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Was feeling it tonight. 315 for a triple and 365 for one. I know I can get lower in my squat but I psyche myself out that I’m going to get stuck at the bottom. I guess I could just move the safety bars up.5 -
Was feeling it tonight. 315 for a triple and 365 for one. I know I can get lower in my squat but I psyche myself out that I’m going to get stuck at the bottom. I guess I could just move the safety bars up.
If I might make a suggestion... And perhaps you already do, but maybe practicing bailing out of the squat at a lower weight, so that you have confidence that you'll be fine if you do get stuck in the whole. You have a lot of strength, so you know you can do the lifts.
But now that you know you're a beast in the lifts, see just how low you can go.
Once you have the confidence you won't get hurt bailing out of the lift if you fail (and where the bars need to be for that to safely happen), you may find that you're surprised at how low you can go without issue.
Just a thought tho. You killed it tonight! I'm seriously impressed!5 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
Was feeling it tonight. 315 for a triple and 365 for one. I know I can get lower in my squat but I psyche myself out that I’m going to get stuck at the bottom. I guess I could just move the safety bars up.
If I might make a suggestion... And perhaps you already do, but maybe practicing bailing out of the squat at a lower weight, so that you have confidence that you'll be fine if you do get stuck in the whole. You have a lot of strength, so you know you can do the lifts.
But now that you know you're a beast in the lifts, see just how low you can go.
Once you have the confidence you won't get hurt bailing out of the lift if you fail (and where the bars need to be for that to safely happen), you may find that you're surprised at how low you can go without issue.
Just a thought tho. You killed it tonight! I'm seriously impressed!
This is good insight and I appreciate it. I have practiced bailing in the past but really haven’t recently. Never hurts to go back to basics but I’ll definitely have to practice at higher weights than in the past. I’ll never be ATG because of a plate and screws in my right femur which limits some motion but I can get deeper than parallel.
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
Was feeling it tonight. 315 for a triple and 365 for one. I know I can get lower in my squat but I psyche myself out that I’m going to get stuck at the bottom. I guess I could just move the safety bars up.
If I might make a suggestion... And perhaps you already do, but maybe practicing bailing out of the squat at a lower weight, so that you have confidence that you'll be fine if you do get stuck in the whole. You have a lot of strength, so you know you can do the lifts.
But now that you know you're a beast in the lifts, see just how low you can go.
Once you have the confidence you won't get hurt bailing out of the lift if you fail (and where the bars need to be for that to safely happen), you may find that you're surprised at how low you can go without issue.
Just a thought tho. You killed it tonight! I'm seriously impressed!
This is good insight and I appreciate it. I have practiced bailing in the past but really haven’t recently. Never hurts to go back to basics but I’ll definitely have to practice at higher weights than in the past. I’ll never be ATG because of a plate and screws in my right femur which limits some motion but I can get deeper than parallel.
Wow... You do this with a plate and screws? That's amazing!2 -
Awesome stuff ladies n gents ...well done everyone
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
Was feeling it tonight. 315 for a triple and 365 for one. I know I can get lower in my squat but I psyche myself out that I’m going to get stuck at the bottom. I guess I could just move the safety bars up.
If I might make a suggestion... And perhaps you already do, but maybe practicing bailing out of the squat at a lower weight, so that you have confidence that you'll be fine if you do get stuck in the whole. You have a lot of strength, so you know you can do the lifts.
But now that you know you're a beast in the lifts, see just how low you can go.
Once you have the confidence you won't get hurt bailing out of the lift if you fail (and where the bars need to be for that to safely happen), you may find that you're surprised at how low you can go without issue.
Just a thought tho. You killed it tonight! I'm seriously impressed!
This is good insight and I appreciate it. I have practiced bailing in the past but really haven’t recently. Never hurts to go back to basics but I’ll definitely have to practice at higher weights than in the past. I’ll never be ATG because of a plate and screws in my right femur which limits some motion but I can get deeper than parallel.
Wow... You do this with a plate and screws? That's amazing!
Kickass, .. u know i envy u..😉😉🤗 18mths ago.. i was.. with u..
Today i look at u and see what i would have been but, im not giving up😉💪💪💪
Not giving up is the biggest thing. I have done that so many times. A year ago, I was lifting and made it to a 200lb squat x5... But then I put the barbell down and left it there for months and months. A few years ago I hit a 275lb deadlift, but I put the barbell down and didn't pick it up again. 5 years ago, I had 6pack abs, but I stopped. The biggest thing is... You start again, and again...
I'm glad you're not giving up! Let's work this thing together and see where we are next week, then two weeks from now,and so on! One workout at a time. 😁❤️7 -
kinetixtrainer2 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »
Thank you and Thank you!
Yep. It's about an 8" plate with 6 screws, or a 6" plate with 8 screws. I've never been able to keep those numbers straight. Doesn't hinder much just never had full range of motion after rehabbing it. The more I lift the better the ROM gets but it will still never be what it was before.KickassAmazon76 wrote: »4 -
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁15 -
ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Awesome! Even with the fatigued should it still looks like a solid strong press!3 -
ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Well done. Get yourself some KT tape for that shoulder.4 -
ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Awesome! Even with the fatigued should it still looks like a solid strong press!
Thanks! It is healing nicely, albeit a bit wobbly at the end of my sets1 -
ExpressoLove11 wrote: »ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Awesome! Even with the fatigued should it still looks like a solid strong press!
Thanks! It is healing nicely, albeit a bit wobbly at the end of my sets
You're doing great! I also have shoulder issues, so I've had to be very careful on how hard I load myself. I progress very slowly on OHP as a result. Plus, I have to do it sitting because I'm too tall and my gym ceiling is low. 😔
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Thanks for sharing! ❤️👏🔥4 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Well done. Get yourself some KT tape for that shoulder.
Will do boss!KickassAmazon76 wrote: »ExpressoLove11 wrote: »ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Awesome! Even with the fatigued should it still looks like a solid strong press!
Thanks! It is healing nicely, albeit a bit wobbly at the end of my sets
You're doing great! I also have shoulder issues, so I've had to be very careful on how hard I load myself. I progress very slowly on OHP as a result. Plus, I have to do it sitting because I'm too tall and my gym ceiling is low. 😔
And...
Thanks for sharing! ❤️👏🔥
Thank you so much! Shoulder issues are a real pain in the *kitten*.2 -
ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Good lift.
I empathize, my A/C joint in my right shoulder has been completely torn since 2003 (Police Academy Injury). Hope you’re able to make a full recovery with yours.
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kinetixtrainer2 wrote: »ExpressoLove11 wrote: »
This was my last set of Standing Military Press on today's 5x5 session. I'm recovering from an injury to my right shoulder and you'll see it was pretty fatigued at this point. It is feeling good though and getting stronger each week 😁
Good lift.
I empathize, my A/C joint in my right shoulder has been completely torn since 2003 (Police Academy Injury). Hope you’re able to make a full recovery with yours.
Thank you. Sorry to hear about your injury - looks like you're still making it work though! You have some serious gainz going on. Mine is doing pretty well - I have been building the strength back up by doing light volume work and today was my first full 5x5 in nearly a month. If it is still good next week I'll start kicking up the weight little by little. Before it gave out I was set to get a PB of a 30kg press so working back to that 😊4 -
FINALLY added 5lb to my bench!
5x5 at 90lbs.
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »FINALLY added 5lb to my bench!
5x5 at 90lbs.
Great Arch! Love that I can see the wall on the other side under the back arch!2 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »FINALLY added 5lb to my bench!
5x5 at 90lbs.
solid form!1
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