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Originally Posted by cha59
You can see the rounding getting worse as that set goes on. You're fatigued. I'd rather see you do 2 triples or 3 doubles or even a triple and a double so that you are fresher for each pull.
Yep, I think that's a good idea, just doing as many crap reps as good ones at the moment.
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Originally Posted by ibavly
It doesn't even look like you're able to get tight at the start of the pull on the last 3 reps. DL 3x per week sounds really tough for getting back into things. Maybe swap 2 of those days for rows/RDL, or if you want specificity 2" blocks or beltless.
Impressive numbers after 5 weeks!
Yeah, I'll probably drop to alternating squat/deadlift first, then bench, then some sort of secondary exercise. Good suggestion!
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Originally Posted by Montecore
His heyday was probably well before your time, but his normal was quite recently our never.
Agree with the comments wrt deadlift positioning, though. Have you tried deadlifting before squatting since you've been back into it? I'm wondering if the issue is fatigue, proprioception/lack of practice with the movement, or both. You were sumotarding for most of your serious (i.e. post-Achilles) powerlifting days, right?
I competed conventionally for a while (up to 240kg), sumo is relatively recent. I liked sumo because it meant you could go harder at deadlift + squat training, but its harder on the hips for sure. I might play around with it as a secondary and see if I can ease back to the mobility.