Wednesdays are turning into video day since the chat room is on Tuesday night. Glenn Pendlay made an appearance in the chat room and wowed everyone with his stories of his lifting PR’s, and then chimed in on nutrition. Sorry you missed it.
This is self explanatory:
Chris squatting 615×2
Mike squatting 515 a couple months after cutting a bunch of weight (for a PT test) and a few weeks out of Military Nationals:
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It’s about time for Tom Green to do a cameo on epic meal time.
Every time I see a video from Chris’ garage it makes me want to leave my apartment and move out to the burbs. Those guys are living well.
I missed PR Friday–I hit a squat PR of 345 x 5 and took a video last week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzTGxDcOk0E
hey guys, question for the masses
upon watching all of these videos and seeing how much progress is being made with low bar squatting, i am very eager to give it a go. the only problem is, i have been a high-bar squatter my entire life and when i go to even attempt low bar, i feel very unstable. Quite possibly because i am used to high bar i cant sit back as comfortably as some of you guys appear. (take videos above)
Any advice on moving over to low-bar?
What the heck – you gotta get on making wednesday reposting the Tues. night chat so those of us that can’t make it can read through it. EZPZ post the next day I would think.
@SMC – just start light man, you can make bigger jumps early on, just to get comfortable under the bar in that position. 15-20 lb jumps while getting yourself used to the position are legit
@SMC, you’re brutally strong as it is. Like Truss says, start out with like 135# and do plenty of reps to get a feel for where the bar goes and how to get your hips back. I know some people have had success puting a box or bench between their legs when first learning it. That’s probably not necessary but it might help you feel more comfortable since you wont be able to fall over with the bench there.
thanks fellas.
@maslow, i wish i was brutally strong. far from it but its wishful thinking!
i can get to 225 no problem and hit up reps, but once i get up to 275+ it starts to get iffy. will drop the weight on work on technique.
do you squat in olympic shoes? does that throw your balance off?
@MattTruss
cliffs on last night during the time I was logged in.
-Sumo deadlifting is not a sport
-some other topic I can’t remember so maybe wasn’t that important
-Pendlay once push pressed 405 for reps I think, along with squatting over 600 for reps.
-Pendlay lol’d at suggestion of his lifters eating paleo
-Pendlay affirmed the “grandmother rule” for diet. Basically eat what your grandmother would have made for you before all this “low fat” broscience came about.
-someone named “gaydad” starting posting which blew Justin’s mind
-chatter about olympic lifting programming
-“other than not worrying about it” answer for kid who was complaining his neck was too small compared to his yoke.
-someone named mattv was mean to his gf, and is now single. Tbone was somehow an accomplice to this phenomenon.
@SMC
why not just stick with high-bar?
progress can be made on high bar the same way it can with low bar. Eating more and getting enough sleep are the big factors in your squat going up.
nice, thanks man. 405 for reps, holy crap!
and that’s true, progress can be made jsut as easy with either lift, but can’t more weight usually be added to low bar due to the mechanical advantage? That was my understanding anyway.
@SMC I was looking at your videos and thought the weights were in kgs…still you can make progress. Yeah I started using healed wood sole shoes a while back. I feel more stable with them.
@SMC
I would suggest just doing which ever you feel comfortable doing. I imagine that most people here do low bar. If your following Rips programs, you should probaly do the type of squat he recommends which is the low bar.
That being said I switched to high bar because my weightlifing coach made the suggestion. I know this makes me sound like a lemming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOs8MaR1YM
but high bar feels more natural to me and puts less stress on my left shoulder which tends to get inflamed easily.
Conclusion, just squat.
Funny post! I had been wondering how to make a 10,000 Kcal protein shake!
615# x 2 Squat!!!!! Outstanding!
Why is sumo deadlifting not a sport?
@MattTruss
regarding mechanical advantage, it depends on who you listen to, and what kind of squatting you are used to. I’m sure structural differences in people might make one style easier than the other too.
I know in my own personal training, when I switched to Highbar my VMO muscles got big quick, and my knees weren’t as cranky. Knee crankiness could have been attributed to being a noob too possibly, so who knows.
Another thing I notice is that highbar seems to tax the lower back less, which allows for more frequency (Sometimes as much as 5-7days a week)
So, guys… I’m debating triple doubles after rugby practice tonight. Do I go for the Burger King Whopper (1 triple, 1 double) version or the kfc (3 double downs) version?
I can’t decide, and I need a good meal to keep my weight on the way up after running for 2 hours.
I thought I’d take a poll.
@jsprudhorn
do you have a “Five Guys” near you? If so I’d go for 3 of those burgers.
Well it seems i have been training with some messed up ligaments in my thoracic spine for about 6 months(Since a car wreck last year) The military docs seemed to have “missed” it. I dont know how bad the damage is yet. Appointment on the 9th. I just know when i woke up one morning i for real almost couldn’t get out of bed because of the pain.
The doc said (Civilian Doc in the ER) that i tore some ligaments. Although i dont have an MRI yet, sew hopefully its not that bad. This is kinda shitty since i just hit a 450lbs back squat, 240lb snatch and a 305 C&J all PR’s (Im a little guy at 5’10 180lbs dont hate)
Does anybody have any advice on rehabbing this injury???
I cant stand to sit on my ass and not go to the gym.
Smithb9 thanks for posting a recap. Although it’d be better if a log could be posted every wednesday.