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07-12-2010, 11:54 PM #31
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07-13-2010, 01:15 AM #32
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07-13-2010, 03:21 AM #33
Ive lost the confidence to squat after straining my traps and spraining my ankle. Had 300x5 (+ one crappy, high, last rep) parallel about 10 weeks ago. Since then the heaviest ive gone was 235 3x10 which was about a month ago. Did something to my quad and now back out of squat action for who knows how long. I miss the days when I was adding 5-10lbs a week. DLs are limited too.
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07-13-2010, 03:57 AM #34
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07-13-2010, 05:22 AM #35
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07-13-2010, 06:40 AM #36
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07-13-2010, 08:21 AM #37
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07-13-2010, 09:56 AM #38
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07-13-2010, 10:12 AM #39
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07-13-2010, 10:14 AM #40
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07-13-2010, 10:16 AM #41
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07-14-2010, 01:39 AM #42
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07-14-2010, 08:32 AM #43
Time for a self call-out. My squat sucks. I just bumped my bench up yesterday to more than my squat. wtf is my problem? I've always had skinny little chicken legs, but my other lifts are progressing much faster. I always feel FANTASTIC after a great squat day, it's not a mental holdback (maybe it is). I'll get the camera going again, maybe my form is off? Or am I just a toolbox??
My entire workout schedule is very simple and I emphasize squat by starting the week out with it, and by doing nothing else that day. I also squat twice a week. I feel like I eat at least as much as I should if not more, and my sleep is not great, but it's adequate. Really, is it because I'm so f'ing old?
Should I get a belt? I feel like I'm not even close to a weight where I should use one.
What helped YOU bump your squat up?
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07-14-2010, 08:34 AM #44
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07-14-2010, 08:37 AM #45
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07-14-2010, 08:39 AM #46
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07-14-2010, 08:40 AM #47
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07-14-2010, 08:45 AM #48
well think about it.....you want to get better at an instrument what do you do? play it. you wanna get better at basketball, you shoot around or play with friends. You wanna get better at squatting, you squat. If you wanted to improve in any of these things would you only do them 1x a week? I think not. Try squatting as least 2x weekly. your numbers will go up
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07-14-2010, 08:51 AM #49
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07-14-2010, 09:05 AM #50
what I do
mon- squat
tue- dead, bench
wed-
thurs- squat
fri- dead, bench
sat-
sun- chins, rows, military
I find I'm still pretty sore from previous squat on squat day. Not preventively so, but still feeling it. Right now, 2x a week is what I can realistically handle. I just switched from 1x a week to 2x, perhaps time to grow is what I need.
Also I could switch up sat and sun so I'm freshest for both squat days.
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07-14-2010, 09:42 AM #51
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Squatting + FOOD.
Try Starting Strength + plenty of food. All of your lifts should go up. 1x per week frequency just doesn't cut it, especially as a novice. Ive been back lifting since jan and other than ~1 month off lowe body lifts with my back injury I have squat heavy at least 2x per week every week.
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07-14-2010, 09:49 AM #52
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07-14-2010, 10:09 AM #53
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07-14-2010, 10:18 AM #54
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07-14-2010, 10:33 AM #56
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07-14-2010, 10:36 AM #57
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07-14-2010, 10:45 AM #58
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It's enough for a beginner. After about 6 months, you can consider something else. I've seen enough testimonies of people's strength gains to know it works.
It goes A-B-A, B-A-B, A-B-A... week by week. One week you'll do two deadlift sessions, and the next you'll do 1.
I haven't done more than 3 heavy reps on a deadlift day for ages... For the last month I've been doing:
135x8, 225x5, 315x4 (no belt), 365x1 (no belt), 405x1 (no belt), 425x1 (belt), PR (belt) (445, 455, 465, 475). It really doesn't take much at all.
This and this.Training, philosophy, nutrition and biomedical discussion (2.0): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=146797403
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07-14-2010, 10:46 AM #59
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07-14-2010, 10:47 AM #60
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