Nice form on both Vids.
Keep up the hard work.
Back in the 80’s we had female lifter who weighed 114 at her heaviest. She always amazed me as she could outlift the ladies 2 or 3 weight classes above her. Very technical lifter.
Snap, O uses straps in a different way for her fronties. I’m not sure if that would help your shoulder issue or not. or that ssb if you could get access too might help too.
How long does she have you running the same eating plan before its tweaked? (If you can say)
My guy had me on a 4 week plan, only time it was adjusted was too much weight loss/gain, which
only happened once(loss). I dont miss feeling like I had to eat when I just freakin ate. I did feel great on it though. Would be interesting to bump up the cals and run it again.
OR I can stop being a lazy shit, and get on it!
Snap, your front squats are looking good. I will venture a guess that upper back is the limiting factor for most people on front squats. I think my back has gotten a lot stronger for doing them.
I use straps to hold the bar but it’s more to save my wrists as I was getting aggravations in my right hand from doing them so frequently.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
How are you liking the new diet so far?[/quote]
I’m never hungry. But I miss eating junk. It’s a whole different mindset to view food as fuel to optimize athletic performance.
[quote]HARA wrote:
Handing over your programming is tough. I did it and am way stronger for it. looking forward to following your work.[/quote]
You can’t imagine how hard it is for me to give up control. I actually have a little anxiety about it. How lucky am I that I am privileged enough to have anxiety about powerlifting programming? Very. I realize.
[quote]thebruce13 wrote:
Back in the 80’s we had female lifter who weighed 114 at her heaviest. She always amazed me as she could outlift the ladies 2 or 3 weight classes above her. Very technical lifter.
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The small women who are freakishly strong are amazing to me. They really stand out when you look at it in terms of strength-to-weight ratio.
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
O uses straps in a different way for her fronties. I’m not sure if that would help your shoulder issue or not. [/quote]
Duh. I forgot about the straps. My coach even gave me some a year or so ago for this express purpose.
[quote]Up wrote:
How long does she have you running the same eating plan before its tweaked? [/quote]
I have to officially weigh in on Friday, which will be the two-week mark. I suspect that my diet coach will tweak the diet then.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Snap, your front squats are looking good. I will venture a guess that upper back is the limiting factor for most people on front squats. I think my back has gotten a lot stronger for doing them.
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Do they look okay? I wasn’t sure. I have a weak upper back (hence, a weak bench). Maybe that’s why these are so hard for me. Probably should stick with them even though I’m wanting to bag them for some back squat version instead.
I agree, keep the fronties in, now that I’m out of a prep cycle, I’m adding them in…some front squat holds too to work the core. I was way too shaky on my squats.
Yes, she has to do measurements, it is insisted, right Snap? I can’t wait to see if you “grew” during first biweekly. We tweaked some each biweekly, until found what worked for me. And pictures tell a big story too.
[quote]lil power wrote:
I agree, keep the fronties in, now that I’m out of a prep cycle, I’m adding them in…some front squat holds too to work the core. I was way too shaky on my squats.
Yes, she has to do measurements, it is insisted, right Snap? I can’t wait to see if you “grew” during first biweekly. We tweaked some each biweekly, until found what worked for me. And pictures tell a big story too.
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pictures? Lil… are you holding out on us?
/hijack/ but you can really see a difference in the vids you post!
Will you ever do a side by side? Your a very inspiring woman!!
Up, ha…maybe someday when I actually get to where i want to be…but my nutritional is begging me to be able to post them on her website…just not comfortable enough yet…(sorry for the hijack x2 Snap).
Finished two weeks on the new diet. Just trying to figure out my metabolism right now. I lost a few pounds and scant inches here and there. Yep: Measurements and pics are regularly taken.
Did bench and all that fun stuff on Wednesday. I’m making tiny gains. Which feels like a huge victory to me in this arena.
Played racquetball last night. Still can’t sprint/pivot super well. But getting closer to full strength.
Today was, once again, more new programming:
Squat (top set was 8 @ 105 lb.) . . . almost bodyweight . . . having a little trouble with stabilization of my right knee
Sumo-style RDLs (top set was 8 @ 155)
Conventional RDLs (top set was 8 @ 125)
One-legged leg press
One-legged hammie curl
Weighted hypers
I’m very weak with any unilateral leg work. I mean, ridiculously weak. Probably a good reason why I should do it.
[quote]lil power wrote:
your form all all the lifts looks really good, I did notice the right knee going in just a little, is that the same side the foot was worked on?
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Yes. Must be residual weakness. Really shows up on unilateral work. My new programming coach reviews my lifting vids and comments on form. No reason not to perfect it with higher-rep, lower-weight work.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Is the wide-stance squat new? I seem to recall you used to have a narrower stance. Great work.[/quote]
Been squatting wide stance for about a year.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
What did you think of the sumo rdl’s?[/quote]
Good stuff. The floor came sooner than I expected on a few reps.
This morning: lots of volume and high reps
Band pullaparts
Overhead DB carries
Lying L cuff stuff
Wide-grip bench
DB flat bench
Arnolds
Front raise
Lateral raise
Reverse flye
DB row
DB rolling tri
Seated lat pulldown
Hammer curls
My coach showed up at the end of my session and commented that I looked like a bodybuilder. The combination of clean eating and high-rep/high-volume work!
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Is the wide-stance squat new? I seem to recall you used to have a narrower stance. Great work.[/quote]
Been squatting wide stance for about a year.