Cupcakes & Deadlifts: An idiot's guide to strength and future aesthetics!

[sculpt07]

keep killing it mate! great form on those squats

[pastorpritch]

Nice de-load man
And are you talking about the Infinite Labs Juggernaut challenge or something else?

[hamiltronj]

Nice work on the squats! Cool looking kicks man

[jpfaherty]

in for review of new Pendlay's.... i've always been a fan of the old style Pendlays but the new ones looked too much like romaleos. SOLID lifting been goin on, i lurked from my phone at a conference last week. keep pushin forward!

I'll give a full review after a month but I'll also post after my first squat session in them. That won't be until next week some time though!

keep killing it mate! great form on those squats

Appreciate the kind word my man! Good to see ya stoping by!

Nice de-load man
And are you talking about the Infinite Labs Juggernaut challenge or something else?

Juggernaut method lifting program. Google it! There's lots of info out there and a few people in this section are running it currently. Great program! Thanks for checking in!

Nice work on the squats! Cool looking kicks man

Thanks! Hopefully I like the shoes, if not it's back to good ol chucks!

[Reid456]

If you don't like the shoes, and you are size 9 or 9.5, I know somewhere you could send them

[adamjohn32]

looking forward to the review of those shoes. they look pretty sweet, want to replace my rogue do-winn's soon with either the nike, adidas, or the one's you just picked up.

[AustrianOakJr]

The new kicks look like they have a bit of a raised heal. Or am I not seeing things right? Forgive my ignorance....but what makes a "lifting shoe"?

[Reid456]

The new kicks look like they have a bit of a raised heal. Or am I not seeing things right? Forgive my ignorance....but what makes a "lifting shoe"?

Yes, you are seeing correctly. A raised heel gives a mechanical advantage on the squat. It essentially allows you to get deeper without having your heels come off the ground because ankle flexion is usually a limiting factor. Here's an article explaining how this idea came about in olympic lifting and from there bodybuilders and powerlifters found out it could benefit us in the squat.

http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/sporti...ticles015.html

[bigryan03]

Kicks look sweet dude! I have a feeling you are going to like them A LOT! I won't squat without my romaleos.

[jpfaherty]

If you don't like the shoes, and you are size 9 or 9.5, I know somewhere you could send them

I got dem dere tiny feet son. (8)

looking forward to the review of those shoes. they look pretty sweet, want to replace my rogue do-winn's soon with either the nike, adidas, or the one's you just picked up.

I've always thought about getting the nike's but the deal on these was too good to pass up! Ill let you know how they are.

The new kicks look like they have a bit of a raised heal. Or am I not seeing things right? Forgive my ignorance....but what makes a "lifting shoe"?

Yes, you are seeing correctly. A raised heel gives a mechanical advantage on the squat. It essentially allows you to get deeper without having your heels come off the ground because ankle flexion is usually a limiting factor. Here's an article explaining how this idea came about in olympic lifting and from there bodybuilders and powerlifters found out it could benefit us in the squat.

http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/sporti...ticles015.html

This! Thanks for answering Reid!

Kicks look sweet dude! I have a feeling you are going to like them A LOT! I won't squat without my romaleos.

I probably will! I have no problem with depth with chucks though so if I don't feel comfortable in them I'm just going to say eff it.

[fltallpaul]

I have been using a raised heal on my Rogue's but I hate walking around in them as they are clunky. I would like to get a pair of squat shoes which i can also wear around the gym. Curious how you like the new ones, looking forward to the review.

[jpfaherty]

I have been using a raised heal on my Rogue's but I hate walking around in them as they are clunky. I would like to get a pair of squat shoes which i can also wear around the gym. Curious how you like the new ones, looking forward to the review.

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Upper Deload - Week 20

Bench-185 x 3 (5 sets, speed)

EZ Bar Curl-75 x 10, 10

Skull Crusher-75 x 10, 10

DB Side Lat-20 x 10, 10

Pull ups- BW x 8, 8

DB Incline Press-65 x 10, 10

MISC

Nice and easy, light work out. I'm excited to start round 2 of juggernaut next Monday

I'm going up to Vermont for a snowboarding trip Fri-Sunday so I won't be posting at all!

Weighed in at 173 this AM. Notbad.jpeg

[NaturalPursuit]

IN for round 2 of jugg!!!! Have fun in vermont!

[Shazriki]

Snow season is open already? Jelly dude. Looking forward to see how you like dem oly shoes. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with how easy they make it to hit depth. Even if you had no prior issues, it does become more comfortable to squat in them.

[djkenny]

Whatttttt snowboarding already? So jelly, our local mtn opened oct 31st but it was basically the bunny slope Man I belong up north

[bigryan03]

Meh snow. Too messy for my liking.
What Moses said. I could hit depth before my romaleos, and when I switched to romaleos it was like 50 times easier even though I didnt have any issue when I used chucks. Its like your squatting on the most perfect platform.

[Bnizzle163]

Snowboarding trip... totally jelly.

Enjoy!

[jpfaherty]

IN for round 2 of jugg!!!! Have fun in vermont!

Thanks brah! Monday!

Snow season is open already? Jelly dude. Looking forward to see how you like dem oly shoes. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with how easy they make it to hit depth. Even if you had no prior issues, it does become more comfortable to squat in them.

Thanksgiving weekend starts the snowboard season for me every year! Pumped

Whatttttt snowboarding already? So jelly, our local mtn opened oct 31st but it was basically the bunny slope Man I belong up north

You mad brah? Yeah you mad

Meh snow. Too messy for my liking.
What Moses said. I could hit depth before my romaleos, and when I switched to romaleos it was like 50 times easier even though I didnt have any issue when I used chucks. Its like your squatting on the most perfect platform.

WORD! Excited! It's gonna be awhile though, I don't have a squat session until next sunday (So ten days or so)

Snowboarding trip... totally jelly.

Enjoy!

Thanks Billy! My favorite time of year

[The Solution]

Have a great thanksgiving man.

[jpfaherty]

Have a great thanksgiving man.

You too brah!

GPP

95 POUNDS ON BAR

10 x OHP
10 X SQUAT
10 X BB ROW
Walking Lunges for 50 yards
50 yard sprint
50 yard tire flips

Planned to do this 5 times and I was spent after 3 lol. My rest time was when the wife was doing her rounds (She did just the bar). Needless to say now that I'm not working weekends I will be doing some cardio and GPP work. I've said it a few times in this log but from here on out I will stick to my word on it. 1 to 2 cardio/gpp sessions a week.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

[The Solution]

have a great thanksgiving.

[bigryan03]

You too brah!

GPP

95 POUNDS ON BAR

10 x OHP
10 X SQUAT
10 X BB ROW
Walking Lunges for 50 yards
50 yard sprint
50 yard tire flips

Planned to do this 5 times and I was spent after 3 lol. My rest time was when the wife was doing her rounds (She did just the bar). Needless to say now that I'm not working weekends I will be doing some cardio and GPP work. I've said it a few times in this log but from here on out I will stick to my word on it. 1 to 2 cardio/gpp sessions a week.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Digging the set-up dude! Any particular reason for adding in the GPP work other than the obvious?

[NaturalPursuit]

DAMN that GPP sounds nice as hell! I can imagine after 2 itd be nasty!!! Hope you enjoyed your thanksgiving!!!

[wrkoutfrq]

DAMN that GPP sounds nice as hell! I can imagine after 2 itd be nasty!!! Hope you enjoyed your thanksgiving!!!

this! jealous of the snowboarding trip, but glad you are getting to go!

[jpfaherty]

Digging the set-up dude! Any particular reason for adding in the GPP work other than the obvious?

Because I'm out of shape as fuarkkkk!

DAMN that GPP sounds nice as hell! I can imagine after 2 itd be nasty!!! Hope you enjoyed your thanksgiving!!!

Brutalllll!

this! jealous of the snowboarding trip, but glad you are getting to go!

It was fun, glad to be back in the gym though!

[jpfaherty]

Juggernaut 2 - Week 1 - Bench - 10's Wave

Bench- 4 x 10@175, 1 x 16@175

Incline DB Press-85 x 10@9RPE, 80 x 10@9RPE

Lat Pull Down-190 x 10@8.5, 180 x 10@8, 180 x 10@8

BB Curl-100 x 10@8.5RPE, 95 x 10@8, 95 x 10@8, 95 x 10@8.5

Skull Crushers-95 x 10@8.5, 95 x 10@9

MISC

Nice to be back!

I should have started a little higher on the skull crushers but the first week is always difficult figuring out the weights.

Running juggernaut as it's written for the 4 major exercises this time. Which means my last set is a AMAP set where week one is 3 reps short of failure, week 2 is 2 reps shorts, and week 3 is all out.

Squat tomorrow - new shoes time!

[jpfaherty]

Juggernaut 2 - Week 1 - Squat - 10's Wave

Squat- 4 x 10 @ 205, 1 x 12 @205 (Video is 3rd set)



Rack Pulls-345 x 5, 5*

Hack Squat-2pps x 10@9, 1pps +35ps x 10@8.5

Seated Calf-150 x 10@9, 145 x 10@9

MISC

*Rack Pull should have been 10 reps but I forgot my other shoes and they just felt awful in my squat shoes so I didn't push it. Gotta remember to throw the chucks in the bag for next week.

OVERALL- One of the worst work outs I've had in a long time. Felt like crap through the entire work out. Still have some demons inside me from a weekend of partying and eating like a mad man. Most importantly though I made it through my squat sets and I got 12 on the last set which was probably 3-4 shy of failure (maybe more but today wasn't a day to push it). Things will be better on Wednesday.

I also added Hack squat to this cycle so that should be nice.

Also, as you probably noticed from this update and the last all mty accessory work for this wave will be in the ten rep range, next wave will be 11, etc etc. Hypertrophy baby

[The Solution]

Nice and Deep on those squats (in before thats what she said)

[Rypt1]

Killer job on them squats. Made it look too easy!

[jpfaherty]

Nice and Deep on those squats (in before thats what she said)

Thanks brah, rep number 8 was shallow though!

Killer job on them squats. Made it look too easy!

Thanks buddy! Sheiko set me up nicely for some Juggernaut, maybe it'll do the same for you