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Old 09-20-2008, 08:33 PM
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^^^^Yeah

I didn't see any big problem with the squats...looked pretty darn good to me. I don't think you'll get too much more depth out of it right now. But only go as deep as you can keep that same form...with your lower back set.

The only blantant problem is the deadlifts. And that is WAY blatant. Don't even do dealifts again until you figure out what a conventional deadlift looks like.

Sumo may be a good idea but that does not mean you can't learn and do proper conventionals. Learn them and do them first.

Really good job.

You feet splaying apart is making up for lack of range of motion. Keeping your feet in more will just make it harder to go to that position at this point.

You can stretch you hip flexors pre workout in your mobility drills as well as activate the glutes. This could help.
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:40 PM
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Don't even do dealifts again until you figure out what a conventional deadlift looks like.
Oh, I get what they're SUPPOSED to look like..

I've watched plenty of videos..

I'll just have to work with way lighter weights till I get my form down..

I know I should have been squeezing my back to keep it from rounding.. The weight or the bad mechanics on the lift made this hard..

I'll try to tape my experiments..

Surprised she didn't chew me out for my bad form!! >:(
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:41 PM
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BTW, Doug, on the deads those small weights (at least they look to be small) are putting you in a low position from which to start learning deadlifts. See if you can put them up on blocks to get them to the standard height..which would be large olympic plates. Or use fewer larger plates instead of all those smaller plates.

If you just don't have the mobility right off the bat to do conventionals properly then you can start them on racks until your ROM improves.
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:42 PM
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oh, i get what they're supposed to look like..
ok

But keep in mind that you are not even starting off with a proper position. So this is not just a function of weight. You have to get the setup right.

You back is way rounded on them. She is right about keeping your shoulders forward of the weight. But along with that you need to think about keeping the shoulders up (scapula retracted and depressed) and the hips in as close to the bar as this all will allow...with a set lower back.

If those ingredients can come together you'll be much closer to your best postion. Then it's just tweaking.
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:44 PM
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See if you can put them up on blocks to get them to the standard height..
Yeah, I'll work with 45's from now on.. Work up from there..

Don't really have blocks I could use..
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keep in mind that you are not even starting off with a proper position.
Yeah, the one suggestion she had, to get my shoulders over the bar screwed me up a bit..

Like I say, I'll have to tape myself with lighter weight and see if I can fix this..
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:45 PM
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Well if you can work with the 45's it doesn't matter
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:48 PM
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Well if you can work with the 45's it doesn't matter
Well, thinking on it, that's close to my max, so...

Maybe that ISN'T such a good idea..

I'll put 35's on some 2x4's if I can find some until I can fix my form problem..
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:51 PM
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Sounds good. Or a couple of books (if they're the same, lol).
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Old 09-21-2008, 06:40 PM
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Sept 21/08

Weight after b.f. and b.m. = 210

3.5 mile run, low intensity.

cals for the day = 3300 protein: 264
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Solid work.
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