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Along with the aforementioned potential LACK of need for "correction" as well as a likely worthwhile addition of certain "posterior chain focused" accessory exercises, a simple cue to yourself with each repetition to "feel" your hamstrings squeeze on the decent and actively squeeze your butt on the way up might help with…
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It could. It could also simply be your propensity toward one and not the other (via limb length relationships, mental stuff, etc.). It is very typical for one's deadlift to be notably higher than one's squat but it isn't a hard and fast rule. I have a couple of clients whose number are in close proximity (one whose DL is…
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Benjamin's correct.
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Very generalized form advice (keep in mind this is from only one video/one angle). I'd say: Slightly widen the stance. Slightly turn the toes out. Really make an effort to squeeze the butt to push the hips forward on the ascent. Overall, this is a trainers dream as you seem to be a natural. Good job.
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First, we must define "raw." Do you mean that you're choosing to not use any supportive gear for your general training purposes? Or are you conforming to a competitive lifting federations definition of "raw" for comp purposes? If the second is true, make sure they define raw as "no belt" as most "raw" federations actually…
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Two scenarios. One, it helps in the "feeling" of being tight/stable and a good IAP. Two, it holds your bench shirt in place.
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"...eating above maintenance to try and build muscle but a friend said hypertrophy would be better at that?" Clarify this. Eating above maintenance concordant with resistance training is what will lead to hypertrophy.
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Blanket advice after quickly skimming this thread: The briefs are likely to provide the most support at the bottom position more than the top of the ROM. Many will find them helpful for keeping the hips healthy - most I've known that use them and find this to be true are heavy gear lifters (triple ply etc) so assume what…
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Do any of you mother *kitten* even lift? http://youtu.be/HJscKGDnPS8
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One thought, if I may, minus a video... what's your training experience? If you're relatively new to all this, this simple act of supporting a weight on your back and retracting the shoulders to shelf the bar might be leading to some seemingly undue soreness, or even some pain. Some adjustment of position or, dare I say…
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Celebrate the fact that you get to fail in life and still live. (write that down) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XizhmvOm2yg
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A "mid to late novice lifter" would respond well to more variability. Odds are their brains are bored with the idea of a linear, more-or-less the same, training days... but generally undulating across the volume-intensity scale will likely bring about better changes long term. Easiest example would be Wendler's 531 (or…
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I recently failed at retirement from competition. Which is a PR.
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When someone says they can press 225, does that mean they have two 25's on the bar? #trollol
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One metric of many. Of MANY. Pick some small performance based benchmarks that will quantify your weekly improvements. One more minute here, two more reps there, one less minute of rest here, .5% incline more there... Record your workouts and circle those MFing improvements. They'll come every day and the weight will…
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Here's my rundown for new clients. Obviously, this is incredibly individual as we all handle behavioral changes differently and we're all also physiologically different. What I recommend is using a variety of METRICS and INDICATORS. Metrics are objective and measurable. Bodyweight, already on your radar, but a bodyfat…
