Anyway, was offloading the 20kg plate and it hit the floor, bounced a little and then caught my finger between it and the squat rack. I saw red and my finger is still sore!
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Do these people think theyâre achieving something, or are they deliberately doing it to point out the daft rules?
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Still seeing progress at the gym, not quite back to pre-puppy PBs but getting close now & starting to see some green on my tracker after being back to all red at the start of the year.
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Still progressing at the gym.
Equalled a few of my pre-puppy PBs this week.
8x100kg on Flat Bench & 1x115kg (Interestingly the 8x100 gives me an estimated 1RM of 125kg, I might manage 120kg but think 125kg would be a stretch)
6x100kg on Incline Bench (I was always 10kg down on incline compared to flat but that seems to have levelled out)
Set a couple of all-time PBs on âlesserâ exercises too, which whilst I donât specifically record them, itâs encouraging anyway; like 12x75kg on Shoulder Press Machine which should translate to Military Press at some point.
Ps. Lower body seems to be taking longer to come back as still a bit off best on Squats & Deadlifts.
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12x 75 kg shoulder press ?!?
Bloody hell !
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Itâs a machine so I take that with a pinch of salt. Iâm never convinced youâre moving that actual weight with the leverage etc. My best Military Press is 4x60kg at the moment, thatâs legit.
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Good week at the gym, nudged a few exercises upwards by the odd rep or two at the same weight but took a big jump on Bench Press. I did 1x115kg last week and it wasnât that bad, my eyeballs stayed mostly in my head, so thought Iâd have a go at 120kg this week. My 100kg PB of 8 reps gives me an estimated 1RM of 125kg so thought it might be on the cards.
Anyway, did my usual pyramid working up to it, including 8x100kg, so wasnât deliberately saving anything then gave it a pop. I did it, and whilst it was hard, it wasnât horrific so got me thinking about 125kg. I took a bit longer rest than usual and had a go and managed that too, it was right on my limit this time though and went up in installments, but got there in the end.
Now got a couple of greens on the bottom half of my tracker:
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Dont know whats happening with my squats. They just seem such a struggle. Im benching and rowing only 15kg more and that feels hard but comfortable. Squats just feel like a huge effort. I am getting through and not failing, but have had to deload a couple of times or stick at the same weight for a couple of sessions.
I know my height and the length of my femur does me no favours but this is something new. Couple years back I was doing 95kg for 5x5, im struggling to get past 70 right now.
Actually tempted to get a couple of PT sessions and have someone take a look.
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I mentioned it in one of my previous posts but Iâm finding the lower body exercises slower to progress than upper body. I only do a proper leg workout once a week, compared to Push/Pull twice, which probably doesnât help but I also think itâs the systemic load from Squats & Deadlifts that you just donât get from other exercises.
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Looks like you started having problems in January and changed your form?
Would be worth having your form examined firstly, imo.
Then, have you looked at 5x3 and other variations for plateaus?
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feet forward should width apart, hold a dowel above your head and see how deep you can go. If you cant go 90degree bend in legs comfortably with feet planted you will have some mobility/movement pattern issues that may need correcting first
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Without load I can go ass to grass and feet remain flat.
I think Im relying too much on my quads and my glutes arent doing enough. Not sure how I fix that though
I stopped going to 90 degrees, mostly because I was struggling.
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the movement pattern test stresses you differently to check mobility. Hereâs a good video explaining
at best most are a 2 and need heals raised and therefore need some correction exercises. A large majority of people actually perform better with weight as they use it to counterbalance
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