Did you do them conventional or stiff leg??
Conventional. Stiff legged at 50% certainly would make more sense.
Just to clarify, the way I incorporated paused squats was by doing regular 5/3/1 squat, then FSL (but I just pause the squats in FSL). Makes FSL a little harder, but I definitely feel the benefits. I’m already fatigued by that time, and I still have to focus on maintaining good positioning even if fatigued.
For the BBB sets I found doing stiff leg and really flexing the glutes and hammies was a great session.
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If you were picking one movement to get big for deadlifting, would you choose that?
Both legs spread away. If you hinge at the hip like I’m trying to do here, you don’t even need to try and reach your toes to feel your hams
One leg folded. Again, no need to round the lower or upper back
My favorite for hams. Make sure both sides of the hips are flat on the floor. If you have to start at 45 degrees, so be it. Took me a while to get here, and it’s still not 90 degrees. More like 75.
I think I accidentally deleted the standing one
I also do these
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Thanks man. I’ll watch this at home, it’s blocked in the office lol
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As supplemental or assistance yes.
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I wouldn’t replace deadlifts with pause squats in BBB. Probably wouldn’t do them for FSL either. Paused lifts are something you’ll want to use very sparingly.
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Absolutely agree with @simo74 stiff leg, RDL, Dimel, snatch grip, deficit, rack/block pull, all great options for supplemental deads. Way better than replacing with a squat.
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Thanks @MarkKO - Now, how do you determine the loading for the RDL, SGDL, rack pull etc?
I was advised by the stronger guys not to do paused DL for FSL too.
Genuinely curious. What’s the reasoning here? I don’t want to over do them either so how do I know when I need them and when to stop?
Thanks for this man. How long do you usually stretch in a session?
You’re welcome. Shorter than I should lol. At the height of the stiffness, I used to count to 60. You could break it up to 20 20 20 or 30 30. These days I just do enough to feel good after
Also, if you notice, I tend to rock slightly back and forth. That’s intentionally to feel the stretch more.
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I don’t think I can do the 3rd one. At best, I can maybe raise my legs to 60 degrees from the ground. I can’t even reach my toes standing lol But I’m working on it
You can do the third one at what angle you can and then loop a band around your foot to pull it slightly. Forgot to include that in the video. That’s actually my favorite lol
Yeah, I actually tried that before and I can really feel the stretch in the hams. I think I saw it on a Jeff Cavalier video or something
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The simplest way to do it is to use a percentage of your main lift. It’s supplemental work so you’ll be keeping it reasonably light anyway (certainly never above 70 per cent, mostly in the 50-65 range).
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Thanks! I’ll keep that in mind. Would you recommend still doing 5x10 on those as well?