@mattjp I have such a freaky build for conventional pulls. Especially when I let my shoulders sag. But that is also why I give people hell when I beat them on press, haha.
@The_Myth Hell yeah it’s valuable! Pretty sure that picture is all I need to be an instagram coach.
I have a pretty normal wingspan at just 1" more than my height but I am almost entirely leg with a 35" inseam. Deadlifts are fairly sorted (relatively speaking) but I will never have a nice squat.
Get a Rippetoe tattoo and a big ass and triple your likes.
Seriously, you look jacked AF.
What are you on? Your jaw looks suspect. Can you hold a tennis shoe?
Hmm that jaw and do your clavicles look wider than the last photo I saw!!
Looking good mate
@mattjp Don’t have a nice squat: have an awful one, haha. Why do you think mine looks like such an abomination? The guys that can make those pretty looking squats have good leverages for it. When you’re built wonky, it’s gonna be more a good morning.
@The_Myth Man, I can only imagine a good Rip tat. Something like “Fives or die” with a jolly roger skull that is looking at the floor, haha. And thanks! I recently started taking some local honey to help with my allergies, so I’m gonna say that’s what is doing it.
@simo74 Thanks man. I had such a weak natty jaw to start with I’m sure I had nowhere to go but up.
Heading to my tat parlor now, DaVinci on Long Island, going to get fives or die, love it.
You know honey isn’t vegan, right?
I’m fairly certain I’m a reverse vegan, where EVERYTHING I eat has to have some sort of animal involved…
We have vegetarian night once a week in our house, but luckily for my the wife has agreed that chicken is a vegetable 
Oh man, I don’t even need to play those silly logic games. Try this next time.
On pizza night, you eat pizza, right? And on taco night, you eat tacos?
So what do you eat on vegetarian night?
Protip: cows are vegetarians.
Lol now that is pure logic at its best.
Darn Pwn you’re looking strong you’ve really been doing something right.
Looks like you just enjoy your life at the moment.
Do you have a rough estimate for how much calories you eat in a day?
Are most of the meat you eat lean meat?
@mortdk Thanks dude. Absolutely enjoying the new location. Lots of opportunities, good food, family is happy, great training space, etc.
@magick Absolutely no idea, haha. I’ve only ever counted calories once in my life, and that was in 2004 when I started my first training log.
I tend to eat fattier meat sources. Since i keep carbs so low, fats are a big energy source for me, and I’m not shy of animal fat. I’ll go leaner if I need to drop to leaner meat sources and I tend to eat leaner ground beef just because I like it more than the fatty stuff, but that’s about it.
PM WORKOUT
Max Effort (Top Down deadlifts)
5x135
5x225
3x315
1x405
1x495
1x585
1x600 (15lb PR from previous session)
1x605 (20lb PR from previous session)
SUPERSET (deadlift-reverse hyper)
(3) Deficit axle deadlift 296 (deadstop)
3x10
Reverse hyper 280
3x10
Buffalo bar squat 230
1x25
Notes: 3:45 between sets of Max Effort work. 2:00 between supersets. Applied some lessons learned from previous workout, set the j-hooks to 8 and it was MUCH easier to re-rack. Could just fall into the rack after the set. Wasted less energy and had more in me for the pulls. May have had another set after that 605, but wanted to end on a victory.
I’m such a 1 trick pony, but it’s a good trick, so I’m playing with ROM again on the deficit pulls. This time, I’m keeping weight the same and increasing the ROM by standing on more platforms each session. I also noticed I was already being lazy in my deadstop pulls, so I focused on quick regroups between reps. This felt “easier” than last week, most likely as I’m adjusting. Going to get stupid with it next session with 4 mats and see if it’s getting too silly at that point.
The squat workout at the end was ok, but not enough blood and guts. I’m thinking I’m going to make the superset a giant set next time, going deadlift-hyper-SSB front squat to get in some more leg volume, and then maybe finish it off with something crazy after all that.
Abs were sore from ab wheel. Just new programming order.
why so much walking?
Only a half step back per foot, to be able to clear the j-hooks.
Pwn is working on his conditioning, it really sucks. Look at his 20+ sets of lowerbody work his totally out of breath by just a single set.
@mortdk That’s the spirit! Haha.
Think I may have found a competition to get me out of my super long off season. “Strength Games @ The Bar” in Iowa. It has a Conan’s Wheel, which is on my bucketlist of strongman stuff to do. This would be my first time competing in a USS show, so I’m a little confused over the weight classes, but I think I’d be competing as a middle weight, so the rest of the comp would be
Axle clean and press away with 240bs
Deadlift for reps with 455
220 sandbag and 245lb farmers medley
275lb stone to platform or over bar
I really wouldn’t need to change training around much at all. For my press day, after the topset, I’d chase it with a push press set of 240 out of the rack, with maybe a continental every other week. On my squat day, instead of the clean pulls or jumps, I’d go to stone picks and extensions. Deadlift day remains the same. Bench day remains the same (maybe throw in some sandbag picks in there or something), and then a conditioning day of carry medleys. I’m at the point where I really don’t want to do a full up training cycle for a comp, and would just as soon keep doing what is working, show up, compete, and go back to training. Might also give me a chance to run Deep Water after the comp.
My point was that he’s wasting a lot of energy by clearing the j-hooks! Might be better to focus on a different pull variation. If he had someone to remove the J-hooks after he unracked the bar, things might be different. But I can’t see how getting into a different setup every time you pull (because one can’t possibly drill technique or ensure the same footing every time they step back - shit happens and energy is wasted that might be better spent on pulling heavy shit) is beneficial to your overall deadlift. @T3hPwnisher my comment wasn’t a dig at your training, it was a legit question/concern.
Keep in mind that ME work isn’t about drilling technique but just about generating maximal strain. I am just doing this to get better at being strong in different angles. I see it as no worse than walking out a squat.
You raise a good point. It just looks fucking crazy to be walking back with 600 pounds in your hands instead of on your traps. I also feel like a squat is much easier to balance than a top-down deadlift (in terms of walking them both out).