I’m not going to be a good judge of your squat, but you are looking lean and nice legs up there, Busy. I’m guessing they will say you are a couple of inches high in some of them, but this isn’t a PLing meet, ya know? The questions is, are you getting the benefit of being under and moving a very heavy load? YES YOU ARE!
And congrats on your lean down phase. That adapted Vdiet plan looks brutal. Is your strength dropping off? I notice if I don’t eat big, I loose strength gains just overnight. Will you do a cheat day or cheat meal once a week?
And I feel a little like I stopped a puck with my abz too! Seriously, doing well. Sleeping a lot, but feeling pretty good.
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
I’m not going to be a good judge of your squat, but you are looking lean and nice legs up there, Busy. I’m guessing they will say you are a couple of inches high in some of them, but this isn’t a PLing meet, ya know? The questions is, are you getting the benefit of being under and moving a very heavy load? YES YOU ARE!
And congrats on your lean down phase. That adapted Vdiet plan looks brutal. Is your strength dropping off? I notice if I don’t eat big, I loose strength gains just overnight. Will you do a cheat day or cheat meal once a week?
And I feel a little like I stopped a puck with my abz too! Seriously, doing well. Sleeping a lot, but feeling pretty good. [/quote]
Thanks for stopping in, Puff!
The powerlifters at the gym said my form was good.
No drop off on strength yet, but then I have a lot of fuel on my mid-section.
That lift was a PR in the video. I have tossed everything out on PR’s since I started over on revamping my lifting form.
I plan on a cheat meal once a week. Hopefully I will be able to stick to that.
I played 3 hockey games. Showed up early, filled in for the game before mine, team was short handed. They lost 0-4, had a couple of good break aways, couldn’t close the deal.
Played my game, we won 8-4, got a goal and an assist.
Filled in for the next game, which was a level above what I’m playing at. Scored the first goal of the game on a sweet pass from the other winger. Won 3-2.
3 hours of hockey. 2 goals, 1 assist. Pissed off couple of the upper level players to where they were slashing at me.
Seated Dumbbell Overhead Press
35 lb dumbbells x 12 reps
40 lb dumbbells x 12 reps
50 lb dumbbells x 12 reps
55 lb dumbbells x 8 reps - Right side just doesn’t feel right, week
Dumbbell Lat Raise
20 lb dumbbells x 12 reps
25 lb dumbbells x 10 reps
30 lb dumbbells x 8 reps
35 lb dumbbells x 6 reps - right side twisted a little.
15 lb dumbbells x 20 reps
Dumbbell Front Raise
20 lb dumbbells x 12 reps
25 lb dumbbells x 10 reps
30 lb dumbbells x 8 reps
35 lb dumbbells x 6 reps
15 lb dumbbells x 25 reps
Dec Rear Lat Machine
90 lbs x 12 reps
100 lbs x 10 reps
110 lbs x 8 reps
120 lbs x 6 reps - Right shoulder hurt
Squats…
0 lbs x 12 reps
75 lbs x 5 reps
135 lbs x 5 reps
155 lbs x 5 reps - felt it in my hamstrings
175 lbs x 5 reps - legs felt spent. Still recovering from the 3 hours of hockey from the day before.
Hey a vid!
Yep what Puff said nice legs.
I’ll leave the critique of depth to others.
I have trouble judging my own even when capturing a pic from the vid at the very bottom. lol
I recommend a different angle next time for filming to be sure.
If you are wanting to be sure that is.
But I think if you are trying to get the most of the lift, just below parallel, at parallel, or just above probably have the same benefits strength growth wise. I’m no expert though.
It is a matter of inches really.
Congrats on the PR!
Getting lower then I did in the video. Actually bounced the Olympic bar on the stops going down on the 5 th rep @ 215 and couldn’t get it back up. Need to set it down one more level.
Hoped for 1 rep @235, will get it next time.
Skipped back, tying to give right shoulder s rest.
I usually use the stops to judge if I am low enough too although I try not to crash into them. lol
How do you judge when to raise your lifts? Is it a part of a plan or do you just change it when you hit a certain number of reps for a certain weight and then go up by some amount?
Also I always film my lifts, I just don’t always post them unless I need opinions or if it is a new PR. Do you do this?
[quote]Charlie Horse wrote:
I usually use the stops to judge if I am low enough too although I try not to crash into them. lol
How do you judge when to raise your lifts? Is it a part of a plan or do you just change it when you hit a certain number of reps for a certain weight and then go up by some amount?
Also I always film my lifts, I just don’t always post them unless I need opinions or if it is a new PR. Do you do this?[/quote]
Thanks for stopping in, CH. Not a lot of traffic in here.
I think my next log will be named 2busy’s Fortress of Solitude.
I’m judging my squat depth by feel and using the mirrors, and I’m getting lower every time I go through a workout.
Right now, I start off low and increment by 20 lbs per set. I staggered the weights around so that I usually end up on the max lift of trying to do 10 lbs more then my previous workout/max lift. Sometimes I don’t get there, so I just repeat it the next time I’m back at the gym.
I do usually jump up for the first 2 sets with weight, and then go to the 20 lb increments.
I rarely film my lifts. I did the 225x5 because I was excited at hitting 4 plates.
I’ll film the next final lift on squats. I do want to see how it compared to last week’s lift.
