smittybuilt19 Member

I wasn't in on this originally but I will say, when it comes to T-day gainz, shopping will steal them. I skipped the second and third dinner of the day to go pre black Friday shopping at HHgregg. Spent 8 hours there and was hungry, hungry, on freakin' T-Day. WTF...

Sara - DL on Tuesday for week A, DL on Thursday week B.

Without knowing my goals it may be difficult to answer, but, in general, would you consider the above "balanced"? I am still doing Strong lifts and am still progressing (very slowly), however I may like to switch it up in the near future. Thanks!

^^I appreciate the advice. I do feel like my joints are needing a break as I have been progressing on schedule for the last 9 weeks or so. Thanksgiving may give me some rest and I may reset 10 to 15% to work on form.

^^Easy now Taylor Swift lol.

Will do. Thank you again.

^^Thank you for that.

Following.

Lord have mercy that's a whole bunch of man right there... ...oh, all hetero.

*I* feel like my knees do ok during the lift but I need to get some footage to verify. Also, just a side note, my issues aren't knee pain, but hip area pain, think femoral head. I have in the past definitely had issues with caving from being too wide in the stance and it caused knee pain for sure.

For real dough? I was drinking two per day when I worked for Monster lol. I know everyone has different tastes.

I did get a great deal of responses on the main forum, but this is one of the best bits I've heard, and if I'm not mistaken Dopeitup said something very similar. I basically have to find some way to be physically comfortable no matter what form variations I use or else I will eventually abandon the lift all together. Do…

That was a nice feature. I thought I was doing something wrong.

Folks I greatly appreciate the advice. This is the point where I become confused, doubt my abilities, and focus on wayyy too many cues. In the past I've hit a point like this, scrapped my form all together, started over. I am now back to the amount I was squatting 3 months ago, and don't want to revert. (I do realize I may…

Will start trying more core work. I only don't do core work because I mostly hear "you don't need ab or core work when doing SL or SS type workouts." Although it seems to be unanimous that I am lacking in strength in that specific area. The elbows forward seems to be what would provide the most improvement in theory, it…

I will try to get a front shot when I squat again Friday.

I do know my chest is failing. I feel that the bar will fall off my back when I push the elbows more forward. When that happens I start supporting the bar with my hands (you know what that does to my wrists and elbows). From the start (about 1.5 yr) core bracing, or lack of, has been pointed out to me in nearly every…

Very little to no pain in that set. Last two reps were def fight or flight. I do also post in the form critique of ETP. They are the reason I have made it this far, my squats were horrendous in the beginning lol.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wYNzS9ri5i0&feature=youtu.be This was yesterday at lunch. I didn't get a front shot. I didn't read Jeff's reply until afterward. As I said yesterday, form is likely failing, I feel that I am approaching max work weight capacity. Thanks.

Update. I did squat on lunch break with a bit more narrow stance. I am reaching capacity on work weight so my form is a little dorked up right now, however, the pain I described above was less than usual. I also pointed my toes out a slight bit more than I normally do.

Thanks Dope! As always I will apply your advice and adjust accordingly.

Narrowing too much while low bar is my fear. I will try very small increments inward until it gets more comfortable as well as toe direction. I just stood at my desk and squatted with my usual toe angle and then pointed them outward a bit more and noticed a significant difference.

I am able to keep knees pushing out while rising however it does increase the pain.

Thank you. I appear to be slightly wider than shoulder width when un-loaded and purposely looking at stance width, however, when loaded and lifting I think I may be going wider than that and it is really starting to hurt as the weight increases.

I posted this on the general forums as well, thought I would get more quality responses from you guys though. The more I lift the more I understand that sometimes, barring any egregious form errors, one most tweak lifts to suit them. How do you know your squat stance is too wide. I generally ignore pain as I know I'm stiff…

I was worried about the forums for a little while, but it seems they are in fact making a comeback!

Go work on your counting skills you semi headless torso. Why did you have to go and take all the good metabolism from us regular Joes?

Yes, yes, Yes. Personally, on holidays known for large meals, I will get one plate full of meats and veggies (however much I can fit on the one plate), and one full plate of desserts (dessert size plate). I stuck to that the first year I was on MFP and it worked incredibly well, the second year I decided to let loose and I…

IKR? My 88 yr old Grandfather has to have KFC every damn Sunday. It's part of his routine.