Yesterday's squats and presses. Bad editing job, I left too much time in before the lifts, but ah well, that's what happens when you do it late Friday night.

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That's a whole lotta intensity on intensity day. Congrats on the big pull PR!

Dat dere is some strong pulling!

Good to hear about your back, and the lessons that pulling 460 off the ground taught you. Looking at what you've been doing lately, 1100 is totally within your grasp!

Solid work done on ID today. The gym was busier than I've ever seen it on a weekday at 2pm, maybe everyone was getting their last minute workout in before leaving town for Memorial Day weekend. Add...

I'm with Mac here. In fact, we've seen the opposite of your suggestion be useful: for those who strict pressed for years and had some trouble nailing down the Press 2.0 form, doing the 2.0 for the...

I call them that too, but didn't know if it was a widely used enough term to throw it out there unqualified. I see that great minds think alike.

Hell. Fucking. Yes!!!

Well, at least the hammy isn't so bad you couldn't start doing the Starr protocol right away. Could be a lot worse. You'll be back squatting and pulling heavy soon.

1. Love the pic of you and Rip.

2. This:
really cracked me up!

Aslin, I can't say I have vast experience programming for dozens or hundreds of lifters doing a press-only TM, but I have just recently done it myself. For the same reason as you, too - a recovering...

Grimm, just saw your post on Jordan's nutrition board. At 400+ lbs, don't worry about power cleans or snatches just yet. Pull every other workout, at least until you can't anymore, and do assisted...

Recovery Day.

Squat
45x5x2, 135x5, 225x5, 275x3, 315x2
Notes: Less beat up than Weds of last week (got a massage yesterday), but still went light. My 80% is 335 at this point, but there's...

You're welcome. It's a shame the first post disappeared because I replied in much more detail, but the basic advice / end result was the same.

To be honest, SO much happened Saturday and I was...

As many beefs as I have with CF, this is not one of them. Competing at the highest levels in anything is about winning, not safety or health. The competitors take this risk, and push themselves to...

I just spent about 20 minutes replying to this in detail, and when I hit reply, the internet ate it and it's nowhere to be found. So excuse my brevity here, I don't have another 20 minutes right...

Can you post a vid?

In the meantime, you can do assisted chins, or lat pulldowns if you're so heavy that you can't do an assisted chin even with the max assistance.

You've gotten pretty strong for a 167lb guy and have gained some decent weight to get there, but you'd rather just be strong, than strong for a 167lb guy, right? Gain the weight. Eating is like...

I talked to just about all my friends in the area who lift and couldn't get even one to do it with me, so unfortunately I'm out. I'm disappointed, but wasn't up for the 4 hour drive each way, actual...

You're welcome, let us know what happens with your pulls when you implement the changes.

There are absolutely valid reasons to snatch instead of clean, and certainly to mix in both the snatch and...