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    beginner47 Guest

    Default two months in, getting started...

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    Age:47
    Height: 5'11"
    Weight: 175lb up from 155lb 8 weeks ago
    Squat: 210lb up from 160lb
    Deadlift:280lb up from 180lb
    Press:100lb
    Bench: 160lb
    Powerclean: 130lb

    I was jogging 70mpw for 12 weeks with a 5K time of 19.05 when I started squating

    210lb squat from a week ago when it was still a bit too heavy...https://goo.gl/photos/bMz5P4Dre15Z4WDG6


    280lb deadlift ... https://goo.gl/photos/2dTwT4ZJi5gNgdGa7
    Last edited by beginner47; 12-01-2015 at 08:00 AM.

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    Welcome to the forum! Good progress so far - and luck with the program!

    On your DL your back is very rounded. You are setting yourself up for back injury. Press your (nonexistent) belly against your thighs and get that spine into a neutral (not rounded) position and keep it there. A belt might help. On the way down the bar had to travel around your knees - if you stick your butt out and let the back to the work you can get a straight bar path.

    Squat is hard to see behind these beams, but your back is rounding significantly at the bottom. As a result, you are doing a bit of a good morning on the way up. Same thing, try to lock that core down throughout the entire range of motion. Get a belt - good ones start at 50 bucks.

    If you have the opportunity to get some coaching, now is a great time before bad habits get ingrained.

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    Last edited by beginner47; 12-06-2015 at 02:18 PM.

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    Welcome. However, please stop lifting until you get the for correct. Do you have the book? Find a coach.

    Peez gave some excellent tips. Please, take them seriously before you lift again. Go find a coach before you hurt yourself.

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