Birthday squat day was good.... nothing but the muscles doing the work.... no joint stress, back stress, none of it....... feeling better than i did at 27 and im 12 yrs older than that...... only issue is im a weak ass bytch nikka right now wit the weight I'm pushing..... gotta respect the process right??
Glorious leg day already in the books
The reps in the rack next to me………not glorious
This morning was something two guys start with warm-up not at parallel and they working upwards to 255 and 295 respectively. #ForWhyWelcome to my world.
No buenoNot just imagine if every day was a leg day.
Yeah.
Someone at my gym started off very chubby. Started putting more time in the gym, started seeing some gains then fell off. Now he is starting to look like his old self along with a 315 1/8 depth back squat
Someone at my gym started off very chubby. Started putting more time in the gym, started seeing some gains then fell off. Now he is starting to look like his old self along with a 315 1/8 depth back squat
Happy Name Day and good looks for making changes for the better.
As for respecting the process, nah, not really. If you're "respecting the process" you probably aren't training correctly for the goal at hand.
Your strength numbers are purely a function of:
That's it.
- your training age (how long have you trained)
- your training protocols (how do you train)
- your neuromuscular coordination (how adept are you at using the muscle you have)
- and to a lesser extent your size
Most folks that put up weak numbers do so because they either don't care about numbers or they don't realize strength is a skill:
So now the question is what are you gonna do about it?
That's facts.... I'm doing 5/3/1, since I was on vacay 2 months ago and then Covid shut everything down until Feb I was just doing band work but on the real I was slaxkin on that shyt. I said it 2 weeks ago, but this was really my first week back. Decided to do a week of the deload week weight levels just to get a feel for things again and not have my ass sore for a week cause I redlined out the gate.
That neuromuscular connection is what I am working on cause the programming should be in check and I was seeing the strength gains before everything. I don't know where I'm at training age wise.... I trained for a long time but it was wrong and hence no results, so I kinda just put myself in the beginners anyway, but got the knowledge now.... somewhat.
WE BOUT TO SNORT THIS #POWDA AND PUT IN SOME MUfukkIN WORK NIKKA!!!.......... Wooooooo
I like 5/3/1 but only for advanced lifters that don't need a ton of volume.
Deloading every 4-6 weeks, limited accessory work, usually only a few working sets, etc., is not optimal for beginners and intermediates that *can* progress faster.
Why drive slower than the speed limit if you don't have to?
Pick one. You can do both simultaneously but you can't do both optimally at the same time; the additional reps and volume for hypertrophy are not optimal for maximal strength gains, and the lower rep, higher intensity sets will induce some but not max hypertrophy.
With that said, for chasing numbers I like:
- nSuns 5/3/1 6-day Squat, which is just Wendler's 5/3/1 Spinal Tap and a second/third barbell lift with a Sheiko rep scheme done 6x per week.
- The Bulgarian Method for PLing: don't attempt this if you're max squat is less than 2x BW and your form is textbook; daily squatting and benching/pressing powers up your Big 3 on some Hyperbolic Time Chamber shyt.
I suggest heading over to LiftVault and finding something you like. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
- Simple Jack’d 2x (v2.0): similar to the Bulgarian Method but will beat your shyt up less
when I told him about that Squat Everyday.
