Yeah, was definitely worth the trip. A bit off the strip, about 20 mins drive, but the experience was memorable for sure.
Thanks! I told her we're gonna make her be the strongest girl in her gym class! But really right now it's all her own initiative, I'm not formally training her or anything. But she does ballet and is light, so it's easier for her to pull her BW.
@akboom87 is another fellow here who feels Alpha Gel has helped with sleep.
Yeah, decided to take this approach with lighter weight deads just to feel it out. Workout looked like this:
That's my MO too. Some zinc on top. Hydration. Pho is a great idea!
Thanks, wife has it the worst. Kids seem to be able to manage through with energy intact!
I forgot to add I’m thinking you will have a hard time to get anything to stick and stay if you leave the padding.
Thanks for the suggestions so far. Saw that Rogue uses a hard plastic that they screw on to their J cup hooks. Guess that would fix the shedding problem that rubber or other soft material has. But not sure I want to deal with drilling into my bench.
Yes it is!
Well, if you can arrange your week so that you bench twice on the 3 days you lift then I wouldn't stress too much about it if you want to keep health good and fat gain lower.
Yeah, I am really hoping that at some point I will be able to bring the SSB back into the mix but I am not even willing to try again until after I have competed. It is not worth the risk of a possible training set back until after that. If not, I will be selling it early next year if I try it again and it triggers my issue again.
Yeah, I know, call me stubborn, but I love the fight of a good squat so much. I just can't let go of hope just yet. I think a year of time to recover will let me know, if it bothers me at all when I try again then any type of back squat is just gone forever in my mind. However, I still want to try one last time. We will of course see how that plays out for the next year. If things go really well, and I feel like there is more for me in the future I may continue to do a couple more shows. Obviously if that is the case, I simply won't be trying them until I am done with that. However as of now my plan is to give this year my all, and see where that lands me, and probably stop there. However, I don't know if this will invigorate my competitive drive, to where I want to continue. Also health stuff will be in consideration. I am just realizing that I don't think I will be quite ready to lay that competitive spirit down after this year.
Facts, fasting even for 48-60 hours is easier than eating in a good surplus all week after the first week or so.
And just came back across this old set of feedback, so it confirms my likely suspicion of needing to sit back further and drive with my heels.
Changing the shoes I deadlifted in changed the game for me. Actually socks were the first game changer for me but then getting the shoe that let me feel the floor was the goal until I got the BearFoots you recommended which are perfect.
I was planning on doing my hypertrophy chest day to include floor presses, and a combination of DB presses and machine Chest Press, maybe some type of fly movement as a finisher. Do you think that sounds reasonable? Particularly, I'm thinking that floor presses will help simulate the lift off for me, plus moving it from a dead stop.
I don't see a separate day for chest hypertrophy. He is referring to doing a pressing movement on 2 separate days. When I first saw this I almost suggested you do at least one bench press movement on your shoulder day It could cover the front delts, and chest for pushing then you could do all of your raises and stuff. If you still want to do shoulder press move them to the chest accessories as a lighter pressing movement.