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Mattrag and whatever training

Hmm, didn't update the last couple days but here is what I did today. Pretty good PRs.

Front squats/back push press

45x10/45x10
95x5/95x5
115x5/115x5
135x5/0
185x3/0
205x2/0 (PR)
205x2/0
205x2/0

Back squats (OLY)

135x5
185x5
225x5
275x3
275x3
275x3
275x3
275x3

Pendlay Rows

135x10
135x10
185x10
225x5
225x5
225x5


Good day today. Amazing I got 205 for the front squat lol. Been pausing at the bottom of each squat set for 1 second to make sure I can actually hit the bottom of the squat.
Body comp is looking pretty good I must say.. Pretty much just eating what I normally eat... 2 more weeks or so till I hit the amazing cycle. ;)
 
You're moving good weight with good volume as well man. Good job.
 
mattrag said:
Would you suggest to do good mornings or RDLs? As a lower back strengthener.
I workout at home so I don't really have a back extension platform.

I think I should do what you do jay, rotate lower back with abs. I'll do some planks today.
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Yes, those are great lifts for strengthening the lower back.
 
Nice job on the PR front squats Matt. Learn from my mistake on those: No matter how much your grip may be pressing into your windpipe, DO NOT change your grip! :)
 
taman6886 said:
Nice job on the PR front squats Matt. Learn from my mistake on those: No matter how much your grip may be pressing into your windpipe, DO NOT change your grip! :)
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Hehe. I use a rack grip. So really if the weight isn't nicely balanced against my neck across my shoulders I'm gonna drop it lol.
 
Do you think that you may be leaning a little to far forward on those? The bar shouldn't really be in your neck, but across your shoulders and upper chest. If you have to keep it on your clavicle or into your neck to keep it from dropping it almost sounds to me like you may be leaning a little too far forward at the bottom
 
CopyCat said:
Do you think that you may be leaning a little to far forward on those? The bar shouldn't really be in your neck, but across your shoulders and upper chest. If you have to keep it on your clavicle or into your neck to keep it from dropping it almost sounds to me like you may be leaning a little too far forward at the bottom
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Hmm I'll try get a vid or pick up tomorrow.I am not choking, it's not on my bones either. I have it resting pretty good on my shoulders. Been watching A LOT of weight lifting vids as of late and I think I need some bigger shoulders lol.

I think I'm going for lower weight front squats tomorrow. Depends how smashed my quads feel... Today I only did some weighted pull ups and snatch grip deads so my legs should be semi good...
 
Pull ups

BWx5
BWx5
BW+45x5
BW+45x5
BW+45x5
BW+45x5
BW+45x5

Snatch grip deads (Mainly for feel)

135x5
135x5
135x5
135x5

Hand stand practice

30seconds x2

Did a mobility WOD from the mobility WOD project (Been trying to get 1-2 in every day) and found some stuff from California strength to do as well. Healing pretty well I must say. Hitting doubles and triples make this game more fun lol. body feels good, and I seem to be leaning out.... Must be burning more cals or something lol.
 
mattrag said:
Hmm I'll try get a vid or pick up tomorrow.I am not choking, it's not on my bones either. I have it resting pretty good on my shoulders. Been watching A LOT of weight lifting vids as of late and I think I need some bigger shoulders lol.

I think I'm going for lower weight front squats tomorrow. Depends how smashed my quads feel... Today I only did some weighted pull ups and snatch grip deads so my legs should be semi good...
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Bigger shoulders lol
 
mattrag said:
Hmm I'll try get a vid or pick up tomorrow.I am not choking, it's not on my bones either. I have it resting pretty good on my shoulders. Been watching A LOT of weight lifting vids as of late and I think I need some bigger shoulders lol.

I think I'm going for lower weight front squats tomorrow. Depends how smashed my quads feel... Today I only did some weighted pull ups and snatch grip deads so my legs should be semi good...
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No, I am the one who feels the bar pressing on the wind pipe. I usuall grip the bar in the middle with my hands about 6-8 inches apart, arms folded in. Elevate my upper arms to form a shelf and then step up to the bar, placing it on the crease between my front and mid delt and my upper chest.
 
jaycuda said:
Its just awkward going from deadlifting to clean pulling, once you're used to it, it is no problem.

Get faster under the bar and you'll have to pull less.
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Yea. I've been working on pulling (kinda like bill starr) in prep for when I start cleaning. The jerk though... Omg. I can't imagine getting 140+ kilos OH.
 
mattrag said:
Yea. I've been working on pulling (kinda like bill starr) in prep for when I start cleaning. The jerk though... Omg. I can't imagine getting 140+ kilos OH.
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Jerk holds help me a lot I like to think. One of the racks at my gym is high enough for me to put the bar up loaded with weight, get under it in my split and then stand up like Im recovering from a jerk.
 
jaycuda said:
Jerk holds help me a lot I like to think. One of the racks at my gym is high above for me to put the bar up loaded with weight, get under it in my split and then stand up like Im recovering from a jerk.
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Nice!! Those will definitely help for working up confidence. Cause on those 205 front squats i didn't really believe lol.
 
mattrag said:
Nice!! Those will definitely help for working up confidence. Cause on those 205 front squats i didn't really believe lol.
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Haha front squats feel so heavy when I first take it off the rack. Not to the legs just to my upper body. It gets to my head sometimes pretty bad, makes me rack the weight and take a few minutes to recover.
 
jaycuda said:
Haha front squats feel so heavy when I first take it off the rack. Not to the legs just to my upper body. It gets to my head sometimes pretty bad, makes me rack the weight and take a few minutes to recover.
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Anything you notice help with stability?

I think that's why Bulgarian training is set up like it is. Confidence booster under max loads.
 
mattrag said:
Anything you notice help with stability?

I think that's why Bulgarian training is set up like it is. Confidence booster under max loads.
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The squat to max everyday thing? Natural lifters get destroyed by that lol.
 
jaycuda said:
The squat to max everyday thing? Natural lifters get destroyed by that lol.
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Yea well... Just meant that they lift only the competition lifts and they lift like 1-3 rep max everyday.

About stability though, its the front rack position back strength work to add stability there, not stability to squat to max daily.
 
Wow today I feel like crap so odd. Must be the lowered calorie intake from yesterday. Refrig had some cooling issues and I ran out of food... This is where no having a car really sux... Only got in around 2100 cals yesterday....
I'll probably do
Front squats 3x3
Shoulder press 3x3
1arm rows 5x10
Quick and easy.
 
mattrag said:
Wow today I feel like crap so odd. Must be the lowered calorie intake from yesterday. Refrig had some cooling issues and I ran out of food... This is where no having a car really sux... Only got in around 2100 cals yesterday....
I'll probably do
Front squats 3x3
Shoulder press 3x3
1arm rows 5x10
Quick and easy.
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Sorry to hear you felt like crap bro! Hopefully you aren't getting sick or anything!
 
mattrag said:
Wow today I feel like crap so odd. Must be the lowered calorie intake from yesterday. Refrig had some cooling issues and I ran out of food... This is where no having a car really sux... Only got in around 2100 cals yesterday....
I'll probably do
Front squats 3x3
Shoulder press 3x3
1arm rows 5x10
Quick and easy.
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What! Couldn't find ANOTHER DAMN buffet? :) (Yes, I am jelly! So what?)
 
taman6886 said:
What! Couldn't find ANOTHER DAMN buffet? :) (Yes, I am jelly! So what?)
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Did you see the having no car part?
I also have no bike, and it was raining... The nearest food place is a nice 20 min walk from my house :(
 
mattrag said:
Did you see the having no car part?
I also have no bike, and it was raining... The nearest food place is a nice 20 min walk from my house :(
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How do you normally go pick up your food?
 
had a really good day at the gym today. worked some bench presses for speed, deadlifts and some back extensions

Bench
135x5x5

Deadlift
135x5
135x5
185x5
185x5
225x5
275x5
315x5
335x3 Here is a good deadlift. I think I need to get my roman deadlift higher so I don't get too worried about getting it off the ground. It is very light once I get it up the first time but I just didn't have the confidence (even at the 315 level). I also did not use any grips so I think I could have done 5 reps of the 335 if I strapped up. Good day though

Did some back ext for 70lbs x10 for 3 sets.
 
mattrag said:
My wife. She works far away though and only comes over on the weekends.
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Aw
I see.


Hey Matt do you train fasted?
 
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Took a vid of myself doing front squats with my iPHone so the quality sux...
Pretty much I think I just need to get more flexible so I can get more depth... I thought I was deep enough but by the looks of it when I put weight on my I don't get deep enough.
 
mattrag said:
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Took a vid of myself doing front squats with my iPHone so the quality sux...
Pretty much I think I just need to get more flexible so I can get more depth... I thought I was deep enough but by the looks of it when I put weight on my I don't get deep enough.
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It ain't atg but it looks solid. If you lose depth when adding weight, it is not flexibility, it is either strength or confidence. Grow a pair and try harder :kiss:.
 
taman6886 said:
It ain't atg but it looks solid. If you lose depth when adding weight, it is not flexibility, it is either strength or confidence. Grow a pair and try harder :kiss:.
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I was thinking this. In my head (I am also a sexy god) I thought I was ass to ankles but that's why I took the vid lol. So easy with the iPhone....

I'm gonna take some supps, take some PH and lift some heavy stuff.
 
mattrag said:
I was thinking this. In my head (I am also a sexy god) I thought I was ass to ankles but that's why I took the vid lol. So easy with the iPhone....

I'm gonna take some supps, take some PH and lift some heavy stuff.
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Yes, I quickly noted your sexy but due to your deity, felt unworthy to comment(so homo). :)

Sounds like a plan.
 
I think your form looks solid. A lot deeper than my squats go. I
Usually only get parallel or so since it strains my back so much. As long as you keep that form when going heavy, you will be good to go ;)
 
RickRock13 said:
I think your form looks solid. A lot deeper than my squats go. I
Usually only get parallel or so since it strains my back so much. As long as you keep that form when going heavy, you will be good to go ;)
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Thanks :D
I think I will probably keep the vids as frequent as I can so I can see how I look.
 
I think you went as deep as you could with that stance (which was deep enough deff parallel). If you want to go deeper you might have to narrow the stance slightly or point your toes more inward.
 
Yeah, I wasn't sure if a narrower stance would help. I've always used a pretty narrow stance but I don't see many others who do. Most people stop at parallel though.
 
Hmm. My feet are pretty much under my shoulders at that point I could try get it narrower. I'll see when I do a squat workout.
 
mattrag said:
Hmm. My feet are pretty much under my shoulders at that point I could try get it narrower. I'll see when I do a squat workout.
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I feel weird whenever I widen my feet and go for depth. I wish you could see how narrow my feet are while squatting lol
 
jaycuda said:
I'm the opposite, I literally sit on my heels when I squat. But my parallel squat is worse than my atg, I'm stuck going full depth.
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I know what you mean it's a rhythm thing I know guys that don't touch their chest on BB bench but if I don't touch my chest I actually lift less weight.
 
bigdavid said:
I know what you mean it's a rhythm thing I know guys that don't touch their chest on BB bench but if I don't touch my chest I actually lift less weight.
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I hope that's the reason for me lol
 
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