I have no idea how you trained in a non-AC’d environment yesterday! FML
In any event, nice squats and Kijiji rocks.
That was a lot of volume in that heat. Really nice work. Love your videos.
One of my plans for after my meet is to move to low bar. But I do feel a lot more strain in the arms/shoulders with it low on my back. Plus, I have so little back. No problem with flexibility, though, and the squats themselves actually feel easier with the center of gravity changed.
Your arms and shoulders are still looking stellar. What a stud, squatting in a suit with no AC.
that’s rockstar material right there!
congrats on the squat Prs
dip station is the shit.
sweating like a whore in church is what I look like all the time driving from customer to customer. I have AC in the car but by the time it cools down I look like a dunked clown. My deo is calling quits on me.
Honestly, the heat wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It was a lot of work getting the suit on but after that, not too bad if we didn’t go back into the cooler house. We kept the garage door shut and I’d put insulation on the door and covered the one window so it wasn’t as bad as outside. We also kept the fan running.
Also, we didn’t have to spend a lot of time warming of…like any.
I really liked the feel of the wider stance squats. It’s not something I could do for a ton of volume but a couple of reps came up pretty fast.
Sunday July 24
Deadlift - Today we were both trying out our new Velocity deadlift suits.
135-5
225-3
275-2
295-1
315-1 straps up. This time is was pretty tough to get down to the bar and it was ugly coming up because I couldnt get close enough for a proper grip.
335-1 This was better
365-4x1
385-0 I got it to my knees and stalled. Maybe if I hadn’t pulled 4 singles at 365 first, I might have gotten it.
I’ve attached the video of the last single at 365 and the 385 fail. I’ve had an issue crop up in that I start leaning to the left as soon as the bar breaks my knees. I’ve always had a bit of a left lean but it’s become quite pronounced and I’m at a loss as to what is causing it.
Pull off boxes
225-5
275-5
315-5
365-3
405-3,2
That’s all. My grip packed it in and I left it before I tore open a hand.
Dips
bw 3x10
Hanging leg raises
3x10
OH DB tricep ext.
30lb KB 3x10
I know you solicited Meat’s advice but hear’s mine. You aren’t sitting back fully, but also you seem to be looking forward, not up. Stick chin up, arch a little harder… and keep eyes to the ceiling.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
I know you solicited Meat’s advice but hear’s mine. You aren’t sitting back fully, but also you seem to be looking forward, not up. Stick chin up, arch a little harder… and keep eyes to the ceiling. [/quote]
you were next on my list as the gear guy.
Sitting back for me is always a work in progress. In fact, this is probably the best it’s been. When I’m uncertain or the weight feels heavy, I go to my back since that seems to be where I’m strongest. However, that’s limited me.
I can see what you mean by looking ahead rather than up. I’ll try that and see if it makes a difference. Do you think it could have anything to do with the fact that I’m pulling towards my supinated hand; that my shoulder is dropping down?
Looks like your right leg might be locking out before your left. Maybe that is pushing you to the left? Hmmm.
Looked like a good day of work though, 365/4x1
wow! needless to say but as always incredibly impressive O! SALIVATINGLY SO!
Sumo seems like a difficult way to pull imo. I’ve tried and become very off balance. I’m suprised you don’t look up when pulling too, do you normally not? It makes an incredible difference for me. nite and day.
hey wow - great vids!!
with that cara chick, i think the main issue with her form is that her knees do a funky cave before she pushes them out when she ascends out the hole. she could probably squat more weight if she really pushed them out hard and shoved her glutes through hard on her ascent. she is crazy strong, though, and i’m oh so jealous. your squats look very good indeed. i’m trying to look more like you 
[quote]Germanone wrote:
Looks like your right leg might be locking out before your left. Maybe that is pushing you to the left? Hmmm.
Looked like a good day of work though, 365/4x1[/quote]
it’s this and what Pete said.
i always equate lifting to dominos. if one thing goes wrong, other things go wrong in a particular order. like pete said, you aren’t sitting back into your suit enough. you need to really arch hard and pull your tailbone up towards the ceiling. i really like that cue because it’s easy to understand. get down there and attempt to force your tailbone towards the ceiling while arching as hard as you can. the hard part is maintaining that position throughut the lift. for many people once they start pulling the lower back relaxes and rounds. once that happens the hips pop up and the weight shifts forward.
that leads me to the second part. the sumo is so much more technical than the conventional dead. you see quit a lot of uneven lockouts with sumo for this reason. as your hips popped up the weight pitched forward. your right leg locked out too soon causing the weight to shift to the left. the left leg didn’t lockout until the very end.
if you can keep the weight back on your heels and the stress on the hips i bet you won’t have the uneven lockout problem.
if you can concentrate on ONE thing it would be to maintain a contracted lower back with tailbone up. you will need to really concentrate on keeping the abs super tight to do this. if you feel your tailbone dropping then you need to bail on the lift. it’s all about learning the new motor program.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
[quote]Germanone wrote:
Looks like your right leg might be locking out before your left. Maybe that is pushing you to the left? Hmmm.
Looked like a good day of work though, 365/4x1[/quote]
it’s this and what Pete said.
i always equate lifting to dominos. if one thing goes wrong, other things go wrong in a particular order. like pete said, you aren’t sitting back into your suit enough. you need to really arch hard and pull your tailbone up towards the ceiling. i really like that cue because it’s easy to understand. get down there and attempt to force your tailbone towards the ceiling while arching as hard as you can. the hard part is maintaining that position throughut the lift. for many people once they start pulling the lower back relaxes and rounds. once that happens the hips pop up and the weight shifts forward.
that leads me to the second part. the sumo is so much more technical than the conventional dead. you see quit a lot of uneven lockouts with sumo for this reason. as your hips popped up the weight pitched forward. your right leg locked out too soon causing the weight to shift to the left. the left leg didn’t lockout until the very end.
if you can keep the weight back on your heels and the stress on the hips i bet you won’t have the uneven lockout problem.
if you can concentrate on ONE thing it would be to maintain a contracted lower back with tailbone up. you will need to really concentrate on keeping the abs super tight to do this. if you feel your tailbone dropping then you need to bail on the lift. it’s all about learning the new motor program.
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Thanks very much for the feedback from everyone. This is an issue that has dogged me for a while and gets a bit better then comes back again.
The reason we pulled from boxes after the floor was to see if that’s the height at which the issue originates. I felt it started lower but was visible by the time it hit my knees. When I pulled from a height just below my knees, there was no leaning.
When I pull next weekend I’ll be focusing on keeping my head up and lower back tight and arched. The nice thing about the velocity suit it that the cut of it allows me the flexibility to arch my back when my belt is a bit looser.
No additional advice from me, but I will say that the bar seems to dip a bit on the supinated hand side when the weight gets heavy for me. Not that this is your problem, but I think it makes your lean appear more pronounced.
Form issue aside, you’re looking very strong.
I like all of the feedback that was given. I train with Ouro, and I can’t figure out why this has happened. She might just need to grab the bar on the right as she starts to pull so she is in a better position. What does the majority think? This chick can pull 405 if she can figure it out.
IBB
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
No additional advice from me, but I will say that the bar seems to dip a bit on the supinated hand side when the weight gets heavy for me. Not that this is your problem, but I think it makes your lean appear more pronounced.
Form issue aside, you’re looking very strong.[/quote]
I kind of wonder if there is a connection to the lean being on my supinated side. I wonder if having your hand supinated makes your shoulder roll farther forward. I never get this on my pronated side.
I was reading another friends training log and he has switched to hook grip. If I weren’t such a cry baby I might try that.
I think its like meat said, it all starts with the set up. If that is dialed in many of the little issues may clear themselves up?
good conversation/advice. much to practice.
I watched the video about five times but I just couldn’t see if your hand placement was symmetrical or not. If mine is the least little bit off on one side it goes tits up for me just like that and I mena just a little bit off does it.
Might not be your issue but it can’t hurt to check.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
I watched the video about five times but I just couldn’t see if your hand placement was symmetrical or not. If mine is the least little bit off on one side it goes tits up for me just like that and I mena just a little bit off does it.
Might not be your issue but it can’t hurt to check.
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I was wondering the same thing and looked close but if anything it looks farther over on the left side which would mean it would tilt to the right.
On another note, my face blew out so badly on Sunday that it’s still red. I was walking with a friend at lunch yesterday and she asked me about the rash under my chin. I’d never noticed but the bottom of my chin above my neck was hemorrhaged too and was purple blotches.