[quote]AngryVader wrote:
I’m up to 200.2 this morning. I did pig out a little over the weekend, so I’m nice and carbed up today.[/quote]
What’s your diet?
[quote]pch2 wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
I’m up to 200.2 this morning. I did pig out a little over the weekend, so I’m nice and carbed up today.
What’s your diet?[/quote]
Last weekend? In no particular order:
A large pepperoni and sausage pizza
12-pack of beer
Orange Chicken from Trader Joe’s
a few shakes
a pot of Mac & Cheese
a bunch of dark chocolate covered graham crackers (also from TJ’s)
a few pieces of a Digiorno’s Ultimate Pepperoni pizza when I was hanging at my parents
Monday Afternoon 10/20 - Quads and calves:
Front Squat: 185 x 3,3,3,3, 195 x 3,3,3,3 - These still feel a little odd on my right knee, but I think I need to turn my right foot out a little more.
Leg Press: 320 x 2:00 x 46 reps, 320 x 2:00 x 44 reps
Reverse Lunge off step: 85 x 6,6,6 - I think I’m going to stop doing these off the step. My legs are usually jelly by the time I get to these and I’m not feeling strong when coming out of the bottom.
Leg Extension: 110 x 20, 120 x 20,17
Calf Raise in the Smith machine: 155 x 16,15,15, back off set 95 x 20 - I followed this up with 60 and 30 sec stretched with 180 lbs on the leg press. I might switch to doing these calf raises on the leg press machine instead of the smith machine. I have to keep adjusting my feet and stance during the set and I think I can control that better if I do it in the leg press.
Ab wheel rollouts: 8,8,8
Video of today’s front squats. The first set in the video was my second set with 185. The second set in the video was my sixth set, but with 195.
Feedback is welcome.
Looks like the video didn’t come through. Trying again with just the set of 185x3
EDIT: Oops, I jumped the gun. Looks like the first video is there now.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Feedback is welcome.
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How YOU doin?
sorry, thats all I got. 
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
A large pepperoni and sausage pizza
12-pack of beer
Orange Chicken from Trader Joe’s
a few shakes
a pot of Mac & Cheese
a bunch of dark chocolate covered graham crackers (also from TJ’s)
a few pieces of a Digiorno’s Ultimate Pepperoni pizza when I was hanging at my parents
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I hate you.
j/k.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
A large pepperoni and sausage pizza
12-pack of beer
Orange Chicken from Trader Joe’s
a few shakes
a pot of Mac & Cheese
a bunch of dark chocolate covered graham crackers (also from TJ’s)
a few pieces of a Digiorno’s Ultimate Pepperoni pizza when I was hanging at my parents
I hate you.
j/k.
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Hehe…that’s not how I typically eat if that makes you feel any better. I’m just enjoying it for now. I’m going to start cleaning things up soon.
Actually, my Mon-Fri diet is pretty clean. With the exception of dinner, all my meals are either shakes, or pre-prepared meals that I take with me to work, so my diet M-F is almost always the same thing every day. I tend to ‘cheat’ on Sat and/or Sunday. If I were to clean things up, it would basically mean that I would stop eating crap on the weekend.
You’ve got plenty of strength there, you are practically hopping out of the hole (see end of Squat #2, 195). Your feet even look like they come up. What kind of shoes are those?
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
You’ve got plenty of strength there, you are practically hopping out of the hole (see end of Squat #2, 195). Your feet even look like they come up. What kind of shoes are those?[/quote]
Those are one my many pairs of Nike Frees. I’ve been meaning to experiment with squatting barefoot. I notice that my right foot sometimes ‘rolls around’ during a set and I think that’s why my right knee sometimes feels weird. I think squatting barefoot might fix that issue and ensure my foot is in firm contact with the ground.
I just always forget to do this once I get to the gym. I think Cressey suggested that you, at a minimum, should do your warmups barefoot so that you get used to the way they should feel on the ground. Then, switch to your shoes for your work sets, as it should carry over.
My gym won’t let me do it barefoot, although I’ve sneaked a few sets in socks before. You might try ballet slippers if yours gives you a problem. 
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
My gym won’t let me do it barefoot, although I’ve sneaked a few sets in socks before. You might try ballet slippers if yours gives you a problem.
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You are just on a smartass roll today.
My gym has non barefoot policy too, but I think I could sneak it in for warmup sets. I haven’t gotten called out for the filming of the lifts yet, so I should be able to get away with it. The squat racks are at the far end of the gym and even the staff usually don’t make their way back there often.
I’m considering just switching back to Chucks for squats. I don’t remember having this issue back when I used Chucks exclusively for training. Except that I hate Chucks for everything else, so I’d basically have to carry around two pairs of shoes for my leg workouts, which would be a pain.
I’ll have to experiment with it for the next workout or two and see what feels right.
I carry two pairs of shoes if I’m planning to do something significant in addition to lifting, but I do all my lifts in Chucks.
http://www.liftinglarge.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=34
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I carry two pairs of shoes if I’m planning to do something significant in addition to lifting, but I do all my lifts in Chucks.
http://www.liftinglarge.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=34[/quote]
Thanks. At that price, I might as well give them a try. Is that price for the pair or just one though? Are they washable?
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
I carry two pairs of shoes if I’m planning to do something significant in addition to lifting, but I do all my lifts in Chucks.
http://www.liftinglarge.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=34
Thanks. At that price, I might as well give them a try. Is that price for the pair or just one though? Are they washable?[/quote]
Damn, what with my question answering craze earlier today, I’m all tapped out.
I assume it is a pair and they are washable, but maybe not dryer-safe.
Listen, if you get a pair, wash em, and they go to hell, I’ll get you another pair.
I will oggle the beauty of your biomechanics later, but I wanted to add that you should absolutely train barefoot. I have always had a bad lower back and bad posture, and going barefoot has done wonders for me.
How often do you do SMR? I have a single tennis ball and a pair of them duct taped together that I use, plus a large foam roller. I used to do SMR 2-3 days a week on days I did not lift, including cardio, abs and stretching.
I can only do rack pull DLs at the moment but need to improve my flexibility so that I can pull from the floor. My friend said until I do that I am mostly working my lower back. Honestly, it is my mid back that has ballooned with the rack pulls so far.
Also, for stretching, do you consider stretching the antagonist of the muscle being worked during a set, or do you not stretch anything until the end of a particular exercise?
I forget where I read it but I could’ve sworn I saw a recommendation to stretch, say, the triceps if you are working biceps, in between sets for the biceps. I am thinking about doing this - antagonist stretching - but stretching the agonist at the end of the exercise, DC style.
Good to see you recovering.
On the squats- do all your reps like your last one because that’s the only one where you’re getting full hip extension. Just pretend one of your admirers here is bent over invitingly in front of you.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
You’ve got plenty of strength there, you are practically hopping out of the hole (see end of Squat #2, 195). Your feet even look like they come up. What kind of shoes are those?
Those are one my many pairs of Nike Frees. I’ve been meaning to experiment with squatting barefoot. I notice that my right foot sometimes ‘rolls around’ during a set and I think that’s why my right knee sometimes feels weird. I think squatting barefoot might fix that issue and ensure my foot is in firm contact with the ground.
I just always forget to do this once I get to the gym. I think Cressey suggested that you, at a minimum, should do your warmups barefoot so that you get used to the way they should feel on the ground. Then, switch to your shoes for your work sets, as it should carry over.[/quote]
I have the same problem with my Frees. They are 5.0s and really have no added stability side-to-side (in the frontal plane). The only remedy to this problem I have been able to come up with is to do exactly as you say- where Chuck’s for lower body days.
It is a pain in the ass to have so many shoes hangin’ around 
I bring sandals for the shower, frees for walking around during the day, Chuck’s for sqwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaatz, and dress shoes for work 
Yeah, I guess you could call my feet whores.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
On the squats- do all your reps like your last one because that’s the only one where you’re getting full hip extension. Just pretend one of your admirers here is bent over invitingly in front of you.[/quote]
That’s what I was thinking too - well, not the “Just pretend…” part, but that you don’t stand up all the way.
Of course, since I’m PL and not “pretty” muscle, I really have no idea what is the right way for you. I thought you had the bar on the wrong side of your body for a while there.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
On the squats- do all your reps like your last one because that’s the only one where you’re getting full hip extension. Just pretend one of your admirers here is bent over invitingly in front of you.[/quote]
When you mean full hip extension, are you talking about how I’m stopping short of full lockout or is it something I’m doing in the bottom half of the range of motion?