I am dude. I am stationed at lejeune. I'll be back in Jan if all things go as planned for us. You plan on going to the cage this year? I am trying to get the money and leave together to go this year.
On to training though, I squat low bar, pull conventional. I think I had begun to ego lift a tad and that is what was leading to the squat problem so I backed off a tad and started 5/3/1 and thus far have met all of my goals on reps so we will see where this leads me. I also do not think I was focusing on driving my back into the bar, just driving my hips up so my chest was falling and making the bar drift over my toes a tad putting a lot of strain on my back. I am now trying to correct that but I am learning this all on my own as I have no coach.
My goals are 405/315/550 at my first meet maybe later next year.
Anyways man hope I didn't ramble on or soak up too much of your time, but thanks for the response.
-Dylan
I definitely plan to be in the cage this year pulling 880 with straps. I'm very excited about it!
That's interesting that you squat low bar and it still happens. Do you have any videos you can link me up? That would be a lot more telling as far as what's going on here.
I definitely plan to be in the cage this year pulling 880 with straps. I'm very excited about it!
That's interesting that you squat low bar and it still happens. Do you have any videos you can link me up? That would be a lot more telling as far as what's going on here.
I'll tag you in them on instagram dude. Thanks for taking the time to help man. 880 with straps would be effin sick!! I'm definitely stoked to see that go down.
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I'll tag you in them on instagram dude. Thanks for taking the time to help man. 880 with straps would be effin sick!! I'm definitely stoked to see that go down.
In all honesty, I get so many notifications on there that I'll probably miss it. Just post it up here or pm me on here.
Hey Pete, have a confusing issue going on with my deadlifts I'd like to ask about: The last meet I lifted in was the end of August this year, and I weighed in at 217. Since then, I've been doing a lot of cardio on top of my offseason work and eating better, and I'm down to mid 190's. Randomly, I came across this issue where my right leg is getting extremely tight and pushing hard in the ground at the start of the movement, but my left leg isn't contributing to the lift whatsoever. Is this something that could be caused by a flexibility/mobility issue after starting up cardio, or is this entirely in my head? Lifetime drug free, pulled 601 at that meet for a PR, now a triple with 495 is RPE 9001.
Yo Pete, big fan of yours man. Love the real talk and honesty on Youtube you give man, not a lot of people do that and I respect that! Just thought i'd ask you a question about my squat. Previously I have done the squat everyday for about a month and felt really strong in the squat with only a belt and just squat shoes, but then really got into the whole box squat/westide style of training and never really free squatted. For some reason I feel weaker after box squatting then I did when I was basically Olympic style squatting/Bulgarian training?
Hey Pete, have a confusing issue going on with my deadlifts I'd like to ask about: The last meet I lifted in was the end of August this year, and I weighed in at 217. Since then, I've been doing a lot of cardio on top of my offseason work and eating better, and I'm down to mid 190's. Randomly, I came across this issue where my right leg is getting extremely tight and pushing hard in the ground at the start of the movement, but my left leg isn't contributing to the lift whatsoever. Is this something that could be caused by a flexibility/mobility issue after starting up cardio, or is this entirely in my head? Lifetime drug free, pulled 601 at that meet for a PR, now a triple with 495 is RPE 9001.
Thanks big man.
It almost sounds like you have a glute activation issue that is causing the left leg to not fire properly. What I would do is start doing a lot of glute activation work (see article below) and single-leg work. Things like bulgarian split squats, barbell reverse lunges, and even single-leg barbell deadlifts would be a good idea as far as working on minimizing the imbalance.
Yo Pete, big fan of yours man. Love the real talk and honesty on Youtube you give man, not a lot of people do that and I respect that! Just thought i'd ask you a question about my squat. Previously I have done the squat everyday for about a month and felt really strong in the squat with only a belt and just squat shoes, but then really got into the whole box squat/westide style of training and never really free squatted. For some reason I feel weaker after box squatting then I did when I was basically Olympic style squatting/Bulgarian training?
Thanks, Garrett.
That is actually something I went over at the seminar I did this past weekend. I feel that box squatting has a very minimal carry over to normal squats IF you are a raw squatter. I never do box squats and for the most part never have my clients either for that reason. The only exception really is if someone is coming off an injury where they can't squat down all the way, or if I'm trying to teach someone to squat deep enough. But through my own trial and error I have noticed the exact same thing and that's why you'll never see me doing them anymore.
It almost sounds like you have a glute activation issue that is causing the left leg to not fire properly. What I would do is start doing a lot of glute activation work (see article below) and single-leg work. Things like bulgarian split squats, barbell reverse lunges, and even single-leg barbell deadlifts would be a good idea as far as working on minimizing the imbalance.
That is actually something I went over at the seminar I did this past weekend. I feel that box squatting has a very minimal carry over to normal squats IF you are a raw squatter. I never do box squats and for the most part never have my clients either for that reason. The only exception really is if someone is coming off an injury where they can't squat down all the way, or if I'm trying to teach someone to squat deep enough. But through my own trial and error I have noticed the exact same thing and that's why you'll never see me doing them anymore.
Hey Pete thanks again for the advice, I've stopped implementing box squats and have been back on track. I usually am working out by myself every workout session and don't have a close knit powerlifting group to help me with my form, so i was curious if there is any way you could check my squat form, just to make sure cause i don't really trust random people at the gym I'm at.
Hey Pete thanks again for the advice, I've stopped implementing box squats and have been back on track. I usually am working out by myself every workout session and don't have a close knit powerlifting group to help me with my form, so i was curious if there is any way you could check my squat form, just to make sure cause i don't really trust random people at the gym I'm at.
Thanks, Garrett.
Post up a link to a youtube video in here or in my training log and I'll take a look at it. Glad to hear everything is going better already though! Here's the link to my log.
Post up a link to a youtube video in here or in my training log and I'll take a look at it. Glad to hear everything is going better already though! Here's the link to my log.
Yo Pete, I respect your work man and your opinion which is why I am on again with a question! I've been in a caloric surplus, but have been thinking about cutting down about ten pounds from 205-195, but I feel like if I gain weight my numbers will go up also? Just don't want to get to fat, but my numbers aren't great so I am just curious if I should stay in a caloric surplus until I reach a substantial total then cut. My numbers are squat-395 bench-250 dead-430
Thanks once again man!
Yo Pete, I respect your work man and your opinion which is why I am on again with a question! I've been in a caloric surplus, but have been thinking about cutting down about ten pounds from 205-195, but I feel like if I gain weight my numbers will go up also? Just don't want to get to fat, but my numbers aren't great so I am just curious if I should stay in a caloric surplus until I reach a substantial total then cut. My numbers are squat-395 bench-250 dead-430
Thanks once again man!
I typically believe that you'll see the biggest changes to your physique when you focus on simply getting stronger and putting on muscle. So I'm not usually a huge fan of cutting down until you have a substantial amount of muscle mass, but 10 pounds really isn't much and shouldn't take too long. I guess a lot of it depends on how lean you currently are right now. And you'll have a very tough time getting stronger if you're eating in a caloric deficit.
Thanks buddy! I appreciate it! I was actually out in Pueblo on vacation in the summer of 2010. We were doing some hiking in the San Juans.
Yeah San Juans is beautiful! Especially in autumn. Also congrats on your recent 850 pull! Shit was awesome! Ive recently pulled 515 @154. Just trying to jump over 160 is my goal right now. Thanks for replying to me and keep up the good work!
Yeah San Juans is beautiful! Especially in autumn. Also congrats on your recent 850 pull! Shit was awesome! Ive recently pulled 515 @154. Just trying to jump over 160 is my goal right now. Thanks for replying to me and keep up the good work!
Thanks man! That's been a life goal to hit 9 plates/side. I'm very happy with it.
515@154 is really good! Any competitions coming up soon?
Thanks man! That's been a life goal to hit 9 plates/side. I'm very happy with it.
515@154 is really good! Any competitions coming up soon?
No not anytime soon but I've really thought about entering one with my gym buddy. We both love the sport and really wanna get serious with it. We thought about talking to one of the locals around here and getting some info on a meet maybe later this year. Any beginner tips?
No not anytime soon but I've really thought about entering one with my gym buddy. We both love the sport and really wanna get serious with it. We thought about talking to one of the locals around here and getting some info on a meet maybe later this year. Any beginner tips?
The one thing I will say is that doing a meet is a HUGE learning experience and will make you a much better lifter overall. So I really recommend to my clients that they start competing sooner rather than later.
The one thing I will say is that doing a meet is a HUGE learning experience and will make you a much better lifter overall. So I really recommend to my clients that they start competing sooner rather than later.
There is a powerlifting gym not to far from my house actually and ive been thinking of going in and talking to the owner. I know he has held some there and also trains alot of powerlifters as well. Thanks for the advice though Pete I'll definitely try and prep and get in one soon! Btw saw that 865 on instagram congrats man. That shit was crazy!