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Thanks for all the suggestions! Drunk Driver Dad posted:adonis belt. you idiot. you imbecile. Sorry. Im sorry. I'm trying to delete it.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:Sorry. Im sorry. I'm trying to delete it. I think Dad was calling me the idiot. I don't mind.
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my gay imbecile sons
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turd in my singlet posted:pick this up, Aschafly: https://www.amazon.com/Olympic-Weightlifting-Complete-Athletes-Coaches/dp/0990798542/ Also, forgot to respond to this: ElectricSheep posted:Anyone have experience with or recommend heavy squat stand-ups/walk-outs?
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Someone talk me down off the ledge... I took last week off and now I can tie my shoes again without searing pain, but I still get side/lower back stiffness after standing for awhile. I know the smart play here is to maybe do super light weights if I squat/dl at all, but I hate delaying progress so, so much...
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lift until you kill your sciatic nerve and it won't hurt any more
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VorpalFish posted:Someone talk me down off the ledge... I took last week off and now I can tie my shoes again without searing pain, but I still get side/lower back stiffness after standing for awhile. I know the smart play here is to maybe do super light weights if I squat/dl at all, but I hate delaying progress so, so much... Are you benching twice a week
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Time off can make you build muscle faster when you come back to the weight room. Don't sweat it.
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Aschlafly posted:Time off can make you build muscle faster when you come back to the weight room. Don't sweat it. 
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david carmichael posted:Are you benching twice a week Yes, but one session is competition / paused and the other is close grip with less weight. I can bench without pain.
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VorpalFish posted:Yes, but one session is competition / paused and the other is close grip with less weight. I can bench without pain. Hmmm. It seems like what you should do is bench more, and do other things less. That will be $400
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I've been benching three days per week and I feel great
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VorpalFish posted:Someone talk me down off the ledge... I took last week off and now I can tie my shoes again without searing pain, but I still get side/lower back stiffness after standing for awhile. I know the smart play here is to maybe do super light weights if I squat/dl at all, but I hate delaying progress so, so much... Did I not link you these yet? https://youtu.be/riq-DfDDimc https://youtu.be/mdwj5ORPmX0
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canadianclassic posted:I've been benching three days per week and I feel great Better make it 4.
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I desperation I resorted to hook grip tonight. I regret it.
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Hook grip takes time to adapt to, but it's dope. The mixed grip causes minor asymmetries in leg and hip position during the deadlift, and on the supinated hand, you risk tearing your bicep. It also looks cooler: normies at the gym will think you're pulling double overhand. If hook grip flat out doesn't work for you (e.g., small thumbs), just suck it up and wear straps on your heaviest sets.
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Aschlafly posted:Hook grip takes time to adapt to, but it's dope. The mixed grip causes minor asymmetries in leg and hip position during the deadlift, and on the supinated hand, you risk tearing your bicep. It also looks cooler: normies at the gym will think you're pulling double overhand. No.
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I was once worried that mixed grip would cause some sort of imbalance so I was switching every set and so, but one day I realized "Who gives a poo poo?" and my life has become a bit easier. Same with straps. Work weights, warmup weights, whatever.
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The asymmetries induced by using the mixed grip are present, but probably not worth losing sleep over. But if you're capable of using the hook grip, I don't see any reason not to favor that instead.
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Pro hook grip tip: use thumb tape.
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nooneofconsequence posted:Better make it 4. 
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I'm not too worried about asymmetries but just found the mixed grip to be extremely uncomfortable. Straps work but by far my favorite solution was to just use the trap bar instead which fixes the hand position and is just more comfortable in general.
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mobby_6kl posted:I'm not too worried about asymmetries but just found the mixed grip to be extremely uncomfortable. Straps work but by far my favorite solution was to just use the trap bar instead which fixes the hand position and is just more comfortable in general. Yeah this. Try the trap bar.
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What's the best way to get a dad bod? It's what women want.
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Gaunab posted:What's the best way to get a dad bod? It's what women want. carne asada burritos and Coors Banquet
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Deadlifted without making GBS threads myself again, drinking 2 milk stouts. Dead bod, here I come.
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Gaunab posted:What's the best way to get a dad bod? It's what women want. What's a dad bod exactly? As I understand it it mainly means not having visible abs or orion belt. So eat at excess and do strongman training.
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VorpalFish posted:Someone talk me down off the ledge... I took last week off and now I can tie my shoes again without searing pain, but I still get side/lower back stiffness after standing for awhile. I know the smart play here is to maybe do super light weights if I squat/dl at all, but I hate delaying progress so, so much... this may be a bad idea but i recently had this kind of stiff back pain that made shooty pains when i'd bend over and round it....I still did my regular squatting and deadlifting weights. The main caveat being, I warmed up well, and I'd quit at the first sign of pain during the actual squat or deadlift. because you keep your back straight in those lifts, it didn't trigger the pain. It went perfectly fine and I was back to normal within 4 or 5 days.
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stretch your hamstrings more do kettlebell J-curls
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doverhog posted:What's a dad bod exactly? As I understand it it mainly means not having visible abs or orion belt. So eat at excess and do strongman training. 
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Aschlafly posted:But if you're capable of using the hook grip, I don't see any reason not to favor that instead. I actually started out using hook grip and have switched to mixed grip. I had developed back pain associated with deadlifting last summer and took some time off pulling. At some point I watched this Barbell Medicine video and realized the reason by back became sensitized was because of inappropriate training intensities and volume, and not because of anything wrong with the deadlift or my back. I jumped back in but used sumo, since I was still sensitized to conventional, and pretty much immediately could pull my old weights. My thumbs weren't adapted to hooking anymore so I just used mixed and haven't looked back. Mustached Demon posted:Pro hook grip tip: use thumb tape. Then you've gotta take another few minutes digging another dumb piece of lifting gear out of your bag and putting it on. Eh.
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:this may be a bad idea but i recently had this kind of stiff back pain that made shooty pains when i'd bend over and round it....I still did my regular squatting and deadlifting weights. The main caveat being, I warmed up well, and I'd quit at the first sign of pain during the actual squat or deadlift. because you keep your back straight in those lifts, it didn't trigger the pain. It went perfectly fine and I was back to normal within 4 or 5 days. So I uhhh went to the gym with the intention of just doing the movement pattern with no weight. 135 felt great so I was like well 225 is also pretty light another plate is fine and then my spine exploded. I'd say not as bad as the initial injury, I'm probably back to where I was 1-2 days after as far as pain during every day activities is concerned. The moral of the story is I cannot be trusted I will always add weight and honestly if 225 had felt good I probably would have gone to 300 and tried to do actual work sets.
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VorpalFish posted:So I uhhh went to the gym with the intention of just doing the movement pattern with no weight. 135 felt great so I was like well 225 is also pretty light another plate is fine and then my spine exploded. I'd say not as bad as the initial injury, I'm probably back to where I was 1-2 days after as far as pain during every day activities is concerned. Sounds like you've made great progress! I'm sure you were just being dramatic, but I hope you know your spine didn't actually explode. Pain is actually very poorly correlated with actual physical injury. 25% of people who enter the emergency room with a severe injury don't feel any pain until much later, there are well-known conditions where people can have pain with no measurable physical issues whatsoever (fibromyalgia, non-specific low back pain), and people who have lost limbs can still feel pain in the non-existent body part for years after the initial injury. Just because you feel pain doesn't mean you're physically "injured", though that doesn't mean you should ignore it either. quote:The moral of the story is I cannot be trusted I will always add weight and honestly if 225 had felt good I probably would have gone to 300 and tried to do actual work sets. That would have been completely appropriate. The name of the game wrt pain in sport is progressive exposure to the painful stimulus with the goal of building confidence in your ability to perform the activity safely. If you had been able to do your work sets without pain then whatever issue your nervous system had with that exercise would have been resolved already and no further special management necessary. Sounds like you've found that you can do full ROM squats using your normal squat variation, and with load, just not with a full training load. Try doing your next squat workout at 135 for whatever your programmed sets and reps are, and if you MUST add weight go a bit slower- try adding the 25s first. Ease into heavier weights, for example try a single with a new weight before trying a set of 6. You want to demonstrate to your nervous system that squatting with heavy loads is a safe activity before jumping back in to full-stress training. This might be a good time to address (what sounds like) your need to compulsively load heavier weights. This might play a role in your original back pain episode. Training volume and fatigue have a strong relationship with pain and injury, much moreso than other commonly blamed factors like exercise form and selection. Do you follow a program that involves periods of lower volume or intensity or do you try to add weight every single workout? Do your workouts leave you with a little left in the tank or is every set a 10/10 grinder? Your body may be trying to tell you that it's time to deload. It's also a good time to address your fear of pain. Here's an article that I think applies to your situation: https://www.barbellmedicine.com/catastrophizing/ quote:So, pay attention to your thought processes, behavioral responses, and your interactions with others when it comes to training, fatigue, and injury. Feeding into histrionics is unnecessary and harmful, while stoicism is likely beneficial here. In short: there is no need to make the perception of fatigue or pain worse than it needs to be for yourself or for your trainees. And here are some general primers on the science of pain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nifGFIuVkUk https://www.painscience.com/articles/pain-is-weird.php https://www.painscience.com/articles/structuralism.php http://www.greglehman.ca/pain-science-workbooks
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I keep a roll of thumb tape in my shoe so I don't forget it.
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MarcusSA posted:Why? Did a set of 4x275lb squats today (preceded by 4x265 then 4x270). The bar sensed my fear but I raised the safeties this time which took a lot of my mind off of bailing.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:Did a set of 4x275lb squats today (preceded by 4x265 then 4x270). The bar sensed my fear but I raised the safeties this time which took a lot of my mind off of bailing. Excellent work! It’s all in your head.
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