.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1905885/

The idea that the skill level of a chiro is important to their effect is about as reasonable as the skill of an alchemist being the critical issue on their transmutation failure. (Aside from the lack of evidence other than just being dragged out of one's own ass.)

Anyway, I would be less inclined to listen to a chiro due to their inherent stupidity than just someone making **** up. The person rambling is totally guessing, rather than being predisposed to harm.

ok, then listen then to experienced athletes who have been through a lot.

But again, as I indicated twice before, he should make the decision for himself.

Okay. Here is the opinion of one athlete: "Don't ****ing listen to a bunch of idiots who have no evidence for their quackery and the asshats who mindlessly abet their scams."

You probably don't even know what chiros believe, which may explain your strange view in support of them. In which case, I'd suggest you educate yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic

You sound a lot like thremp.

Guess that means I am correct.

Keep in mind I never said their opinion was incorrect. Simply that chiropractic medicine is a net harm, does not grant the holder of such a certificate with any knowledge, and is generally the sign of a total dumbass. Trying to pass these people off as experts is just indicative that the person attempting to give advice is unable to understand the difference between an expert and a novice.

I guess that means you are thremp.

What's your opinion about neck positioning thremp?

I think you summed it up very cleanly with "Do what you think is right regarding your neck."

11/29
Squat 60kg 3x5

7 sets of 5 push-ups and chins the past 2 days

I think my neck gets worked plenty isometrically supporting heavy loads and staying stable in the various exercises I do, I would rather let it recover more than risk additional strain when it isn't 100%. I have seen in some vids that my head is slightly tilted up in Deads sometimes, will have to keep aware of head position next time.

Ps I don't bother with using a chiro. Massages all day

Tilting your head up a little is fine. Tilting it forward is where you might run into trouble.

11/30

NG Chins bw+15kg 6 reps
Squats 60x3 70x3x5
Rdl 70x15 sldl 100x3 110x4

Moving up to +20kg chins

Weight 204.5. wubbalubbadubdub

Jeff,

I have some advice from an experienced athlete. I think you should take it because it is by an experienced athlete and you are not capable of determining whether the advice is good or bad on its own merits but rather the quality of the message is due to the messenger.

Here you are.

Been sick. No lifting. Hungry.

Done being sick/lazy/studying for finals

12/17

Chin bw+15kg 5,5, bwx9

12/18

PT work

SLDL 110kgx5
DL 120kgx3

vid incoming

Moar daily

SLDL 110x5 from 12/18



12/19

Rest. Back sore from DL

12/20

NG chin bw+ 15kg 3x5, bwx7
Squat 70kg 3x5

PT work

12/21
Chin 3x5
Squat 60kgx10
Push-up 7 reps

I'm apparently the first man alive who can do less push-ups than chins

Done w. Finals. Time to crush

Try getting your hips back a little more and brace your core as hard as you can so that there's a little less arch in your low back. That should put more stress on the hamstrings and less on the low back when you get it right.

I don't know how much further I can get my hips back and I'm squeezing the core as hard as I can. I'm pretty close to the floor already. I don't feel the exercise in my lower back, basically everywhere else, so I'm not worried about some arch. I also don't think the arch is as much as it looks like from that angle. The conventional deadlifts were the problem and I'm going to axe those out.