Hey German!
q for u -
I’m reworking my training split and i’m thinking of throwing in some SDLs. I’ve been reading about the differences b/w the SDL and the RDL and I still don’t see the difference all that much, so i’m wondering if I just forgo the SDLs and keep in the RDls (which I’ve been doing with toes up)…
Maybe I can do SDLs 5x5 and then change up my BB RDLs to single leg DB RDLs with high reps? Or are these two exercises redundant?
Always impressive, mister! Your DLs are insane!
Thanks James…the pulls are just straight ahead walking
Hey Maschy…this is how i think of them
Straight leg deads, no knee bend hips stay over feet and the bar comes out to front of toes
Stiff leg dead some knee bend but pull with back the whole way…no or little legs
RDL knee bend hips push to rear and maintain knee bend even at lockout pulling through glute and upper hams.
Very little different for most part. If a style really hits glute/hams then go with that…make up a name and write an article about it…lol JK
But go with what works ya. The SL RDLS are awesome though and i would suggest them in your current rehab state. High reps will really fire the glutes
Are you getting surgery or not?
lol! Thanks German! The Mascherano DL has a nice ring to it 
Ok, so i see that basically the differences are so slight that really its just a matter of me figuring out what works the hammies/gltes best. Got it!
I think i’ll try the straight legged DLs and the SL RDLs first. KMCNYC also mentioned the benefits of unilateral work so that makes sense - didn’t even know that stiff legged dls were different btw!
Surgery at the end of the month! So i still have some time to keep things nice and strong, esp the quads 
Dead vid from friday
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Dead vid from friday
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HOLY FUCK you are strong!!!
Lol…well i’m trying…thanks UP
Do you have a meet in the pipeline?
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Do you have a meet in the pipeline?
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Maybe august…we’ll see…just have fun these days
[quote]Germanone wrote:
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Do you have a meet in the pipeline?
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Maybe august…we’ll see…just have fun these days[/quote]
Good work in here. And yeah, I think it is most important for this shit to be fun.
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[quote]Germanone wrote:
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Do you have a meet in the pipeline?
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Maybe august…we’ll see…just have fun these days[/quote]
Good work in here. And yeah, I think it is most important for this shit to be fun. [/quote]
Thanks Pete and you are so right…kinda my second…maybe third time around and it is fun just to want to train verus the younger days of chasing numbers and titles…blah blah blah
Squat day
Squat
warm-up up to 405
455x3 knee sleeve and belt, not happy with depth but may take a few weeks to get used to weight
Pause squat
325/3x3
worked on depth and upper back, finally got it on 3rd set, keeping my head up a bit helped tons
Stiff leg off 3"
225x5
275/2x5
SL Press
90x5
135x5
180x5
Combo
Walk lunge
45/3x5 E
BB Shrug
405/3x6
Circuit
SL Ext 3x6 light
SL Curls 3x8 light
Back Ext 3x8 light
Heel raise 3x10 light
[quote]Germanone wrote:
verus the younger days of chasing numbers and titles…[/quote]
Sorry, when I first read this I saw “chasing numbers and titties”.
I’m thinkin’ that may also apply?
Great training in here as always.
How much warming up do you do as to not sap out your energy for your work sets, I have always struggled with this, very rarely do I get it right, always too much or too little, awesome work, they were at the very least parallel.
[quote]giterdone wrote:
[quote]Germanone wrote:
verus the younger days of chasing numbers and titles…[/quote]
Sorry, when I first read this I saw “chasing numbers and titties”.
I’m thinkin’ that may also apply?
Great training in here as always.
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ha ha ha LMAO…that was pretty good…and yea you got it right
Thanks.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
How much warming up do you do as to not sap out your energy for your work sets, I have always struggled with this, very rarely do I get it right, always too much or too little, awesome work, they were at the very least parallel.[/quote]
This is what i did for warm-ups yesterday leading into squats
10 reps each or 10 each side
Lying hip adduction
Kneeling groin stretch
Kneeling hip flexor
Wall ankle mob
Modified worlds greatest stretch x2 E
Quadraped hip cirlces
Hurdle step over
Hurdle step under
Reverse lunge w/ twist x2 E
Scoprions
Mini band lateral walk
Hip hikes
Hip bridge
Bird dog
Squat
bar x 10
135 x5
225 x5
315 x3
365 x2
405 x1
455 x1
Then my work set, i usually wouldn’t do 455 and then do my set there but made some last minute changes after the 455 x 1
I thought you USAPL guys ALWAYS squatted ATG? What’s up?
just kidding btw, good work as always
[quote]PeteS wrote:
I thought you USAPL guys ALWAYS squatted ATG? What’s up?
just kidding btw, good work as always[/quote]
Thanks
Ha ha ha only for 3 attempts…lol. Definetly gets harder as i get older.
[quote]Germanone wrote:
[quote]PeteS wrote:
I thought you USAPL guys ALWAYS squatted ATG? What’s up?
just kidding btw, good work as always[/quote]
Thanks
Ha ha ha only for 3 attempts…lol. Definetly gets harder as i get older.
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There is a running joke at the gym that raw I can’t get to depth with anything under 500. My tight hips simply bind up, need to the weight to push me down as though I had gear on.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
[quote]Germanone wrote:
[quote]PeteS wrote:
I thought you USAPL guys ALWAYS squatted ATG? What’s up?
just kidding btw, good work as always[/quote]
Thanks
Ha ha ha only for 3 attempts…lol. Definetly gets harder as i get older.
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There is a running joke at the gym that raw I can’t get to depth with anything under 500. My tight hips simply bind up, need to the weight to push me down as though I had gear on. [/quote]
So this is why silverback gorillas have to use their hands to walk?
Bench day
Benches felt pretty good today
345x1
320x5 pause
285x8
Towel bench
350x5
Press behind head
125/5
130/6
140/4
150/2
Wt push up on 3" block
90/8
135/6
175/4
db row
105/8
115/6
125/4
115/8
ly tri to chin
145/8
165/6
185/4
165/10