Meh. Sounds like a corollary to #1.

Weight: 164.4

I'm wasting away. Pizza is the only solution. I'm also a ton stronger than when I started the last squat cycle. So its fine. There are really only two options. I'm either going to become quasi hooge or the strongest dude ever at 164 if my numbers keep going up. Obv #1 is preferable. But it'd be cool to lift heavy stuff.

DB Snatch
5x2x70
2x60

Clean
5x1x165
2x150

Front Squat
1x225
2x210

Some guy asked me "Maxing out?" I was like "Umm... This is my light day." I was also asked what I was training for the other day. So I assume my skillz look better than the 35 year old guy who was rolling up his sleeves for 45lbs DB rows.

Beat: Couldn't find a KB >12KG.

Sweet brag.

Still kinda sore. lolz Tabata 18 straight through. I'll take it.

Did a little bit of planche stuff. I'd like to work up to sets of 10s tuck planches. Gah. Shizzy is hard. I did a tabata of holding my legs off the floor (name of exercise eludes me), sucks IMO.

Maybe I'll try a tabata of flutter kicks next time. All these leg oriented ab exercises are brutal. :/

Strained my right glute/ham area. Feels bad. Did some pistols. Strength is there, but just feels bad. Not gonna chance it with high intensity squats. Gonna try some ART on it and see what it feels like tomorrow.

http://strengthmill.net/forum/showthread.php?t=700

Yeah... Its totally not a 2 week injury. This is just really bad soreness or a little tweak... not real sure atm. I'll see how it feel in the morning. Probably do some PNF later.

What kind of art?

I was gonna rub a tennis ball on it, then maybe an ice pack. Instead I got caught working and totally forgot. Little bit of soreness today but mostly gone. This happens to me somewhat frequently. Perhaps for using angles I don't normally use with BW movement or just tweaking it while prying or something. Who knows. Not really an actual worry.

Knees were grinding during warmups and popping during OHS with bar (keep feet even but managing not to lose the bar is brutal. I suck). Someone tried to give me some quick coaching. Basically all I got was: "Keep doing it. Either you will do them or you won't." Which is my current MO since I'm not going on a hunt for a competent OHS coach.

My squats still blow. ***** hammy.

DB Snatch
1x80
2x1x70

Clean
1x180
2x2x150

Squat
1x265
1x275 (f)
2x245
1x245

1x275
2x2x245 was Rx

I got the 275 too far forward and bailed on it. Oh well. Safety barz FTW. Partly a hammie issue, partly just ****ty form also. Whatev. If I squatted with perfect form, I have little need to spend all this time in the gym.

Another day. Higher reps wear out my thumb on the hook grip. Oh well. I find sticking my thumb really far through helps... Personal issue? Common? Explanation: I find my thumb knuckle between index/middle fingers and the tip of my thumb overlapping my ring finger. I have large hands for my build.

DB Snatch
5x1x70
1x2x65
2x2x60

Clean
5x1x165
1x2x150

Front Squats
2x2x210

ZOMG. I completed the squats. Did some shoulder dislocates/Snatch Balance/OHS with a broomstick after.

Tennis ball is cool. Lately I've been using foam rollers for upper back, hams and a(b/d)ductors. At the dojo they have this semi-soft oblong device that does some semi-orgasmic tissue work.

If I push my thumb too far in it feels as if my nail is gonna be ripped out.

Sorry for lack of updates.

Friday I did my workout and it was a high intensity one. My squats just suck. I'm not sure whats wrong and my shoulders felt terrible. So I took weekend off. Saturday I did Tabata squats... 18s straight through which was brutal. I'm gonna go for 19 next time. I need to make sure I go down all the way... Somewhere between rep 80-130 I sometimes use trunk flexion to compensate for knee flexion. Oh noes.

Sunday rested. Yesterday I did a ladder of 1x push up 2x squats finished round 14 and got 10 pushups into 15. I'm not really pleased, but whatev.

I took a day today to work on my squat form and make sure all way well. Still sore from yesterday.

Squat
8x45
8x135

Pistols
5xBW

Squats
2x5x185

OHS
5x45
5x50
5x55
5x60

Kinda interesting doing the OHS while tired. Additionally, I think I'll try to work on doing a pistol with a broomstick overhead. That looks brutal.

do you go ass to grass, or just past parallel? If I go atg my hammies relax and I think bad things happen to my knees, so I don't go down that far.

Also describe your squat form, when you have it down good.

There's a lot of things I have forgotten about correct form, and even when I feel like I have it down one day, a little extra load turns it into ****.

I dunno if my form is that great. I just think 1) big chest 2) ass out 3) weight back on heels 4) Keep head back (I drift forward too much and use excess torso flexion, probably when I thought I was a badass powerlifter ldo).

I got just past parallel, about halfway between atg and parallel. My lumbar curve goes neutral and going any farther isn't in my best interest.

thremp,

i dont know if this has been posted before, but was curious as to how old you are if you're comfortable sharing it.

23

I did a tabata of flutter kicks/bridges. Wasn't too bad. I'm still feeling a little sore probably from the ladder I did.

I'm curious how I'm going to fit in my goals with programming in the future. I'm probably gonna try to work on progressions etc as feeder workouts/active recovery and sub in some of the stuff I do for ab work at the end of each SS workout. I'm not quite sure if I gonna do the extra work. Maybe I'll do like 3x12 of curls and really feel the pump.

Okay. So I did another workout.. I think I did one yesterday too... Who knows. I don't.

Regardless, my squatages are still teh ghey. So I put it to you HF posters, should I press onward with horrid failure training... Reset this program and restart (v meh), or jump to SS (probably 90% this way). I have till Monday. Don't worry. If I start SS, it'll be a ridiculously low weight so everyone can be like "ZOMG u fat weak fk".

Ab definition finally? One time dealer.

I started SS today. I did some stuff in between. Random stuff. Don't remember most of it. Tabata, ladders, random gym stuff. Lots of rest as well.

Squat
3x5x175

Bench
3x5x135

Deadlift
5x185

My knees felt ****ty again when I got home so it kinda concerns me that deadlifts are messing with my knees. Boo hiss. No pain. Just crunching sounds. Whatever. If I become crippled I become crippled.

Take a joint supplement

I probably should. But I don't really know anything about them and I'm kinda hesitant despite my use of supplements for a variety of other things (mostly CNS stim).

I've heard fantastic things about them; many people complaining about cracking in their joints. Usually cleared up by a joint supplement. I'm thinking of picking one up myself because I too have slight problems with my knees; nothing major though.

Best I know if you want to drop some money is Animal Flex by Universal.

But if you want something relatively cheap: http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/gcm.html - NOW is a great company.

This is happening to me also. Well, except that I also have pain. I am about a month into a 5x5 program and squatting 3x/week. I have started taking a glucosamine/chondroitin supp and am going to cut back on the squats for a bit.

Giving yourself a form check would probably be helpful too.