I have never seen belt squat in any of the gyms in my country, not even professional powerlifter gym…
The high-end powerlifting gym means that you have deadlift platforms, not just bang the floor, and maybe 1 SSB and MAYBE there is a deadlift bar somewhere. Thats it.
I do box squats on a pretty low box and i can get in good volume with little weight and little overall fatigue, but it wrecks my legs very good.
But i still do some lunges as i think one needs more than 1 exercise tho… Id like to be a training minimalist but i dont think works.
Duffalo 3" high box squat 410x3 420x3 430x3 440x3
Belt squat 315x10 335x10 355x18
Chin up +25 3x10 last set dropped the weight and did 5 more
Cable curl 140x15 drop to 100 and did 7 more
Challenging day. Felt a bit dizzy after the 440 on squats. The 18 on belt squat brought out the bro in me. There where some serious grunts during that set.
Log push press 175 3x5
Chin with 5 second negative 3x7
Log strict press 155 3x5
Neutral grip chin 3x8
Incline press 250 5,5,8
Belt squat 275 slow eccentric with pause at bottom 8,10,15
Cable bicep curl 150x15 drop to 100x10
Tricep rope press down 150x15 drop to 100x8
Was a good day. Happy to get the same reps as I did last week with 5lbs more in incline. The slow negative chin is brutal on the biceps, and the belt squat makes me want to die.
Really liking this training set up. I’m excited for some volume pressing on deadlift day instead of chins. Gonna do narrow grip bench with the shoulder saver. One thing I was thinking is to alternate rep schemes. Two volume days per week, and two heavy days. Not sure on that as everything is going well as is.
Skipped belt squat to let the hip recover. Felt pretty strong tonight. Log clean is getting better. I pinched my stomach once though. Balance is still being learned on these. I’ll probably go two more weeks with 10 lb increases before I lower the weight to practice form a bit.
Deadlift 545x1 585x1 (easiest this weight had ever been) 495 3x3
Narrow bench with shoulder saver 245 5x10
Belt squat slow eccentric with pause 275 3x10
Hammer strength row 245 3x10
Rope press down 180x10 110x8 80x8 no rest between sets
Cable curl 180x10 110x8 80x6 no rest between sets
Felt pretty strong today. Minimal back pumps. Went easy on the belt squat to ease back into it.
Haven’t logged in a bit. Been slightly lazy, but decent. Highlights and low lights are: bench I missed 355 5x3. 2 on the first set. Was an off day I think. Did 4x5 with 325 after that set. Log, 195 for 3x5 push press. I’m going to drop weight quite a bit and up the reps, that was pretty heavy for me. Squat 3x5 at 380.
Deadlift today.
Deadlift 505 3x3
Narrow bench with shoulder saver red 255 5x10
Belt squat 405 5,6,7
Weighted chin with 5 second eccentric +25 3x5
Deadlift day. Went back to chains to help with my hips which are a bit beat up. I’m only going to do weekly jumps of 10 lbs on deadlift, so I can progress longer.
Starting slow with the dips. They may or may not be the cause of previous shoulder discomfort. I’ll add some weight next week. I’m going to try to keep these very controlled.
I want to do more belt squats. I think I pushed to hard on them before. I think that was partly responsible for my hips being beat up. I think I’ll do them only on my two main pressing days.
I did start in TRT, with low T. Trt lead to blasting and cruising for me. I figured if I keep it moderate, that a few blasts is worth it. I wouldn’t have done a cycle where you have to recover t production. It’s been worth it so far for me. I’ll probably only do a few more blasts. I figure once I can’t hold the muscle in TRT, that more blasting isn’t worth it.