Good lifting going on in here man!
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
What do you do for a living?[/quote]
Student.[/quote]
Grad?[/quote]
Music School if you can believe that[/quote]
I canz
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
What do you do for a living?[/quote]
Student.[/quote]
Grad?[/quote]
Music School if you can believe that[/quote]
I canz[/quote]
I’m did my time as an Economics major, got that degree. Doing music before I go to Grad school
[quote]Blackaggar wrote:
Good lifting going on in here man! [/quote]
Thanks man! That means a lot, I appreciate it!
I hope you’ll follow the log regularly
Teach me how to deadlift?
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]Blackaggar wrote:
Good lifting going on in here man! [/quote]
Thanks man! That means a lot, I appreciate it!
I hope you’ll follow the log regularly[/quote]
Yeah i just took a long look-through so ill be around
[quote]Blackaggar wrote:
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]Blackaggar wrote:
Good lifting going on in here man! [/quote]
Thanks man! That means a lot, I appreciate it!
I hope you’ll follow the log regularly[/quote]
Yeah i just took a long look-through so ill be around[/quote]
Then I’m going to apologize now for long winded posts lol, they get kind of ridiculous.
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
Teach me how to deadlift?[/quote]
Post a video?
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
Teach me how to deadlift?[/quote]
Post a video?[/quote]
I just like your pull number. Sumo or Conventional?
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
Teach me how to deadlift?[/quote]
Post a video?[/quote]
I just like your pull number. Sumo or Conventional?[/quote]
Conventional, although I’ve been told my Sumo technique is pretty decent.
Neat. Well good shit over here, i be following
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Plz explain your luv of super sexy bar squats. Thx in advance.[/quote]
I like them because they reinforce good technique habits by changing the leverages and basically pulling you forward. Thus, your body has to recruit more upper back/back than a regular bar would. If you don’t arch your back, you’re screwed. They’re a great substitute for Front Squats if you have terrible shoulder mobility like I do. It also makes you stay upright when squatting which prevents doing a half-squat/good morning movement on the regular back squat when you return to using heavier weights. Finally, because the camber and the bar position magnify the forward-dumping effect of squatting with some lean.
Also, because I like higher frequency of lifts, the SSB is the safest method of squatting because the shear force on knees and low back are reduced significantly. This enables me to be able to squat three times a week effectively without having to worry about joint problems, plus I can get stronger at the same time.[/quote]
Awesome, thanks! How come SSB squats reduce shear force on the knees and lower back?
Me is liking this log more and more now. Me thinks you have a good taste in music, and we must share bands with each other. Yes, we shall.
Been trying to follow this log whenever possible, there’s some real gems in training periodisation (way above my head for now), musical interludes and committed lifting in between. Seen your log on another site too but glad it’s been updated here too.
Does where you train/who you train with/training environment make a big difference for you? I’ve seen videos from you in different places and you do comment when you change gyms.
How do you balance PL and your school and have you had thoughts on how you’d integrate the two (work and competitive lifting) after you graduate? Thanks.
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
Neat. Well good shit over here, i be following[/quote]
Thanks man! I appreciate the following!
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Plz explain your luv of super sexy bar squats. Thx in advance.[/quote]
I like them because they reinforce good technique habits by changing the leverages and basically pulling you forward. Thus, your body has to recruit more upper back/back than a regular bar would. If you don’t arch your back, you’re screwed. They’re a great substitute for Front Squats if you have terrible shoulder mobility like I do. It also makes you stay upright when squatting which prevents doing a half-squat/good morning movement on the regular back squat when you return to using heavier weights. Finally, because the camber and the bar position magnify the forward-dumping effect of squatting with some lean.
Also, because I like higher frequency of lifts, the SSB is the safest method of squatting because the shear force on knees and low back are reduced significantly. This enables me to be able to squat three times a week effectively without having to worry about joint problems, plus I can get stronger at the same time.[/quote]
Awesome, thanks! How come SSB squats reduce shear force on the knees and lower back?[/quote]
A few reasons
You can’t use as much weight on the SSB than the competition bar
The bar forces the posterior chain to stabilize the weight, so the load forces the full posterior chain to be involved.
Because you’re forced to be more upright, the bar is loaded more in the hips, and less directly on the low back and knees because the center of gravity is in favor of the hips.
[quote]XanderBuilt wrote:
Been trying to follow this log whenever possible, there’s some real gems in training periodisation (way above my head for now), musical interludes and committed lifting in between. Seen your log on another site too but glad it’s been updated here too.
Does where you train/who you train with/training environment make a big difference for you? I’ve seen videos from you in different places and you do comment when you change gyms.
How do you balance PL and your school and have you had thoughts on how you’d integrate the two (work and competitive lifting) after you graduate? Thanks.[/quote]
8am’s are your worst and best friend.
8am in college is like 5:30am for the rest of the world. By the time my classes for the day are over, everyone else is just starting their day. I normally train at 6-7pm so from 1-5:30, I’ll use an app called freedom where I’m not allowed to go on the internet, and I can write papers, do homework, etc without having to be distracted by going on Facebook, Reddit, and other sites that are absolute time killers. During my Freshmen year of University, I would be at the gym training at 5am in order to get the work in because my schedule would only me to do so. I feel if I get a job that requires almost all hours of the day, I’ll probably have to do that again.
I have a few thoughts on training environments:
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I’m spoiled because of the facility I train at, so if I don’t have the proper gym equipment that I want, i.e. glute ham raise, monolift, safety squat bar, it’s almost a deal breaker.
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I think there are two kinds of lifters: extrinsic and intrinsic lifters where the literal environment like loud music or people yelling at you or being “hardcore” makes their training session good or not. I’m not one of those lifters. I can lift by myself in quiet solitude, (and I have for most of my powerlifting career ) without saying or word or grunt. I’m self motivated enough by training goals, that I could care less with what’s going on around me, as all of it are distractions.
I will say that I do seek out better lifters to train with so I can learn. I’m going to train with Matt Rhodes and Vincent DIzenzo on Friday’s to work on my bench technique as I feel it can improve. There are a few other reasons as well, such as Rhodes being a good friend of mine, and he’s moving to Albany July 1st, so I won’t be able to hang out with him for long time after.
The most common reason I’ll train at another gym is because they have a bar that I have to get use to in competition that my gym doesn’t have. For example, NEU has Eleiko competition powerlifting bars that the USAPL uses for all their meets, I’ll train there to get use to the bar for deadlifts, as it is a far stiffer and thicker bar than what I’m use to using.
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I’m still debating whether or not I want to integrate the two. I feel that I’m only qualify to train Powerlifters and no one else, and because it’s a niche sport, it won’t pay the bills.
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In closing, I will say that training environment can be a little overrated at times, but for what it’s worth, it’s the lifters, not the facility that make the gym. I’ve been fortunate enough to train at awesome facilities all over the country, but at the end of the day, it’s just bars and plates. You make your training successful, not how many cool toys there are to play with, not what the big name lifter is doing across the room, or if Hatebreed or some other shitty band is being blared through the speakers or not.
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]Lift and Eat wrote:
Another one of your lurkers here! I mostly lurk these days as too busy to post…there’s nothing wrong with a good lurk 
Anyway, it’s interesting to read/see the training of someone who’s made such good progress. So I have a question…what would you say in your opinion was the best (most productive) training plan to follow for someone who was just starting getting into powerlifting AND would it differ depending on whether the person already had some training experience or was a complete newb?
Thanks, I’ll get back to my lurking now.[/quote]
Sheiko. I don’t think it would differ because most guys, even guys that have training experience, still suck at lifting weights. WIth Shieko, it’s almost fool proof to work on technique and get stronger.
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Thanks and keep up the good work…lifting and writing, I like logs where I get to learn new stuff and think about things differently.
[quote]Lift and Eat wrote:
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
[quote]Lift and Eat wrote:
Another one of your lurkers here! I mostly lurk these days as too busy to post…there’s nothing wrong with a good lurk
Anyway, it’s interesting to read/see the training of someone who’s made such good progress. So I have a question…what would you say in your opinion was the best (most productive) training plan to follow for someone who was just starting getting into powerlifting AND would it differ depending on whether the person already had some training experience or was a complete newb?
Thanks, I’ll get back to my lurking now.[/quote]
Sheiko. I don’t think it would differ because most guys, even guys that have training experience, still suck at lifting weights. WIth Shieko, it’s almost fool proof to work on technique and get stronger.
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Thanks and keep up the good work…lifting and writing, I like logs where I get to learn new stuff and think about things differently.[/quote]
That means a lot, I appreciate you taking the time to read my thoughts.
Just everyone who follows my log, just keep asking questions, and as I said before, I’m more than happy to answer. I do enjoy writing, and writing in this log relaxes and helps me get better at writing.
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
Me is liking this log more and more now. Me thinks you have a good taste in music, and we must share bands with each other. Yes, we shall.
Are we talk like this from now on going to, hmm?
Anyway, speaking of music, this is what I’ve been listening to lately
I might bust out the flannel, grow a beard, wear a beanie hat and start playing coffee shops with my acoustic because of Dustin Kensrue