Cable Rows or Chins | Dips - Paused Rest 2 or Rest 1 | Rest 5 | on-off: 1-2, 2-1,1-5
* 6+1 hr sleep. BW208. 455 heavier than yesterday but still got up silently. i need an 8hr+ sleep now to be strong again tmrw. 2 straight days of weak sleep.
as Lance puts it: my squat resembles a standing leg extension.
most of the muscle soreness i get from doing 6-8+ reps before goes to the lower quads/VMO area. glutes get some also but not as much. hamstrings get nothing.
p-chain dominant lifters will almost always get blown away in explosiveness from a dead start by the quadzillas.
big SVJs happen when you have so much power in unfolding your knees.
You'll notice one thing about these squats, there is a very tiny angle btw hips crease and the knees, the knees are almost horizontal as are quads. This means the quads are in a better position to act out of the bottom of a hole. If someone does a 'deep squat' like KingFisher or my front squats, this means the quads are not able to act immediately out of the hole since they are over stretched. That's bad. Instead in that case it's the glutes and hamstrings which bounce you out, and then the about halfway up quads kick in. This isn't a quad dominant olympic squat. That's why I was going on about depth being misunderstood, because for the purposes of an olympic squat, it's more about the depth of the knee rather than the ass vs the knee.
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The second image is more balanced. You will get quad and glute work (although lesser) and hamstring strength. All 3 are needed for athletes who run so this is the more common approach. It also allows more weight so ou see it is more similar to a power lifter squat. Starting strength is a classic example of this style.
Cable Rows or Chins | Dips - Paused Rest 1 or BWx20 Day 2 | Rest 4 | on-off: 1-1, 2-0,1-4
* 5+2 hr sleep - not bad of a work night. still keeping BW208. 455 did not fatigue me much. will get it again tmrw if i get another ~7hr+ sleep and strong diet.
Cable Rows or Chins | Dips - Paused Rest 1 or BWx20 Day 1 | Rest 3 | on-off: 1-1, 1-0,1-3
* 6+3 hr sleep. BW 208lb. easy 405 but not strong enough to go 465. not much problem with the 455. will keep BW in the 208-210s and not fatigue the legs with too much calf raises. il see if in the next few weeks if i can maintain a daily 465. * i might be too fatigued tmrw after work to get a 4th straight heavy day. did not get 10+hr sleep today.
Cable Rows or Chins | Dips - Paused 100 x20 Day 1 or Rest 1 | Rest 2 | on-off: 1-, 1-1,1-2
* 6 + 3.5 hr sleep. BW getting back up close to 208lb again after that setback with the calf raise/leg press fatigue. overexertion wrecks my diet too. i find it harder to force feed myself. it would have been a lot easier with sweets/cakes but i only carb up on rice. * 405 was effortless but the 465#2 was not as easy like the first time i did it. if i don't see much improvement on the 405 tmrw, i might need to go back to 455. * changed my log a bit to prioritize the rest days too on other things. on-off tracks how much consecutive days or rest days on the exercise.
Cable Rows - Standing One Arm - Paused Reps Rest 7 of 7
* 3+3+2.5 hr sleep. not a very good sleep because it was a warm. felt recovered but still had some doubts because the lower quad area still has some tightness. 405 went up smoothly but not fast/effortless enough for me to use 465 again. 455#80 went up routinely. * will get better sleep and diet today. might go for 465#2 tmrw if all works out. BW 206-208 again. need to drink some more. too hot in here.
Cable Rows - Standing One Arm - Paused Reps Rest 6
* 5+3.5 hr sleep. BW208. was pretty sure id get an easy 455 today. i underestimated the fatigue on my lower quads supporting volumes of 10x45s leg press calf raises. i was doing 1-2 rest days only on the calf raises even though i started using the 10plates recently. the 405 was smooth but something did not feel right in my VMO area. good idea to put the pins before the 455. * i did not even fatigue my mid-upper back on the 455x1 because my legs where not even strong enough to get me to the sticking point. i usually come back very strong after 2 days rest. if my legs are still tired tmrw, it will be my first 3-day rest in a long time.
Cable Rows - Standing One Arm - Paused Reps Rest 5
* 3+3.5 hr sleep. 3rd straight day of sub 8hr sleep. 405 was not smooth. topped at 425. this would have been my 6th straight heavy day. thought about forcing a midday-afternoon 3-5hr sleep before lifting today but that will mess up my sleep pattern for the rest of my non-work days. if i did another 1-4pm sleep today, id most likely get the 455 but id be awake all night. deload day is good.
Cable Rows - Standing One Arm - Paused Reps Rest 4
* 4+2 hr sleep. BW206-208lb. the 455 felt like a routine warmup weight. happy to maintain this 206+BW lately. i did this 455 on my 5th straight heavy day with a weak 6hr sleep. i will force an 8hr+ sleep tmrw to catch up for the last 2-3 days.
Still.. is it healthy/unproblematic over the long run when your upperback collapses that much? I don't know, but I hardly doubt it... Again I have a lot of respect for that achievement so I'm just trying to help here.
relax. if i tried another max rep the day following a grinding lift, i will miss the lift and will add a lot of unnecessary fatigue. i've done this before and learned from the experience. slow and consistent keeps me not broken.
Damn the rounding of your lowerback and upperback as you push up the weight looks really unhealthy man! Or is this just me? ^^
its the mid-upperback that collapses. nothing feels strained or broken. i did the 455 today coming from that "definitely not a good form" rep. using 95+%RM on a paused rep makes the weight very unforgiving on form errors. if i had my lowerback rounded, id get pinned first before i start to really break something. no way a weight like this would go up with a rounded lower back.
Cable Rows - Standing One Arm - Paused Reps Rest 2
* 11hr sleep in clusters of 5-4-2. preparing for my 3day wed-fri work nights starting later. would be really good if i can still force another 2hr nap later. got strong sleep and diet. i recovered nicely from the 465 yesterday as i powered thru the 405 easily. * used 470x1 today and got it too from a complete pause but it took a lot out of me. 465 is a good daily repeatable for now. i can't lift this 470 again tmrw even if i get my usual strong sleep and diet. too early. need to stabilize my weight at 208ish. im still 206empty. will probably go for another 24+ singles of 465. * planned on doing the calf raises and dips but lost interest in anything after the squat. can't fatigue myself too much because my next sleep might not be until 8:30am tmrw.
the bar turning me to a spring after i overdid the top portion of the lift again. (i usually slow down but i feel like bending the bar today) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK24if_JASw
That looked amazing... just a slight sticking point but otherwise very cursive movement.
if there was no considerable slowing down at that 1/4 position up, im good for another 25+lbs.
one thing i learned from all the 455 - given enough repetitions for adaptation, back strength does not limit the squat. its all in the initial drive of the legs out of that bottom paused start.. to put it very simple.