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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.
 
Mason- said:
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.
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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)...

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.
 
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.
 
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Got 8 hours sleep last night so no excuses.

5x162.5kg deadlifts. Better angle this time and not using the ultra wide lens on my phone this time.



I’m rounded in my setup but I think by the time I brace my spine is pretty neutral.
 
Mason- said:
Got 8 hours sleep last night so no excuses.

5x162.5kg deadlifts. Better angle this time and not using the ultra wide lens on my phone this time.



I’m rounded in my setup but I think by the time I brace my spine is pretty neutral.
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Looks pretty good! And very strong noises. :cool:
 


Casual 12.4 tonnes of volume.

Dumb bell bench still getting used to the movement a bit. The set of 7, my triceps gave up, failed on lockout. No surprise after the incline. Last set I didn’t lock out, ronnie Coleman style ROM.
 
Did a bunch of DIY today so didn’t fancy a big session. Still progressing but skipped the accessories. Deadlifts felt tough today.

Also I bought some weightlifting shoes, wore them for the squats. They feel great, you get even deeper. With the pause squats they feel brutal, but good.

 
checked out your log the other day and couldnt think how to word the feedback regarding your deadlift, then this has just come up during my youtube doomscrolling and is pretty aligned with what i was thinking.

 


So 6 months into my program and my first fail on one of the big lifts.

Good news: 5x160kg squats felt juicy. The volume was dirty though the last 2 sets of 145 were super hard.

Bad news: failed on 5x87.5 bench, managed 3 reps. Weird because I did 5x85 last week and it felt ok.

Excuses incoming: had a little bit of a cold, the squats took a lot out of me.

Jk I’m just weak, do I even lift? Bro?

Let’s see what happens next week, I’ll try it again. But the squats are gonna be even heavier so there’s no respite.
 
I’ve not looked at the intermediate. When I was doing sl it was five sets at the same weight. Is it different on intermediate or am I reading it wrong :)

Great squatting I can only aspire to regardless :)
 
dod said:
I’ve not looked at the intermediate. When I was doing sl it was five sets at the same weight. Is it different on intermediate or am I reading it wrong :)

Great squatting I can only aspire to regardless :)
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Yeah it’s drop sets.

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Squatting heavy 5x5 3 times a week with the standard StrongLifts is just not sustainable. I got to 5x5x140kg on the standard program and changed at that point to intermediate.
 
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