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10kg squat pr today, 150kg, with me weighing 80kg this morning. it was pretty shoddy rep on the way up and my back gave way at the bottom which hurt a bit. gonna try it again for a cleaner rep next week. also my ultimate goal is for size not strength, but damn hitting PRs is really satisfying. gonna start proper PL programming at the end of this bulk
Doing max effort singles is also risky and pointless, could result in injury, killing your gains. They have a place in strength training.
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So despite me losing 4kg over the summer, I’ve somehow lifted a new pb OHP having stalled for 4/5 months. Go figure. Must be that return to work adrenaline kicking in.
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Ran out of normal chalk last week and finally got around to using the liquid chalk I bought 5 years ago.
Bloody stuff's like super glue in comparison, shocked how much stronger my grip felt deadlifting.
Bloody stuff's like super glue in comparison, shocked how much stronger my grip felt deadlifting.
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Yup, I use it for everything these days.
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If you want to test maxes whilst having a size-oriented goal, I'd either go for a PR triple or my preference, which is an AMRAP test rather than a true 1RM test when you haven't been doing really low rep work and aren't fully acclimatised/primed to express your strength that way.
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So, looking for some advice.
Hurt self, thought it was shoulder, rested, rested too long and still didn't get better went to physio and he said it was neck.
He wants me back easing in exercises, tells me to do pull ups(wide grip), push ups, deadlifts and OHP(dumbells)
Been working through that for about a month, he's signed off on me with '3-4 weeks of the stretching and band work' and he thinks I'll be better.
Now I'm back up in the range of weights I used to do towards the end of my Stronglifts I was doing. I want to get back into some squats again, but would like to keep the Push & pull ups for their conditioning.
Anyone recommend a plan? I feel going back to stronglifts would feel pretty boring, but don't want to throw my own thing together and hurt myself haha
Hurt self, thought it was shoulder, rested, rested too long and still didn't get better went to physio and he said it was neck.
He wants me back easing in exercises, tells me to do pull ups(wide grip), push ups, deadlifts and OHP(dumbells)
Been working through that for about a month, he's signed off on me with '3-4 weeks of the stretching and band work' and he thinks I'll be better.
Now I'm back up in the range of weights I used to do towards the end of my Stronglifts I was doing. I want to get back into some squats again, but would like to keep the Push & pull ups for their conditioning.
Anyone recommend a plan? I feel going back to stronglifts would feel pretty boring, but don't want to throw my own thing together and hurt myself haha
Push, pull, legs? Or pretty much any other routine out there that isn't Stronglifts?
I got pretty tired of stronglifts too and concerned that the amount of squatting may aggrevate an injury so switched to this one dirtychinchilla recommended. I'm enjoying it. Struggling to keep up with 6 a week in terms of fitting it in but doing enough I guess.
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I still follow @reiyushin program with a load of stuff on top.
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I haven't been to the gym for a few weeks now. I hurt my coccyx in a mosh pit so I avoided the gym for a few days, which turned into weeks. Trying to motivate myself to go today!
I broke .one February last year,it's still not 100%
Best bet is to just go, it'll flipping hurt (deadlifts afected me the most) Have fun
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I broke .one February last year,it's still not 100%
Best bet is to just go, it'll flipping hurt (deadlifts afected me the most) Have fun
****, that's bad! Hope it fixes itself some time!!
I packed my bag this morning, so hopefully I'll make it in. I can't deadlift for **** anyway.
It's basically there, but if I was to sit on my butt on concrete and roll over at the wrong angle it'll hurt for sure
Stick with stronglifts and do the push ups at the end of one and the pull ups at the end of the other?