[quote]skidmark wrote:
mday wrote:
soldog wrote:
The belly probably won’t go until I lay completely off the beer which just hasn’t happened yet. LOL
For me the belly didn’t go until I finally kicked my regular Coke habit. All that high fructose corn syrup was really doing a number on my abs…We all have our vices.
Coffee with maple syrup. yum. And custard-filled maple bars. yumyum[/quote]
Coffee with heavy whipping cream is another vice of mine…
[quote]soldog wrote:
skidmark wrote:
mday wrote:
soldog wrote:
The belly probably won’t go until I lay completely off the beer which just hasn’t happened yet. LOL
For me the belly didn’t go until I finally kicked my regular Coke habit. All that high fructose corn syrup was really doing a number on my abs…We all have our vices.
Coffee with maple syrup. yum. And custard-filled maple bars. yumyum
Coffee with heavy whipping cream is another vice of mine…[/quote]
I’m going to say shrimp and grits, and a good piece of homemade crusty French Bread.
You had a productive assistance day soldog. You were no slouch today!
Maybe I’m enjoying lifting more than riding right now…
Hmmm, I’ll have to ponder on this question.[/quote]
I think this is the minds/bodys way of making sure that we don’t get burned out.
I have periods in my life when I go back to BBall for a few weeks. I will keep lifting but simply play a little more ball. This usually lasts for about 3 months.
26 July 2008
Focus on form day 4. Today started with 2 hours of hauling and load heavy Aspen logs so I reduced the volume a bit on this session but still worked on form. I did use my new box which is 13 7/8 inches tall. I think that I do get to parallel on these squats.
Weight 186.6#
Warm-up
30 Standing lunges long stride
30 BW Box Squats
Shoulder rehab exercises
Behind the neck pull aparts w/monster mini-band x20
Face pull w/monster mini-band x20
Rear delt pull apart w /monster mini-band x20
[quote]Capacity wrote:
Great job on the box AND the squats!!!
A little carpet and that box would make an awesome “table” for my dog agility course! I need to make one of those!
Cappy[/quote]
Thanks Cappy (and everybody else)! The encouragement and coaching here makes all the difference when you train alone and are trying to do these lifts with correct/safe form.
I might put some scrap carpet on the box top. Right now the top is a smooth finished side of a piece of plywood I had around from a previous remodel project. So no splinters for me sensitive rear end. LOL
[quote]soldog wrote:
Capacity wrote:
Great job on the box AND the squats!!!
A little carpet and that box would make an awesome “table” for my dog agility course! I need to make one of those!
Cappy
Thanks Cappy (and everybody else)! The encouragement and coaching here makes all the difference when you train alone and are trying to do these lifts with correct/safe form.
I might put some scrap carpet on the box top. Right now the top is a smooth finished side of a piece of plywood I had around from a previous remodel project. So no splinters for me sensitive rear end. LOL[/quote]
Nice buttocks table! Your form is looking great buddy!
Good Squats. Leave off the carpet. Couple of splinter will help you get up when working on the PRs. Nice wide stance. Where are you feeling those the most?
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Good Squats. Leave off the carpet. Couple of splinter will help you get up when working on the PRs. Nice wide stance. Where are you feeling those the most?[/quote]
With the newly wide stance, I was feeling the stretch in my inner thigh/groin area. Also had a good stretch in the outer hip. I’ll have to pay more attention while pushing out of the hole next time to see where tha hits. This time I was concentrating on lowering and then “spreading the floor” to start up. Just can’t hold too many new thoughts in my head at once.
[quote]soldog wrote:
hel320 wrote:
Good Squats. Leave off the carpet. Couple of splinter will help you get up when working on the PRs. Nice wide stance. Where are you feeling those the most?
With the newly wide stance, I was feeling the stretch in my inner thigh/groin area. Also had a good stretch in the outer hip. I’ll have to pay more attention while pushing out of the hole next time to see where tha hits. This time I was concentrating on lowering and then “spreading the floor” to start up. Just can’t hold too many new thoughts in my head at once.[/quote]
That all sounds about right. It’s a weird feeling when you first do it, having the competing tensions along the inner thigh and outer hip AND the glute/hams. Hardest thing is to keep the knees out as you rise. Squats done this way use EVERY muscle in the hip region. Doing squats off of blocks has finally allowed me to get a wide enough stance to where I can really feel it all working to get me out of the hole, whereas before I had to use a lot of VMO due to a cage-confined, narrowed stance.
Most cages are too narrow. It’s really cool that you don’t have the “proper” equipment so that you can start training squats the proper way from the outset.
C1: DB bent over row
81# 5x5
C2: Left arm DB bench 41# 5x10
D1: Chins D2: left arm OHP
BW 5x5 31#5x10
Getting a good forearm pump at the end here. Squats started out feeling heavy today. Maybe didn’t warm up enough. Maybe feeling the effects of two low carb days (my consequence for three days of beer drinking this weekend), but I didn’t poop out at the end. Feeling these squats all around the hip/glute region and I have a bit of a sticking point right around where I start feeling it in the quads.
