Only page 2? das wassup

HBBS	Pullups	Press
3x5@215	9/7/6	160:3,4,4

Squat	Press	Pullups
3x5@97.5	9,7,6	72.6:3,4,4

Still derpcurving back on HBBS, only going to parallel, I don't get it. I watched my other video and I didn't really start to curve until past parallel, but stopping at parallel I guess my mongoloid brain decided to just start curving my back against my will earlier. zzzzzzzz


Press: I'm giving one more shot at 160 before resetting. I was pretty bummed about not getting 3x5 but I came insanely close to 5 on the second set, and pretty close on the third set. These are really all about rhythm for me.

Pullups: Real happy with these, 9 felt easy but 10 was a gasser. Would've been ecstatic with 9/7/7 but whatever.

Bodyweight <213/96.6 kG

****in barbecue kinda screwed me up. Shouldn't be more than a day or two before all this fatty meat is out of the house, but in the meantime....



Also


optimal warmups?

Ya warmups look fine. But wtf is on that plate? Looks like some super thick rare bacon.

That's because it is some super thick, rare bacon.

Dinner is served bitches.

Now, I like my bacon a bit bendy, but yours looks a bit too limp, i.e. raw, for my liking.

Please explain/elaborate on your preference re: bacon doneness, or lack thereof.

Genuinely curious.

How much have you experimented with grip width for squats?

I tried a narrow stance to experiment (heels well less than shoulder width apart) and found really destroyed my back. I changed it up to slightly wider than shoulder width, did a bunch of hip mobility work to allow me to shove my knees out in this new bottom position and really focused on huge breath in and everything tight. My back woes have resolved.

Tldr is try experiment with width.

[QUOTE=KPowers;28576773]Only page 2? das wassup

HBBS	Press	DL
225:4,2	160:5,4,4	1x5@250

Squat	Press	DL
102:4,2	72.6: 5,4,4	1x5@113

Bacon: I like it crispy or soft, but this takes less time to make. It was really ****ing good. Tried wide stance squatting, it was easier but I still quasimoto'd the **** out of it. Also, should your knees feel kinda sore after squatting? It's been going on for about 10 days now. No sharp pain really just a dull ache. I wonder if I might be pushing my knees too far out?

I kept forgetting about it until today, when I deadlifted. Are your knees supposed to cave outward a tiny bit? It's how I get the bar past my knees, maybe I'm keeping the bar a touch too close to my shins on the way up? The pain was a little worse after this session than usual but still nothing major.

Squats were insane. Even coming down the weight felt really, really heavy and I struggled like hell with every single rep.

Press SO GAY AAAAAAAHHHHH The upside is I'll obviously crush 160 on Saturday, and when I fail 165 on Tuesday I can hope to get it on Thursday, and if I don't I'm definitely gonna start microloading. Every rep was a speed rep except the 5th rep on set two and 4th rep on set 3. Really, really gay.

I have videos but plugging my phone in is for losers.

Bacon is clearly meant to be crispy (and somewhat burnt). My wife yells at me for buying Wright Brand Bacon at like $9/lb but its just so ****ing good.

You probably should have started microloading already on the press. No biggie...its just the one lift that being patient pays huge dividends imo.

Why's that?

No, that shouldn't happen. If it hasn't happened before and only happened once, chances are you did something silly on one rep. If it's constant, form issues are more likely. Prob the best thing you can do to avoid knee issues while squatting is to make sure your knees and feet are lined up and don't let them cave, ever. Angle pointed outwards shouldn't exceed 30 degrees if you're squatting Rip-style.


You're talking about knees going out a bit on the descent? If your toes are pointed a bit outwards, that's fine. Remember to actively break at your knees going down though, don't just bend at your back, that's a nice way to get a back injury. And no, you pretty much can't keep the bar too close to your shins.

Nah it's on the way up during DL

Basically my knees are past the bar and I have to make it work so it's either crooked bar path or move the knees out a bit.

9/11/11

HBBS	Press	Chins	Bench
1x5@225	160:3, 155:4,3	8,6,5	3x5@185

Squat	Press	Chins	Bench
1x5@102	72.6:3, 70kg:4,3	8,6,5	3x5@84

Despite all these numbers I actually had a surprisingly good day.

Squatted 1x5. I did a billion warmup reps for HBBS, my back felt ****ty from them so I tried going back to LBBS at 225 for work sets. These didn't feel good either and I've basically resigned to the fact that I'd rather have "weak" thighs than a destroyed back. On the plus side my back doesn't feel nearly as bad, and I actually didn't completely hate squatting despite the rerack failure you can watch here It's most of my reps from yesterday in one nicely condensed video.
After this I was pretty pissed and watched a Rip squat video on my phone, couldn't see the guy doing anything different from me, WTF WTF WTF.

Bench: I wanted to see if my hand would still hurt from benching, loaded up 135 and just tried some reps. Did five and it didn't hurt at all but benching felt really good. I eventually got up to 205 and did three and realized I wasn't going to be able to do 3 sets of this and with no spotter for miles I didn't want anything to happen. I was pretty disappointed, thought for sure 3x5@205 woulda been EZ but whatever. My chest is absolutely on fire today.


Press: I didn't plan on benching but whatever, didn't want to not press. These didn't feel much harder or easier than usual. If I had more air I could've gotten the 5th on the second set. Whatever no big deal. Time to drop down to 135 I guess? =\

Chins: wowwwwwww I had tons of WIM on these which is weird because I always hate chins, I did them last, and I was disappointed by everything else so far but who knows. I only pulled 8,6,5 but the 6th on set 2 and 5 on set 3 were hardcore.

I was feeling pretty pissed off and decided to reverse freeroll myself and go stand on the scale knowing there was a 20% chance I end up driving home on the sidewalk GTA IV style.

208 mother****ers! 94.3KG I was ****in shocked. I wasn't especially dehydrated, I checked the scale 3 times and made sure. Hell I was fully dressed. Justtttttttt over 208, too. Felt awesome. Ended up cripwalkin out of the gym.


In other news I applied for a job at the gym today. They had some weird questions that I wasn't sure how to answer. Under "Personal achievements" I just put "press 155 for reps" and under "relevant memberships that would make you a good member of our team" I just put "I have a gym membership here."

I have an interview tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc2rzNN08sE - video of the day. Not sure how funny this one is but before this the guy was going crazy in the gym after 1/8th squatting 405 with his partner, insanely loud, banging fists in the wall, etc. etc. etc.

lol, solid ass touching all the way there. I know I'd want an ass spot if I was failing 1/8th squat reps.

I think the best thing you can do for your squat is probably to get some coaching, if at all possible. Solid answers to the questions imo.

Oh yea my hips have been hurting last two days and I noticed a lot in squatting. I looked for hip stuff in the sticky and it was all referencing to pay videos. What can I do to make my hips crazy good?

To be honest, I think I'd rather be able to do a split than squat 3 plates anyways.

Lots of mobility work. Foam rolling. Rinse and repeat.

9/14/11

LBBS	Press	Pullups
1x5@235	3x5@135	8,6,5

LBBS	Press	[b]Pullups
1x5@106.6	3x5@61	8,6,6

BW <211 95.6kg

Pretty good day. Presses were basically speed reps, did better on the last set of pullups than I would've expected, and the squats weren't miserable, either.

Bodyweight definitely pissed me off, though, but whatever.

Switching to a Wed/Fri/Sun schedule for a while. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the three slowest days at my gym so if I can get not one, but two sessions in on those days that should be pretty damn nice.