Well unfortunately it’s not gonna change cause I’ll be blowing a huge chunk of the chump change I have.
Hey I’m gonna move my feet closer when I deadlift. I notice in a video i’m not getting a perfect frog stance. So next time I deadlift I’ll see if it feels better. @dagill2
I was snooping around T-nation then found this @T3hPwnisher
I am not the guy to be getting form advice from. Although that nugget, and a few others from pwn certainly helped me.
I was playing around with deadlifts and foot placement in my strength and conditioning class. I was
much more explosive when I move my feet closer. I juggled between my original and new stance. The original feels so off and weak in comparison. So next time I deadlift I’m gonna move my feet closer. Not ridiculously close but just that explosive sweet spot.
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Squat:
155x5 175x5 200x5 130x20
Press:
70x5 85x5 95x5
1x10 70
8x5 70
I guess I thought I was doing beefcake. Then I switched it back. Funny thing is the weight is supposed to be 55 lbs. My mistake lol
Chin ups:
5xamrap
Db rows: 5x10 supposed to do these on Tuesday.
Everything was smooth. The rows did hurt tho.
Squat:
175x5 200x5 225x5 5x5
Press:
85x5 95x5 105x5
85x7
100 lat pulldowns
100 face-pulls
Gym day with my brother. I have off Monday cause of mlk. @dagill2 @Chris_Colucci
I did it dagill I did it chris. 5x5 with 225. I’d say I’ve gotten stronger considering my tm is 235.
The squats weren’t that bad. It would’ve been better if my butt wasn’t sore from Thursday.
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Nice work.
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My bad should be logging meals. Adding protein shake to go along with 4 meals as a snack.
Breakfast
6 scrambled eggs cooked in olive oil,milk, and sharp cheddar cheese
One piece of toast lol
Lunch
Plate size of fried rice. Two fistfuls of cashews
Lunch 2
3 eggs , fistful of cashews ,cup of peaches
Dinner
Same thing as lunch 2
Snack
2 scoops chocolate bodyfortress whey
2 tbsp natural peanut butter
1 cup of oats it could be two I forgot how I made it so it doesn’t taste like garbage
2 cups of milk
Don’t get too excited. We ran outta eggs. In fact idek what I’m gonna eat tomorrow. Anyway I weigh 192.4 so I gained a pound and a half-ish. For not following the diet and eating randomly I consider that a W. Now that I’m adding the shake I should be fine I suppose.
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@dagill2 you were right. I am just weak lol. There was nothing wrong with my original deadlift stance at all. Ugh moving my feet closer made 260 feel so hard.
Deadlift:
230x5 260x5 290 3x5
My deadlift has gotten stronger. That’s cool
Bench:
145x5 160x5 180 3x5 1x3
Gonna lower the tm to 185 on week 4. I guess I made it too high. sigh
Db rows
5x10
I think its hard to judge whether something like stance works for you from one session or lift because there’s so many other variables that affect your lifts.
However I also believe (unpopular opinion, be warned) that you should only concern yourself with technique/form for safety reasons or if you’re planning to compete. Otherwise the goal remains to get bigger and stronger. Lifting more weight because you changed your leverages or decreased your ROM doesn’t get you bigger and stronger.
If you’re using plus sets (I can’t remember, sorry), I think there is absolutely no downside for setting a TM too low, but plenty of downside to setting it too high. I’d always go for the former.
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Squat:
175x5 200x5 225x5 130x20
Press
10x5 85 lbs
Chinups: 5xamrap
@Chris_Colucci @dagill2
What’s considered strong when it comes to lifts?
That depends who you ask.
Wendler and Paul Carter produced some standards along the lines of 500lbs squat for 20 reps. Dan John uses double bodyweight deadlift, bodyweight bench and more than bodyweight clean and front squat as minimums. Other authors have different standards.
Strong means lots of things to different people, so just decide what it means to you and get after it.
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500lbs squat for 20 reps
Goddamn that is a high standard for strong haha. Then again, when you squat 1000lbs, 500 x 20 is a cardio workout.
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2-plate bench and 3-plate squat and 4-plate deadlift would be “not bad, pretty dedicated beginner” compared to veteran lifters, but it’ll be stronger than most people in most gyms across the country. So, I’d aim for that and reassess to make new goals when you get there.
I like Dan John’s bodyweight bench-bodyweight front squat-bodyweight power clean as another good perspective of total body strength and performance. Stuff like the Wendler-Carter list of crazy feats of strength (squatting 500x20, strict overhead press 315, barbell curl 185x10, etc.) kinda miss the point in that there’s a difference between setting high goals and setting unrealistic/unachievable goals.
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Thank you.
You think I can squat 275x5
If I do 235 5x5 on week 6. 275x5 should give me around a 315 max.
I weigh 196.2
I find that rather bizarre. I took a crap before weighing myself too.
Why so?
I’m confused by these numbers. Could you talk me through where you got them from please?
I weighed 192.4 five days ago. The most weight i will squat on monolith for a 5x5 is 235 on week 6. I’m wondering if I can squat 275x5 if I can get those sets in. If I can squat 275 for 5 I should be able to squat 315.