Feeling pretty good today, happy with my amrap sets! Spotter stole a rep on the last set (I had it but he grabbed the bar when it slowed, random spotters for ya)
I feel like I’ve gotten used to benching with feet out rather than tucked right under me, and it feels a lot better. Getting lats involved is still a work in progress though, I’m finding it hard to squeeze and break the bar, it just doesn’t feel normal.
Really struggling lately to keep my shoulder blades pinched together, my right shoulder keeps rolling forward when I’m pressing and coming off the bench. Not really sure why more back work required I guess!!
The work I’m putting in on my deadlift really feels like its working. My form is tighter than ever, I can get my hips lower and my drive off the floor feels great!
The block pulls Im still not comfortable with, setting up on them just doesnt feel right, but they’re working so just keep sluggin away!
Given how much my technique has improved for the deadlift, I’m really looking forward to seeing how that has carried over to my squat, and where my strength is now. I wont be rushing the work back up to higher weights, but part of me is impatient and really wants to see!
Brilliant session tonight, I felt really strong! Deadlifts were all quite quick and it was so nice to be squatting again! Still a little tight but pain free
Cheers man! I’ve not deadlifted heavy from the floor for about 5 weeks now, just speed pulls on Tuesdays!
I can feel my strength increasing every week, hopefully this is what I need to bust through my plateau, because I’ve been stuck around 240kg from the floor for so long!
135kg is my current comp PB, hit it today for 3 easy paused singles, I was surprised by how fast they moved! I’ve moved my grip out since my meet in November and this is the most I’ve done with my new grip width!
That’s some good progress! Are you paying attention to your rotator cuff with the wider grip? Mine got a bit left out and that didn’t end well. Turns out I feel better closer in, but I’d hate to see you get a setback.
I stretch out the shoulders and get everything warmed up nicely before I start and so far it feels a lot better than my old grip width. Turns out I’ve got quite long arms (5ft 10, with a 6ft 3 arm span) and having a closer grip was dropping my elbows lower than the bench.
Dam you have longer arms relative to your body than me. 68 to 72 here, I know you said your deadlift is doing pretty good but ever try sumo? it may change your lifting world like it did mine.
I’ve never tried it mate, always just done conventional! Dont you need really good hip flexibility to get yourself into position? My flexibility isn’t amazing!
I was watching old vids of my lifts and noticed my elbows going really low so just checked my arm span out of curiosity, was surprised the difference was so much!
For the most part just sumo. But even last year I trained a semi sumo and pulled conventional in comp. Wasn’t till late 2016 I completely made the switch about 2 months after I managed my best single for 3 reps. You should see where your lockout is, with high 600s I’ll lock out just above my knee. And in this numbers game any advantage helps.
Tried Sumo, I’m not flexible enough to make it work I don’t think, but I may keep it in as an assisstance from time to time and see if my flexibility improve.
more back work required I guess!!
