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Agreed. How is your DL progress Jangles?

I'm asking myself the same question. While Jangles is generalizing and I don't entirely agree, he makes a pretty valid point. I think I back away from clear goals because it makes slow progress/stalling easier to mentally justify. Yes I do have a bung leg, but I am still gaining slowly, but it's pretty eye opening to realise how far off the game I am, and it's not that I'm out to "win" but I think anyone who does anything will naturally compare themselves to others who do the same thing. I don't have any clear goals, my goal initially was squat and deadlift because I never had and it was obvious I had a strength imbalance. When I've thought about numbers I thought 140 squat and 160 dead would be good for me given the leg and that I'd like to be running again also. Holistically, why am I training at all? Probably because I was always the skinny kid and I've never really full shed that mindset, so you'd say my reasons are purely egotistical/aesthetic. I do enjoy the extra strength though, dropped the box in my car on the weekend and was surprised how light it was, because essentially I was just benching it lol In terms of fitness, yeah it helps, but I could be running more and doing less weights and still be plenty fit. So I dunno, I guess that's why my posts come across as all over the shop as Jangles pointed out. I will say that deading has made my back heaps better and I'm happy about that.

I'd never thought of it like that actually. I see your point. Easy solution though

^ is the main reason I do full body workouts.

Fair enough. That's what I'm sort of looking for, the lower part of my titties seems developed enough and I was looking for a little more overall shape if that makes any sense and is even achievable.

It's not on my toes, it's just not directly on my heels. Just some generic Mizuno runners. I have a carpet square down to protect the good carpet also.

Did you notice much of a difference in chest development?

Markos: I mean more so where should you be feeling the most drive/pressure when getting back up, At the moment I feel more mid foot to ball than I do in the heel. Also for anyone who has switched between flat and incline press, what differences did you notice?

I'm already pretty wide in my opinion, maybe a bit outside shoulder width and I go low bar. Interestingly physio advocated ball drive too, she said mechanically it's where you are supposed to push from.

Birds: Supp testing update? Markos/all: What's the conventional wisdom on where to drive from with the squat, I find the weight shifting forward for me and I'm driving more from the ball of my foot. I've been told different things heel vs ball, but in my head if I go and jump bare foot, it ain't the heel that wants to land first and take the impact.

lol EAD - I was waiting for it Fair points. Initially after getting the screw removed and getting the all clear to start doing stuff again, the goal was start squatting and DL because I was doing neither. Then I had that training session with Matt and at that point my goal was get squat and DL above bench, and I'm just about there. From there, I'm not sure. It really depends on how my ankle tolerates it as my next goal after getting squat and DL above my bench is to get back into running as I'm only walking at the moment. That will take some time for the ankle to handle running and 3x gym a week. I realise running is counter productive to strength training, but it's good for the dog and good for me and allows me to eat more After that I'm not sure, maybe aim for 140 squat and 160 DL as they seemed like decent totals for me if my ankle can deal with it. That would be a long term goal though as I need to take it slowly - I will also need more weights.

What's the splitter material? Structural ply? Your brake ducts look like mine, did you find they worked?

I don't think so, but it still sucks to be so crap at something.

Nice work. Your routine is very similar to mine. Man, why am I so shit at this compared to everyone else =\

It's cool Rev. 1) I wasn't really fussed what anyone else thought anyway as I am enjoying the routine and getting some results. 2) I was confident it was a decent full body routine as I'd discussed it with Markos for the exact reason I'd mentioned, balance. Markos was also nice enough to remind me that I'm miles behind his girls

I'm happy with how it's been going and the progress I've had in the time spent. For my goals it works well for me and mentally suits me better. In actual deadlift news, I got my repped DL up to my bench which I'm happy about given the road I've had to get here. Slow progress and low numbers still, but it's still progress, my back has never felt better

We're looking at it from 2 different view points, which is often the case, but its outside the scope of this thread so I'll leave it at that

I do full body sessions as I'm going for overall balance and just general strength and conditioning, I'm not out for big numbers.

Fair enough. I like to consolidate the weight before advancing, so I know I can do it even on a bad day, also gives time for the secondary muscles to catch up, but that's just old cautious Dan talking.

Good idea, will give it a go.

Nicely done. How often is everyone training deads here? Is there such thing as too often? I'm doing them 3 times a week, 5x5s so 25 reps per session. I pull up fine but I only do light weight.

Was having a weak session but managed a small squat and DL increase. I accidentally only added a plate on one side for the squat. It was supposed to be 106.5 but 105 was a push anyway. I think the diet cut is hurting a little. Oh, DL now matches bench AWWWW YEAH. Squat low bar 80.5 85.5 95.5 100 105.25 Bench 101.5 104 106.5 109 111.5 DL barefoot 88 93 104 109 111.5 Row 78 83 88 93 97.5 Chins 7.5 10 12.5 15 17.5 Dips 15 17.5 20 22.5 27.5

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Hmm, not that big mate. Here's some pics with the belt pulled in tight (not bulldog clip) and with it all loose. I don't think it'd have the height. I'm 6ft and about 86-88kg, I do a little gym so have a bit more junk in my trunk and some extra padding up top but not so much in the gut. There's some weird rotation BS going on in the first two for some reason.

Not worried, just keeping reality in check. Easy for you to say anyway, respectable numbers AND volume... Solid effort is solid.