Burly Decides to Pull Again...

[O_RYAN_007]

Yessss... I can feel my ego inflating now..

I liked sumo though and I'm going to strictly be doing front squat and sumo squat for my main squats on squat day instead of back... back squats aren't very fun anymore haha I need to improve on stuff for it to be fun and all that happens on squat is I lose gains from my cycle.

I think we should give the Squat the name it deserves, The SQUAT. It's the King of Lifts for a reason. Crossfitters dubbed the term back squat, which I hate.

[burlyman30]

I winced as I read this.
I'd be done if it happened to me, I don't play with back problems.

Is this something normal for you? I can dislocate my left shoulder and pop it back in with no issue due to a nice tear in my rotator cuff. Dunno if you just have something similar going on.

Back problems ever since I was young. After going to a chiropractor 3x/ wk for a year at age 10, my back goes in and out easier than most people. The good part is that I can usually adjust it myself.

[burlyman30]

I think we should give the Squat the name it deserves, The SQUAT. It's the King of Lifts for a reason. Crossfitters dubbed the term back squat, which I hate.

All this talk of squatting... on a dead lift thread! Haha

As I woke up this morning I felt pretty beat up. The whole back side of my body-- from my neck to my calves-- is sore. Hard to wake up, too. I think the session took more out of me than I realized. Time for coffee...

[burlyman30]

I've been on vacation for a week and sick as a dog for a week, so I've had no updates to add. Once I get back into the swing of things, I'll get back to this. Same for my bench and squat logs.

Thanks for following.

[burlyman30]

OK boys...

5 or 6 months later I finally got back to doing a DL workout.

Watching Sorrow, Oryan, and Weekend doing their thing was a motivator for me to get back to pulling, but my niece's husband works out pretty seriously and wanted to get together for a few pointers on DL, so we met at his gym.

We worked our way up

135x10
185x10
225x8
275x5
315x3
365x2
405x1 success for me, fail for him
455x1 not bad for the first day back

Pulled my left shoulder blade midway through the 455, which gave me some pause because it hurt like hell, but decided to continue the pull.

First time I've had someone around to take video, which was pretty cool. Feel free to give me some constructive criticism on my form.

VID_20131122_174038_244.mp4 - YouTube

[Jack O'Neill]

Very impressive Burly ! I like your motivation, I can feel the link between the barbell and your mind before lifting

I never tried a 1RM for my deadlifts. Always on 8-10 reps @140kg (~300lbs)

But all your tries give me motivation to try a 1RM

[Jack O'Neill]

Very impressive Burly ! I like your motivation, I can feel the link between the barbell and your mind before lifting

I never tried a 1RM for my deadlifts. Always on 8-10 reps @140kg (~300lbs)

But all your tries give me motivation to try a 1RM

Correction : I actually always do a stiff-legged deadlift. Different

[weekend]

Nice man, I think great form for the weight. This is what I should strive for in the heavy weights, I suppose

[Cobalt]

That looked so clean, very nice.

[Jack O'Neill]

That looked so clean, very nice.

That especially looked so easy ;-)