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07-16-2010, 08:58 PM #121
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07-16-2010, 09:17 PM #127
You brahs are unaware:
Original thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=126059703
Joke thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=126074073
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07-16-2010, 09:20 PM #128
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07-16-2010, 09:20 PM #129
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07-17-2010, 10:37 PM #137
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Worked on my low-bar with lighter weights today. Starting to get it down, and I'm realizing that I don't need to go down nearly as low as I was going.
I'm going to start training low-bar once a week, and high-bar 1-2x/week. Front squats will fit in there as well, somehow.
Today: 135x5, 135x8, 185x5, 225x1
Very light, but I was working on getting the form perfect.Training, philosophy, nutrition and biomedical discussion (2.0): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=146797403
Video log:
www.YouTube.com/Frootlups
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07-20-2010, 08:40 PM #138
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Copy/pasted from my log...
Squats (6:45 PM - 7:15 PM) and Jiu-Jitsu (7:40 PM - 9:10 PM):
High-bar ATG squats: 45x15 (did side-to-side stretching at the bottom), 135x8, 225x5, 255x2, 275x1, 295x1, 315x1, 325x0
Skip to 2:53 for 315x1.Training, philosophy, nutrition and biomedical discussion (2.0): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=146797403
Video log:
www.YouTube.com/Frootlups
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07-20-2010, 09:42 PM #139
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07-20-2010, 09:59 PM #141
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I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you here. The shoes make it appear so, but the weight is not on my toes. The weight goes inside a bit and causes the outer edge of my shoes to lift off the ground, but my toes are not supporting much weight at all. If I did the squats barefoot, you'd see something different.
To be sure, I'll do some barefoot squats next time so you can see again.
Once again, I respectfully disagree. You are right for low-bar parallel squats, but with ATG it's a different story:
Training, philosophy, nutrition and biomedical discussion (2.0): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=146797403
Video log:
www.YouTube.com/Frootlups
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07-20-2010, 10:00 PM #142
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07-20-2010, 10:03 PM #143
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Your posture is more upright, and you are using the stretch reflex to get out of the hole. When your back is most parallel to the ground (which is still quite upright), you're already out of the hole and the drive is similar to a low-bar squat.
Did you watch the video? That man is going to hold world records soon - he's only 19.Training, philosophy, nutrition and biomedical discussion (2.0): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=146797403
Video log:
www.YouTube.com/Frootlups
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07-20-2010, 10:06 PM #144
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07-20-2010, 10:17 PM #146
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Originally I am not sure. My back has always been a bit problematic. I lifted weights for eal, including things like deads and squats, for the first time in March 2008. Then I hurt it about four months in and quit. It slowly got better and I even did all kinds of phsical activity in the police academy spring 2009 and my back was fine. However, in November 2009...when I hadn't touched a weight or lifted anything heavy in months...I woke up one morning and it hurt like hell to bend forward and I walked with a limp for about 2.5 weeks. It slowly got slightly better.
I started lifting again in Jan and it was still FUBAR, but I lifted anyway and it actually got better, then got worse, then I deadlifted, probably with a rounded back, and was once again walking with a limp and when bending over I could barely reach my knees. This was in April. I go to a rehab place, started in Feb, the MD there ordered an MRI after the April incident.
Now I don't deadlift. I concentrate on squats, bench, power cleans and press. My back is doing better now than it has for a long time, though it is definately not perfect.
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07-20-2010, 10:23 PM #147
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Wow. I'm sorry to hear that.
If it makes you feel better, I have a little story.
For the past month, I've been lifting/training martial arts with a former top-three powerlifter (Paul, whom I constantly mention in my log). He's 53 at the moment, and has one lumbar herniated disc, one lumbar crushed disc, and a messed up disc in his upper spine. Despite all that (which has been a problem for a couple decades), he managed to pull 755x5, squat 765 for reps, bench 460, and overhead press 350 when he was in his mid-forties and weighed 220.
On Thursday, he called me in the morning and told me he couldn't train that day because he could hardly walk due to the pain. Guess what? He went to the gym, did a 550 deadlift (which "fixed" his back), and called me and said that the pain is gone and he wants to roll.
I'm just saying, anything is possible. Don't let it limit you.Training, philosophy, nutrition and biomedical discussion (2.0): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=146797403
Video log:
www.YouTube.com/Frootlups
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07-20-2010, 10:28 PM #148
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I'm doing okay so far. Started back in jan, got my squat to a belted 300 3x5 (which about killed me), got injured, didn't squat/pull for weeks, worked back up to 255 3x5, switched to Texas Method for the squats going right to 255 5x5 and have added 5 pounds a week every week since then. Tomorrow is scheduled to be 305 5x5. Oh, and I stopped using a belt for the sets across after the injury. The 300 5x5 last week was raw, I only use the belt on 1x5 day.
AND during the day at pretty much any random time I can bend over and touch my toes!!!!! Happy happy joy joy!!
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07-20-2010, 10:36 PM #149
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You ever consider wearing a belt really loosely so you get the proprioceptive feedback everyone talks about? What exactly is Texas method (I should probably google it)?
Not having pain is always a good thing.
I can't wait to squat 315 for sets of five. That will be a good day.Training, philosophy, nutrition and biomedical discussion (2.0): http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=146797403
Video log:
www.YouTube.com/Frootlups
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07-20-2010, 10:40 PM #150
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