This is my last week of normal training and then a week long taper. I’ll test next Saturday, dec 5th

Don’t mind the critique at all, I post mostly squat videos to get opinions on both depth and RPE estimates. I think the 475 was very close. When I freeze it at the bottom I think I’m right at parallel. But it might not pass at a meet, it prob depends on the federation and judges. I’m not really worried about since I’m not competing soon and it’s a random single @8 and not a max attempt anyway.

I might compete in the future, haven’t decided yet. It prob won’t be any time soon though bc of the virus and another baby due in may.

While it can be tough in photos to find a good reference for establishing parallel, I think it just got there.

It passes in every fed other than usapl probably. Anyway, doesn't matter. A lot of world class raw PLers cheat depth slightly for gym PRs and just go deeper for meets. As long as the standard for comparison is consistent, progress can be recorded, which is the whole point of PRs.

Yea, when I watched at first I wasn’t sure but when I froze it there thought it was good

Agree with this

W16d3

Shoulders still achy and def have an impingement on the right one. It’s not too painful that I can still bench but think it’s affecting me some. Mostly I’m going with a slower eccentric trying not to aggravate it. Hopefully feels better as I taper, if not will prob have to take some time off from benching after I test.

Pause bench:
270x3
285x3
300x3 @10

Was hoping to be @9 here but was not and they felt terrible. Didn’t do a back off bc of my shoulder

Pin squat:
365x3
390x3
415x3
395x3

Pendlay rows:
225x5
250x5
275x5
265x5

Arm pump

Taper workout 1

Almost didn’t bench today bc of my shoulder but after an extensive warmup and some light sets it didn’t feel too bad. I did feel a pinch when I did 305 and my concern is that might happen when I go heavier. I still plan to test bench next Saturday as long as it isn’t getting worse with each attempt.

Bench:
Opener: 305x1

84%x2x3: 280x2x3

Squat:
Opener: 455x1

82%x2x3: 410x2x3

One arm banded rows

Not sure what you guys are smoking. Hip crease has to be below the top of knee. It's not even close, Renton is a notorious high squatter. His opinion not valid.

No lift, we move on.

Can't wait to see Rich's super high squats. The standards around here have definitely deteriorated. Where are you Aidan? No Lift these people, i was no lifted without mercy.

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The nitpick king has spoken. You should see the example he posted of his hero doing a squat with proper form.

This is the guy everyone should listen to about how to lift because he can lift one db at a time. Amazing!

What's your tgt weight and what's your ramp up look like?

Those squats did look a little weird but I’ve seen other videos of fakeb squatting where his form was good, so maybe just not the best example.

Goal all along was 345 and to go 305/325/345. With my shoulder messed up not really sure and will just adjust that day based on how it feels

Says the guy who expected credit for an incline press clearly helped up by his spotter. Anyway, my squats are to depth. We're not talking about my squats, which you've never seen. We've talking about one of Beech's squats, which is subject to the camera angle and other photographic effects. Look closer at the hip fold, which looks to be below the knee if you look objectively at Beech and not at the surroundings.

You should spend more time on your own squats with that bad butt wink -- which is fixable if you'd focus on it. You'd get more out of that kind of thing. It takes heart, but it can be done.

Yeah given that the camera is clearly close to the floor and angled up it's going to skew the view. And lol at trying to critique someone else's 475lb squat when he can probably do half that weight.

Nov 30: taper workout 2

Bench:
285x1x4

Sumo DL:
Opener: 515x1
485x2x2

Dec 2: taper workout 3

Went thru warmups for each lift

Dec 5: test day

Today was pretty disappointing all around. Did not feel fully recovered and didn’t hit my goals on any of the lifts really.

Squat:
455x1
485x1
505x1 PR+5
Was hoping to do 515 but adjusted my 3rd attempt after 485 moved pretty bad. Depth was questionable

Bench:
305x1
325x1
345x technical fail
Got this up but butt came off the bench

Sumo DL:
515x1
560x1
605xf
I was pretty dead by the time I got to deadlift and tweaked my mid back when benching so wasn’t surprised. 605 wasn’t even close and I gave a half ass attempt at it knowing it prob wasn’t going to happen

I think I need to stick with 8-10 week programs like I’ve done in the past and 16 weeks is too long. Felt like I started getting nagging injuries after like 12 weeks or so. Might also go back to testing each lift on different days as well; this was only the second time testing all 3 in one day. I’ll try to post videos later

What were your previous PRs for bench and dl?

Where did you get this program? Is it a named program?

Good job on the squat PR even though you weren't 100%

Previous PRs were 335 and 600. The 600 pull was pretty ugly and I hitched it pretty bad though.

I wrote this program. I wanted to try a 16 week program and was eyeing the Calgary bb 16 week program but the workouts seemed like they would take too long so I just wrote a program instead. I’m limited to 1.5-2 hours depending on how long my daughter naps. I think 8-10 weeks is more ideal for me

Are you going to take another light week now before you start back into a 10wk?

Yea I’ll deload this week for sure, I feel completely wiped tonight. I don’t think I’ll then go straight into another program. I might just do my own thing for at least a few weeks and try out some of the new bars/equipment I’m getting. Hopefully getting a landmine attachment in addition to the SSB, trap bar and football bar. I’ll prob go back to push/pull/legs arms for a little and do mostly lighter higher rep stuff and look to start another program in late January

Yeah seems like a good idea. Pivot blocks are fun.

345 bench: https://youtu.be/lGSWfrmcZHs

505 squat: https://youtu.be/Yl_KwyDZUsE

That 345 didn’t even look that bad considering.

You going to try for 350 on your next go around?

Squat speaks for itself.