Band Aids will do the job but maybe I should look at some prevention measures like tape or something.
Sounds like it could be alright, I don’t see a reason not to. The only thing is that if you pull sumo there could be some benefits to doing some stuff in a conventional stance (mostly rows, RDLs/SLDLs, GMs), if I don’t do any stuff like that for a while then for some reason after a few weeks my legs get all shaky when I’m pulling abut 85%+.
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I had to read this twice, I looked at the picture and thought “I don’t see any chicken foot in there”.
Either get some deadlift socks or there are these sort of shin guards, they call them by different names, I think Slingshot sells them and so does Strengthshop. I have a pair that I bought from Rocktape years ago (they were the first ones selling them it seems), when I used to pull conventional it scraped the shit out of my shins and they used to be bleeding every time I deadlifted. I still use them now, but I have to turn the backwards because the front full of holes, the back is getting shredded slowly too though. Better than getting an infection.
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I’ve got Conventional Deads in right now. Dunno what’ll be like next block though.
I was having a chat with my gym nemesis about always having in upper back movements for Powerlifting and what were my staples.
Told him I do lots of shit. We joked a sumo stance bent Row wouldn’t work but it feels awesome and no balance issues like I though there would be because the bar stays over midfoot.
He suggested a pendlay variation would be good too
Also chicken feet is pretty popular in Asian Restaurants if you were projecting your cravings here
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I’m not too crazy about pendlay rows, I like doing them without touching the floor because it keeps the tension on your lower back so it’s a good movement for lower back strength. Pendlay rows are supposed to carry over to cleans (maybe snatches too) because of explosively pulling the weight up but in my experience it doesn’t really do anything for the deadlift and isn’t really useful for hypertrophy either, especially since you don’t control the eccentric portion. I’m not saying they are bad, but they just aren’t my thing.
If your gym has one of those chest supported row things then that is a good option if you are already beating your back up a lot, don’t add extra stress if you can’t take it. For my last couple meets I switched to chest supported rows on an incline bench to reduce lower back fatigue, hard to say how the results compared but I didn’t overwork my lower back.
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Yeah something to be said for maximising recovery/freshness by saving the lower back as much as possible.
The program has a lot of deadlifting and squats already so trying to save the lower back a bit and fully recover instead of just smashing it is a good idea.
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If your bleeding you may be able to fix the form a bit to stop that. (For a few weeks I was tearing up my shins every time. Toes needed to be pointed about half an inch out to to get the hips open and bring the bar along the flat spot on my let target than along the shin itself.) Video looks good but just to be sure do you bring the bar up along the flat spot between the shin and calf? Also I tend to cut to just above my knee when I’m worn out and trying to still pull fairly heavy for reps.
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Tbh I’ve never paid too much attention to this aspect of the DL. I just pull and where the bar goes is where it goes.
Is this what you mean like the second position should be where the bar goes up? Also me calves are pretty big so they might get in the way
Yea where you ran your finger up is is the path I’m talking about. Itll also make your shins more vertical and keep your shins from tracking over the bar in the down position and the stay of the pull.
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When you defeat your gym nemesis even when he outangles you by standing 1m closer to the mirror. GuineaPig MasterRace Genetics lol
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You’re way bigger
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Fuck off with your jackedness and shit, No SHW in sight
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Thiccccccc
I told you he was planning to come in in the weight class below mine yeah? I think it’s a pretty dumb idea he might water cut too like his last meet. If he wants to disadvantage himself ok lol
3 Weeks Out
Christmas/holiday break now but things show no sign of slowing down.
Funky “summer” weather has been perfect grass growing conditions so my dad has needed help recently.
Christmas tripped in a few days with the GF and my sister. Couple days in Melbourne couple of days in Shepparton and a lot of km driving between them
Gonna try to squeeze in as much training as possible towards the start of the week just in case I don’t get to train as much towards the end of the week. Went poorly last time and will probably affect the quality of workouts again but gotta do what you can. Oh well
Hope you all have a happy holiday season and new year. May we all be given the gift of gains
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16/12/18
Helping my dad out at work with the Christmas period coming up. Gonna be physical work so might take away from my lifting a bit but to balance it out I’ll try to recover twice as hard. 4-5 hrs mowing lawns in the AM
3 weeks out from test. Playing with fatigue levels from 1-10 it seems the intensity/loads are locked in and volume changes up. I guess because we transitioning into the peak.
Lifting in the PM at Doherty’s Brunswick. Not feeling particularly fresh today but Deads Bench didn’t go badly. Didn’t film so for all I know everything moved well.
Squats on the other hand complete dogshit. Quads were dead. Probably from the mowing just a bunch of useless fatigue. Pretty frustrating to waste a workout. Few things put me in a bad mood like a bad workout so gonna head home and chill out and eat some nice food. Scrambled eggs methinks
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Thanks Hamster I wish you the best as well. Go beat that Nemesis
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Weight all over the place. Dropped 1.5kg since yesterday.
The app I use the track weight has like a graph and it shows the line the represents the rate you need to be at to meet your goals. If your weigh ins are under the line the it’s all good.
Looks like I need to diet a little better. Maybe not count every g of food yet but needa be better while still enjoying myself.
Might note down what I eat to keep myself honest too even if not counting at least I don’t blow out
I’m thinking:
Better Food Choices
Portion Sizes especially with the high calorie stuff
Use of Shakes - Water + Whey
Good bye LL&Bs. It looks like this is where we part ways. We’ll meet again one day.
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