Theoretically belt squat is great. It gets a bit uncomfy for me. The belt bit. Not even much weight
The Spud belt is pretty comfortable.
Ye i dunno. Maybe I got the belt too low. Maybe I’m just a softi
You have the Spud belt? Maybe the wrong size?
Used a spud belt squat belt with at least one of the belt squats. Digs into my hips. Thought they were 1 size fits all.
No, it comes in 3 different sizes. I haven’t had any issues.
Hmm. Well let us know how it goes when u throw more weight on.
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Bench
35x8
55x5
70x5
77.5x5
90x10
70x20
SA BB Row
45x13,12,12
30x15
50 dips
50 reps ab wheel/dragon flag superset
50 band pull aparts
100 cal assault bike in 11:46
Felt badly today. Wasn’t happy with the top set but I think 70x20 is a PR. Dragged myself through the ab work and eventually had to listen to some David Goggins to get through the conditioning.
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3x3 tuck jumps
Deadlift
125x5
150x3
170x3
195x8
150x16 (sorta gave up early here)
Belt squat 55x25,20,21
100 band pull aparts
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Did 6 hill sprints a little after lifting.
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Press
35x5
47.5x3
55x3
60x5
47.5x12
60 pullups
70 dips
50 ab wheel rollouts
Afterwards went to the park and did a lot of broad jumps and 4 hill sprints. Maybe a dumb idea. Then on the way home evaded a creep whom I unfortunately encounter from time to time.
Undoubtedly one of the worst lifting sessions I’ve had in a long time. While I think today is an anomaly, I’m well past due for a TM decrease on press, deadlift, and bench. I plan to finish this cycle and then decrease TMs by 10# for press and bench and by 20# for deadlift.
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3x3 tuck jumps
Squat
35x5
85x3
100x5
110x5
125x5
100x5x5
54 pullups
56 pushups
Front rack BSS 55x8, 45x10, 35x12,10
I still have a lot of work to do on squats.
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Reread Jim’s “Runnin’ With The Devil” and decided on that for conditioning
3x1/4 mile run 1:41, 1:37, 1:36
2x1/8 mile run :42, :47
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Stupid me cut my knee kinda deep at work today. Good thing today was squats…
Clean reps. How’s it feeling?
Didn’t feel very clean to me tbh
That looks much better to me. And I can visibly see you tightening up your upper body before you start each rep.
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If you look close you can see a big difference. Your torso angle is changing a lot less throughout the rep, which is a huge deal. Forward lean is better than an upright squat that turns into a forward-leaning squat.
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@dagill2 @garagerocker13 Thanks, the mid-bar position and cues to keep my knees forward are helping a bit. I still want to learn to use my quads more though. With my previous very high bar position I thought my upper back was tight enough, but I think I was just pulling my elbows underneath me without doing much else.
Must say I’m glad I started this log because otherwise I, despite knowing that I’ve had this form issue for a VERY long time, probably would have kept ignoring and hoping it would fix itself. I feel a difference even at FSL weights, so I reckon I wasn’t ever really using my legs even at lower intensities.
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Nice log. Just popping in to say hello 