The Race to a Five-Plate Squat (and onward)

[UofACATS]

Buy dextrose for those days. I use it even on some well-fed days, simply because it's an amazing boost in energy (especially if you're spending 2+ hours in the gym like me).

I'll give anything a shot, so sure I'll try it, but I never spend that long in the gym. I find an hour, maybe an hour and 15 minutes and I start falling off. Maybe the dextrose will help with that. The new SS routine will have my workouts lengthened quite a bit from what I'm used to.

[musicianman]

I'll give anything a shot, so sure I'll try it, but I never spend that long in the gym. I find an hour, maybe an hour and 15 minutes and I start falling off. Maybe the dextrose will help with that. The new SS routine will have my workouts lengthened quite a bit from what I'm used to.

It helps. I have days where I'll go to the gym following a low-carb day, and I'll end up feeling like crap unless I get that sugar in my system.

[UofACATS]

It helps. I have days where I'll go to the gym following a low-carb day, and I'll end up feeling like crap unless I get that sugar in my system.

What exactly is the mixture, sugar and water?

[musicianman]

What exactly is the mixture, sugar and water?

Mine's a 30% dextrose, 30% maltodextrin, 40% whole grain brown rice starch (which has a GI higher than dextrose) powder, which you simply take a 30g scoop of and mix in water. I got it from True Protein.

I mix it with my Purple Intrain (http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/cl...leintrain.html), and about 28 fl. oz. of water.

[UofACATS]

Nice cocktail

[musicianman]

I put it in this thing (yes, orange):
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store...l.aspx?ID=1278

[Jrahe42]

Mine's a 30% dextrose, 30% maltodextrin, 40% whole grain brown rice starch (which has a GI higher than dextrose) powder, which you simply take a 30g scoop of and mix in water. I got it from True Protein.

I mix it with my Purple Intrain (http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/cl...leintrain.html), and about 28 fl. oz. of water.

I swear your a dextrose rep. Every other post you write has the mentioning of dextrose in it

[musicianman]

I swear your a dextrose rep. Every other post you write has the mentioning of dextrose in it

Double fail.

[Ironlife]

[Jrahe42]

mariusz pudzianowski>zydrunas savickas

[DanielBeauchamp]

mariusz pudzianowski>zydrunas savickas

Me is not so sure...lol

[musicianman]

[youtube]VojJo60E27E[youtube]

Why are you posting that crap in the squat thread? Sigh...

While we're at it... here's a 300-pound one-handed DB press:


Now, back to squats please.

[Farley1324]

That video is one of the single most impressive lifts I have ever seen. It never gets old.

[musicianman]

That video is one of the single most impressive lifts I have ever seen. It never gets old.

It's a shame he died so early... Myostatin deficiency + hyperthyroidism + working his ass off = world's strongest man. I still think he's the strongest man who's ever lived.

He supposedly drank a gallon of (cow's?) blood a day (screw GOMAD, lol).

[Jrahe42]

Me is not so sure...lol

I prefer extremely strong + ripped over just extremely strong.

[musicianman]

I prefer extremely strong + ripped over just extremely strong.

Too bad you're not either of those things.

[Jrahe42]

Too bad you're not either of those things.

I would come back with a witty response, but than I realized you are the size of a peanut and there is no need.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

I would come back with a witty response, but than I realized you are the size of a peanut and there is no need.

aint nuttin but a peanut!

[Jrahe42]

aint nuttin but a peanut!

[The Shoeless Wonder]

i can do that

[musicianman]

Lmfao at big Ron.

[-Lucifer]

i can do that

I can curl that, bro.

U mad?

[The Shoeless Wonder]

I can curl that, bro.

U mad?

hes alive! I can oh press that.
u mad?

[musicianman]

Copied from my log:

Epic Fail Squatting (9:40 PM - 9:55 PM):
The gym closed at 10 PM. I thought it closed at 11 PM. Enough said. Today was supposed to be an epic leg day. In reality, it turned into an epic-fail leg day.

Squats (low-bar, trying to break with hips): 135x5, 135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 275x0, 275x0
I never realized how much the stretch reflex and a narrow stance was natural to me until I spread my legs out wider and didn't use the stretch reflex. Wow. I officially squat more using high-bar and going ATG than I do with low-bar and breaking parallel. My knees (what felt like my LCLs) didn't like this stance as much as narrow and high-bar, but that's probably just my body adjusting.

I also experienced a bit of a shoulder twinge when I got under the 225-pound bar to squat it up from the rack (after failing 275). It's still a bit sore, but I don't think I pulled anything since there is no pain.

Epic fail video:


I seriously felt like yelling "MOTHER ****ER!" at the top of my lungs when I heard that "LA Fitness will be closing in five minutes" message.

[Farley1324]

Those are some extremely funky, jerky, unnatural lookin squats you got going there. Nice and deep though

[The Shoeless Wonder]

inb4 deload week for musicman

[adimare]

My squats today sucked too.

I was supposed to do 417.5 2x5, but I forgot my incredibly awesome 1.25 plates, so I decided to try 420.

None of the guys I usually ask to spot me were around, so I asked random PT#2 for help. Told him I'd do the 5 reps on my own, I just wanted him there in case something went wrong. I go down for my first squat and sure enough, as I start to come up, he grabs the bar and helps with my lift... Second set, I tell him explicitly not to touch the bar, so as I start to come up he does the obvious thing and grabs me by the elbows ("just helping out with your balance") and proceeds to help me with every single rep... He's a really nice guy and meant well, but that's the last time I ask him to spot me. The good thing about it is the complete lack of soreness, I think my worksets were way easier than my last warm-up set.

I'll be at the beach next week so no squatting, the week after that I'll go for 417.5 rather than 420 again or 422.5, I'll also start doing 1x5 on fridays rather than 2x5, the second set is starting to feel ridiculously heavy compared to the first one.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

you got a vid? you look like you weigh 150

[adimare]

you got a vid? you look like you weigh 150

Best I got on vid is 405, look at my bodyspace or the first page. I weigh around 210 lbs.

Musicianman, awesome song in the first sets of squats (not really, but my real name is Alejandro so I think it's awesome by default.).

[musicianman]

Those are some extremely funky, jerky, unnatural lookin squats you got going there. Nice and deep though

Tell me about it, man. Low-bar and breaking at the hips feels beyond unnatural to me. I'm probably going to work on the low-bar for warm-up sets tomorrow, and then do some high-bar ATG squats afterward.

Best I got on vid is 405, look at my bodyspace or the first page. I weigh around 210 lbs.

Musicianman, awesome song in the first sets of squats (not really, but my real name is Alejandro so I think it's awesome by default.).

God... Gaga is so ****ing overplayed, man. She's actually not even close to the worst artist on the radio (and some of her songs are listenable to), but DAMN I get sick of hearing "Aly-Aly-Jandro, Aly-Aly-Jandrooooooo" every five minutes of my day.