Oh I didn’t say slow down my friend, but credit where it is due. The hard work is paying off, now just to ride the strength wave as far as you can.
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That fucking 345 front squat day was disgusting my friend. Super stoked to see you wrecking ass this year man. Everything looking solid!
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@oldbeancam thank you bean who is old and also cam. I think I will overshoot my 500 FS goal tbh. Gonna start peaking here soon after a deload.
6/22/20 - bw 230, kinda expected a miss day today, as I just wasn’t feeling good. My sleep wasn’t great and my diet for the last few days has been subpar. Had a friend training with me today and he fortunately distracted me from some nerves.
Push Press
45x8
135x3,3
185x3,3
225x3
belt on
275x3
315x1 this felt awful for some reason, literally just went all in on 340
340x2 first rep was super fast, right arm didnt really lockout but it was just a small error, knew I had another. This is a PR though. Should be good for 365-370.
belt off
250x3x3 90 sec rest
Overhead Rack Lockouts
135x5
185x8
225x8
275x6, did 5 last time with near-death grinder, this was 6 and smooth. shit! PR
Seated DB Shoulder Press
40x15
55x8
100x8
100x8
100x8 easy! recent volume PR, probably close to tying all time best, though I think i have done a set of 10 with sets of 8 with 100’s
Block Close Grip Floor Press
135x8
185x8
225x8
275x5
330x4 wanted 5, this was heavy, pecs are weak atm
Forgot to do skullcrushers today 
Pull Ups
x10
x10
x13 just about failure on this, maybe a 14th, i suck at pull ups right now, just so not used to doing them
Laterals
40x8
40x8
40x8
Rotator Cuff shit
x15
x15
x15
x15
340 push press x 2
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBwc6L-AXcg/
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Hell of a session! Sometimes you’ve got to fuck listening to your body and beat it into submission. Once it realizes that this is what’s gonna happen, it often submits to the plan.
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Thanks man, that describes it perfectly. Not always does it work, but it sure did this time haha.
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6/24/20 - bw 230, deload squats and light stones and some farmers work. Things dont feel so great today. Just feel especially twisted up and weak.
FS
135x10
135x10
135x10
Stone to Shoulder
175x3
175x3
175x3
Farmers
170/hand x 100’
260/hand x 100’ turn at half
260/hand x 100’ turn at half
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6/26/20 - BW 230 not happy with today at all. Something has been feeling off since last DL session. I aggravated a nerve in my back by doing the DB SLDL with a belt. The belt seemed to compress a nerve. Also, I hurt my rib (one i dislocated last year) on 315 push press warm up before my 340. My entire body just feels so twisted up right now. I took deadlifts today anyway as they werent very heavy, but things just didn’t feel great.
Deficit Pause DL
135x3,3
185x3,3
225x3
275x3
325x3
345x2 felt awful, heavy, slow
275x8x3 90 sec rest
Nordic HS curl
x8
x5
x5
x5
x5
x5
x5
All above sets to failure. Total destruction of hamstrings.
Staggered DB SLDL
40x15
55x8
100x8
100x5
100x5 wow these feel great, guess the belt really was the culprit
Hip Thrust
135x10
185x10
225x10
275x8
drop set
225x8
135x alot
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I haven’t used a belt in years for this reason alone. I always got injured when I used one and could never get it right. Never got any extra weight, a better feeling or anything out of it other than injuries, especially on the deadlift. I imagine a SLDL would pinch even more so due to sitting back pushing further into the belt. Hopefully things clear up for you Vin!
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Feel better bud !!
Yeah it’s so weird. I always felt a bit weird using a belt in certain situations. Like on yoke, if I put it on too tight, it literally compresses stuff in my spine and I feel weird all over. It’s kinda why I train yoke beltless until I absolutely need it, and even then it’s on loose. The only thing I can afford to wear it tight on is overhead and maybe front squats.
@Spock81 @oldbeancam Thanks for the well wishes. I’ll be fine. Nothing serious, just nagging stuff. I may delay the start of my squat training until I feel ready.
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I have a lot of never ending nagging stuff. I’m not sure if we’re more prone to this stuff because of our crookedness ?? All the joints on my right side hurt … I cant tell if the other lifters I see on Instagram hurt because they never mention it , they just post their perfectly symmetrical lifting so in my head I think oh, ok, they must not feel hurty all over
I hate this about social media. There probably are a bunch of people who don’t hurt as much but anyone who has been lifting for a considerable amount of time with any intensity will experience pain and injuries.
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Fixed that for you 
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LOL so true !!
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If you look at a lot of my lifts, especially deadlifts, from certain angles they look very symmetrical and almost textbook perfect form. The reality is, my leg length is severe enough that certain CP’s (depending on what they want to sell me) advised I get a lift in my shoe and it was imperative that I do so.
After some trial and error with PT’s and some studying on my own behalf, I began to realize my body, along with 99.9% of the population, is riddled with asymmetry, chronic micro-injuries and muscular imbalances - some worse than others.
High-level athletes are no exception. Dmitry Klokov is a great example. He always utilized a staggered stance in his cleans and squats due to an injury (allegedly) he sustained in his youth that caused him to need surgery that would compromise the symmetry of his legs. This man became one of the most prolific weightlifters of all time and he has a pretty severe asymmetry.
For me, pains come and go. I’m not in any more pain than I was in 2012-2016, but I get new pains that work their way in. I just accept it as a challenge and move forward in trying to remedy it and work through it or with it.
The reality is, as time goes by, I realize how limited this dream of being strong is. We have maybe 20-30 years, if we’re lucky, to take our bodies to the brink before mother nature snatches it all away. If you’re in pain - good, you’re alive! Right? I think so…
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Oh, caveat. Don’t fuck yourself up guys. It often appears that enough pain seems to indicate a threatening serious injury, so yeah.
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Haha we knew that mate. Although on a completely different level, I have been around the block a few times myself and have collected a few ouchies on the way.
But luckily nothing too serious or concerning in the long run. Well long run for lifting, not life, haha.
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Some of us don’t run into stuff in the night though.
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We can’t all have the night vision of a cat mate.
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Not sure what your love life has to do with injuries !! 
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