For the next couple months my goal is to get down to 160 while:
1. letting my injuries heal and addressing whatever shoulder imbalances I have,
2. getting better at close grip bench, and
3. getting my squat back to a respectable level.
Weighted pullups don't really aid any of those goals, and might actually hurt the first one, so for the time being they are out. Once I move back to a surplus and start doing more volume they will certainly be implemented.
Lifted in the AM without any caffeine, so everything felt kind of heavy. Videoed the squats to see if there was something with my form, but can't really tell. Deficit deadlifts were hard.
For the next couple months my goal is to get down to 160 while:
1. letting my injuries heal and addressing whatever shoulder imbalances I have,
2. getting better at close grip bench, and
3. getting my squat back to a respectable level.
Weighted pullups don't really aid any of those goals, and might actually hurt the first one, so for the time being they are out. Once I move back to a surplus and start doing more volume they will certainly be implemented.
why is 8x8 good for your shoulder health but doing weighted chin ups at 4x4 or whatnot isn't?
also, i will be surprised if you can do 5x5 squats at 90%. don't think that is possible.
I can do about 15 pullups so 8x8 is just an easy way to catch a pump while focusing on doing the exercise correctly. I'm still pretty bad at actually using my lats.
dude on the left sitting down in the background looked like a kinda skinny-fat guy, confirm?
prolly just fat-fat
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Originally Posted by kidcolin
sick grind on the DL.
had a rep or two more in you on the skwat.
Yeah the fact that my hamstrings were shaking like that says to me that I haven't been pulling nearly enough. I was never really close to failing, but iirc it felt heavy enough that I just shut it down there.
Squats always look easier than they feel (in the video I think it looks like I had 3 more in the tank), but at the time I felt like I had 1-2 more. 310 next week for sure.
no doubt. whenever i view the vid of my rep out sets, I'm like "what a pussy" and then the next time I'm under the bar I'm like "ugh **** this is hard."
i have a hard time judging what weight to use for squats, and how many reps to go for, because squats are always hard. you know what i mean?
I know what you mean that squats are always hard, but this it really shouldn't be an issue to the point where weight selection and reps goals are fuzzy (unless you're much much stronger than people give you credit for). Auto-regulation of reps/weights is fine once you reach a relatively advanced level of strength. But you should be following a program like starting strength/ texas method/ smolov pretty much all the time until you get to that point.
All that auto-regulating is going to do for a beginner or intermediate is let them bitch out and not work hard enough to continue to make progress.
I know what you mean that squats are always hard, but this it really shouldn't be an issue to the point where weight selection and reps goals are fuzzy (unless you're much much stronger than people give you credit for). Auto-regulation of reps/weights is fine once you reach a relatively advanced level of strength. But you should be following a program like starting strength/ texas method/ smolov pretty much all the time until you get to that point.
All that auto-regulating is going to do for a beginner or intermediate is let them bitch out and not work hard enough to continue to make progress.
hey, could you explain what you are saying here please. i dont understand what you mean...
auto-regulate= making up weight, sets, and reps on the fly depending on how you're feeling for that day.
If you're injured then it's probably necessary. And if your recovery is compromised, either from being an advanced trainee or on a diet then it can be a good way to keep intensity and volume at appropriate levels. But for most of this forum, which I suspect includes you, allowing yourself to deviate from a program that is proven to work is going to hurt your results a majority of the time.
I almost always write my next workout the immediately after finishing my prior one. And I very rarely deviate from that plan unless injury is a concern. If I'm not feeling fully recovered, I'd prefer to take an extra day rest rather than compromise on the volume/intensity that was planned out by someone much more experience than I am.
here is another good article on it. but look at week 2 (note, they advice a 2 week introductory cycle so this is week 4)... you are doing 7 sets of 5 at 80% of your 1rep max AND 20 more pounds!! hahaha, is this possible?? anyone on here do this before?
