Deciding whether or not to purchase Adidas performance squat shoes. How do these shoes run? Regular shoes I'm normally 9.5-10. Any ideas?

dooo iiiit. they look sick. pretty expensive, i guess when i get a bit more serious ill get them.

difference between those shoes and going barefoot?

Difference is absolutely enormous. It helps you stay upright during the squat, minimizing dangerous "squat-morning" tendencies and maximizing quad recruitment while allowing larger range of motion for extra recruitment overall.


EV, don't bother with expensive adidas shoes. http://www.maxbarbell.com/collection..****ifting-shoes has some much more affordable ones. I've had mine for 3 years now.

Also do more ****ing back sets you ****ing pussy jfc.

Ty. Went with Wei-Rui for about half the price of the Aidas ones.

Difference is not "absolutely enormous" unless you have serious issues that should be fixed prior to getting shoes. They are good though, and definitely get my vote.

I also think depending on serious-level, you do get more out of more expensive shoes, but the cheap Wei-Rui's are probably totally fine and will get you at least 80-90% of the benefit.

1/25/15
163.0 lbs

- off day today, hope I can hit the gym tomorrow. Snow supposed to be 16-30 inches by me.

Macros
2,760
73f/356c/193p

1/26/15
162.0 lbs

- tough day at academy. Forced myself to workout cause I know I won't be able to workout tomorrow due to state of emergency. Had to do 300 push ups, squat thrusts and mountain climbers. Pretty exhausted.

Upper body

DB flat bench 3x10
70x10 x3

Flat bench flys 3x12
35x13
35x12 x2

Lat Pulldowns 3x12
140x12 x3

DB row 3x10
70x10 x3

Upright rows 3x10
70x8
60x10 x2

DB curls 3x10
30x10 x3

Close grip bench 3x10
95x15 x2
115x9

Macros
2,912 calories
81f/371c/216p

1/28/15
- plan to hit 325 soon for DL for double body weight

Back/bis
DL 2x5/ 2x3 belt/no straps
275x6
285x5
295x3
315x3

pull ups 3x10
Bwx12 + 40x5 assisted
Bwx10 + 55x5 assisted x2

DB rows 3x12
75x12 x3

Cable rows 4x8
140x8 x3
160x8

DB curls 3x10
30x10 x3

Incline curls 3x10
25x10 x3

Hyper extensions 3x10-15
x10 x3

Abs 1 exercise

Macros
2,742 calories
69f/357c/193p

Only 10 sets for lats? c'mon bro...

Plus dem DL sets

1/29/15
161.8 lbs

Upper body
Bb bench 2x8/ 2x5
185x9
185x8
205x5 spot (4)
205x4 spot (3)

DB incline bench 3x10
65x10 x3

Flat flys 3x12
35x15
40x12 x2

Seated reverse flys 3x10
15x12 x3

Side raises 3x10
25x12 x3

DB extensions 3x10
50x15
55x10 x2

One arm cable extensions 3x12
15x12 x2
20x10

Macros
2,797 calories
73f/327c/229p

v nice incline db. That's about the weight I use!!

Went snowboarding today, was cold AF. Booking it as a leg workout. I'm sure loco will be in here trolling in no time.

New macros
- weight 161.0 lbs, was 161.2 one week ago.
- hopefully will gain at least 1 lb this week. Starting to feel like 2900-Ish calories is nothing. Srs.

2,975 calories
75f/380c/195p

NOT A FACKING LEG WORKOUT, DO SOME SKWATS!

I was squatting the whole time. Ever go snowboarding be4?

You snowboard ass to grass?

Lol.

If you're in the park like me, you def get a good workout. You're constantly jibbing and pressing on rails and boxes. Also the 30-40' kickers works as squats when you land lol.

Been slacking on updates here. My physical activity is crazy right now. Academy + lifting 5x week + cardio on top of academy 2x week. Since last update I upped macros to 80f/410c/195p and lost weight. I'm at 159.4 lbs as of today. I have increased strength but it's still poverty weights.

I guess I just don't get the point of all this? You started this thread at 160lbs wanting to get up to 180lbs.

Now all this time later you're at 159lbs, overdosed on vitamins, and seem to be exhausted all the time. Does counting all these calories and making sure they are made up of x/y/z really seem worth it?

Seems like if I was dedicating so much of my life to something I would want to know that I was going to get awesome results. If I wasn't happy after this long I would probably modify things to make it easier on myself.

Like.... workout 30 mins a day 5 days a week... go golfing on the weekends. That's the ideal life. Not the macro carb gluten this that and the other nonsense.

Don't mean to come derail your thread. I'm just curious how people can dedicate so much time to this nonsense that often times leaves them unhappy in the end.

Greear,

not sure if you realize this but he is now in the police academy which is kind of hard and time consuming

Like weasel said I'm in police academy now so there's not much I can do about that. Physical part sucks. I'm in a big class so people generally mess up more and the whole class is penalized for it. My lower back, shoulders and hips are constantly being put in "bad" positions during these times we are being punished. When we do self defense classes, we have to learn wrestling/martial arts moves. My point is that it's more likely for me to get injured and the workouts/punishments are very high intensity. I need to do my own workouts to make sure I am gaining strength/keep my body composition. I am also running a half of marathon in April so I need to do my own cardio throughout the week.

Due to all of this, I need to stay on top of my diet. I could get away with not counting macros and eat what I want but I guarantee I would just maintain/lose weight if I did that.

To answer your questions, I am happy with what I am doing. I believe I have made myself a better person by making these sacrifices and when I wake up/goto sleep I am happy with how I am living my life. I'm not sure what your background is on fitness/nutrition but after a certain point gains are very tough to come by and one must has to look at yearly progress. I'm not at this point yet but I have a lot going on right now and doing all I can to stay on top of everything.

EV,

Greear dumps his clumping cat litter down his toilet, so I think it's safe to say that you two aren't exactly operating at the same levels wrt mental discipline and focus and whatnot. What you're doing is legit impressive; keep it up.

Grear10 you sound horrible. I can't believe EV even dignified that ****post with a long response.

Lol **** dedication to anything, let's all just (not) strive for mediocrity.

lmao how the fack do you know that. Anyways, thanks.

Meh, I used to talk to Greear a decent amount. Only reason I gave him a srs response.