I have spots on my shoulder blades from the gnarling of the barbell from squating. It's all just part of the process.

dont use the pussy pad

Anybody here have some recommendations for a primer on weightlifing programming, specifically for the deadlift? like the concepts of properly building up to a new 1RM

5x5 stronglifts + the app will probably do you good

Is that useful for any experience level? I thought that was more geared towards novices, but maybe Im confusing it with something else

It'll work fine for beginners

Well, I definitely dont qualify as a beginner. I'm pulling around 520 at 250BW, but I havent been pleased with my progress the last few months, and I think my workout plans could be more well rounded. Basically, I am more curious about the concepts behind organizing a program, rather than one specific program. Just wondering if anyone has good book or article recommendations.

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Idk, try researching if sheiko had written anything about it or other great strength coaches

Sheiko probably has something

But it might be in russian

Awesome vid. Those guys put out quality content

Finally hit 315 deadlift again after a disc herniation in december. Always keep pushing forward guys.

Ouch, good job

Nice work @Steve - NJ

Nice job dude

Just need to get back to 405, but need to take it slow this time

Nice dude. How long do you think that will take? I am at about 315 DL too

Before i hurt my back it took about a month of just doing mainly squats, DL, etc to jump from 315 to 405

Will prob take around two months max just cant be stupid this time since youre never 100% after a disc herniation

I also ate a lot more than I usually do when I was lifting last winter

Dude that is some pretty fast gains

How many times a week were you deadlifting and squatting

I only think my gains were so fast was because of how much I ate and the fact that I've lifted for 8+ years but stuck mostly to isolation excercises until getting into DL's and squats

But i only did deadlifts once a week, just would do around 6 sets of squat and deadlift whenever i went to the gym

Ate rice and chicken/steak almost every night lol

@Steve - NJ man I'm sorry about your disc hernia 🙏 , good work getting back up

Thanks!

Feeling sore from my workout Sunday. I haven't felt sore like this since I started properly lifting, it feels more like when I was in college and just tired myself out in the gym because I didn't know what I was doing. I know the reason is that I didn't warm up enough for doing the Press. (I went straight from empty bar to work sets.)

@ThisIsChris Even you're not easing muscle soreness with Dr. Teal's epsom salts, are you even white?

@Deleted User do those work? I thought they were a meme!

@ThisIsChris I live in the brother. They’re great

@ThisIsChris Whenever you have slow or hard eccentric contractions, that can lead to soreness. I was deadlifting and let the bar down slower than I usually do and was much more sore than usual.

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I have recently started working out with a co worker. When we hit the weights he can put lift me by a sizable amount on all of the big lifts. But when it comes to doing things in a practical sense at work I can out do him every time. What can you make of this? Does it make any sense that I am now feeling like it is in my head why I can’t lift heavier weights or just making me feel like there is definitely something going on. Or am I reading more into this than I should because it is two different things?

@JesseJames there is a recorded difference between lifting strength and applied strength

While it's true that doing lifts, especially your core exercises, will improve overall strength in large amounts of areas (Deadlifts hitting you glutes, hamstrings, quads, lumbar, etc), this doesn't always translate into practical use in physical labor. Also, take in effect that possibly the man just doesn't have the endurance as you do.

Training in the gym will make you stronger than Joe Blow, but in terms of applied strength, especially in a manual labour environment, it comes down to a russian concept called "strength-skill", of which the basic tenet is that you will become stronger at a movement the more you practice it and your central nervous system will become more adapted to those types of activities