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[Little_Moth]

I know that feel when you increase weight/reps on Squats but they feel easier every time haha! Very strong Bench PR as well, good work up in here!

[AdamNW]

I know that feel when you increase weight/reps on Squats but they feel easier every time haha! Very strong Bench PR as well, good work up in here!

its a good feel haha!
thanks man
i plan to out do that bench next time though!

[AdamNW]

Squat
100kg(220lbs) x 5
115kg(253lbs) x 5
135kg(297lbs) x 5PR

RDL decided to do this since all the cables were taken for Pull Throughs and James requested a video
3 x 145kg x 8 matched PR still pretty easy

Pull Ups (elbow felt much better but was still kinda nervous)
BW x 10
2 x BW+5kg(11lbs) x 8

Shrugs
110kg(242lbs) x 10
120kg(264lbs) x 10PR

Okay squats were actually a bit TOO easy.. was pretty surprised. felt very strong today though, but yeah i expected them not to be too much of a struggle but i exceeded that haha.
RDLs were good too, video is up. erectors were gone after those though, slowed down the negatives a little bit for the last few reps.
Elbow wasn't much of an issue at all for pull ups, but by the extra 5kg i felt my body restricting me so i didnt push it too far.


Here is the squat video:



And here is the RDL, bit of a bad angle.

new page.

[wahesh]

strong **** bro. PS, that is a stiff-legged deadlift, not romanian. are you currently bulking or cutting?

[Xuaxace]

ridiculous, with the inzer belt you are going to smoke me out big time. I guess I do a lot more volume which is ultimately going to hinder my ability to progress at the same speed.

Those romanians definitely look more stiff leg, good form non the less, as long as you feel that stretch on the hammies, good stuff.

[AdamNW]

strong **** bro. PS, that is a stiff-legged deadlift, not romanian. are you currently bulking or cutting?

thanks dude!
there is a slight knee bend thats probably hard to see because of the angle/sleeve so i called it a romanian. maybe closer to a stiff legged anyway.
im currently bulking, just pretty slowly.

ridiculous, with the inzer belt you are going to smoke me out big time. I guess I do a lot more volume which is ultimately going to hinder my ability to progress at the same speed.

Those romanians definitely look more stiff leg, good form non the less, as long as you feel that stretch on the hammies, good stuff.

with my inzer by my side i hope to do great things :3


hahahahaha.
but yeah, the squatting was very easy. waiting until it gets hard (no homo)
your volume would be a factor but shouldnt interfere too much. once you get fully comfortable with squatting you will shoot up im sure, probably leaving me behind.
certainly felt a stretch in the hammies and felt the erectors big time. there is a slight knee bend so i call it romanian haha

[wahesh]

its still a stiff-legged fyi lol. stiff-legged, you go down as far as you can, disregarding the back rounding, which is what you're doing. romanian, you only go as far down as you can without the back rounding

[iliftweightsido]

Good job with the bench




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[MaxOTAlex]

Good job with the bench




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I care about the squats. Nice form Adam.

[AdamNW]

its still a stiff-legged fyi lol. stiff-legged, you go down as far as you can, disregarding the back rounding, which is what you're doing. romanian, you only go as far down as you can without the back rounding

my bad, thought there was more to it than that

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thank you <3
hahahahaha

I care about the squats. Nice form Adam.

thanks dude! the yoda of weightlifters (iliftweightsido) is just kidding

[bogui94]

I start to catch up on squats and you manage to set a new pr again.
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How's the belt?

[AdamNW]

I start to catch up on squats and you manage to set a new pr again.
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How's the belt?

hahaha expect PRs for a while sir, this **** is still easy
don't worry dude, soon.gif for sure!

unfortunately i won't be getting my new belt till tomorrow, the one is that video is my old chitty belt haha.
when my stuff arrives tomorrow.. expect big things

[Teenwolf2]

Those squats were insanely easy, you probs will have 160kgx1 when you attempt it!

[AdamNW]

Those squats were insanely easy, you probs will have 160kgx1 when you attempt it!

thanks James!
hopefully I have that in me soon enough it will be more
i don't intend to max out anytime soon, just let the momentum of madcows take it's place and progress as such

[apujols24]

Strong bench son, you'll be closing in on 3 plates in no time. Mad jelly of that squat and OHP too like always, just never seem to slow down!

[AdamNW]

Front squat clean grip
70kg(154lbs) x 5
80kg(176lbs) x 5
95kg(210lbs) x 5PR for clean grip
easy.

Wendler Press (sticking with these until im 100% about the elbow.
60kg(132lbs) x 5
70kg(154lbs) x 3
80kg(176lbs) x 4PR
really happy with this!

Deadlift
150kg(330lbs) x 3
175kg(385lbs) x 3 PR since injury
easy.

Guillotine Press
60kg(132lbs) x 10
70kg(154lbs) x 10
82.5kg(182lbs) x 8PR

Hammer Curls
3 x 25kg(55lbs) x 10

as you could see, today was a great day!
my new inzer belt arrived today and it is ****ing amazing. im not sure if it was the excitement of it or what that lead to today, but I wanna thank Xuaxace one more time for everything.
front squat was too easy, not an issue there. im happy with my depth there finally
pressing got me by surprised.. i expected the elbow to me more of a pain than it ended up being. i wasn't as psyched as usual going into it because of that, then when the first rep went up without pain it got me by surprise.
admittedly on the last rep i got under it at the end of the lift, but it had cleared my head a pretty fair ways before i got under it so i still count it.
i did it instinctively i think.
deadlift well.. after struggling the past few weeks with the weight, i was amped as fuk and it came up easy all 3 reps.
so happy with today, and i love the new belt.

here are the videos:
Front Squat


Wendler Press


Deadlift

[AdamNW]

Strong bench son, you'll be closing in on 3 plates in no time. Mad jelly of that squat and OHP too like always, just never seem to slow down!

thanks dude i hope so!
let's hope the pressing doesnt slow down.. im loving the change to wendler style for now too

[wahesh]

form was very good on deads. maybe try a slightly narrower stance though? I felt stronger with a narrower stance. This is just something to experiment with, differs between people.

[AdamNW]

form was very good on deads. maybe try a slightly narrower stance though? I felt stronger with a narrower stance. This is just something to experiment with, differs between people.

thanks man.
i used to deadlift with a narrower stance but ive felt stronger with the one a bit wider.
no harm in experimenting though i might try a bit narrower

[Xuaxace]

can't even see the belt lol

80x4... damn, i can't even do that with 70 kg lol. nicely done.

front squats, very neat as well, gotta try and keep up with you on those.

[AdamNW]

can't even see the belt lol

80x4... damn, i can't even do that with 70 kg lol. nicely done.

front squats, very neat as well, gotta try and keep up with you on those.

yeah didnt think about that when wearing the black shirt but oh well, it was still there doing it's thing.
thanks man, was surprised. if i came in more prepared i mightve had 5 in me.. the first rep i didnt think would go that well.
neither of us has really maxed out on the front squats really, we would be very close i think!

[geneswest]

That OHP.. strong as always dude <3

[AdamNW]

That OHP.. strong as always dude <3

thanks man <3

[12ccopeland]

Biuriful frontz man :') Dude I literally bought my spring semester books and have no money left The belt will probably have to wait </3

[Teenwolf2]

The main reason for closer stance on DL is to lessen the stroke length from having a closer grip. Whatever works best for you Adam, but either way that pull is really strong.

That press PR is impressive too, big shoulder burn?

[AdamNW]

Biuriful frontz man :') Dude I literally bought my spring semester books and have no money left The belt will probably have to wait </3

thank you man <3
that sucks man, but there are priorities like the books.

The main reason for closer stance on DL is to lessen the stroke length from having a closer grip. Whatever works best for you Adam, but either way that pull is really strong.

That press PR is impressive too, big shoulder burn?

thanks mate, like i said i will try a slightly narrower stance to see how it feels but i feel better with what im doing now than i what i did before.

the wendler style press is much harder on the anterior delts.. definitely felt it there a lot!

[thatonedude_808]

In again. Not sure if you remember me, but I dropped 5/3/1 after a couple months. I feel a could get a lot more strength in a faster period before I move forward to slow progression.


Anyways, great job on the lifts so far!! Looking strong as hell.
What kind of camera do you use to record? And how do you place it? (or do you conveniently have bars to place it?)

I'm currently sort of using Wendler's BB template but am keeping the compounds 5x5 or 5x3 with progressive overload depending how I feel.

[AdamNW]

In again. Not sure if you remember me, but I dropped 5/3/1 after a couple months. I feel a could get a lot more strength in a faster period before I move forward to slow progression.


Anyways, great job on the lifts so far!! Looking strong as hell.
What kind of camera do you use to record? And how do you place it? (or do you conveniently have bars to place it?)

I'm currently sort of using Wendler's BB template but am keeping the compounds 5x5 or 5x3 with progressive overload depending how I feel.

hey dude, i remember you welcome back.
you can definitely gain strength faster with other programs, but i still feel 5/3/1 is overlooked as it can be altered/rate of progression increased if you're not advanced yet. i ran it that way.
but yeah, you will still gain faster on other programs depending on how advanced you are.
hell, at the moment im using madcow's for my lower body lifts.
i either use my phone or my ipad to film, just resting the back of it on some other piece of equipment.
so you're using 5/3/1 frequency but with a 5x3 set/reps?
if it's working for you keep at it, never really looked into that kind of thing to be honest

[thatonedude_808]

hey dude, i remember you welcome back.
you can definitely gain strength faster with other programs, but i still feel 5/3/1 is overlooked as it can be altered/rate of progression increased if you're not advanced yet. i ran it that way.
but yeah, you will still gain faster on other programs depending on how advanced you are.
hell, at the moment im using madcow's for my lower body lifts.
i either use my phone or my ipad to film, just resting the back of it on some other piece of equipment.
so you're using 5/3/1 frequency but with a 5x3 set/reps?
if it's working for you keep at it, never really looked into that kind of thing to be honest

Thanks! I'm nearly completely recovered from my back injury and my DLs have just been shooting up like crazy. I also plan on continuing 5/3/1 later.

Yeah. More like, I'm using 5/3/1's BB accessory work, changed the compound movements in the beginning to 5x5 or 5x3, and increased frequency.
Used to be: Upper, Lower, Rest, Upper, Lower, Weekends off
Now it's: Upper, Lower, Rest, Repeat (including weekends)

Frick. My local gym sucks when it comes to recording. It's hard to find places to put my phone lol.

[Chris806]

back on this **** bro

mirin' those squats so hard, theyve really come a long way and glad to hear its still easy

aware on wendlers press? I watched the video and it just looks like your neglecting your traps?