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What if i'm a 5ft manlet?
>Also you must be >200lbs to post here.
Took my trip off to ask this:
When are Bryce, Bui and that other lad competing?
but you didn't tho
200lbs regardless of height! NO EXCEPTIONS.
Also new rippetoe video:
youtube.com
This Saturday I think
Bruce is pretty confident hell btfo bui
5:20 ish is great
Thanks boardie!
Very funny, C",)
Can anyone explain to me why the fuck that pic is in our OP?
anyone else ever took cialis as a pre workout?? holy fuk pump is unreal, why shouldnt i take this every time before gym plg?
>groceries purchased
>chicken stew cooking
>surfaces cleaned
>laundry folded
>bed made
>...
>unopened organic chemistry textbook/notes in front of me
DDDDD
Because when you inevitably have a cardiac event from abusing different classes of drugs you have no business taking (before intense exercise), EMS will have a hell of a time trying to intervene.
give me one study that shows cialis is dangerous before intense exercise and I'll consider your statement
>tfw once I'm done with all that shit I can just sit back with a joint and watch a movie or shitpost or something equally unimportant
lmaoing at youngins still in school
Can I do weighted bench dips instead of real dips on sheiko if I'm too fat and weak?
yes
Aight.
Also when would be a good time to expect to be able to do real ones? I can only do like 3-4 reps at best currently.
I've recently started doing cardio to hopefully become less fat at some point.
Shit also forgot to ask, Z-presses alright for tricep exercise or should I be doing something more specific like overhead extensions?
>Too weak for dips
> Doing sheiko
> the tranny told me to
Fukken keeeek
Doing Sheiko beginner (#29?) was doing TM but was feeling way too beat up and was constantly failing and even regressing.
I can do some dips, but I don't think I can hit the prescribed reps unfortunately. Mainly due to being fat and not really being good at the movement.
WAWT(renning)T
WAWE(ating)T
WAWL(istening to)T
WAWF(eeling)T
84kg coming through
Do pushups instead. And get better at dips.
Am I going to squat 400 pounds today?
add 5 more on top of that
you can do it
>training
rest day. Tomorrow is day 2 of sheiko 3day. looking forward to double deadlifts.
>eating
lots of whey, lots of chicken salad, lots of unhealthy carbs
>Listening
Mellon COllie and the infinite sadness
>Feeling
Lots of feelings. Buddy of mine is leaving school. We have connected really well recently.
Also I am realizing I shouldnt have majored in CS just because
>muh stem
but I should have done classics instead.
Oh well.
YES
Tbh probably not
you rush too much
What's the reasoning behind that?
Maybe I should just do what amount of dips I can and ignore the fact that I probably won't hit exactly what the program says I should.
Pulls and high rep benching. Supposed to do 5s on the pulls but I hate anything more than a triple so I'm gonna increase weight and do triples and maybe work up to a heavy single.
Ate fruity pebbles for breakfast and leftover chicken casserole and mashed potatoes for lunch.
Nothing
Bored because Tuesdays are my slow days at work.
Deadlift up to x4 @8 and some repeats
3ct bench
Abs + rows + curls
I think this is a deload week.
Eating some bananas and drinking coffee, about to lift.
Listening to Metric.
Feeling the winter chill in the air.
Post the most up to date version of salty balls aka the chadlex program pls
Pushups are closer to doing what dips do than bench dips are. You get the same free scapular movement and you hit the pecs, delts, and tris. Bench dips are only really working your triceps and your shoulders, but are also putting your shoulders in a pretty extreme position. I'd say do as many dips as you can, and when you can't do any more, bang out some pushups.
Gonna do it senpai
Believe it
This should be the final version.
docs.google.com
I think the RPE progression is kind of wonky reflecting back on it but whatevs
When I'm stuck not lifting for five days in a row in the middle of Sheiko, which, given my upcoming exam and travel schedule, is inibitible, how should I come back? Rewind it a week?
What do you do for work where you get to use Veeky Forums?
how about I just use Mike T's rpe chart to calculate a new max from the test single
>have squats to do tonight
>Will be heavier than I've ever done
>Just lying on my bed, afraid
Good luck Sean. Proud of you. Get that 4 plate squat finally!
I'm not Sean :(
Exercise rehab
There's just a lot of down time in between patients and the documentation isn't really difficult so I usually shitpost while I pretend to work on my long-term projects and then I'll take a day here and there to just breeze through them.
I can't control how many patients I see or I'd be working consistently all day but since I don't I might as well shitpost in my free time.
Probably a good idea. You thinking of running it?
Video of my last deadlift on saturday. Broke my deadlift PR by 15kg, after being stuck for months. Took me to a 610kg total.
Pretty stoked.
Must be nice getting to manage your own work and having that kind of privacy
Lmao loved the little crab walk at the end! Cool name too!
>swearing
red lights
kicked from fed
good job lad Tbh
That's what I'll do then.
Eh, the fact that I get paid based on how many people I see and yet have no control over that is nerve-wracking enough that it makes the job more of a stressor even with having so much freedom and privacy.
Sabre-sempai, check out my deadlift
Nice. Good job friend. Proud of u.
squats getting marginally better ladderinos
Okay how about instead of marignally better, exactly the same (this is 7 weeks ago)
I'm going to call you Lithsley now
W-whhy??
Fucking stop posting George, nobody cares and nobody likes you.
No :)
Because you lift the same weight months apart
That's just sheiko. I pull 7pl8 and he doesn't pull 4pl8
desu these dont even look that bad. Have you ever tried placing the bar a little higher on your back though? It would allow you to squat a bit more upright. Dont get me wrong, I dont think that forward lean is always a bad thing. It just seems to me that its a bit excessive in your case and may harm you more than do you good.
>desu these dont even look that bad
Nicest thing anyone's said about my squattos.
Yeah I've tried it. Back folds at lower weights.
Ok Lithsley.
Have you tried mid bar, tightening the fuck out of your core and just sitting down and back up?
You've got to really not give a shit about squats for it to work. Squat just flew up and this is all I do.
Virtus recommended tightening the shit out of my core, using a slightly narrower stance and squatting like his italian friends.
I'm trying to do that.
kys moo
God speed. I don't actually squat very often, so I get lazy. I just found tightening the shit out of my core is "good enough" for a half decent squat.
I recently tried this as well and it instantly felt a lot better than real low bar. But I am still very shit at squatting so I might change my opinion again.
Have you filmed your squats? Because a lot of times if squats suddenly feel very fast youre not hitting depth in my experience.
I take my god speed back
Yeah waz to depth n sheet
thats unfortunate. But I still dont feel like your current squat form is the best possible one for you, because even if you consider all the gde memes and such you should have progressed at least a bit more in your squat than you have.
I run a %maxes based program (sheiko) and I just found out my bench is a whole lot stronger with a much wider grip than my current vertical forearms.
To adjust for this, I'm planning to move out a finger a week and add to my training max as needed, keeping my final set near but before form breakdown, is this correct?
thats good. I really hope something similar works out for me too because I have literally not progressed my squat in terms of weight on the bar in months whereas all my other lifts feel decent to a point where I am confident even with high intensity.
>you should have progressed at least a bit more in your squat than you have
ree
Try things out man, see what works best for you. I really started seeing consistent progress when I sorted out my confidence. As soon as I became confident with the idea of pushing for small PRs every session (Bulgarian) I began being able to PR every session.
Doesn't come over night. There will be failure. There will be doubt.
But just add weight anyway.
God speed,
>midbar
It's called highbar
Where the hell did this midbar meme come from?
Hey, good job senpai!
I don't think your squats look bad either.
I think the stance width looks a bit awkward but it's just cause I personally prefer narrower stances rather than these mid-width stances like yours and hubbard's.
But the depth looked good, your back looked strong. Some valgus but it's not really the end of the world.
Please stay a GDE, so when I bench 140 at 80 whatever after less than 2 years I can rub it in.
Hell, maybe one day I'll train you if you ask nicely.
You ever experience knee soreness or pain from that caving action?
I'd go a bit slower than a finger a week. I personally adjusted a finger every 1-2 months. No need to rush it, and it gives your body more time to adapt.
Yeah but not for three years when I was doing bulgarian training
Isleys been here too long for bait, I see.
That fits perfectly because I do believe you really try hard. Thats why I think there has to be something else wrong with it.
Genetic limit? Perhaps he's been training so long he needs insane amounts of volume to progress?
It's likely something to do with how long he has been lifting and adaption.
At least, that would be my guess?
Yeah I'm the longest serving trip alongside norsie. I am basically unhurtable
t. sean has been trying for years.
about to do day one of sheiko
God damn you're ugly
What's your bench Wilks?
And what eve became of that chubby girl you were supposedly dating?
how to stop grip slipping on high rep bench sets? my hands keep sliding wider if I try do 6 or more
Your bar knurling is poor, opt for a better bar or use chalk. If that doesn't work them do some grip training and just try and squeeze the bar harder.
Like 90 or so? Maybe 85.
Nothing. We just remained friends and we catch up now and then.
I do try hard. Everyone at my gym mentions it. And in the same breath the mention how little I get for all my hard work. It's nearly soul breaking but I embody the Myth of Sisyphus.
Have fun senpai!
Chalk
and get a better bar if possible
wtf? I cant imagine that happening. Is there any knurling left on your bar? How much can you doh dl?
What is a good bench wilks?
Also what's your theory for your slow progression?
And do you get coaching anymore?
does this seem unreasonable to anybody else?
100 is a good bench wilks
I am a genetic dead end
I do not get coaching. I run myself into the ground with inflateko
maybe you should start trying hard in a diffrent way. Of course I dont know what you already tried form wise or so, but I do get the impression that you mostly try hard in the sense of doing very high intensity. However I dont think you try as hard with your form/efficiency/technique as fil does.
It is. Wilks isn't good for single lifts. It's fitted to the total.
Where do I find a Powerlifting team in my city?
I live in [spoiler]São Paulo, Brazil[/spoiler]
>I am a genetic dead end
This is a sad fact that most of these faggots will never learn.
Right around 400 Wilks is a god-damned brick wall. You only punched through it if you are a talent Chad or if you can do enough volume to reach your natural potential. Which most people are not willing to recover from.
I'm not even joking that I think it would be a good idea for you to start steroids eventually.
>However I dont think you try as hard with your form/efficiency/technique as fil does.
That's what he says. What if I told you that my squat looks the same at 170kg as 210kg? Like the valgus happens at 70kg.
how is 400 wilks that impressive