LiE's Diet and Training Thread
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Pretty rubbish session. I've been battling with some sore bicep tendons all week and a niggly left shoulder, caused by arm wrestling 
Just want to get squats done tomorrow and rest up over the weekend to start week 2 tbh.
I set out to do 11 reps, but in reality this wasn't going to happen. 11 came about because of a couple good cycle 1 numbers, but actually I was spotted for the last rep on 2 sessions - this has messed up the numbers a bit.
I was having to work extra hard to stabilise the weight which made it feel a lot heavier. I went for the 10th rep but should have called it a day at 9. 9 reps is pretty good though, I think the form is tight
been working on keeping the head locked down which has sapped a little of my strength. Normally on the last few reps my head comes up to help.
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Just want to get squats done tomorrow and rest up over the weekend to start week 2 tbh.I set out to do 11 reps, but in reality this wasn't going to happen. 11 came about because of a couple good cycle 1 numbers, but actually I was spotted for the last rep on 2 sessions - this has messed up the numbers a bit.
I was having to work extra hard to stabilise the weight which made it feel a lot heavier. I went for the 10th rep but should have called it a day at 9. 9 reps is pretty good though, I think the form is tight
been working on keeping the head locked down which has sapped a little of my strength. Normally on the last few reps my head comes up to help.Video.
Yea, that's what happened in cycle 1, I had my friend spot the last rep which has messed up my PBs now that I'm not getting a spot. Still my 1RM is sitting at around 150 which hopefully I'll be testing in a few weeks. These high rep sets are killing me, I much prefer the heavier/lower rep work.
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You made that look about as easy/hard as my reps on 80kg today fuuuuu 
oh right
Yea I've never really done that, but I guess I should start training with a hand-off to conserve strength for the set.
Yeah, as icecold said, someone handing the bar to you from the start. I'm the same with someone trying to assist during a rep. My training partners know not to touch the bar unless it's going down. In which case, they just take the bar - failed rep. I hate asking new people for a spot, because even after explaining this to them, they still try to "help out" on difficult reps shouting, "It's all you! It's all you!"
Hand offs are great. It just enables you to really get tighter and set up much better than you could otherwise. If you unrack yourself with a heavy weight, you'll never get your shoulders and shoulder blades locked back as tight as you could had someone handed off to you.
Other than drop the weight and up the reps I don't know really...It's just fatigue at the end of the day? I'm presuming here btw
Well I've never failed at the bottom, just at the top. When I did a 1RM which was too heavy for me again was struggling to lock it out.
Thanks SMed, will work on the hand-off with my training partner and let you know how I find it.
Yeah, get as tight as you can with the bar in the hooks, workout with each other exactly where you want the bar to be when he lets go. And also remind him to only lift up just high enough to clear the hooks, otherwise your shoulders will be pulled out of position slightly. When he lets go, just sit for a couple of seconds and let the bar push everything down tighter into place.