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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 28, 2017, 01:12:08 am »
Quote from: fast does lie on September 27, 2017, 09:05:08 pm
Quote from: maxent on September 27, 2017, 11:55:45 am
Fucking hungry today. Ive eaten all my daily intake for the day and im still starving. If i wasn't gifted with these genes for storing fat i'd def go to town on some icecream or something

You crave ice cream when you're hungry?

i wasnt craving ice cream per se but it would have done the job. Last night tho, i just popped a 5htp and it did its thing and i was good. All that time spent cutting has given me a tool box full of solutions lol.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 27, 2017, 11:55:45 am »
Fucking hungry today. Ive eaten all my daily intake for the day and im still starving. If i wasn't gifted with these genes for storing fat i'd def go to town on some icecream or something

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: September 27, 2017, 06:11:02 am »


300kg raw squat at 85kg (3.5294xbw). Insane. This is the most beast squat ive ever seen

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« on: September 27, 2017, 05:56:59 am »
It's okay to eat the occasional dirty carb up .. the saturated fat fills out (the intramuscular triglyceride fat of) muscles better and you look better the next morning. That's what the bodybuilders claim anyway lol.  Great job on the cut. I think you should take a maintenance break and make a new bodyfat% setpoint. You can always cut more later down the line but making this stable is important for keeping the fat off later down the line. Always the part i struggled with tho.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 186
« on: September 26, 2017, 11:01:54 pm »
BW: 86.5kg
Activity: 8.2 (bad)
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 19/19, 0/1, 1/1, 0/1, 2/2

Yesterday was tough. I was really tempted to go binge but i managed somehow. Day 1 is always the hardest i feel. Anyway safely behind me. Training today.
Recovery BS 6x100
Weighted Dips 5x108(PR; + 10kg vest, 8kg kb), 2x6x108(PR)

Recovery BS 2x6x102.5
Paused BP 5x81, 5x81, 4Fx81

Notes:
Didn't bench. Maybe later tonight. Did stick to recovery suitable lighter weights. Still feels weird to do such little work in the squat rack but i decided if i wanted to do more squats i could do them later tonight.

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Basketball / Re: NBA 2017 - 2018 Season
« on: September 26, 2017, 10:44:11 pm »
It's a reunion

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Squat Narrow vs Wide stance and Vertical/speed
« on: September 26, 2017, 07:27:19 am »
It's something bodybuilders do to get their quad sweep. They're not stupid about it tho, they reduce weight down to like 80-100kg and use that. The only reason to use it for athleticism is if you listen to Raptor and are looking for an injury

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: why am i so goddamn injury prone?
« on: September 25, 2017, 11:22:25 pm »
I had a lot of aches and pains until i increased fat intake (among other measures) which i think improved T levels which lead to less aches and pains all round. But not sure if that would apply in your case

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 187
« on: September 25, 2017, 11:16:41 pm »
BW: 86.5kg
Activity: 10
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 19/19, 0/1, 1/1, 0/1, 1/1

I was too beat up to do my usual heavy workout. Did no jumps, sprints, rdls or back extensions. It's fine, ive been trying to serve too many masters at once. It's time to focus on getting my squat volume worksets where they need to be (+15-20kg) so i am strong enough to get the 2xbw/175-180kg squat.

I have noticed i dont even have the core or leg strength to rep 102.5kg on the trap bar DL. Not sure what i can do about that though. If i focus on training abs my squat workouts will suffer. So as a compromise i will focus on squats and then at the end of the workouts i'll do some abs.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 188
« on: September 24, 2017, 11:20:44 pm »
BW: 86.5kg
Activity:
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 19/19, 0/1, 2/2

Back on the diet, woke up feeling okay. Need to get my shit together and get some solid training in today!
BS 2Fx142.5

BS 4x137.5(PR), 2x137.5

Notes:
Wanted to +2.5kg the 3x140 PR i set last time. Failed the 3rd rep though, similar failure mode to the 160kg for those who saw that on my insta. Gna go back for 2nd session latre tonight but i feel week today. I think i messed up during this week and it's cost me. First mistake was a stretch i did on tuesday which is best done with a partner. My back hasn't felt right since. 2nd i messed up reading this stupid daily squatting literature (hello training ADHD) which led to me explore the stupid idea of a training minimum (i picked 120kg). I shouldnt have done those doubles with 120kg during the week, they achieved nothing and didnt allow me enough rest to be fresh for PRs today. So disappointed with that. But anyhow

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Basketball / Re: NBA 2017 - 2018 Season
« on: September 24, 2017, 07:36:20 am »
Quote from: Coges on September 24, 2017, 06:00:29 am
Quote from: fast does lie on September 23, 2017, 10:05:26 pm
Melo traded to OKC

now OKC has Russ, PG13 and melo, pg13 and melo sort of play similar games/positions..... hopefully they know how to work together otherwise it will be another poor team.

but they could just start blowing out teams that is def possible.....

I love this. How good does Adams feel right now.
Going to be interesting to see if their egos can take a backstep. Given none have rings I hope they can.

they need a seasoned vet who knows what it takes to win a ring to lead them / bind them. Paging D. Wade

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: misc iron waffle
« on: September 24, 2017, 12:30:44 am »
Quote from: adarqui on September 23, 2017, 05:07:15 pm
also, we should really move this thread to the http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/ subforum :D

lmk.

good call, yep happy for that!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 189
« on: September 23, 2017, 11:11:09 pm »
BW: 86.9kg
Activity:
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 19/19, 0/1, 1/1

Diet fail last night, ate an entire bag of corn chips lol after having a bad training day. Starting over today, so crazy to fail on day 20 and close to the magic 21 day mark but i think that's ok, now i can redouble and start over even more stricter.

Resting today, heavy day tmr. Going for 160kg squat again.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 190
« on: September 22, 2017, 10:43:12 pm »
BW: 86.3kg
Activity:
Misc: erectors lhs as a big knot, bicep tendons pretty beaten up the last couple of days (have been icing / tens which helps)
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 20/20(PR)

Upper body training and tecovery lower body today.
BS 2x120, 6x100
OHP 4x59.5
Chinup 6xBW

BS 2x120, 6x100
OHP 4x5x58.5, 4Fx58.5, 3x58.5
WCU 4x(vest+2.5kg), 4x(vest+1.25kg), 4x(vest+0.5kg = 100kg), 6x88.5 (BW)
Seated DB OHP 15x12.5, 15x15, 15x12.5
Curl 20x12.5, 15x17.5, 5x45(cheat kurls), 10x12.5
Notes:
Quick first session. hoping to be stronger for the 2nd one tho, i wasn't going to get my worksets in in teh first..
2nd session was awful too. couldnt do jack shit. whatver, will get it next time.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: misc iron waffle
« on: September 22, 2017, 08:36:56 am »
Quote from: maxent on September 22, 2017, 12:38:30 am
Thinking about how to structure training from here on, im going to try for 20 sets of squats of 5x127.5kg next friday. If i get that, i'll do 20x5x130kg 8 days later and i think that's where this high volume adventure should end. Will then taper down by 2 sets every week to maybe 12x5x140kg. I can't project that far out but that's my rough idea right now.

I have to now admit I think i picked the wrong exercise for high volume if my goal was to get stronger and bigger i should have gone with deadlift. But like #1 priority for me is to get a 2xbw/180kg squat so i haven't really done anything i prob wouldn't have done anyway.

Here is my reasoning. A couple of modest sets of deadlifts (say 90kg or 100kg) for 8 reps leave my legs burning and fatigued like nothing i feel from squatting. Keep in mind i did 100 reps with 125kg yesterday at a bodyweight of 86kg - im not really leaving any stone unturned in giving squats a chance to do something good for my leg strength. My experience is telling me having stronger legs will make me a better squat b/c every rep will become easier. However unfortunately the causality does not flow the other way for me - doing loads of squats doesn't make my leg strength go up, if it does it's marginal.

Actually this has always been the case, i remember when i used to do powercleans, it may have only been like 65-75kg but they used to give me a wicked quad burn. So the combo of an explosive pull is prob a great way for me to not only increase leg strength but also athleticism.

I dont think the squat dos anything for my athleticism either. But a big part of me deep down wants to believe the time i squat 180kg at a bw of 90kg or less i'll be a 40" jumper and sprint idk kinda fast (whatever that means). What's actually going to happen though is nothing to do with squats, i'll build the leg strength via tarpbar deadlifts which will exhibit as improved squat performance and it will be that extra leg strength which gets me from jumping 35" to 40". Actually it's awesome how im jumping so high with such modest leg strength currently, ive overachieved a lot from squats but they never came thru in the promise of leg strength.

The only thing that changes this that heavier squats task my legs relatively more which does challenge them but heavier and heavier squats lead to break down in form in part due to a lack of sufficient leg strength. Unfortunately the squat is an inefficient builder of that leg strength (for me). It may well do for someone else though. But once you have more leg strength my squats will benefit as well.

The other piece of the puzzle is how my squat behaves when i try using a belt. My form breaks down, i dont lift as well. And that's a mystery i haven't been able to reconcile. The thing is using a belt shud help use more leg strength, so if that's true then perhaps what's going on there is my lack of leg strength is being exposed by the belt by magnifying the weakness instead of what should be a strength. Most people would have the opposite experience, a belt would help more than hinder. Unless they're lacking in leg strength...?

More importantly though - overall high volume  tarpbar deads will build way more muscle in the (upper) back, tarps and even chest and arms while squats only hit areas ive alraedy probably peaked at in muscle mass (glutes and erectors). I can't wait to explore this after finishing up with my squats and putting htem on maintenance (prob in the range of 1.9-2.0xbw).

unless someone replies to this comment im gonna delete it soon, dont need to clutter the log with stream of consciousness posts no one else finds interesting

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