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[wishiwasdivin]

very strong lifts. in.

Thanks EV!! Glad to have you tag along

[rdcopps]

Just dropping in Big Man! Looks like you've changed up your stance with the Deads since I last saw a vid. I like it. Looks much smoother than the one I saw before. The first one looked a bit rough, as is usually the case with me. Just remember to keep a good back angle. It's better to be more perpendicular than parallel.

Front squats looked good. I agree with CJ, depth was spot on. When you begin to come up, it looks like your back doesn't move with your hips. Almost like your hips start and then you back plays catch up. It's not by much, just a little, but as you keep progressing up with the weights, it will become harder to stop the bar from rolling forward (I know your forearm was starting to cramp).

Again, looks like you've made some good progress on your Deads. Keep killin' it!

[wishiwasdivin]

Just dropping in Big Man! Looks like you've changed up your stance with the Deads since I last saw a vid. I like it. Looks much smoother than the one I saw before. The first one looked a bit rough, as is usually the case with me. Just remember to keep a good back angle. It's better to be more perpendicular than parallel.

Front squats looked good. I agree with CJ, depth was spot on. When you begin to come up, it looks like your back doesn't move with your hips. Almost like your hips start and then you back plays catch up. It's not by much, just a little, but as you keep progressing up with the weights, it will become harder to stop the bar from rolling forward (I know your forearm was starting to cramp).

Again, looks like you've made some good progress on your Deads. Keep killin' it!

Thanks rd!! Yeah I did like this stance a lot better than then 1 before. The forearm cramp was just from the way I had the bar lol. But yeah it will all come together I've only been doing front squats almost a month now I do believe, I'm a work in progress lol.

[400Lb Gorilla]

IN!!!!!

you are a big ass dude lol. your avi doesnt really do your size the same justice that the vids do(no homo)

on front squats you are looking fairly good as far as the whole leg movement part goes. spread your hands out on that bar and it will bring those elbows up, which will in turn tighten the upper back up, and that will make it easier to keep low back tight and bring in the hamstrings for support. depth looked damn good and speed was solid.

Deadlifts..... i have never been a fan of using sumo stance and i can not really offer you any advice on that stance other than the general "keep your back arched" and "make sure to drive with the legs". i would recommend you knock down the sets to 5 reps and stop doing touch and go. while i am not against high rep deadlifts your video did say you are working on form and the worst thing to do while trying to get form down right is too many reps. if your form is bad it will just reinforce bad form, and if your form is good it will end up causing you to slip in form. i like fully deloaded lower rep sets where you concentrate on every single rep. besides it hurts a little more when you do that

[wishiwasdivin]

IN!!!!!

you are a big ass dude lol. your avi doesnt really do your size the same justice that the vids do(no homo)

on front squats you are looking fairly good as far as the whole leg movement part goes. spread your hands out on that bar and it will bring those elbows up, which will in turn tighten the upper back up, and that will make it easier to keep low back tight and bring in the hamstrings for support. depth looked damn good and speed was solid.

Deadlifts..... i have never been a fan of using sumo stance and i can not really offer you any advice on that stance other than the general "keep your back arched" and "make sure to drive with the legs". i would recommend you knock down the sets to 5 reps and stop doing touch and go. while i am not against high rep deadlifts your video did say you are working on form and the worst thing to do while trying to get form down right is too many reps. if your form is bad it will just reinforce bad form, and if your form is good it will end up causing you to slip in form. i like fully deloaded lower rep sets where you concentrate on every single rep. besides it hurts a little more when you do that

Welcome Gorilla! I'll sure give that a try with the hands at front squats. I can see where doing high rep deads can miss up your form even more as you get tired. All is noted and will be put to use My goal is to get into powerlifting competing.

[swooshie]

Hey Mr. Wishin Hope you have a great weekend!

You'll be an awesome powerlifting competitor

[400Lb Gorilla]

i am guessing you were more into the bodybuilding or even athletic training before? i love the high volume on the assistance work. nothing feels better than moving big weight then using the rest of the workout to get pumped as hell

[Swuuu]

The forearm cramp was just from the way I had the bar lol.

Stop fapping before your session. Problem solved .

Form looks pretty good to me man and good depth for a tall dude! I never liked that wrist back version. I prefer the crossed arm version for front squats that most bodybuilders utilize.

[wishiwasdivin]

Hey Mr. Wishin Hope you have a great weekend!

You'll be an awesome powerlifting competitor

Hello swooshie and thanks for the kind words, hope your weekend is good as well

i am guessing you were more into the bodybuilding or even athletic training before? i love the high volume on the assistance work. nothing feels better than moving big weight then using the rest of the workout to get pumped as hell

Yeah I've been doing both bodybuilding/athletic training in the past. I like that style of training but I feel like PL is the way for me to go. So I've made it my next goal to start PL competing someday.

Stop fapping before your session. Problem solved .

Form looks pretty good to me man and good depth for a tall dude! I never liked that wrist back version. I prefer the crossed arm version for front squats that most bodybuilders utilize.

Lol... Yeah being tall make for a long way down lol I've tried the crossed grip but I feel I have more control over the bar/weight using a clean grip.


No gym this weekend it's rest time and where getting ice/snow . The good thing is it should be gone by Monday as I stated I going to re-start my PL program Monday now that it seems I have the bugs worked out. Hope everyone has a good weekend

[Woody-5]

I've always found clean grip to work best for me on fronts. Bar always wants to slip out when I'd try cross arm.

[arturogatti]

In on this journey. Good luck!!

[wishiwasdivin]

I've always found clean grip to work best for me on fronts. Bar always wants to slip out when I'd try cross arm.

Yeah I agree it does feel like that.

In on this journey. Good luck!!

Thanks arturogatti!!! Glad to have you along

[wishiwasdivin]

Here's some PL MOTIVATION

[meimonsta]

Yay finally got to my computer and was able to watch your vids!! Fronts squats I think are super hard. They just take so much concentration. So many things to think about! Like, are my elbows up enough? Am I going low enough? Are me knees going out enough? Am I tilting forward? Gah, so much. How'd they feel for you?

You have an interesting DL stance! Is that like sumo?

Also, you look like someone I would NOT want to piss off at the gym, haha!

[rdcopps]

I prefer the crossed arm version for front squats that most bodybuilders utilize.

I'm with you. Can't do it the other way.

A little more PL motivation

[wishiwasdivin]

Yay finally got to my computer and was able to watch your vids!! Fronts squats I think are super hard. They just take so much concentration. So many things to think about! Like, are my elbows up enough? Am I going low enough? Are me knees going out enough? Am I tilting forward? Gah, so much. How'd they feel for you?

You have an interesting DL stance! Is that like sumo?

Also, you look like someone I would NOT want to piss off at the gym, haha!

Lol will glad you got your computer going. Yeah you do have to concentrate a little more with front squats. But I do like how they make the quads feel. I've not been doing front squats for very long, like maybe a month. As for going low I go ATG all the way You can do box squats to work on your depth. My DL stance wasn't as wide as a sumo but I liked the way it felt so I'll stick with that this stance.

[wishiwasdivin]

I'm with you. Can't do it the other way.

A little more PL motivation

Great vid rd I was watching this just a few mins ago

[lonniej]

Will I had a good morning in the gym, workout felt good this morning. I was able to get some vids this morning of my front squats.

The last set I started getting a cramp in my forearm lol. So I lost count on the reps but in the vid I got 6, could've gotten 10 reps on this.

But as you can tell in the vid I was becoming a little uncomfortable because I was thinking about the cramp. I thought I was going to lose the bar lol so I stopped.

I also got a vid of 2 DL sets I couldn't get any vids of 315 on DL's. Today I added in some ASST Work so next week I'll re-start the program from day 1 again.

Because I feel I have all the issues worked out . I'm looking forward to really getting 5/3/1 up and running like it should be.

Ok with that being said here's the workout from this morning. Also feel free to give any feedback on how my form looks on everything.

Also as you will see in the vid I always pause before I start, not sure why I have to think things through instead of just going lol.

Friday Week 1 Day Four:

Warmup Squats: 45,95,115

Squat – 5/3/1
135x5,155x5,175x5+1 should've been +5

Deadlift
5 sets of 10 reps: 135,225,315,315,315

Superset

Leg Press Feet All The Way At The Top Of Platform
5 sets 10 reps: 320,320,320,320,320

Standing Leg Curl
5 sets 10 reps: 90,110,110,110,110

Normal
Laying Leg Curls
3 sets 8 reps: 10 plates,10 plates,10 plates

Abs – 5 sets

Strong lifts Wish..Good job on the videos..

[wishiwasdivin]

Thanks Lonnie

[Jason2459]

Sounds like you're getting a good plan together. Looking forward to seeing the vids when I get a chance.

[wishiwasdivin]

Sounds like you're getting a good plan together. Looking forward to seeing the vids when I get a chance.

It's starting to come along

[Swuuu]

Lol... Yeah being tall make for a long way down lol I've tried the crossed grip but I feel I have more control over the bar/weight using a clean grip.

Hey man whatever works for you. Might be better to not be tall . Easier ROM and makes everything look bigger lol

I'm with you. Can't do it the other way.

Yea just looking at the clean grip or however many terms there are for the wrist back version makes me wince. Doesnt look natural to me but I know that powerlifters and olympic lifters are more accustomed to that. There arent many exercises I do where my wrists are in that position so I much prefer the cross armed version.

[wishiwasdivin]

Hey man whatever works for you. Might be better to not be tall . Easier ROM and makes everything look bigger lol

Will I can't change my height lol

[ODoyle99]

like the motivational vids in here. Gonna have to frequent this page in your log when I have to force myself into the gym haha
Hope you have a good weekend man

[mvd546]

Checking in.....Hope your weekend is going good!

[jwtiger69]

Solid work man. I will have to watch the videos later. Like I said I can't wait to set the progress of this log! I hope I was able to help out to! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[storm1507]

Thanks for the vids. I agree about dropping the reps down and doing dead stop for now.

[wishiwasdivin]

like the motivational vids in here. Gonna have to frequent this page in your log when I have to force myself into the gym haha
Hope you have a good weekend man

I'll be posting more my man

Checking in.....Hope your weekend is going good!

Weekend isn't to bad now it's done snowing.

Solid work man. I will have to watch the videos later. Like I said I can't wait to set the progress of this log! I hope I was able to help out to! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Thanks tiger!!! Yeah you gave some good input Thanks for the help I'm sure I'll have more question for everyone

Thanks for the vids. I agree about dropping the reps down and doing dead stop for now.

Yeah I never thought about it honestly. Like with front squats deads are all new to me
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Just a little update no gym today schedule rest day, will be back in the gym tomorrow.

Here's a little more powerlifting motivation

[Case73]

IN on this! Great work your putting in here wish. Excited for you and your powerlifting dreams. I'll definitely be following!

[wishiwasdivin]

IN on this! Great work your putting in here wish. Excited for you and your powerlifting dreams. I'll definitely be following!

Thanks Case!!! Very glad to have you tag along