Quote: (07-16-2016 12:04 PM)H1N1 Wrote:
Have you really added those numbers though mate, if you're honest with yourself? On a bad day, are you any stronger than you were at the start of this thread?
Yes. Are you looking at the beginning of the thread compared to now? I'm all for constructive criticism but I feel like you're just dogging me here because I said I had two poor days at the gym this week.
On my "bad" squat day this week I still did 2 x 2 x 255 with little warmup, where at the beginning of this thread I was proud of myself for working up to 1 x 2 x 235. Hell, only a month ago I was proud of doing 1 x 2 x 255 and almost failed the second rep. Those were on "good" days. I also squat lower now than I used to. Objectively, I'm lifting
more weight for
more reps than I could 2 months ago. I'm not going to let a couple of shit days discourage me and make me question whether or not I'm actually getting stronger.
If I'm at a plateau I'll know it.
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If you were making good progress, I'd expect your log to be reading along the lines of: 'Crappy day today, slept badly and didn't eat enough. Hit my reps. A month ago this would have been a grind on a good day. Today it was a little slow, but still comfortable'.
Like I said, I'm doing weights/reps even on
bad days that I could not do 1 month ago, as looking through this thread proves. If I had copied a squat workout from one month ago and did it on my bad squat day this past week I'm confident that it would not have been as challenging for me.
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I'll add that I taught myself a great squat technique the other day. It's really nothing magical just normal in how one
should be doing squats. I know in my head that you are supposed to keep your whole upper body tight when performing the lift - but in practice my upper body always played a factor. I could feel the weight on my back, I could feel it wanting to compress my torso; I could feel it being a limiting factor in the lift.
This week, on my bad day, while repping 145, I taught myself to brace and firm up much tighter. I learned to completely
eliminate my upper body from the movement so it is strictly lower body. No special explanation to it other than I just really squeeze and tightened my lats, braced the hell out of my stomach, and just firmed up my entire torso making a really sturdy platform to support the weight. I physically felt the difference in my legs.