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Quote from: seifullaah73 on June 18, 2012, 05:43:39 pm

I heard that you should squat max about 2.5x bw else if you exceed that then you will start to slow down as you bulk up. so wouldn't squatting 3 or 4x bw slow you down.

There are maybe 5 people on this forum that get close to this number.

Im gonna get there one day 

this thread is still alive? did i miss anything good?

Good form?

first rep was definitely fine. 2nd two not so sure... felt bad. but then i stood parallel to the mirror and tried to mimic how my back/form felt while deadlifting, and i looked to the side and my back was still straight.

it appears my DL form is better than i thought  

deadlifted 370x3 yesterday

i should start recording these like i was recording my squats earlier

I think lifting heavy is a "fixed" way of actually knowing you're lifting that weight and you're recruiting a high % of motor neurons for doing that, whereas when you lift ligther weights explosively there's not a determined way to really know if you're lifting fast enough, or as fast as the last time you trained, or faster. That's the culprit with that.

i agree here. it's the same reason i go full rom on say, chin ups. i want to know if i got stronger or if i just did a more shallow chin up than last time.

Best thing I've found is this:

Eccentric Single Leg Knee Extensions (with toes pointed out).
I would recommend a bilateral version but I wouldn't know how to do them eccentrically with heavy weight.

Get on the machine. Set it to an easy weight, ilke 50lbs. Set the machine so you're only doing the final half of range of motion (some machines don't allow you to control the ROM so if this part confuses you; ignore it).

Start the lift with both feet and hold the lockout for half a second. Then, drop one of the legs while keeping the bad up with the other, and slowly lower it to the starting position.

LONG STORY SHORT: Get on the knee extension. Point your toes out. At the top of the ROM, do the "down portion" with one leg only.

Side note: I like to use a weight that's very hard for me to do the ENTIRE lift with one leg, but easy enough so that I can get 10 negative reps with a single leg.

Do about 10 reps of these negatives and your leg will have no choice but to really use the VMO! In addition, I have read online that it is much easier to change motor recruitment patters by using eccentric (negative) movements instead of concentric. You want to get the VMO to fire on quad movements so this should help.

are the singles at the 350 clusters also paused reps?