1/16

OHP
1x5x125
2x5x115

Bench
1x5x185
1x5x205
1x4fx205

Chins/Curls

1/17

Squat
3x5x275

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0gYxlwrA8A

Rows
5x5x165

Can't see the feet, which makes the vid less useful.
You still have a lot of 'chest-fall'. You may want to think about not bending so much at the hips, keeping the chest slightly more vertical (opposite of what most people need to do). This will probably also help with your weight shifting forward.

Agree in general, though this looks better.

It's kind of hard to tell, but to SiQ's point, it seems like you're bending over too much for how high the bar is placed on your back -- if you look at someone like fakeb squat, the bar is shoved pretty far down his back, and his knees don't go that far forward, so he HAS to bend pretty far over to keep the bar over the middle of his foot. I don't think that's really the case for you, so (as someone that has struggled with this sort of thing in the past, although admittedly not at the weights you're moving) my advice would be to just keep trying to tweak things such that you can maintain a vertical bar path and move on from there. Personally, figuring out how far forward and how soon I needed to set my knees was the thing that finally made things click for me.

Tried to do that yesterday with mixed results. Felt better but still looks like the bar dips forward of midfoot at the bottom.

1/21

Deadlift
1x5x370

Squat
3x5x280

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-eE3fXG1Nw
WS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUoGMEUZ5t0
WS3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LRzNofYbIA

1/22

OHP
1x5x125
2x5x115

Bench
5x5x195

Chins/Curls

Wow. What an improvement! I think, as you get used to the new movement patterns, you'll tighten things up a lot, but the differences are stark.

How'd it feel?

First two sets felt very good. I just sort of have to 'stay mindful' during the middle of the ascent because the temptation to make it easier by levering it up with my back is there. Third set I felt like I was losing it forward a bit more. Thanks for the encouragement.

Edit: Also the bar is shifting a little from left to right, and sliding down my back, so I may need to play with my grip a little

I've done some lifting, having a lot of issues with the bar moving around on my back, some of it might be psychological but it is very annoying.

Did 1x5x290, 1x4x290 squats, 5x5x175 Rows today

Did 1x5x127.5 OHP and 1x4fx217.5 recently as well

those videos: wow man, great job. huge improvements.
you can actually shave a couple of inches off of depth.

bar moving on your back:
1) make sure you're staying very tight with that shelf you make when you pinch your scapulas together.
2) use some chalk.

thanks yeah. I tried the chalk thing today, specifically applying it between my first and second sets when the bar had slid very far down my back on set 1. Anyway:

Squat
2x5x290
1x3x290

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO02zDGDhvs
WS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n40jKADJrVE

Called it on the last set because of bar movement issues and general lack of wim.

Rows
5x5x175

Cut Update:

I weighed myself at 212.6 just after writing this (after work, pre-dinner). I've been less disciplined with my cut lately than I had at first, but things are still going in the right direction.

Next time you squat take a video from the back and high up.

Trying to see in detail how you set the bar in place on your back.

makes sense, I'll do that next time

2/09

Bench
1x5x217.5
2x5x195

OHP
1x5x105
3x5x115
1x5x105

Chins/Curls

2/11

Forgot my squat shoes and got to the gym an hour and fifteen minutes before closing

Deadlift:

1x5x385
2x5x345

WS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KYDNxM6CPk

2/12

OHP
3x3x132.5

Bench
1x5x185
3x5x195
1x5x185

Curls

2/14

Forgot my squat shoes again

Rows
5x5x180

2/15

Squat

3x5x295

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1XZmA_Rf8Q (back view)
WS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9qxj_sJRqQ (side view)
WS3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuFT2HsyjwU (back view)

Bit of a regression form wise, although it maybe doesn't look as bad on film as it felt. Bar was sliding down my back and to the right on all sets and I was struggling to keep my chest up on the later reps. I tried putting chalk on the bar and my shirt and that probably helped a little.

Still it feels good to be actually squatting. I've been super inconsistent about that and would like to get back to doing sets with 315 by the end of the month, since I think it was 2/28 of last year that I first got 3x5x315 (albeit with worse form and at a higher bw)

Cut update: Weighed myself at 213.8 right before dinner. This is a pound higher than last week, which is a little surprising since I was decent about my diet this past week. There's obviously fluctuations and stuff so I'm going to keep an eye on it and see if this is a trend or not. A lot of people have told me I look thinner, and two weekends ago someone (outside the gym) described me as 'jacked' so that's cool.

2/16

Bench
1x3x220
1x5x220
1x8x205

Was planning to do 3x3x220 but decided to go for 5 on the second set

OHP
1x5x105
2x5x115
1x3fx115

The price of overreaching on bench I guess.

Chins/Curls

2/18

My legs were feeling really beat up all weekend.

Squat
3x5x300

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMK0YjWChXY
WS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCke37ySl3E
WS3: Camera didn't start

For the most part the first 3 reps would look decent and then things would start to stick on 4 and 5. I think I could probably descend slower.

Deadlift
1x5x390

Felt fineish.

2/19

OHP
1x3x132.5
1x2fx132.5
1x3x125
1x5x115

Bench
1x5x185, 195, 205, 195, 195

Chins/Curls

Still felt sore from Friday. I think the cut has something to do with that.

2/21

Squat
2x5x305
1x3x305

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCALKmfLSyw (back view)
WS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf_FMyvM8uE (side view)
WS3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvgUXWJI0nM (back view)

The second set looked the best imo. Pussed out on the last set. Part of it was that the bar was sliding very far down my back and was straining my wrists. Part of it was that the first rep I messed up something mentally and lost the first rep very far forward. And part of it was that I was lacking WIM. So it goes

Had to cut it short and so didn't do barbell rows

2/23

Bench
1x3fx222.5
1x3x215
1x5x205

OHP
1x5x105
1x3fx115
1x5x105

Chins/Curls

Felt pretty weak today

2/25

Squat
1x3x310
1x3x295

Felt super weak and beat up over the weekend. Partly because I was out at social stuff both nights and didn't sleep a heck of a lot. Anyway, shut down squats on Sunday because the form was super bad and weight felt very heavy. I think ideally I'd go down to whatever I could correctly do, and just do that.

2/26

OHP
1x3fx132.5
1x3x125
1x5x115

Bench
1x5x185
3x5x200

Chins/Curls

Felt weak this day too

2/28

Squat

1x3x310
1x5x310
1x5x295

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj6NZAbtrRQ
WS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWSZ20KLmg

First set I hit the bar on one of the safeties on the third rep, and it really messed up my form. I shut that set down after that. Grinded out five, I think pretty good, reps on the second set. Then went down a little for the third. My legs are getting a lot more DOMS-y than they usually do.

Rows:
5x5x185

Felt a little cheatier than usual.

Cut update. Weighed myself at 209.2 today

3/2

Bench
1x3fx222.5
2x5x205

I think I'm going to do a mini reset on my presses.

OHP
1x5x95
1x5x105
2x5x110
1x5x105

Just did a pyramid type set-up to manage fatigue.

Chins/Curls

3/3

Squat
1x5x295
1x5x310
1x1x295

WS1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq1q5e7Q-4s
WS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB6xqngSm5E

Just kinda bonked after the second set and felt weak in general. Seems to be a theme as of late.

Deadlift
1x2fx395

Again felt bleh

3/5

OHP
1x5x125
2x5x115

Was looking forward to some easyish sets with the mini reset. These were quite heavy though

Bench
1x5x185
3x5x195

Tweaked my lower back a bit on the last bench set. Hopefully that doesn't turn into anything bad.

Chins/Curls

3/7

BB Row
5x5x187.5

Knee felt bad so skipped squats

3/9

Bench
1x5x215
2x5x195

OHP
1x5x95
1x5x105
1x5x115
2x5x105

Chins/Curls