The weather/ice wasn’t a problem this morning. The salt trucks were out all night. My kids school has a 2 hour delay though.
JJ, the fat bar may or may not be helping but it adds a twist to my workout that I like.
I had a PT as a patient today and couldn’t help but ask about my shoulder. Come to find out my spine is out of whack and may be causing the shoulders to be out of groove. My low back is over curved and the middle back curves the wrong way. Just something else to work on now.
Souds like you re getting a handle on that shoulder. I bet you will have that by the tail soon!
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
Souds like you re getting a handle on that shoulder. I bet you will have that by the tail soon![/quote]
I feel like I’m falling apart.
Why do I feel like singing kumbaya when I see your new thread title? I think it was Wendler (all genuflect) who said in one of the articles here he was doing some neck work now. Hope you get the shoulder felling better soon.
Harry, I don’t think I’m big enough to stop you from singing whatever you want to.
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dead 135x5,225x3,315x3,405x3,440x3,495x3,515x1
GM 135x10,155x5,175x3,155x5,135x10
ab roll 405 7x3 sets
GMs/stiif deads/back ext need to become staples in my workouts. My low back needs work. I don’t think the semi-sumo deads work my low back enough.
Nice work oh ‘he who changes thread name often.’
Do those three routinely four a few months and keep adding weight reps, and you will walk so that you look a little less fat. I am not saying you will be less fat, but you will appear to be, which is all that matters.
What can I say? I get bored with names quickly.
I think my weak low back is keeping be from a much higher deadlift. I should be able to GM much more with a 500+ deadlift. My legs are good for a bunch more weight. Hopefully a few monthes of GMs/stiff deads/rackpulls/etc will do the trick.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
What can I say? I get bored with names quickly.
I think my weak low back is keeping be from a much higher deadlift. I should be able to GM much more with a 500+ deadlift. My legs are good for a bunch more weight. Hopefully a few monthes of GMs/stiff deads/rackpulls/etc will do the trick. [/quote]
could also be a form issue… i remember you saying that you started your pulling with your lower back. pulling like that definitely has a top end on the amount you can pull. getting the lower body into the lift is key to a big dead… or so i hear.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
What can I say? I get bored with names quickly.
I think my weak low back is keeping be from a much higher deadlift. I should be able to GM much more with a 500+ deadlift. My legs are good for a bunch more weight. Hopefully a few monthes of GMs/stiff deads/rackpulls/etc will do the trick. [/quote]
could also be a form issue… i remember you saying that you started your pulling with your lower back. pulling like that definitely has a top end on the amount you can pull. getting the lower body into the lift is key to a big dead… or so i hear. [/quote]
I’ll get a video on here next deadlifting session. Pull shoulders back, hip thrust, push heels into floor…
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
What can I say? I get bored with names quickly.
I think my weak low back is keeping be from a much higher deadlift. I should be able to GM much more with a 500+ deadlift. My legs are good for a bunch more weight. Hopefully a few monthes of GMs/stiff deads/rackpulls/etc will do the trick. [/quote]
could also be a form issue… i remember you saying that you started your pulling with your lower back. pulling like that definitely has a top end on the amount you can pull. getting the lower body into the lift is key to a big dead… or so i hear. [/quote]
I’ll get a video on here next deadlifting session. Pull shoulders back, hip thrust, push heels into floor…[/quote]
shoulders don’t need to be back. actually it increase the range of motion. i always start with my shoulders rounded and hanging in front of me. you want to pull the weight back, but not the shoulders…
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
What can I say? I get bored with names quickly.
I think my weak low back is keeping be from a much higher deadlift. I should be able to GM much more with a 500+ deadlift. My legs are good for a bunch more weight. Hopefully a few monthes of GMs/stiff deads/rackpulls/etc will do the trick. [/quote]
could also be a form issue… i remember you saying that you started your pulling with your lower back. pulling like that definitely has a top end on the amount you can pull. getting the lower body into the lift is key to a big dead… or so i hear. [/quote]
I’ll get a video on here next deadlifting session. Pull shoulders back, hip thrust, push heels into floor…[/quote]
shoulders don’t need to be back. actually it increase the range of motion. i always start with my shoulders rounded and hanging in front of me. you want to pull the weight back, but not the shoulders…
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Who knew picking up a damn weight could be so complicated! Next you’ll tell me I need special shoes or something.
sounds like its eco’s turn for the oily rags again. Bunny, send them down!
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
What can I say? I get bored with names quickly.
I think my weak low back is keeping be from a much higher deadlift. I should be able to GM much more with a 500+ deadlift. My legs are good for a bunch more weight. Hopefully a few monthes of GMs/stiff deads/rackpulls/etc will do the trick. [/quote]
could also be a form issue… i remember you saying that you started your pulling with your lower back. pulling like that definitely has a top end on the amount you can pull. getting the lower body into the lift is key to a big dead… or so i hear. [/quote]
I’ll get a video on here next deadlifting session. Pull shoulders back, hip thrust, push heels into floor…[/quote]
shoulders don’t need to be back. actually it increase the range of motion. i always start with my shoulders rounded and hanging in front of me. you want to pull the weight back, but not the shoulders…
[/quote]
Who knew picking up a damn weight could be so complicated! Next you’ll tell me I need special shoes or something.[/quote]
picking up reasonable weight is simple… picking up really heavy shit gets complicated:)
[quote]mjnewland wrote:
sounds like its eco’s turn for the oily rags again. Bunny, send them down![/quote]
On the way down brother… ants are hibernating up here anyhow! lol!
I know I am the last one who should give advice… don’t think shoulders back… think “chest up” and let the arms/ shoulders hang natural… push with the heels and the “fuck the bar” with the hips… or something like that…
MJ, oily or bloody rags?? Oily rag sounds like I just got done working on my diesel 4x4 after a bar fight. Bloody rag is something entirely different.
Bunny, I think pulling well over 600 lbs gives you the right to give advice (in my book). You smoke me with deads.
Deadlift technique as I understand it: shoulders rounded but chest up, push floor away with heels, pull back but not with shoulders, hip thrust into bar, keep bar touching legs throughout movement.
Maybe a stupid question but what’s the best way to put the weight down. I’ve read to lower the bar to the knees before unlocking the knees. So a reverse stiff dead to the knees then unlock the knees .
For us older weaker guys, thats some damn good deadlifting you’re doing there Steve.
[quote]j_willy3 wrote:
For us older weaker guys, thats some damn good deadlifting you’re doing there Steve.[/quote]
Thanks Wilson. I’ve seen some older guys on this forum but no weak ones yet.
Good pulling, Steve, I need to work the GMs into my training more as well. And F me, Bunny’s new avatar is creepy.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Good pulling, Steve, I need to work the GMs into my training more as well. And F me, Bunny’s new avatar is creepy. [/quote]
It is THE most disturbing rabbit costume I have seen, and I have seen Donnie Darko.