Press F for my squat career fellas. Dunzo.

Joints?

Aye

@Deleted User thanks for the help bro.

@Deleted User come on bro get some osteo bi flex 💪🏼

And the squats are really starting to take a toll on my knees

Oh believe me man I understand 100% I was just kidding around.

It sucks because I really like them. Especially the warm ups. They feel really good on my hip flexors and back you know?

I like squats the most out of all the big lifts

Deadlift > bros

I agree, I'm fond of the deadlift

Y'all gotta bench, bro!

I’m not bailing on deadies or bench lads. Just squats.

Bench is my worst lift. I use my longish arms as excuse

T Rex arms checking in, bench 4x a week

I close grip 205 for sets of 4 today and Comp paused them. Even got a video

Ah very nice

Show us the vid my dude

I can post those in here?

Yes

no, sorry

u have to be taller than 5'8" to post in here

@peytonT

Says the video is too big

Idk how to compress it on my phone

Use YouTube and set vid to private

I’ll max in a few weeks so those should be short enough

Can I post the link to YouTube upload?

Yeah

https://youtu.be/cmAYwTPQC-8

Peep the rib flair and knee sleeves. Ipf approved content

Lookin good

I disavow those white gym socks

Haha thanks

What socks are you wearing

I thought close grip bench had a way closer grip and focused more on tris. But that was nice dude

thats way closer than my competition grip. I'll film my comp style triples today to highlight the difference

https://youtu.be/WmoJJmzcw3U
This is comp style but bad angle. I’m vid one of my heavy sets every session so I’ll get a better angle

Super close grip (inside shoulder width) puts more stress on wrists and shoulders. I take shoulder width and focus on “stacking” my elbows and forearms with minimal flair plus a more straight bar path

https://youtu.be/gMFLF6nD6_Q

MIRIN HARD

ITS A MIND SET

That dude is a monster

Chest Day Best Day?

someone redpill me on deadlifting. i get my fitness advice from a guy who's lifted for a long time and is exceptionally knowledgeable about fitness and health, and he doesn't do deadlifts because squats and other lifts work out all the same muscles without nearly the same risk of injury. second opinions anyone?

Deadlift.

DEAD

LIFT

@Gaius Mucius Scaevola

Squats are great, but they don't work the posterior chain nor upper back muscles like a deadlift.

Plus there are few things more primal than lifting a lot of weight. Feels good man.

What's the best guide to deadlifting without snapping my spine?

Deadlifts work grip strength. Deadlifts might "work the same muscles" but they work them in a different way. Doing only squats is not a substitute for deadlifts. Barbell rows work your biceps but just because they work the same muscles doesn't mean they're a substitute for specific bicep exercises. Adding another heavy, full body lift to your workout will only make you stronger

As for guides, I would look up anything by Boris Sheiko

With proper form and starting off light, and focusing on getting the form first, you won't hurt your back, and are just as safe as you are doing a squat

I also suggest checking out the YouTube channel untamed strength with Allen Thrall. He has a lot of good, no-bullshit advice for lifters.

@Gaius Mucius Scaevola

AlLaN tHrAlL 🤤

deadlift on arm or leg day?

Some people will it on their leg day along with squats. I like to have a separate deadlift and back accessory day

Leg dayyyy

Deadlift day lol

BENCH DAYYY

Everyday is leg day for me, at least today is low bar and cgbp

Push day, pull day and extra day to hit your weak points. For 5 day a week routine, hit push and pull twice.

Push = bench, squat, press, triceps

Pull = deadlift, row, pull-ups, biceps

I have upper body and lower body days

6 days a week

Deadlift day fo sho.

I like to hit deadlift hard on Saturday morning and then eat a big ol lunch.

This is my routine. How to modify to add deadlifts? I have dynamic warm up, then either jump rope/plyo jump circuit, then either of these depending on the day, followed by a run.
-Upper Body Day
Bench Press
Bicep Curls
Incline Press
Lat-Pull Downs
Lat Pulls
Standing Shoulder Press
-Core work
Plank
Sit ups
Side Plank
Crunches

-Lower Body Day
Squat
Leg curls (feet plantarflexed)
Leg Extensions
Calf raises (stairs; Straight Leg)
Calf Raises (stairs: Bent leg)
-Core
Leg Raises
Plank
Russian Twists
Supermans

You don’t have enough back work

Only two back and no rows
2 pressing and no flyes
Random bicep and shoulder
Mostly front delt

For lower body
Only one compound movement
3 exercise isn’t enough

You write this yourself or did you find it?

I'm not a fan of 'upper body' and 'lower body' arrangement in general

This is my lifting routine for the week

Strong Nibba

Hey guys, I've received the suggestion from lifters many times now to take a creatine supplement. I'm trying to research it and I find all sorts of positive opinions on it from fitness magazines. I trust the people who have recommended it to me but I want to make sure I have every possible theoretical side of the story. The one concrete skeptical comment I got about it was from an osteopathic doctor I visited (for an unrelated issue) who said he admittedly did not know much about it but didn't see how it would help and said I might be concern about any supplement going through the kidneys. Beyond that I haven't heard any criticism of taking creatine supplements. The article I felt was most scientific on it was this one: http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/Survey_of_Creatine_Literature.htm and they say that all the literature they reviewed did not really find any bad side effects to using a creatine supplement, which was very reassuring to me. But I want to know if anyone knows of ANY criticisms of creatine use, just so I can have all possible sides of this issue. Thanks for your attention.

Mfw forget headphones so i run the half mile from gym to dorm and back. Nothing like a mile run pwo before leg day

Yeah but what was your time?

not fast enough

@peytonT#2360 @Deleted User how would you guys recommend I modify it? It was given to me by a guy I know who is really knowledgeable about fitness

^tbh yeah. 7 minutes easy run. Currently hitting 405 squat dubs

Did someone mention supplements?

*Rubs GNC Merchant hands together*

@Gaius Mucius Scaevola I would do your own research, bro. Take the fitness redpill. Nearly every 'knowledgeable about fitness' guy will have different opinions

if he doesn't deadlift, he's probably a scrub tho

kek

i do my own research but there's so much information out there it's hard to sift the good from the bad

I'll get to you on Creatine later, at work there right now actually lol. But long story short, Creatine Monohydrate or HCL is good as long as you're drinking water and aren't afraid of possible "Fluffiness".

and then i'm not sure what works or what doesn't and end up not doing anything because I don't know what works best

Take creatine

It’s the most researched supp out there. Normal monohydrate is fine. You should already be drinking enough water anyway

If you aren’t at 1.5 gallons a day and you’re active you should be. 5-10g creatine won’t destroy you

drinking water is kinda mainstream so i abstain from it

What about 1.5 gallons of tea 🇬🇧

1.5 gallons of milk

As someone who is lactose intolerant that might kill me lmao