Good mornings rep question...

[needsize]

I have been wondering lately if my lower back is getting overtrained. Get this...4 months ago I was benching the bar, couldn't dead due to my injury, and my squat was the only good move I still had. NOW, my dead is mid 300's and my bench is ABOUT TO PASS UP MY SQUAT! Maybe I need to lay off my lower back for a while too.

that could be. The only time my lower back gets hit is during deads and squats,and my erectors are starting to look sick and I got that 600lb dead the other day, so lower volume could be the key to making the same progress as your other lifts

 

[JOKER47]

Thanks for the info and horror stories. I'll definately start low and work my way up. Making sure my form is intact.


Thanks again,
Joker

 

[b fold the truth]

I like singles. I do 5's till it gets hard, then go to 3's...then to singles. I don't go to failure though...and take a W I D E stance.

B True

 

[Doktor Bollix]

I'm having a lot of trouble getting my torso to go to parallel. My hamstrings are kind of tight but I do full Olympic squats with no problems. Just keep stretching the hams? So far I feel them mostly in my abs

 

[JOKER47]

I like singles. I do 5's till it gets hard, then go to 3's...then to singles. I don't go to failure though...and take a W I D E stance.

B True

Is the wide stance just for stability, or does it provide another purpose during the lift?


Joker

 

[ballast]

I've found that a wider stance allows me to descend to parallel with greater ease as well as giving me more power when coming out of the bottom.

 

[spatts]

The wider stance will work the plane of the squat more (chaos revcovery), a narrow stance will hit the erectors in a more isolated fashion. Arched vs bent makes a difference too. We do a wide variety.

 

[b fold the truth]

I'm having a lot of trouble getting my torso to go to parallel. My hamstrings are kind of tight but I do full Olympic squats with no problems. Just keep stretching the hams? So far I feel them mostly in my abs

Torso to parallel?????!!!!!!!! No way... I try to keep an arch in my back and go a little past 45 degrees...

Why go parallel on GM's????

B True

 

[b fold the truth]

Is the wide stance just for stability, or does it provide another purpose during the lift?


Joker

They just feel better for me. Probably 46" between the outside of my feet. Probably one of the reasons why I have a good partial deadlift...and need to do more close stance ones.

Remember...I do a different variation of GM's EVERY week. I do GM's every week....but a different variation.

B True

 

[spatts]

When we do chain suspended GM's we start at 36" from the floor...for some of us, that's below parallel. For ARCHED BACK GM's we only go down until we lose archa dn then back up.