Tall's New Log

Tall

Finally. Back at the gym. Semi motivated before going. Full motivated after the drive there thanks to Seamus Hajji's - Take Me Away. Classic.

As ever. 1st set is 15-20 reps. 2nd set is 8-10 reps.

Flat DB Flies: Warm Up, 2 @ 18
Incline DB Bench: Warm up, 2 @ 22
Side Lateral DB Raises: 2 @ 14
Lying DB Raises: 2 @ 12
Military Press: 2 @ 16
Tricep Pushdowns: 2 @ 50

And just for the hell of it, 1 set squats, 23 reps @ 85kg to breaking parallel (moved a bench around to get my backside touching it)

I'd seen some guy squatting 25kg for tens. It made me jealous. Having missed a week of the gym I decided squatting would be my treat. It felt good.

Was shocked as to how easy they were. I reckon I could have put a good 30kg more on the bar to hit 20 reps, and had I done them at the start a fair bit more.

20rep squats. Love em

Tall

Just joined another Gym to use for Legs on a Wed/Thurs during the daytime.

Tis near my office so it should make things easier.

First question I asked? "Have you got a squat rack...?" "Yes..." "Show me..."

Tall

Spot the 'deliberate' mistake in todays log.

Diet is going well, still carb cycling, have gained some weight on Pikey's program while still leaning out.

Zero carb day today, feeding on 45g Protein every 2 hours.

Trained legs at the new gym. Started off in the squat rack as I'm really trying to get used to 'Narrow Stance' squats, as opposed to the 'Wide Powerlifting Stance' - as I don't really want my glutes to continue growing as fast as they have been.

Bully - if you are reading this, this photo sums up what I meant about being able to get deeper on Narrow Stance Squats:



Thats where I'm trying to get to - although I'm using 290lbs compared to Dave Drapers 800lbs

Leg Press Machine in the new Gym is definitely different to the one in my normal Gym.

I was doing 300kgs + on this one compared to the 190kgs on my normal one, and that was fatigued after squats.

Barring Squats, it was as per Pikey's routine.

Not keen on the Squat rack though - it feels too narrow and is really low so I have to bend right down to get my head under the bar. Oh well its better than nothing.

Next week will be back to Pikey's routine exactly.

Did you spot the mistake...? Normally I train legs on a Wednesday (Refeed day)... and Thursday is... Zero Carb Day.

Oh I felt oh so nice in there

bulldozer

Sorry bud but that photo dont sum up jack lol.

Like i said at ukm you may not find it more difficult to squat lower with a narrower stance but most will mate. Its just common sense really.

Your legs are gonna be squashed up against ya belly with a narrow stance, with a wider stance your belly can go between ya legs. With me??

Obviously everyone is different, body mechanics/ amount of chubiness etc.

But rule of thumb is , narrow stance, cant squat as low. I sure as hell cant!!!

Tall

So you are saying with a Wide Stance you can squat that low????

bulldozer

Thats how low i do squat mate!! (Anything else is a partial squat if you ask me)
Until my calfs are folded right over my hams. My stance is defo a bit wider than his also.

I dont go as wide as some i have seen, but its wider than my shoulders

bulldozer

Plus i personally wouldnt call what dave drapper is doing a narrow stance. I would call it a neautral stance.

Perhaps we are just getting our wires crossed here. Narrow to me is heels almost touching

Pikey

Got to agree with you Bully that’s a neutral stance, and if there’s 800lbs on that bar I’ll show me arse on the town hall steps!! That looks one hell of a lot like 440lbs to me.
Also Arnie’s relaxed “spotting” suggests there’s not that much weight on the bar, if he needed help he’d be face down on the floor before Arnie got anywhere near enough to offer any help. I’ve only seen 800lb squatted a couple of times and there was 3 to 5 spotters not one bloke slouched against the wall!

Where I first started they had a bar like that, that had been bent with prolonged use not the best quality probably mild steel. They’re not super deep either they are nicely below parallel, check out his trainers they can have no support at all!
Good picture though and show the guy had good form.

Re wide stance slightly different mechanics involved, a lot of powerlifters do squat wide stance and easier for most to get lower. Just to be awkward as usual I could never get on with wide stance (feels like something is going to pop in my hips) and have never squatted wider than shoulder width, normally just inside that.

Tall

Lol guess I am using the wrong terms (ooops!)

Would squatting in jeans help them? I bit like the denim bench suits of today?

Pikey

I wouldn't have thought so I would think its just the "California" look of the day.

Purplepin trains in cargo trousers, he's always ripping them.