That’s right. It doesn’t have to be pretty, and isn’t that great! You’re coming around to my way of thinking. Just pull the bastard up. Fuck form. Okay I know you aren’t willing to go that far… but this rebel rebel snapper I can relate to. Nice pulls. Cute hair.
Quit beating yourself up & heed your own advice! Whether form was perfect or not, you pulled that w/conviction.
The hair looks GREAT.
[quote]Nadia Comeandeat wrote:
You’re coming around to my way of thinking. Just pull the bastard up. Fuck form. [/quote]
Form is important to me. I have learned the hard way by blowing out my back from stiff legging my DLs and allowing my back to round. And trust me, it sucks. So during training, I want to focus on form. When I’m on the platform for a max pull, I’ll allow myself some leeway.
One thing I forgot to mention is this weird sensation I have when I’m running out of gas or approaching my max. I get this strange rumbling in my stomach, almost like a hunger pain/growl, but it’s more widespread. I don’t know if it’s just internal or actually externally audible. It’s my cue that I’m almost outta time or about to hit failure. Does anyone else experience something similar?
[quote]soldog wrote:
silly dejected snapper - those didn’t look that bad and they were plenty fast![/quote]
x2
Looked better than most peoples do.
I side with you here snapper. Every rep should be done as strictly as possible. You won’t always succeed especially when the weight and reps near pr territory, but always striving for perfect form is one key to long term success. But with any form 195x3 is pretty damn good, and yours although not perfect, wasn’t that bad.
Very cute hair - and the deads weren’t that bad. room for improvement, yes. A clusterfuck? no.
Okay. Maybe this is a dumb question, but I’m a beginner. How do you get stronger if you are always striving for perfect form in training and don’t push the reps or weights to near max efforts?
And, as a follow up, having failed to pull 195 perfectly are you now planning to reduce your DL training weight? Of course I wouldn’t do that, nor do I think you should. But then again, I think (even in training) you have to be willing to pull 195 ugly before you can pull it pretty.
When I said that I love you, I meant that I love you forever…
I blame the music.
They weren’t so bad. There was a bit of back rounding. You have a high set up and that’s fine.
I know I’m just about done when my vision gets blurry and I see auras around lights.
I like your hair cut.
i like your haircut, too. and i like your deadlifting. i’d be totally stoked if i could pull 1.5 bodyweight with that form!
i guess i’ve been thinking you gotta try more than you could do before sometimes - but you also gotta live to train another day.
so some leeway on form with maxes (insofar as it isn’t risking injury). guess i saw the bar pulling your back out some on one of the lifts… but not to the point of risking spinal compression injury. but then you also gotta grease the groove on the movement with near perfect form to strengthen the right muscles performing in the right sequence otherwise some leeway can become some more leeway can become some more leeway (and injury can result).
but i’m just learning, too.
too deep on wide-stance squats? you must have some great hip flexibility!
One thing I was wondering though, with all the arm flapping and psyching up stuff, at a meet how long do you get from getting to the platform to actually initiating the lift?
Nice lifting btw and don’t sweat it everyone’s form breaks down a little bit as the weight gets heavy, that’s because there’s always going to be a weak link in the chain, something always has to give out first.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
One thing I was wondering though, with all the arm flapping and psyching up stuff, at a meet how long do you get from getting to the platform to actually initiating the lift?
Nice lifting btw and don’t sweat it everyone’s form breaks down a little bit as the weight gets heavy, that’s because there’s always going to be a weak link in the chain, something always has to give out first.[/quote]
60 seconds from “Bar loaded” to completion of the lift
O: The music was a contributing factor in the DL back rounding. What the hell is it with gyms that play music like that in the weightroom? Another song that played while I was training yesterday was “Marry Me,” something you’d hear at a wedding. WTF? I do have a high DL setup. My coach has mentioned I need to set up lower.
Nadia: Good question. And you’ll get lots of different answers. The older one gets, the less forgiving the body is with form violations. I believe you have to push it to get stronger. Absolutely. But not to the point where your form totally breaks down and puts you at risk for injury. And that point will be different for everyone. Will I lower my DL weights next week? Absolutely not. My form wasn’t that bad. I’m just a perfectionist is all and recognize when I’m off. I try to work to correct it so it doesn’t become habit.
Alexus: My hips flexibility is ridiculous. Great for Oly lifting, which I used to do. Not so good for powerlifting. The flexibility actually worked against me at my last meet. I was squatting to the floor. A number of the lifters were [goodheartedly] laughing at me.
Brett: Soldog is sort of right. You have 60 seconds from the time the announcer says “bar loaded” to initiate the lift or get a start command. Not compete the lift. I’m usually still off platform getting tweaked and pep talked for a bit, so I usually have about 40 seconds once I approach the weight. I know that and keep my setup to a reasonable length of time. If the clock runs low, my coach will warn me that I’m running out of time.
Snapper - did you have any pain leading up to the injury? Any warning?
With my bicpes tendon I had had pain in the elbow area for weeks prior to the injury, but of course I ignored it.
Nice Deads by the way!
[quote]mathineer wrote:
Snapper - did you have any pain leading up to the injury? Any warning?
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This question gave me pause. Because sometimes we don’t accurately remember the past. So I went back to my old log from last spring. And damn. I was having pain. Even logged it on several occasions. Had my shoulder treated by an ART guy a number of times. I suspect that I had a small tear as a result of poor benching form from years past that just ripped off the bone at the meet.
So, yes, I had warning and did not properly heed it. All the more reason that I’m neurotic about good form and biomechanics now. Don’t wanna go back there.
Your deadlifting looked good to me. I find once any kind of reps become involved, the form always gets off abit. No biggy.
I’m impressed. Nice haircut btw 
RE: flapstalling
I used to psyche myself up for pulling to the point of psyching myself out…try this.
Get ready before you get up there. If you get to the bar and dont pull within 5-6 seconds, back off and do it again.
It will feel wierd but can keep you from overthinking as your over the bar, and make you just pull.
I’m definitely on the side of careful attention to form. Surviving to lift another day is more important to me than an ugly PR.
Cute hair. I foresee some pigtails in your future.
I spent a good portion of the weekend feeling beat up. Achy joints. I just felt worn down. But now it’s a new week. And I had a good training day today. I left the gym feeling better than when I arrived.
Squat
5/75
4/95
3/115
2/125
1/135
3/155 suit bottoms, wraps, and belt
3/160
3/165
Reverse Bands
5/190
5/205
Sumo DL
5/115
3/5/150
These DLs were so easy. I could have easily done way more reps with this weight. I think sumo has finally clicked for me.
Good Mornings
3/8/70
A) Lying Hammies
3/8/90
B) Standing Calf
3/8/240
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I’m definitely on the side of careful attention to form. Surviving to lift another day is more important to me than an ugly PR.
Cute hair. I foresee some pigtails in your future.[/quote]
I knew Kimba would side with you. Perhaps experience will teach me.
I’m glad you had a good day in the gym today.