10 pounds away from my winter DL goal. today felt pretty max effort so it'll be close... might have to go dreamer bulk for these last 3 weeks.
re: grip training Do you guys program it like anything else, with preset reps/weight/time etc that increases specifically over time, or do you treat grip differently and just do it to failure every session? I've been doing a bunch of plate flips but not really seeing much carryover.
Just hold your last rep of each set for as long as you can. Plate flips are pinch power when you need crushing power (I think those are the terms). If you want to do something extremely specific for deadlift grip set a rack pull very, very high and pull from there and hold it as long as you can. That will let you “overload” your grip so to speak.
Am I the only person in the world that can’t work out anything on an empty stomach? Doing a 16 hour IF regimen until summer. Signs say workout fasted for good results. I’m just hungry and a little shaky during gym time.
What’s the overall goal? I’ve done IF in the past and it worked for weight loss. I don’t think there was anything magical about it but it helped me control my caloric intake. But once I moved over to strength as the priority, I couldn’t complete heavier sessions while fasted...especially for squat and deadlift.
I felt like it was a waste to workout in the mornings if you're fasting. Gotta move those sessions to the afternoon. I didn't have the energy to go hard enough consistently to make gains.
I have loadable dumbbells and hate them so much. I want to invest in a legit set, but they're so damn expensive.
I check craigslist and facebook market from time to time. Is there a better place to be checking for that type of thing than those two?
I can work out on an empty stomach if I ate a ton of carbs the night before, hit a lot of deadlift PRs on no breakfast/pizza the night before. Other than that, not really. CAP makes a nice dumbbell you can sometimes find around a dollar per pound plus free shipping on amazon. Have about half the weights up to 125.
saw julius maddox with plates under his feet during his 765 bench. possible silly question, but thats not something you can do in a comp right? leverage advantage right?
USAPL will allow blocks. You would want your knees below you hips anyway, so having the feet higher doesn't really help. The blocks will just allow folks with short shins to not be at too much of a disadvantage by the bench being too high for them.
Between my bench with bands and incline skull crushers with kettlebells, I just can’t extend my arms today. My triceps are smoked.
Tried the hook grip today and it felt a lot more stable/strong. I’m assuming my thumb is going to get crushed as the weight increases, but I’m going to stick with it for now. A couple novice questions: 1. How do you breathe during deadlifts? I know Mark Rippetoe recommends holding your breath throughout the lift, but that forces me to pretty much reset every rep to exhale and inhale and seems pretty annoying to my rhythm. Any tips? Do y’all hold your breath? Forcefully exhale? 2. On overhead barbell presses, I’m starting really light because I’ve never really done them before. The lift itself isn’t difficult, but it does seem to cause a little discomfort afterwards under my right scapula. Is that normal or am I doing something wrong with the lift? Not a ton of pain, but I figured if it’s happening at a light weight it will only get worse. Thanks for all the help. This thread has already helped me a ton.
1) Just do a quick exhale/inhale when the bar is on the ground between reps. You wont have to do a full stand up reset. Just set the bar down but keep tension in your back/legs like you’re about to start pulling again then breathe. 2) not sure without seeing a video, but I’d bet your scalp isn’t moving freely. May need to do some shoulder specific mobility and dynamic warmup before those. Let me know if any of that doesn’t make sense
Makes sense, thanks man! I think I’m relaxing to take my breath and that’s screwing me up. I’ll try and stay tight and take a quick breath next time. On the shoulder mobility, I do know I have some serious issues with my left shoulder. I’ve got really limited external shoulder rotation (standing against a wall with a 90 degree bend at the elbow, I can’t even get my left forearm to parallel/against the wall. I thinks that external shoulder rotation?). But the discomfort is on my right side, and I have normal mobility there. I may try and loosen it up more next time and see if that helps.
Could be your right side over compensating for the limited mobility on the left and it’s causing discomfort.
Kinda crawling out my skin in this deload week. Had maybe my best month ever and taking a step back is annoying, just wanna push it.
Nope. And I can tell when I need to have eaten something because I'll get that shaky almost nauseated feeling and feel like I have to sneeze.
I’m happy for Eddie. This second chapter is fun to watch. He talked about how unsustainable the diet and regimen for strongman was on his body and family. He just seems to be enjoying his lifting life these days.
I feel like I’m the opposite. I have always had a hard time getting my glutes and hammies to fire, and they’re really underdeveloped as a result. It’s resulted in a lot of bad hamstring strains, and nagging low back pain. I’ve really been putting in some focus on them lately with some success. My biggest issue on squats is making sure I keep my weight evenly distributed as opposed to getting forward on my toes too much. Sometimes I end up losing my balance trying to compensate and have to step backwards so I don’t fall on my ass.
Speaking of bench, I need to dial in my technique. I've basically just gone with "Step 1 - Lay on Bench; Step 2 - Push" approach thus far.
I’m on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. I way overthink my technique. Those bands made me throw that out the window and just fucking push.
With no true technique, I couldn't figure out what was "off" at the meet. I knew that even in warm-ups I didn't feel right, but I couldn't place what it was. I don't see me having a 5 minutes setup routine, but I probably need to standardize something.
I think setting up the exact same way every time can help. Then maybe 1 cue on the unrack and you’re there
Hook gripped my deadlift warmups successfully up to 475 and grip didn’t hold on the last warmup at 515. Definite progress there. Should be pulling hook easily in the 5s by the end of the block
It's just a mindset. Most of the time you're just doubting you can hold on. I went from completely against it to only pulling hook.