Fitness thread

[Mediocre]

Impressive. Ass to grass? Belt? My squats have never been my strong suit - never even tried above maybe 120kg. Will do this year though.

I belt over 325 lbs usually now, occasionally going to 345 without after some @happyscrappyheropup advice. Over 345 though, always belted

To preserve my knees I no longer go below parallel to ground with anything heavy.

One of my favorite squat exercises is setting the safety bars even with my parallel (or slightly below), letting the bar rest there, and starting from the bottom. Not having that tension loaded makes the lift more difficult, but it really impacts my ability to explode back up on traditional squat lifts

[geoffbot]

Yeah I hear you. Full range over loaded leg press (plus holding my breath, apparently, maybe) is why I am currently injured. But I stay light on squat and rest on my ankles. Ego lifting is no good!

[happyscrappyheropup]

I belt over 325 lbs usually now, occasionally going to 345 without after some @happyscrappyheropup advice. Over 345 though, always belted

To preserve my knees I no longer go below parallel to ground with anything heavy.

One of my favorite squat exercises is setting the safety bars even with my parallel (or slightly below), letting the bar rest there, and starting from the bottom. Not having that tension loaded makes the lift more difficult, but it really impacts my ability to explode back up on traditional squat lifts

That's a great variation.

As far as depth and knees, way too many variables to say if knee pain is related to form or depth. I was a low bar squatter when I competed and it's usually a stance that is easy on the knees because you sit back a little more vs high bar. I wish I had the camera lower here, my setup was perfect and it made for easy work for of 143kg with that nice bounce out of the hole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHTkcfCrfQc

Clarence is a great squatter. This is a good example of a deep weightlifting or high bar squat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftonX5zBrHU

[happyscrappyheropup]

Yeah I hear you. Full range over loaded leg press (plus holding my breath, apparently, maybe) is why I am currently injured. But I stay light on squat and rest on my ankles. Ego lifting is no good!

Bracing is a good thing! It prevents injury when done right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28wXfE5GEuc

[Mediocre]

That's a great variation.

As far as depth and knees, way too many variables to say if knee pain is related to form or depth. I was a low bar squatter when I competed and it's usually a stance that is easy on the knees because you sit back a little more vs high bar. I wish I had the camera lower here, my setup was perfect and it made for easy work for of 143kg with that nice bounce out of the hole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHTkcfCrfQc

Clarence is a great squatter. This is a good example of a deep weightlifting or high bar squat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftonX5zBrHU

Great form, even in the latter reps!

Pushing with no catch bars though? Bold!

[happyscrappyheropup]

Great form, even in the latter reps!

Pushing with no catch bars though? Bold!

Thanks. I think it was only RIR 2/RPE 8, so still a little left in the tank. Squatting outside the rack is ok if practice ditching the bar.

https://www.instagram.com/squat_univ...l/C1KM8KPAs_4/

[Mediocre]

Thanks. I think it was only RIR 2/RPE 8, so still a little left in the tank. Squatting outside the rack is ok if practice ditching the bar.

https://www.instagram.com/squat_univ...l/C1KM8KPAs_4/

Thanks, never actually seen that before. Great info

[happyscrappyheropup]

Thanks, never actually seen that before. Great info

We follow a lot of strength sports, weightlifting included. It’s common to not rerack heavy lifts in training.

The GOAT repping a huge front squat.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Kt_GqWURQ...mhwa6gwvokphOz

And, Lu Xiaojun.

https://youtu.be/RGqhBETLFVA?si=pTwbJU1OGa28GVBO

[Sedi]

I'm keeping up my routine of 6 x 10k running a week and 2 hrs of dance class with the wife on Sundays, 1 hr lindy hop and 1 hr balboa (I like balboa more, my wife prefers lindy). Kept my weight at around 78-80 kg since last summer (at a height of 1.80 m). Pretty happy about that. My 10k time is around 53-55 minutes usually. And I switched from the Garmin ecosystem to Samsung as I bought a Samsung phone and later on a Samsung Galaxy Ultra. Pretty happy with that decision despite the need to charge every two days (in fact I charge it every day, as I don't want it to get too low but it's not really necessary).
File transfer and synching with the app is just so much faster than on the Garmin Connect app -- the UI is also a lot smoother. Build quality is really nice, too. Heartrate might be a bit more precise on the Garmins however but after some "quirks" at the beginning it now seems pretty accurate. Really a nice watch for Android users.
I will need a couple of new pairs of shoes soon however. Some have seen enough miles already. Not sure what to get yet. Maybe another pair of Hoka Speedgoats -- those are my favourite at the moment.

[geoffbot]

This rib injury sucks.

Be careful on leg press guys. Don't let your legs touch your ribs.