No strongman class tomorrow. Theres some crossfit comp on at the gym.
Should i just not train tomorrow because im deloading next week anyway or should i train tomorrow? That would mean by monday i wouldnt have trained for three days and i can hardly go one day without training aka turn into a crazy angry person. so maybe i should just suck it up and rest?
Btw the last month has been great! No skipped meals, no skipped training. Everything has been to my liking.
Before a deload you want to accumulate as much fatigue as possible, so if I were you I’d train
Hell yeah looks like im training. I’m going to go late arvo/night because of the crossfit comp. Btw, should i go awol in the gym (for fatigue) or just do a normal session?
Are you going to watch the crossfit ?
Do what is conductive to your goals. Your training should be actually challenging, not just tiring. So if you’re choosing between 8 heavy sets of front squats followed by deadlifts or a gazillion supersets of isolation work, go for the former.
I mean the only reason I’d go is because the crossfit chicks at my gym… 
But no i didnt because i hate crossfit
Well i went and did some deadlift technique work, then trap bar carries and 8×8 lat pulldowns. Not much of a session really but I’m looking forward to deloading.
Should have gone be just to watch the snatch 
Saturdays training
Have had no wifi or data so uploading today.
Pulldowns and facepulls, rkc planks, some leg/hip/glute warmup thingy
Worked on deadlift form
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnNaoAuA9-Z/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=i1so591s3lti
Keep head neutral
Engage lats
Squeeze bar
Use legs more ( Too much back 
)
Other stuff i cant pick up on
All which i keep failing to do
Form tips please @MarkKO @T3hPwnisher @Vincepac1500 @guineapig @khangles @theonecamko @Koestrizer @anyone else also tried out my new belt (first time using a belt so i suck with it) Needs to be a hole tighter i think.
Trap bar carries
8×8 lat pulldowns 30 seconds rest
Atlas stone carry fail ( couldnt even pick up this stone that looked hell light, which apparently wasnt)
Deload next week
Hey Young Duke
That DL didn’t look that terrible, you started with your legs as you should, your hip didn’t shoot up, meaning you lifted with the leg.
Remember it’s not a squat.
You kept you back position throughout the lift, which is good.
If you felt you where using the back too much maybe the bar drifted in front of you.
And you should use lats more.
This is personal, I would get the head just a tad down not looking up that much, but I know some big pullers do look up, especially when pulling sumo.
As far as the belt goes, you’ll learn in time.
I learned from @MarkKO that on DL you put the belt higher almost over the lower rib and not having it very tight. If when you brace you feel that you brace against something, it’s helping in some way, it’s not the belt that is doing the bracing for you.
You still have to do your breathing and bracing and get it down right.
With that said, enjoy your deload.
Get to the gym reduce volume a lot and do one heavy single on your main lifts.
drag the bar up my shins more to keep bar close to my body?
Okay I’ll put my head down a bit more
Yeah man, i was bracing against the belt. I’ll try putting it higher up.
Thanks for the tips man! I’m just really crazy about form because i don’t want to injure myself and i want to make sure im engaging the body properly so i can get the most out of my lifting. Even on assistance work if i dont get a mmc or work the right muscles with an exercise il lower the weight or ditch it alltogether.
I don’t like dragging it up the shins hurts like hell.
Try to squeeze you upper arms against the body to engage the lats.
I’m sometimes doing an exercise called sweeping DL, it’s with a band that drags the bar away. Doing it slow and controlled with a slight pause at the knees engages the lats a lot, because you have to pull the bar against the legs.
I’ll echo @mortdk it looked far from terrible.
The cuing Greg uses for all of us is:
Grip the bar, squeeze oranges in your armpits (on video you’ll see your elbows rotate towards the back)
Straighten your legs, take your air and brace (for me that’s squeezing my lower back, lats are already squeezed)
Bend your knees so your weight is on the balls of your feet, your knees will be forward of the bar now.
Jump hard into your heels
Do you think sweeping deads is worth a try? I did try paused deads like you suggested but i keep pausing alot of my reps on bench/squats/deads and its annoying to correct in my warmups and work sets sometimes so i figure for now fix that before doing anything paused
Thanks mark! I’ll try using those cues. Is the bend your knees forward cue where your shins touch the bar but your knees are forward of the barbell?
Something like that. Your knees bend as you drop your butt and shift your weight onto your toes.
Okay cool
Too far away can’t see shit. Priority no.1 get a better camera and learn to film with better angles.
Looks pretty good from what I can see (not much). Maybe work on increased upper back tightness and/or neutral position if you want a flat back pull.
Extended head position isn’t necessarily bad unless it strains shit but it looks like you’re substituting head position for upper back position. Just because your head/neck is neutral or extended/looking doesn’t mean your back is straight (upper back for you specifically).
Vids from different angles and a bit closer up might give us more to talk about