danz NLP log

[danz]

24 Sep:

Squat 105kg x 5 x 3
OHP 57.5kg x 5 x 4
DL 120kg x 5 x 1

Finally back to deadlifts and they are feeling pretty good.
DL 120kg - YouTube

[Mr. Bingley]

nice flat back

[danz]

Thanks! Hopefully I can keep it like that as the weight gets heavier..

[danz]

Sep 26:

Sad day for the Squat.

OHP 66.25kg x 1 x 8

Squat 135kg (300~ lbs) x 4 x 1

I don't think this has to do with food and sleep because I'm eating quite a lot (gaining around 4.5lbs a month steadily) and progressing with other lifts. I assume it's related to either 1 (or both) of those:

1. My right hip flexor has been bothering me for 3+ weeks. One of the cues I got is knees out more, which I did. This may use slightly different muscles that haven't been adapted to this weight.

2. On some previous sets I sometimes had slightly high reps (like the 4th here).

Video: Squat 135kg x 4 - Youtube

I racked, as the 4th was on the verge of failing and I thought I better just rack and not get mentally blocked further (if I fail, which I'm 99% sure I would have) as I'm already having mental difficulties with this weight for some reason.

2nd rep looks like I lifted my chest slightly which made the rep harder. 3rd I lost balance a bit. 4th is slightly high.


BP 90kg x 5 x 1

Chins 10-8-7-5

[Maybach]

I racked, as the 4th was on the verge of failing and I thought I better just rack and not get mentally blocked further (if I fail, which I'm 99% sure I would have) as I'm already having mental difficulties with this weight for some reason.

Last rep is a shade high, but this is the wrong call. The last rep is worth "mental difficulties."

The place to avoid these mental difficulties is programming. Your pulling has gone quite off track. That's why these squats are hard. You can't squat this weight if you can't pull it.

[danz]

Last rep is a shade high, but this is the wrong call. The last rep is worth "mental difficulties."

The place to avoid these mental difficulties is programming. Your pulling has gone quite off track. That's why these squats are hard. You can't squat this weight if you can't pull it.

My 4th rep here looks like my 5th with 132.5kg. You'd think it's better to try and fail with 135?

I seem to get gassed out towards 4th and 5th reps lately. And yes, seems like pulling is a little behind but I've heard of people who Squat more than they DL, isn't it more right to look at the progression per lift? Or you'd say there's a correlation between lifts like Squat and DL?

A note on deadlift programming, I was stuck at 127.5kg due to technique issues, where I seemed to use back more than legs, progressed to that weight with low hips. So Haltings actually helped with teaching me how to use legs more, I believe DL should take off this time around.

Overall I am comforted in that I never had this weight on my back in my life so it's still a great achievement IMO

Thanks!