I wouldn’t disagree with that. I am reasonably familiar with both of them.
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53 pullups
3x3 tuck jumps
Squat
35x6
85x5
100x5
115x3
125x5
100x5x5
50 pushups
3x10 BSS holding 2 25# plates, last set followed by a burnout BW only with no lockout
Ran out of time for conditioning.
Definitely not a great top set. I experimented with bar position on the FSL sets, gradually lowering it over time. These sets felt a bit better, but I imagine it will take time to fully establish new habits.
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I know some members above mentioned you losing core tightness and bracing, which is contributing to your squatmorning pattern. Right now you’re going ass to grass, which is causing you to lose tightness at the bottom and giving you some butt wink. I don’t think that’s a flexibility issue that you can address. It’s just the way your body is. Might be a good idea to cut a little depth to maintain tightness.
Someone please call me out if this is wrong
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I was having the exact same thought. I would like to see a video that has a warmup weight on it, going exactly to parallel. I think core bracing is the likely issue (also because rep number one on the last set looked pretty okay), but being made worse by the depth.
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Given that this was in regards to the leg press and based off my most recent experiment, I’d go with belt squats as a leg press substitute. Absent a landmine, just use a loading pin.
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Or a barbell in a corner?
I consider that a landmine, haha.
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Me too, I was just confused by the idea that one could have a loading pin but not the option of “barbell in a corner”. I assumed there was some reason this wouldn’t work well.
With home gyms, some folks aren’t terribly jazzed about jamming the barbell in the corner. It can wreck walls. Can also just be a question of logistics and spacing. I legit don’t have an available corner in my garage to put a barbell in.
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That makes sense.
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I like belt squats without the landmine setup too.
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I have a landmine attachment, so I don’t need to worry about that setup. I have this one. But I have read that the loading pin + standing on something is superior. I could try to get a plyo box the same height as my bench.
Anyway, not trying to make perfect the enemy of good. I’m thinking about ordering Spud’s belt squat belt tonight along with a carabiner and chain from Amazon.
Pretty much nothing is superior to anything as far as lifting goes: just different. Goals drive choices. I’m a big fan of using as many tools as possible and just letting context dictate where they fall.
Belt squat belt is a great tool to have. I was using the Ironmind dip belt with success as well, and it works great for dips and chins.
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I was just about to chime in and ask if a belt squat belt is really significantly different from a dip belt to justify seeking out the former instead of the latter. At the gym I train at though, I feel like the immediate concern would be having to get a hold of piece of pipe of a suitable diameter and finding someone to weld a plate to the bottom of it and attach something to attach the belt to as KBs and DBs would be unwieldly to load up on.
Or learn how to weld. But then finding something to weld with
Ironmind’s belt squat belt has hooks on the front and back allows you to just hook onto a barbell like so
A great solution when equipment is minimal.
It sounds like you’re talking about a loading pin
A million different companies will sell you one. Otherwise, just take a 2"/50mm plumbing pipe nipple and screw a flange onto it: no welding required.
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Neat!
Yes exactly!
Thanks a ton, I’ll investigate next month what’ll be the best expense. This month I have dental work that needs doing…
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About to order a belt but wondering how this would look. Would I buy something like this to attach the belt to the barbell?
Use a carabiner, and then you need some sort of loop. You could use a small length of chain or some tow straps from an auto parts store.
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Bench
35x6
65x4
77.5x5
87.5x3
97.5x7
77.5x15
SA BB Row 45x11,12,12,8
52 dips
50 reps ab wheel/dragon flag superset
100 band pull aparts
8 rounds tabata on assault bike
I felt kinda weird and weak going into the workout, so I’m extra happy with the top set PR. It’s gonna feel awesome to eventually bench 100x10.
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Good job, I think your bar path could be slightly better though. Seems like you are asking your triceps to do a lot of work as your wrists end up behind your elbows. I’m not a big bencher though so I might be wrong
Also, see this
