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Back is very sore today , confirming yesterday's hideous form. Haven't had such back soreness in years, must have been the worse squats ever.
Must take a step back. Perfect form will be the red line , no limited rom / bad form reps , either perfect rep or fail.
Since i am not perfectly healthy too, i will start over squats using the Starting Strength proposed method to determine my starting point , no matter how light the load will be:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h25oFN7J3vc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h25oFN7J3vc</a>

here's my ideal squat form. i try to lift like this each rep no matter what weight is on the bar.

good luck vag and don't mess up that back.

Sun - 5:30pm
July 8, 2012

Week 7 of 12 Day 5
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - deloading
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* calf work with seated calf raise still progressing quickly.

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- i did not gain any weight on the squats during these squat maintenance cycles. i dropped BW by 5lbs so the ratio improved a bit.
- only oly shoes i have are the ironworks, adistars and the romaleos. i use the IW2 most of the time

- question on other log about how i squat so narrow - i never mentioned anything about placing the weight on my heels. i distribute it evenly with a bit of a bias on the upper 2/3s of my foot.
- i quad my way out of the hole. only way to do that is to push with the balls of feet while making sure heels stay planted for balance.

Fri - 4:30pm
July 6, 2012

Week 7 of 12 Day 3
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - deloading
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* rest day 1. another 405x1 top set tmrw and by sunday, heavy again at 425x1. solues work getting easier now but more time consuming at the same time. don't want to use too heavy weights too soon to bring the rep range down. still lifting in the 8-10+ reps as GPP.

Thur - 4:00pm
July 5, 2012

Week 7 of 12 Day 2
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - deloading
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405,425 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* 2 days of 405x1 top set and its time to get my 425x1. not much trouble getting the paused single. ~ 435 max. most likely will only lift 1x/day until sunday because of work schedule.

Tue - 6:00am
July 3, 2012

Week 6 of 12 Day 7
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - warmup and backup - deload
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* surprisingly strong for a morning workout following a previous 425x1 max. i am back to repeatable 425x1 top sets. i'l get 425 again this afternoon if i feel like it.
* tried doing a couple of light sets of leg press as back up volume work. last time i did the leg press was when i was letting my back strain recover. did not like the feel of the leg press at all. ROM is too short. i just went as low as i can as long as i keep my lowerback in contact with the support. turns out i'm doing the ROM of a 1/2 squat/parallel squat. this is quad imbalance in the long run. i'm better off doing volume sets of full squats but with considerably lighter weight - bodybuilding style cadence and loading. ~ piston reps of 50-75%RM for more leg mass work.

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Tue - 5:00pm
July 3, 2012

Week 6 of 12 Day 7
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - warmup and backup - deload
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* added another 10lbs to my solues work. been getting the reps/sets consistently. not stalling in these anytime soon. squats were ok. not much effort getting thru the routine paused reps.

Sun - 8:00am
July 1, 2012

Week 6 of 12 Day 5
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - warmup and backup - deload
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* took me longer to do my solues sets. did less breathers between squat sets because i was really feeling stronger for the last 2-3 workouts. will probably get 425+ this evening if i push for it but i'l keep top set to 405 until monday and save the near max on tuesday. that would be my day 7 of week 6.

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Sun - 6:00pm
July 1, 2012

Week 6 of 12 Day 5
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - warmup and backup - deload
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* 405 @ 165BW is now a 2.45BW for me at this twig weight. 2.45BW never felt this easy in a while. if i feel very strong already on the morning workout tmrw, i might as well go for the very heavy singles in that afternoon.
 

Fri - 8:30am
Jun 29, 2012

Week 6 of 12 Day 3
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - warmup and backup - deload
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* maybe 405 is my 85%RM. its not very heavy anyway so fukit - il stay on using it. at this twig weight, i'm thinking of maybe going back up and going caloric excess again to get my weight to 170s by doing more bbuidling style loading for the quads/glutes. its an idea but il probably do it after i complete my 1 year daily squat cycle. i can also go on a high intensity plyo routine because at 160s, i might be able to absorb a lot more before i even start to fatigue myself. i was able to keep most of my strength while dropping 6-8lbs BW.
* i also have an idea of going thru my squat paused rep warmup routine, then instead of the usual backup clustered sets - il bodybuild my quads/glutes with the leg press. il get some serious heavy reps that way without my back limiting the amount i can do.
* just woke up from my midday sleep and here i go again going to lift one more time.

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Fri - 4:30pm
Jun 29, 2012

Week 6 of 12 Day 3
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - warmup and backup - deload
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385,405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* more soleus work. soreness not strong enough to be annoying but they do feel tight a bit now. feels great, like a quad lock. they are starting to look fuller too. the lower v is getting thick. being genetically not-gifted with long achilles can be a blessing IMO. i have more soleus muscle mass to develop. goodluck getting that achilles thicker.


  

Wed - 4:30pm
Jun 27, 2012

Week 6 of 12 Day 1
Daily Squats Maintenance - clustered paused reps - warmup and backup - deload
[225+2+2+2][275+2+2][315+2][365,385 +1+1][405 +1]  30-60sec rest per +

* did a few more dunks after the squats. removing the backup 20rep clustered gave me energy to do my jumping. kept the reps really low to not break anything.
* will continue deloading until i can overshoot back to 425s again. probably another week. will do better this week by limiting going over 385 (85%). hope i can stick to that plan. not looking good but il try.