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Quote from: Coges on January 23, 2017, 11:11:33 pm

Quote from: maxent on January 23, 2017, 10:42:06 pm

they're fatigued .. if they were just tight i wouldnt even care cos as long as my squat looks and feels fine, i dont care about mobility per se. And if you see vid of my paused squats, i look pretty damn good, not just for a basketball player build!  so im not too bothered. But if stretching can help make those tiny muscles stronger then im keen to do that as well?

I'd still give the stretch a go. It will cost you 5 minutes of your life and you can decide to pursue it further from there. My hips feel incredible after doing these stretches and whether my hip flexors are "torched" or tight is irrelevant. Maybe stretching will help with their recovery.

no probs .. i dont mind doing them, i stretch my hips reg, i dont mind adding another ex to the mix. uploading my pausaed squat to insta atm, check it out

Just had a look. Your squats look good mate. They pretty much always do.

Pls don't think I'm saying your squat is off or something by suggesting tight HF. I just know for someone who has supposedly loose HF (told to me by numerous physios, osteos, etc)  I have benefited a lot from these stretches. Apparently a lot of this has to do with years and years of trauma that these muscles cop.

23/01/17- 5pm
BW- 90.4

Scap & Shoulder prep

Incline Press-
bar x 10, 40 x 5, 50 x 3, 60 x 1
65 x 6, 60 x 8, 55 x 10

Chins-
bw x 5, +5 x 3, +10 x 2
+15 x 3, +10 x 3, +5 x 3

Circuit x 5
Chin ecc
Ring Dip ecc
Cuban Rotation- 10kg x 10

Black band reverse flyes x 20, 20
Red band pull aparts- x 15, 15

Decent session. Incline bench strength felt good. Was optimistic on going up in weight on the chins though, especially with the subsequent sets. Will keep that weight for the next session.

Going to drop the chin up ecc and focus on clean bw reps- target of 25 total initially. Going to go for reps on dips too albeit lower and will end with some ecc if necessary to get the work in.

Pick up basketball-
Played for 3 hours. We played a full court 5 v 5 and I got my first in game dunk on a fast break albeit it being pick up 

Niceeee! 

Saw your back ext vid. Is there any way to rig it so you are doing them in your rack? That way you could use a barbell and set the safety pins to take the weight once you're done. When I was looking for the Klokov video there was one of him talking about them and warning of holding the weight in front due to the rounding of the back and shoulders. Anyway, food for thought. Not sure if actually possible.

That's a cool poem. I've never given my parents an anniversary present of note. Not sure I've ever actually given them a present actually.

Went for a run with the wife yesterday. Strange way to celebrate our 11 year wedding anniversary but we went for Vietnamese and beers afterwards which was cool.

https://www.strava.com/activities/836720100

Body is pretty much sore all over right now. It's doms like soreness and not injury like so that's ok. May or may not rest today but will definitely push legs out till tomorrow.

18/1/17- 5pm

Shoulder & scap prep
(hip flexor & piriformis stretching and quad rolling during rest breaks)

A1) OHP-
Bar x 10, 30 x 5, 37.5 x 3
45 x 4, 40 x 5, 35 x 8

A2) Parallel Bent Row-
bar x 10, 30 x 10, 37.5 x 10, 45 x 10, 40 x 10, 35 x 10

Circuit x 4-
Ring Dip Ecc
Chin ecc
Cuban Rotation - 10kg x 5

Good session. OHP is weak as but the movement felt good and the shoulder felt good. Rows were light but am trying to feel the movement more than anything. I've noticed that as well as my left scap issues my left glute is less awake than the right. Connection?

Dips were awesome. Great tension throughout the entire rep and was able to end with my hands in my arm pits for the first time in forever (you can tell how old my daughter is when I thought of Frozen upon writing those words). Cubans were good too. Put a mirror there to get some feedback and my right arm was a little lower and forward of my body. Fixed this and the movement went great.

Overall good session. Time to eat and then the first ball game for the year in 2 hours.

lol was literally just about to post his turkish get up video but some (a lot) of the stuff he does is just stupid... for example wtf is the reasoning behind this?! Haha

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I think it's just because he can. I'd probably do the same lol