Think Sheiko is a fan of pauses too for that purpose but @gaelic is the resident Sheiko fanboy so maybe he can tell you more about that.
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Interesting Post!
I’m trying to drop straight down on my squats too. Sitting back too far is making me crunch up the front of my hips, this is whack. I too believe I’ll get stronger if I can squat longer.
Would you get more grip on the bench if you don’t cross your bands, and just let them run parallel to eachother?
In my opinion, training deadlifts at 75-80%, then going “harder” (like the “feeling” of hard work) on a Difficult variation ( pause deads, stiff legs, Defecit deads) is a valid strategy. When you get sick of the variation, you can rotate and your “regular” Deadlift is still cool.
Nice Flannel!
Anyway, Great work. Cool log, cool post. It’s always interesting to see what’s on people’s minds when they train.
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I’d say welcome to log but like you’ve popped in before as well.
I’ll see if I can put the bands like that but crossing is the only way I know because that’s what my friend showed me.
Power Flannel is some good stuff. My two sentence review from a few weeks back was not flattering fit no matter how jacked and tan you are built comfy and warm. Not worth the money lol but everything I buy is along those lines.
When you really want that SlingShot HowMuchYaBench SuperTraining MarkBell sponsorship
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My quick insights on your the bench press:
- It seems to me that you have little use of the leg drive.
- The pause in the amortization phase could be a bit longer.
As for the sumo deadlift, keep your eyes on the ceiling. At the beginning of the myometric phase, you should have your ass yet a few centimeters down.
The squats look good.
Good news is that these are just minor mistakes.
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Thnx Gaelic
I’ve been skimping on the pauses a bit true.
Maybe I’m just being a little bitch but I feel like pauses sap like energy and bar speed a lot so if I add reps the pauses get shorter lol. Like my first rep feels so good and fast but then every subsequent rep the pause saps like 2-3x the energy per rep compared to touch and go.
I’ll try head up next time for Deadlift but I’m the past when I tried it it felt like pretty awkward for me. I guess a lot of lifters have their heads and eyes more up though
Is there much of an advantage to head/eyes up or a big disadvantage to head/eyes neutral or a bit down?
Whoa I missed this. Interesting maybe I’ve like been putting too much into trying to level up my technique and not enough into plain getting stronger… formcheck pls
Lol what?
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My Eye of the Storm is better though lol
Too thicc to formcheck
Srsly tho: Squats is too deep. Your sit back squats were too deep before and you are getting even deeper than that now lel. Unless you are transitioning into Weighlifting work onsquatting higher
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Shredded chicken breast and salsa. Doesn’t look sexy but great success. Protein gains but dunno how much it weighs exactly maybe 400g or something (better split it into two meals actually lol)
Killswitch Engage > WattWhite
The one you posted is still good though
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Yeah I’m not really one to get attached to like bands or artists. Mostly there’s one sometimes two songs I like from the the artist/s is all
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and I tend to get attached to bands/artists.
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Watching the Arnold Strongman Classic and shopping for some new big boy dress/work pants cos I’ve gotten too thicc for everything in my cupboard
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@guineapig @chris_ottawa @FlatsFarmer @blackchucks
Why? This pause in the amortization phase is also appropriate from a health point of view.
If you look towards the ceiling, it is better for your lower back. You also thereby by to lower your butt if you have good flexibility.
The best example is this:
How exactly does your training plan look like? Do you use rational periodization?
Stone Shoulder is legit one of the most bad ass thing I’ve ever seen. Heavy. Dangerous. Most spectator friendly strength sport me thinks
EDIT: this polish guy is a boss lol. Repping that shit out … fuck me
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@FlatsFarmer the bands fit alright parallel to the bench. Think I’ll be going this way from now on. The bands chafe up my back and neck a bit though lol. Maybe I should bench in flannel or a hoodie or something
Also confirmed markings are not IPF approved lol
@gaelic looking up is very awkward right now but I’ll keep working at it. Pulling slightly rounded back is one of my errors for sumo too so if I work on this it’ll help too.
I dunno if using Belkin is a good example. I am a big fan of him but it’s like my DL is a different style of sumo. I see many lifters especially Russians pull the way you are talking about so it must be good for them like in this video
But Like I feel better loading up the glutes and hams and back a bit more than some sumo pullers.
Gave the new style a try though and this was the best looking position I could come up with.
Only light weight so can’t judge if it’s better to pull this way (doesn’t feel very strong so far) or what would happen with more weight.
There’s definitely some things I will take away like head position and how it links to back position and a lower hip position at the start but I don’t think I’ll try to completely emulate Belkins pull.
Thanks again for the advice. I’ll um get to replying to the rest of your post soon.
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What does amortization mean?
I think I short pause because it’s uncomfortable and I’m a bit scared of slow reps or failing. Also longer pauses sap a lot of energy and I want to be able to get in all the work I’m meant to do in the workout.
It wasn’t too long ago that I was doing bodybuilding style and bouncing the bar on my chest a lot. I think I still have those habits
It was only in the last few weeks that I really started pausing a lot of my bench work. It has helped a lot with technique.
If a longer pause will be better than I will try to do it but maybe I am still thinking a lot when I bench to do the technique right so if I try to think about too many things (like 3 or more I forget some e.g. arch tighter, breath into chest, pause for longer and leg drive) I forget to do some things. One thing at a time is best to work on until it becomes automatic and then I can add more.
Umm you’d have to ask my friend because he does it for me. Like we work together and I have input and stuff. I can message him and ask
I don’t know what rational periodisation is exactly… actually I don’t even know what periodisation is lol. Is it like right now I’m training 3x per week and some days I do more on one lift and other days it’s easier? Or is it about how the weight has been dropped and now we are meant to be doing volume to like build back up or something.