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Lighter pause rep session today.
Jumped deadlift to 140 instead of 137.5 because cba to find all the baby plates. Lol.
Also I recorded my set of 3x140. Pausing just after it leaves the floor. I’ve never recorded my deadlift before and I’m not sure what to make of my form:
Open for critique please. I think my spine is generally fine except I’m overextending my neck at the top on a couple of reps, easy fix. And maybe my hips are too high at the start?
Pause deadlifts might be messing with my form a bit. Next Wednesday is heavy deadlift day (no pausing) will be 5x162.5. I’ll try to record that as well. (Lmk if you want a different angle).
Happy for any pointers from anyone.
Jumped deadlift to 140 instead of 137.5 because cba to find all the baby plates. Lol.
Also I recorded my set of 3x140. Pausing just after it leaves the floor. I’ve never recorded my deadlift before and I’m not sure what to make of my form:
Open for critique please. I think my spine is generally fine except I’m overextending my neck at the top on a couple of reps, easy fix. And maybe my hips are too high at the start?
Pause deadlifts might be messing with my form a bit. Next Wednesday is heavy deadlift day (no pausing) will be 5x162.5. I’ll try to record that as well. (Lmk if you want a different angle).
Happy for any pointers from anyone.
Deadlifts... I think you can get your bum further back and chest up a bit more. The video suggests you're bending a bit at the lumbar and at the top (the weight is heavy, mind)...Lighter pause rep session today.
Jumped deadlift to 140 instead of 137.5 because cba to find all the baby plates. Lol.
Also I recorded my set of 3x140. Pausing just after it leaves the floor. I’ve never recorded my deadlift before and I’m not sure what to make of my form:
Open for critique please. I think my spine is generally fine except I’m overextending my neck at the top on a couple of reps, easy fix. And maybe my hips are too high at the start?
Pause deadlifts might be messing with my form a bit. Next Wednesday is heavy deadlift day (no pausing) will be 5x162.5. I’ll try to record that as well. (Lmk if you want a different angle).
Happy for any pointers from anyone.
Try some dynamic groiners to really help your hips open up because you are probably losing some power by not working your hips as much.
First day back at work after 4 weeks off with paternity leave. Only got 5 hours sleep and felt super rough. Nearly didn’t go to the gym.
Busted this out though:
Felt easier than the 5x155 I did last week. No idea why… maybe the depth on all the reps wasn’t spot on, but I’m still happy with that.
Busted this out though:
Felt easier than the 5x155 I did last week. No idea why… maybe the depth on all the reps wasn’t spot on, but I’m still happy with that.
Skipped a lot.
Just proud to have turned up today tbh. I skipped bench because my squat form must be slipping.
Back in the summer I was getting really bad elbow/bicep pain after heavy squats. After some googling, I found that I was squatting with the bar too low, I had cocked wrists. And racking the bar at the end of the set was harder than unracking it at the start because it was slipping lower on every rep. Because my arms were taking the bar not my back.
I fixed it, made sure the bar is on my rear delts, improved my shoulder flexibility to hold the bar with a more narrow grip and keep my wrists straight. I’ve had no issues since maybe July time.
And then tonight I had that same pain again. To be honest I stopped thinking and checking for it, I’ve probably become complacent with it. So I suspect it’s the same issue. I’ll be more careful next session. But yeah the arm pain put me off benching.
Just proud to have turned up today tbh. I skipped bench because my squat form must be slipping.
Back in the summer I was getting really bad elbow/bicep pain after heavy squats. After some googling, I found that I was squatting with the bar too low, I had cocked wrists. And racking the bar at the end of the set was harder than unracking it at the start because it was slipping lower on every rep. Because my arms were taking the bar not my back.
I fixed it, made sure the bar is on my rear delts, improved my shoulder flexibility to hold the bar with a more narrow grip and keep my wrists straight. I’ve had no issues since maybe July time.
And then tonight I had that same pain again. To be honest I stopped thinking and checking for it, I’ve probably become complacent with it. So I suspect it’s the same issue. I’ll be more careful next session. But yeah the arm pain put me off benching.
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Looks pretty good! And very strong noises.
Noises are what trigger muscle growthLooks pretty good! And very strong noises.
