Sounds like a cool event! The overhead part seems off in comparison to everything else. All events are decently heavy but the axle press medley is pretty light (especially compared to the deadlifts). Still very cool and fun events.
How? My squat looks bad even with just the barbell. My left side is super tight and jacked up.
Yeah man! I thought the overhead was kind of weird in comparison but I guess fastest wins. I’m definitely aiming to press 100kg but I got my push press to 90kg last training cycle. I really do suck at continental cleans though lol.
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that bad. i’m no shaman but i suggest 5x5 just barbell and mobility drills until it clears up, training heavy when you have that kind of issues never worked well for me. do you know about the “rolling airplane” drill, for me that has helped both my ankle and my hips, and also got rid of the pain i had where the valve connects to the heel, think it was plantar fascitis. of course i cannot give a scientific proof that it was the air plane drill that fixed my plantar fascitis, but it was the air plane drill i could feel it in my foot when i did the drill. and your issue isn’t plantar fascitis from your description but still it will help both hips and ankles.
rolling airplane - stand on one leg, the free leg backward and up 45 degree, arms out like you mimic an ascending airplane and then do an airplane roll by rotating your hips the free side upwards. i usually do 5 per side as a warm up. worth a try. the foot of the fixed leg has to work static as crazy and the hips work through a long range of motion.
here is a descriptoion prolly better than mine
I would really really suggest to do tempo squats, video film them, look at them between sets. Is what you feel what you see.
If you see any faults like the shift then try to correct it, with very light weight.
But as I said before ask your coach.
thankyou! i’ll see if it helps. can’t do the no heavier squat stuff because im prepping for comp but definitely after. would you recommend just doing it everyday i train during warmup for now?
yes. ive been doing tempo squats for 4 months
Do goblet squats to learn how to squat.
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When you say you have been doing this for months. Exactly how many days a week and at what %, sets and reps are you squatting. From reading your log I haven’t seen a great deal of this but after a while all the logs melt into one so I may have missed it.
This is from the last month (not in order) tempo squats 1 day a week and fronts 1× a week as well
(Not tempo)
Am I to understand from this that you are squatting 2 times a week, with different variations and that the total sets is approx 8-10 sets ?
Also I read this as the squat variation is changing each session? Is this correct ?
everyday
On the hip airplane, that is a great drill for pelvic stability, but I’d argue that it’s also very advanced. Try Single-Leg RDL’s first.
Also, for hip shift to the right, consider checking hip internal rotation. There’s a good chance your left hip is lacking.
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I was squatting ×3 a week, 2 back and one front. Now it’s just onefront and one spider bar or axle because barbell is terrible.
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today’s training
Axle deadlifts
140,150,160,170kg
3 reps 10 sec rest 2 reps 10 sec rest 1 rep
Block pulls 2×6 150,160kg
Back extensions 1 1/4 at the bottom 3×8
Given you say you have form or technical issues with squats, have you tried going back to an empty bar and doing multiple sets of 8-10 reps. The slowly increasing the weight each week. Maybe 2.5kg a side per week. Do this for 20+ weeks and see how you go. You are still young and fairly new to all this in relative terms so time is your biggest friend here.
This would be so light you could add it to your current program with no real impact and really take your time to learn the movement patterns and get better at it.
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when I say tempo squat, I mean 5 seconds eccentric directly in to 5 seconds concentric. 5 sets of 5 light weight.
The focus is to do a perfect balanced squat, emphasising weight directly over midfoot.
On the other hand if you don’t feel like you can learn it, but speciality bars are fine, then just use them, it doesn’t really matter.
I havent
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Hmm yes this is a good idea
I mean I have hip shift and using one side more on every squat whether its bodyweight, fronts or back etc. I’m convinced it’s something wrong with my left leg and hip. But still I could use alot of technical improvement on squats
Random thoughts but, I’m going to win this comp. Farmers and Sandbag to shoulder are definitely very strong events for me and il be taking the win on those. Yoke will be up to par (the yoke at my gym is too shit to use, cant load any significant amount of weight or any for that matter, it’s a pile of junk) since il be training once per week at my coaches gym for the next 5 weeks. Practicing push jerks too to finish the overhead medley and hit 100kg. Deadlifts, I’ll smoke 220kg on the axle but 260 may be pushing it haha, quite a jump.
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todays training
Heavy yoke picks (Front rack)
140,150,160,170kg
Push press
50,55,60,65kg
×3
Overhead hold
So push press then hold locked out for 60 seconds
55kg brutal
Axle cleans emom
3 reps
8 minutes
50kg
Destroyed this session
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todays training
Wow amazing session at my coaches gym
Back squat
5×5 in under 12 minutes
110kg finished with 4 mins 40 left
Yoke
Speed runs
170,150,150kg
×15 meters
Heavier starts
200,220,230,240,250kg ×5 meters. Coaches yoke is actually decent. Havent used the one at my gymfor ages (or done yoke), anyways 250 wasnt too bad. Comp is 285 for 15 and I’m confident il clock under 12 secs.
Sandbag emom to shoulder
80kg
10 reps. Couldn’t get it to my shoulder so just did a pick.
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