I’m gonna for sure add a wide box squat to my lifts next year just to bring up hip and adductor strength.
It just looks so damn goofy
May even invest in an elietfts box/pad
For me the more brutal a workout is the more i enjoy it! I love when you almost puke.
i used to train like that. but i quit it a couple of years ago because i felt no good in between the training sessions and since i trained often i felt no good almost all the time. i realized that i would eventually be spending most of my life feeling no good, even if i made progress in the gym. it still happens that i take it too far but most of the sessions i manage to restrain myself. i stop at total rpe 7 or sometimes total rpe 8. i feel good most of the time now. i know that i have to settle for the low hanging fruits this way, and for sure the high hanging fruits look so juicy.
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Thats good man. Theres needs to be sone kind of restraint when training. No need to constantly go balls to the wall. Lately i have been almost puking simply because of how hot it has been lol. Especially whilst squatting. 38-40 degrees Celcius is no fun in the gym 
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Happy t-bday
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Thanks.
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Happy cake day!
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Looking very solid mate. Deff some good muscle underneath the fluff. Now to try and maintain strength whilst slowly chipping away. Good luck
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strong and muscular and 20+% fat 
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Bigger is better / big is beautiful
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I wouldn’t screw with you in an alley.
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Goals for 2019:
Lose 20lbs or get to a 15% BF
Deadlift: 6 plates (585 lbs +75lbs)
Squat: 5 plates (495 lbs +90lbs)
Bench: 3 plates (315 lbs +35lbs)
OHP: 2 plates (225 lbs +30lbs)
Walking lunges: 1 plate on SSB bar (155lbs +70 lbs)
Compete in a powerlifting meet
Acquire a set of chains.
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Thinking of building a program like this:
M—Bench DE
T— ME Lower
W— Conditioning/ mobility/ recovery
Th- ME upper
F— Conditioning/ mobility/ recovery
Sat— DE Lower
Sun— off
ME- primary move (variation)
Secondary move— lightish building on weakness
Accessories- 2-5 building weakness of secondary
Keeping these light for high reps
DE- accommodating resistance comp lifts
Secondary move- medium sets of 5-8
Acc: same as above
Mobility/ conditioning day:
Recovery squats, prowler pushes, jumps, sled pull/ push.
Recovery bench, band work for shoulders, Push-ups
Foam rolling, muscle tension release (something I’ve only just recently started needing).
Walks
Just light recovery type work to improve gpp and cardio type stuff.
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That’s a good looking template.
How can you not do this now with your strength? Do you have a high rep goal in mind that you forgot to share?
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I’ve just started doing the movement and progressing it slowly. Yeah the goal is for a 20 step set for 3 sets
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I read it as a 1RM and was thinking I could do that now and I’m way behind you in the leg strength category. I also don’t have an SSB so there might be a balancing aspect that I don’t understand.
The SSB takes the balancing act out of the equation to some extent. It will stay on your back hands free. It’s an awesome bar. You need one…
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I used one in high school and thought it was stupid. I was either too weak, the bar sucked, or I wasn’t using it right. I think I tried to use my body the same way as a back squat and it just felt like I was going to fall over backwards.
I think the SSB has a similar movement pattern to the front squat and I blame that for reinjuring my hip in July so I think I’ll pass for now. I like the idea of it though!
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