awesome squat night for the bens
Good to be home if only for a day.
Squats
(no belt)
135x3
225x3
315x5
365x4
425x3x2
485x3x5 (felt great finally)
Bench
(No feet)
185x5
225x4
255x3x2
290x3x6 (paused every final rep)
Dips/leg raises
10x3
Squats
(No belt oly stance)
225x6
315x6
405x6
back axtensions
10x4
called it good there, the whole workout went pretty quickly and the squats were finally as low as I wanted them to be, getting stronger every session. Hip was bugging me some but Part of that may have been the cold and being a little dehydrated. either way I’m happy with how the session went.
Deadlift and squat
speed work superset
(405x3/245x3)x6
Random bodyweight work
had a great time, we always seem to get off track at imperial because there are way too many things to do! was great now to rest for a day and get back after it on monday
SOOOO MUCH CATCHING UP TO DO!!!
been having the craziest finals schedule of my college career but stayed up extra late tonight now that I’m done to log all my workouts for the past week and a half
trying to get caught up on workouts, here’s monday’s session
Bench
no feet
185x5
225x4
255x3x2
295x3x5
Squats
no belt
135x3
225x3
315x5
365x4
425x3x2
485x3
515x2
Bench
no feet
205x5
235x5
275x3x4
Dips
x alot
Decent session, my hips were really bugging during the squats… I may be adding in the belt earlier than expected, it’s keeping me from getting as low as I want as well ugh!
Pretty good day, my hips were still pretty beat up from the squatting so I wasn’t feeling amazing during the second round of deads. still all coming along
Training everything without a belt was beginning to cause some issues, mostly in my hips due to all the things I was having to do to hit depth and grind out of it without the belt for squatting, and getting my positioning all messed up for deads.
Solution? listen to my body and start to take better care of myself i.e. use a belt. Still didn’t want to go out without seeing what I could do one last time without, so I went in to do my workout but ended up testing my lifts instead, in a fashion that I would like to call the you suck total, Beltless squat and dead and no feet bench with tyler grips…
Squats
135x2
225x3
315x3
405x1
495x1
535x1 (beltless PR called it good there)
No feet bench w/tyler grips
185x4
225x4
275x1
295x1
330xmiss (lost balance at top)
325x1 (PR)
Deads no belt
225x2
315x2
405x2
495x1
585x1
635x1
655x1 (beltless PR)
Managed to hit a PR on every lift despite feeling like absolute crap the whole time. hopefully will have better luck with my pain issues after adding the belt back in. Vid will be up next week
I would like to submit for review that belts are the single greatest piece of lifting equipment ever… that is all!
Squats
135x4
225x4
315x5
365x4
add belt
425x3x2
475x3x2 (was pausing some reps for fun!)
515x2x2 (someone done turned off the gravity!)
475x3 paused all three reps below parallel
Close grip Bench
185x5
225x4
255x3x2
295x3x2
305x2x3
315x2
Oly squats
225x3
315x3
405x3
425x3
405x8 (thought I only did 6 because I was so out of shape I couldn’t count any higher!)
such a great session I will be feeling it later but so worth it for all the buried squats!
Some delayed onset soreness from mondays squats turned into some crotch cramping awfullness that really screwed me up for pulls, I’m sure the lack of sleep, food, and relaxing from finals week played a significant role as well… ugh
Close grip Bench
185x5
225x4
255x3x2
295x3x5 (tendonites was not feeling great)
Deads
135x3
225x3
315x3
405x2
495x2
add belt
585x2
625x2x2 (couldn’t pull anything fast because I was scared of tearing something, and my position was thrown off by slowing everything down and being tight everywhere, called it a day and went home to write another friggin paper and stretch for 3 hours)
This has been the absolute most ridiculous finals week of my life, something like 8 papers, 4 in class finals, 1 video final, 3 big performance finals, 2 auditions, 2 big projects, Work meetings, resident checkouts, and still trying to find time in the gym and eat… sleeping didn’t happen much, but I am done now!
and ready to get back home soon I’ll be home sunday night and will be getting to work catching up on all my videos from this last week of craziness… the relief of being done is incredible ahhhhhhh…
[quote]Swashblucker wrote:
great job on your new PR!! you feel that belt help you technique wise ? or is it something else? great videos!![/quote]
just staying tight at the bottom
[quote]Swashblucker wrote:
great job on your new PR!! you feel that belt help you technique wise ? or is it something else? great videos!![/quote]
Yes, when I squat without a belt my chest has a tendency to collapse more and I bend a lot at the waist(doesn’t help that I already have a small waist), this causes my hips to be higher making me struggle to hit depth even thought the bar is moving farther because I bend over more. This was putting a lot of extra stress on my hips and I causing me to favor them screwing up my form even more, when I added the belt back in the extra support instantly fixed 90% of the form issues I was having and is allowing me to focus now on the form flaws that I should be fixing anyway. Bottom line squatting without a belt made the lift harder so I was working very hard and getting stronger, but squatting with a belt improves my form and keeps me healthier, and that needs to be my focus for now
still learining how to use it