The weights never lie. My natural high. Do this sh*t till I f*cking die.

[Juggernaut0]

Can't wait for your max pull yo. What's it gonna be? 600?

[Nom Z]

I know that feel 225 felt heavy when I was warming up yesterday.

SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK bench man, that's pretty crazy. Your pressing strength had gone through the roof.

LOL pullups become much much harder when you're heavier, I'm up to 218 as of this morning and I have to do some today, I noticed last time I did the they felt a lot harder haha. When I was 205 or less they were easy.

From 180 to 205, pullups have been just as easy for me.

[BabyOilBrah]

From 180 to 205, pullups have been just as easy for me.

that's cuz 205 is still lightsauce

[Nom Z]

that's cuz 205 is still lightsauce

lol was gonna add that to my post, still +25lbs brah.

[BabyOilBrah]

lol was gonna add that to my post, still +25lbs brah.

haha true true

[Nom Z]

haha true true

Don't see myself ever weighing over 230 in the grand scheme of things. I'm looking forward to get back up to ~200 though.

[dopamine72]

I'm like 95% sure it will help. Full ROM standing? No lol. I was really close when I weighed 210 but not at 220+ like I am now. Haven't really tried though. If I hit midsection lately it's just been standing cable crunches. Really gets the fibraz poppin with dat dere MMC.

Hit up some ab wheel and get back to at least partial ROM standing. Your front squat will go up.

I know that feel 225 felt heavy when I was warming up yesterday.
SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK bench man, that's pretty crazy. Your pressing strength had gone through the roof.
LOL pullups become much much harder when you're heavier, I'm up to 218 as of this morning and I have to do some today, I noticed last time I did the they felt a lot harder haha. When I was 205 or less they were easy.

Yep. Thanks Mike.

skimming all these knowledgeable posts people are posting. I haven't done core work in over a year so I'm going to start to do so again. A strong core is what builds stability for the big lifts. That's why on my lower body days, I'm gonna adding windsheild wipers, hanging leg raises, maybe L-sits to V-sits, and dragon flags. That's also why my front squat hasn't gone up due to lack of core strength. Summer of 2011 I had a pretty strong core at 210 pounds and my best front squat was 350 and not training core since april. When I went up to 240, I was only doing 315x2 do to weak core strength. Now I'm gonna add core into my routine. Plus that will make me look better lol

Ab Wheel brah.

Can't wait for your max pull yo. What's it gonna be? 600?

lol not that much yet, surprisingly my deadlift hasn't gone up that much. My squat has gone up 80+ lbs in less than a year, but it seems that hasn't carried over to my dead strength as much as I would have thought. Time to work on it more.

Don't see myself ever weighing over 230 in the grand scheme of things. I'm looking forward to get back up to ~200 though.

I never saw myself weighing over 225 or so. I think 220 lean is my ultimate goal.

[dopamine72]

Motivation:

[jshaw5]

Sick videos, makes me want to go to the gym and deadlift right now.

[dopamine72]

^^^ Hell yeah

Well I was a retard today. I knew I should have called it quits judging by the way 485 felt. But I let my ego get the best of me. I knew 540 would be pushing it too much so I went for 525 and strained my lower back. I don't think I tore anything but we'll see. The problem has been a soreness and tightness issue I have been dealing with for over a month. I need to work on loosening my hips and lower back up and getting rid of the deep soreness. I RUINED my back today and now I'll have to take time off If I had simply waited a few more days and worked on losening everything up 540 would have been a breeze. This whole balancing act and listening to your body thing is so frustrating. It gets so much worse the stronger you get too. The main problem is me sleeping on a crappy bed. I used to sleep on a tempurpedic which was amazing. I don't even wanna think about it.

Deadlifts. Beltless
405x1
435x1
485x1
525x1(difficult but I had more)

--Fresh 100% I have over 540 no doubt

WG DH Pullups SS W/ Dips
BW x 8 BW x 20
BW x 8 BW x 20
BW x 8 BW x 20
BW x 8 BW x 20
BW x 7 BW x 17

Medium Weight Curls
Few sets nothing worth noting.


Please FFS give me all your advice on how to recover as fast as possible and how to loosen up my entire body. I'm tight, sore and inflexible. Yes Nomz I will get the PVC pipe soon. Thanks for reading everyone.

Also part of the reason may be the uneven ground I lift on too.

[BabyOilBrah]

well congrats on that pull but damn Colin sorry to hear it bro. I know that feel about pushing it even when you think you shouldn't. That god damn ego. Continue to stretch/foam roll/PVC/lax ball/etc plus a **** ton of NSAIDs and ice. Hope there wasn't anything serious injured.

[quadsimodo]

it's all good man. you'll get it rested. I'd take at least a week off from deadlifts before you max out, that's what I normally did in the past. You already did the work, just rest and let the strength and muscles grow and catch up and let the CNS recover. Remeber that the deadlift is the most CNS taxing exercise there is. nice motivation vids man!! 4 of the greatest vids so far from 4 of the world's greatest deadlifters. I'd kill for that strength (not literally kill lol). I would give ab wheel a try in the future, but I'm just easing my way back into core work. I put up my squat vid and one dude suggested that I should do squat walkouts with over my max and that sounds like the best idea since it will get me used to heavier weight and work my core at the same time. Nice Pullup and Dip Superset. That looks like the greatest part of your workout haha (srs cuz both such great exercises). You're doing well man. Also finally got my 225 overhead (push) press I've always wanted.

[quadsimodo]

well congrats on that pull but damn Colin sorry to hear it bro. I know that feel about pushing it even when you think you shouldn't. That god damn ego. Continue to stretch/foam roll/PVC/lax ball/etc plus a **** ton of NSAIDs and ice. Hope there wasn't anything serious injured.

^^this. don't worry man, happens to the best of us

[dopamine72]

well congrats on that pull but damn Colin sorry to hear it bro. I know that feel about pushing it even when you think you shouldn't. That god damn ego. Continue to stretch/foam roll/PVC/lax ball/etc plus a **** ton of NSAIDs and ice. Hope there wasn't anything serious injured.

Thanks Mike. I don't think its anything serious. You're absolutely right.

it's all good man. you'll get it rested. I'd take at least a week off from deadlifts before you max out, that's what I normally did in the past. You already did the work, just rest and let the strength and muscles grow and catch up and let the CNS recover. Remeber that the deadlift is the most CNS taxing exercise there is. nice motivation vids man!! 4 of the greatest vids so far from 4 of the world's greatest deadlifters. I'd kill for that strength (not literally kill lol). I would give ab wheel a try in the future, but I'm just easing my way back into core work. I put up my squat vid and one dude suggested that I should do squat walkouts with over my max and that sounds like the best idea since it will get me used to heavier weight and work my core at the same time. Nice Pullup and Dip Superset. That looks like the greatest part of your workout haha (srs cuz both such great exercises). You're doing well man. Also finally got my 225 overhead (push) press I've always wanted.

Thanks bro, indeed and haha not sure if I'll go for a max. I need to get my head on strait and remember to enjoy the journey more. I think my "maxes" will be a 3 rep PR with more in the tank like I have been doing with bench and OHP. Congrats on the PR man. Glad your training is going so well.

^^this. don't worry man, happens to the best of us

Thanks again bro.

[im2manly]

I fuked up my lower back doing my 3rd set of dead lift singles of 515. It hurt to sit. It hurt to lay, It hurt to breath. It hurt to walk. I was healed in 3 days. If it was real bad you wouldn't be asking us. Also when I was doing the 515 I could tell something was off as everything felt heavy as fuark. If you want you could probably check my journal for it. Many people reassured me they did the same thing. Just rest it and you'll be fine. I honestly didn't do a damn thing but rest and I was fine. Just built a while to rebuild my confidence.

+laying/sleeping with a pillow between my legs helped

[Mvick07]

man i have every damn symptom you just stated. we are breaking up man (no homo lol, body wise...no homo). I hope its not as bad as im perceiving it.

ruined being capitalized and all.


I cant really give advice, because i dont take my own lol....but the internet helps...youtube and all. My body said "fuk you *******, heres a curve ball"....if you know what i mean lol.


Take care man, try to make time for those small things in lifting.

[Blizzard589]

Damn that sucks, sorry bout that, bro. I remember Manly being manly and getting over his injury in 3 days lol...which is a possibility. But I also recall a buddy of mine straining his lower back deadlifting and he took 2-3 weeks to get back to squatting with slight pain and about 6 weeks to get back to pulling. If he had avoided squats it probably wouldn't have taken so long but he was impatient. (Now he's dealing with dual hamstring strains...nothing serious but prevents heavy pulling.) If it needs rest, let it rest. Once you are reasonably pain free, start the active recovery: all the stretching and rolling that Mike said. I've heard high rep GMs are good for bloodflow too. I wouldn't do that or the stretching too soon because it might just aggravate the strain.

Good luck man. Stay safe.

[PeterGibbons316]

Try sleeping on the floor for just one night. Helps take the pressure off certain points of the spine - if those points are your trouble spots it should be a huge help. Wish I had more/better advice for you.

[metalmullisha]

Want to recover quicker? Take an ICE bath.

[nwskier]

damn dood, sucks to hear. i know that feel all too well, and we've all been there before- fighting that same urge.

couple things, definitely ICE for a few days before any type of heating pad stuff. foam roll the chit out of stiff spots mentioned. deep tissue massage by someone that knows wut the fuk they are doing is always helpful, though can get spendy.

[Ironlife]

Rest totally for a couple days, then as pain and inflammation goes down get on some good mornings with a bar and just pound out 25+ reps couple sets. Real slow reps. That and some light band pullthroughs.

[dopamine72]

Appreciate the kind words and advice everyone. Not to sound like a little bitch or anything but knowing there are other lifters out there that can relate and care about me actually makes me feel a little better. So thanks for the support.

Its gonna hurt tomorrow morning but I know its nothing srs. No bruising or anything and judging by feel it will be about a week. I've done this before in other areas and the next 3 days are going to suck the most.

I don't even feel like putting the video up since I know my true max is around 550 now fresh. It makes me feel crappy lol.

[johnblythe]

Motivation:

awesome videos. the first one had me rolling from laughter tho, the dude behind the camera was freaking awesome.

grats on the PR, sorry to hear about the back man. i can't offer any advice, just my condolences. best-

[quadsimodo]

awesome videos. the first one had me rolling from laughter tho, the dude behind the camera was freaking awesome.

grats on the PR, sorry to hear about the back man. i can't offer any advice, just my condolences. best-

dude behind the camera was eric lilliebridge brah lol

[quadsimodo]

Appreciate the kind words and advice everyone. Not to sound like a little bitch or anything but knowing there are other lifters out there that can relate and care about me actually makes me feel a little better. So thanks for the support.

Its gonna hurt tomorrow morning but I know its nothing srs. No bruising or anything and judging by feel it will be about a week. I've done this before in other areas and the next 3 days are going to suck the most.

I don't even feel like putting the video up since I know my true max is around 550 now fresh. It makes me feel crappy lol.

like I said before, we're all here for you. this site is a community and we all SHOULD be together

[jshaw5]

Sucks about your back, but 525 is a strong ass pull. Sounds like it's not too serious though, so that's good, just rest up and ease back into it.

[Woody-5]

Sucks about the back big guy. Hopefully it's nothing major. Rest up and put the ice to it!

We all know that feel- you get all amped up for a max attempt and ignore the signs saying "not today".

Strong pulling though!

[johnblythe]

dude behind the camera was eric lilliebridge brah lol

whoever he is he is incredible and hilarious

[dopamine72]

awesome videos. the first one had me rolling from laughter tho, the dude behind the camera was freaking awesome.
grats on the PR, sorry to hear about the back man. i can't offer any advice, just my condolences. best-

Thanks bro.

I still think this one is one of the most badass vids. Full screen it and watch his nose.

like I said before, we're all here for you. this site is a community and we all SHOULD be together

Agreed thanks again Tobi

Sucks about your back, but 525 is a strong ass pull. Sounds like it's not too serious though, so that's good, just rest up and ease back into it.

Indeed thanks J

Sucks about the back big guy. Hopefully it's nothing major. Rest up and put the ice to it!
We all know that feel- you get all amped up for a max attempt and ignore the signs saying "not today".
Strong pulling though!

Yep thanks woody.

whoever he is he is incredible and hilarious

He's the guy in the last video you quoted.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

was that blood? wtf