Yikes, its worse than I thought. :/

It's not bad, knees out better than before. Try to drive straight up, you're hip driving a bit too much for a HBBS. pretty solid overall

Yeah, agree with Aidan. Fair bit better than the last video.

Thanks for the advice, guys. Much appreciated.

Forgot to update my log yesterday. I did:

HBBS 190x3x5
Bench 177.5x3x5
DL 325x5

HBBS tried to focus on driving straight up more. Video coming. Still some weird hip shifting going on. Bench was ok. Just trying to do as much as possible without hurting myself. And DL felt great. I really focused on nailing my form. I even set up the camera but it fell over. Bleh.

Video of my first squat set coming up.

Are my feet the right space apart?

Great ass bro!

The spacing seems good (maybe a smidge wide), but can't tell if slight angle of camera or what so I'm not convinced, but they may not be even. The right one could be back a bit and pointed out more? Hard to tell from this angle.

Stretch you calves before squatting as you're also rocking your feet forward and in at the bottom of the squat, particularly the left one.

Awesome, thanks guys. So Busto suggested that I start doing pin squats. It would eliminate the hip shift at the bottom and am not giving up much in the way of gains. So here is what today's workout looked like:



Then in order to battle my tendonitis I tried some narrow grip bench:



Then to work the hamstrings:



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For pin squats, I'd set the pin lower. Otherwise you'll get stronger in a less useful ROM. Really try and control it down, stay tight when the bar hits the pins!and then evenly try to push up. First rep shifted a bit, but others were straighter for sure.

For the RDLs, use less ROM. Don't go so deep that your knees bend, try to keep them in the same slightly bent position through the lift. Should feel it entirely in the hams at the bottom. Slightly narrower stance too

Awesome, thanks so much. I want to go lower on pins but also want to avoid any hip shifting if I can. I was also adding in some reps with the pins quite a bit lower and setting the bar down and just focusing on exploding upwards. I'll be doing more today and filming.

Ok back after it. Starting a 3 month push to get to where I wanna be. Here is what I did today:

HBBS (to pins) 225x3x5

HBBS (from pins) 225x2x5

RDL 225x2x10

Bench 135x3x10

My tendonitis wasn't awful today but wasn't awesome either. Videos incoming.

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To pins:



Lowered it one notch.



Is this too low? I think I either need to lower the weight or raise the pins because I'm not getting any explosiveness here.

And RDL:



Tried to focus on all hamstrings here with lower ROM. I tweaked my right hamstring on the squats so I wasn't at 100%. I and switched to mixed grip to ensure grip wouldn't be the limiting factor like last time (it wasn't).

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Got out and lifted again today. Here is what it looked like:

HBBS to pins: 230x2x5
HBBS from pins 190x2x10
Bench 140x10
Narrow grip bench 140x10
Wide grip bench 140x10
Hang cleans 135x5x2

Felt alright.

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Im still wondering about your feet position - are they symmetrical? Or is it just the camera angle?

Dead stop efforts just won't be as explosive as a normal lift becuase you miss out on the stretch reflex. The second vid looks decent to me, though we're missing your butt/hips from the vid.

Straps are great for RDL's, but they look pretty solid anyway.

Dunno about feet position. I'll monitor more closely going forward.

Forgot to update my log on Friday. Was a pretty boring lift.

Got out and lifted again today:

HBBS to pins 240x3x5
HBBS from pins 240x2x5
RDL 240x2x10
Bench 150x10
Narrow grip bench 150x10
Wide grip bench 150x10

My tendonitis has really been feeling a lot better but when I woke up today it was agonizing. I couldn't even get close to straightening my arm. But I worked and worked on it, stretching and rolling, etc. Feels a lot better now, although still annoying. Was able to work out at least.

Moved the pins higher for my squats from pins. It really helps me be explosive even if it's less ROM.

My body weight was actually 0.3 pounds higher than last week which is lame because I crushed compliance this last week. Whoosh must be coming.

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Another lifting day. Tendonitis feeling pretty bleh when I woke up today but lots of stretching and rolling and I don't even notice it. Today I:

HBBS to pins 245x3x5
HBBS from pins 245x5
RDL 245x2x10

Then I did a bunch of upper body assistance work to round it out. Focused on stuff that wouldn't put too much stress on my elbow.

My squats are feeling really good. Using my muscles a lot more evenly when I feel like I wasn't doing on full squats. Hopefully I can just cruise up the weights on this at least through the end of the year.

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Another standard day for me. Pretty bad tendonitis pain when I woke up but basically gone now. Sigh. Today I:

HBBS to pins 250x3x5
HBBS from pins 250x2x5
Single leg DL (each leg) 135x10
Bench 160x8
Wide grip bench 160x5

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Pretty happy with my lifts today. I got a massage on Saturday and it really helped loosen up my shoulder to basically full mobility. Probably 95% ROM pain free. Tendonitis is still a thing although it feels better that when I went out to lift. Oddly enough the most pain I felt was just getting under the bar to squat the first set.

Here is what today looked like:

HBBS to pins: 255x3x5
HBBS from pins 255x2x5
RDL 255x2x10
Bench 175x5
Narrow grip bench 175x5
Wide grip bench 175

Form checks coming in a couple minutes, although it felt pretty good.

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HBBS to pins:



First rep wasn't very level but after that there is an improvement. Looks like I'm not shoving my knees out enough though.

HBBS from pins:



Just trying to focus on explosion. The pins are a bit higher.

RDL:



Might be going to low here and looks like I'm losing lower back extension on some of the later reps.

Got out and lifted today.

The important stuff:

HBBS to pins: 260x3x5
HBBS from pins 260x2x5
Bench 135x3x12

And then some accessory workout.

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Squats look squarer, though could be the reduced ROM. Do you plan to lower over time?

RDLs definitely too deep. Stop before your knees bend. Might need to reduce the weight to nail down the form.

Ok awesome, thanks. Filmed my RDLs on Monday, will post later. Not sure about lowering the pins on my squats right now. My lower back has been much healthier and I'd like to keep it that way.

Pretty awful weekend for me. I was awake 30+ straight hours Friday-Saturday and when I went to bed finally, my girl woke me up a couple hours later and we went and spent the night in the hospital. She's fine but it completely wrecked my Sunday, wasn't able to get steps or anything. Bleh.

Managed to sneak a workout in on Monday.

HBBS to pins 265x3x5
HBBS from pins 265x2x5
RDL 185x2x10
Bench 155x12/12/11

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First set of RDLs:



A little less ROM on second set:

Aaaaand my rib is out. Tried to workout today, no good. Headed to an emergency chiro appointment, he should be able to get it back in.

Gonna be questionable the rest of the week.

Sighhhhhhhhh