190 this morning. Had a nice brunch with the minis this morning; they are eating all of the food and never stop talking. Pretty cool how big they're getting.

12/27

DL (Working max= 370, 3/2/1)
10x135, 5x185, 3x225, 2x265, 2x280, 2x295, 2x315, 5x335 (PR)

Front squat
10x45, 5x95, 3x115, 2x135, 5x3x165

Leg Extension
2x20x115

Leg Curl
2x20x95

Adductor Machine
2x20x115

Standing Calf Raise
2x20x110



Tried to work on being a bit less back on my heels and a little more over the bar; the first rep is very not great and the remaining four seem like there's a slight bit of lower back softness, but overall I think it's ok-ish?

I don't think they look terrible, they just look heavy. WIM.

Nice pr. You definitely look a touch soft/round at the lumbar. It doesn't much seem like a strength issue either because you had some decent speed on all of your reps. Seems more like a set up issue perhaps? I dno. Nice job in any event.

POW,

I agree, higher butt is a bit different, and I didn't tighten up enough before that first pull either. I just need to work harder on pulling my lats down, really engaging my core more, and pulling up my chest harder.

Any chance you could edit future videos not to include the time it takes you to set up your straps?

I could do that, sure. It's unlikely that I will, though, as clicking forward to 15 seconds doesn't exactly take a ton of effort.

I definitely think the lats down and back, braced core, chest up, etc., is harder when you are fiddling with your straps for a while over the bar. I guess you just need to get in the habit of reminding yourself to tighten everything up and brace right before you pull.

FWIW, I definitely think 4 plates is there or almost there strength-wise.

Agree. I need to remember to get down on my haunches when I'm doing that, as it legit is a problem if it's affecting my setup.

Maybe. I was pretty nervous before that lift, and I need to get better about having a more positive mindset going into things. Maybe once I transition over into the strength/power miniblock on DFII's program I'll give it a shot? Need to talk to my guru, I guess. Probably going to keep running this through the end of January and then do some strength stuff for 4-6 weeks as directed -- I'd obviously be eating at or a little above maintenance for this portion.

I know I'm not alone here but if you constantly have lots of crap at the beginning of your vids I'm not going to watch them.

I bugged busteaux about this (as did others) and he changed his ways and gets more viewers now.

You can do whatever you want but the people demand more out of you Monte. You're our last hope.

BTM,

If it's too much work for someone to literally move the slidebar one inch on the screen, then I'm not sure what to tell you. I'm not trying to optimize my feed so you'll **** me, I'm posting videos of me lifting embarrassingly light weight, which means you definitely wouldn't **** me. Plus I have too few visible veins.

I'm not ultimately that concerned about my number of viewers, as my videos are all private. I'm pretty flattered that Weasel seems to consistently view my stuff, and the periodic feedback from the other stronger lifters on the board (Aidan/kc/DFII/saw/fakeb) and my e-bros that are mostly stronger than me but still progressing out of jellydick territory (POW/Yugo/loco/EV) is more than I ever expected/dared hope for when I joined the forum lo so many years ago.

Pretty sure ive mentioned before, but im not a fan of your head positioning. Im sure the arguments about spinal health are legitimate, but more importantly i think it negatively impacts ones ability to obtain and maintain good back position under load.

Nerves before a big lift is diff than positive attitude imo. I think a little to medium amount of anxiety is kind of desirable before attempting a heavy compound lift imo. You can be nervous while still being confident your lumbar isn't going to snap in two when attempting a deadlift.

As far as attempting maxes, I was just opining that based on the apparent ease of pulling 335x5 (minor form issues aside), you're probably capable of pulling 405, or are really close, not that you should actually try it. IIRC, you're not too keen on the idea of attempting really heavy bench/squat/dl. Makes sense if you have no interest in ever competing in PL and are only interested in looking good and staying healthy for MrsCore.

Yeah, I agree, but it's really hard for me to tighten up my t-spine without doing it, which seems to indicate some mobility and strength issues? I'm not really sure how to fix it, though.

POW,

Yeah, I got what you were saying, just re-iterating that near-max pulling and squatting is not really my bag for reasons you indicated. FWIW, the one rep max calculator puts 335x5 at near 380, and given my lack of 1RM pulling experience my true 1RM is probably a bit less than that. I think I can get there within the first six months of this year, though.

They looked ok. I would put your knees a little more in front of the bar

I remembered that cue as I was unstrapping from my last set

Will try to figure it out on Wednesday during my speed DLs.

Weight this morning: 191.0. About to board a flight to Boston via Newark. Swell.

12/28

Bench (paused): 10x45, 10x95, 5x135, 3x175, 2x215, 2x3*x235

Superset A (90 seconds rest):
Incline DB Bench: 8x5x80, 2x4x80
DB Row: 10x5x100

Superset B (60 seconds rest):
DB Flye: 5x10x25
Facepulls: 5x10x55

Superset C (60 seconds rest):
DB Hammer Curl: 5x12x20
Cable Triceps Pressdown: 5x12x75

Didn't have it today on bench, but sure why - just felt really heavy. Tiny bro spotting me helped a bit on both of the third reps, but I probably would have gotten them regardless. He chatted me up about building muscle and asked me about my routine, as he was a noob, so it was hard to get too rustled.

Punished myself with the 80s for incline and it was pretty terrible, but better than I expected. Maybe I'll get 10x5 in a few weeks.

Have a few days off lifting until I'm back on Wednesday morning (early). Feels necessary.

K.

Working my way through your log from the top.



WTH ever happened to this? Did you ever return to 315? Looked for pages and pages but never saw a single benching vidya. Do you have any 315 rep recorded? Shiet, I will take 135.

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FWIW he is still ranked in the top 2 pages

Never did, unfortunately. There's a bench video from a few months back, but they were not routinely recorded back in the day as I recall.

Now I'm super weak and still kind of fat. Great success.

what's the deal with medford? you around or what?

I'm off work all week so whatevs.

I'll actually be in cambridge Tues afternoon. I'll probably be free after 5 or 6 if people want to meet up.

Flying in tonight; should have time to do whatever tomorrow night if people want to get dinner or something.

I couldn't find a reply all button so I figured I'd just post here. Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to be free after Titan tonight. Had made some plans with the GF's friends that I don't think we can get out of at this point. Monte.... come to Titan?

Nice deadlifts mane

saw,

If your girlfriend is anything like I expect my wife would be, "we have to go meet one of my Internet friends" will not only get her to instantly acquiesce to the new plan, but will be a big time panty moistener as well. Your call though.

Re: Titan, i'll be working at the client site until 6:30, but even if I wasn't, I didn't bring any lifting gear, and even if I did, while watching my spine instantly crumble might be amusing, it's not something I'm relishing and would probably embarrass you guys. Maybe I'll swing by towards the end of the session of I get out early enough?

CB,

Thanks bro. If we both didn't know better, I'd say I was creeping up on you.