Welp, hold tight for mid-2016 for the next photo that demonstrates that I'll have at best made 0 progress

looking sexy af
I'd swipe right. don't tell the wifeacore

What is this, the 70's? I can't get off to these with all the hair.

Or get some photoshop done, like the Biebs

I have to share all my impure thoughts with her, but she understands that you're under a lot of stress as a new father and will only crush one of your jimmies as a compromise. And thanks.

I am legit the least hairy member of either side of my family, and not by a little bit. The men on my in-laws side look like they wear sweaters at the beach. The papacore rocks a pretty nice upper body merkin as well. Maternal uncle looks like a wookie. All things considered I'm in pretty good shape.

don't think anyone would believe me looking that SWOLE

Hair is manly, no shame in that

Seriously how are you guys this lean

There's a very complicated algorithm:

Amazing progress, Monte. If you had submitted a month earlier, you may have been in the running for a golden loco. Goldenbusto probably would have probably just made up another category just to give you one.

Everyone has nits to pick with Rippebro, but he's spot on about consistency being paramount. You're a great example.

Not a bad look for a Casper from Indiana.
Not at all.

A few more kilos of LBM in upperbody/mid-section + a bit of sun and you're ready to put all the lazy DNELS to shame at pool parties come next summer.

No. Nothing wrong with chemical help per se but where's the fun with PEDs?
An important part of the appeal of teh iron game is the challenge, having to put in the WORK to chase the dream.
Not that PEDs'd turn erryone into a hulk overnight but taking shortcuts would ruin the fun.
IMO.

Weight this morning: 190.2.

1/13

Squat: 10x45, 5x95, 5x135, 3x175, 2x205, 5x5x255
DL (Speed): 10x135, 5x185, 3x235, 3x2x285
Leg Extension: 2x20x120
Leg Curl: 2x20x120
Adductor Machine: 2x20x120
Standing Calf Raise: 2x20x120

Moved up 10 lbs, so 5 mins between squats instead of 4, 3 minutes between deads, 90 seconds between everything else as usual. Back still looks not quite set in DL; I think squats are better wrt forward knee and bar travel?

Bar is still traveling forward at the bottom on squats. Have you tried cutting depth a little?

I know it's still traveling forward, I just said I think it's better than it was before. I could cut depth a bit, but it's hard for me to tell where parallel is and it would take some work.

Knees look better, though, yes?

This is the only other squat video i could find and i looked back like 4 pages. Is there another video you had in mind? I think this is from November. Knees look better in the first rep of the latest set but besides that rep, knees look almost exactly the same to me.

ETA: Just watched both again, knee travel look almost ecaxtly the same on every rep.

I thought squats looked pretty good.

Weasel knows what he is talking about imo.

It looks like you are diving the bar forward on a descending angle and you have to bring your knees forward to compensate. The last rep that looked good you were sitting back a little and that didnt happen. Keep the weight on your heels and drive through your heels on the way up. You dont roll forward but you can see that you do put more weight on the front of your feet when the bar descends that way and your knees go forward.

I don't see a real legit way to get my knees to travel any less forward than they already are, but getting back on my heels a bit more would probably be better.

I definitely get too far forward onto my toes at least one rep per set.

I do the same thing and I've been trying to fix it for like 4 years so if you figure it out let me know.

If you did 135 would the bar path be the same? My guess is that it would be more vertical but I'm not positive.

It is more vertical, but not completely so.

So what does that tell us? You are capable of doing it but you are deficient in some muscle so when the weight gets heavy you cheat?

Probably. Take a vacation from this log for a while though; I'm not interested in dealing with the socratic method from you.

You probably want me too leave now to but i believe the reason is the exact opposite of what BTM posted.

Weasel,

Quite the opposite, your input is always appreciated! And I'd welcome elaboration on your last point, if you're so inclined.

It wasn't a rhetoric. I was generally interested in what it means because I do the same thing.

But weasel: please explain what you mean that it's the opposite of what I asked.

I think you are just getting in barely the wrong position on the way down and at the bottom. So when there is barely any weight on the bar, you can muscle through it and get the bar more inline with your midfoot even though you are not in the correct position. When it gets heavier, being out of position a little bit will be tougher because you arent able to muscle the bar into the right position. This doesnt mean you are too weak and thats why you aren't able to keep the bar straight with 225 but you can with the empty bar.

ETA: So if you get in a better position, you wont have to try and muscle into the correct position by getting your "weaker muscles" stronger or whatever which is almost impossible when you get to like 70% plus of your max

So get my ass and knees further back at the bottom in some way?