Pre-juice 5x5: Darkness on the Horizon

[Phaded]

keep in there bro.. you mind making a vid of your squat.. i feel i might be doing mine wrong as well..

 

[Guinness5.0]

I feel great other than the weight room foibles. No ancillaries yet - I don't take 'em unless I feel the need.

Oh yeah resting heart rate was 69 BPM yesterday - up 15 bpm. Maybe I just need to chill the hell out and be patient. I'll save freaking out until next week sucks

Phaded - I'll work on the vid. I've been meaning to post vids for months (and probably would be much further along if I had) but I never seem to do it - keep bugging me about it

 

[Phaded]

video please? LOL.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

What's with this resting heart rate thing? Is it, by any means, a good gauge to tracking overtraining?

 

[Guinness5.0]

My heart rate jumps when I'm on gear. I think you can gauge overreaching as well (ceen it in CCJ's journal).

 

[Jim Ouini]

Power clean : 135x5, quit
-Back hurt pretty bad. Pissed.

A return of the back pain or something different?

 

[Guinness5.0]

A return of the back pain or something different?

Same. It hurt on squats when I'd get out from under the bar after racking it - just for an instant after the weight came off. It hurt the whole time on cleans.

I think it's from DL'ing using all low back. I guess I should be excited that I'll be deadlifting properly. I'm probably gonna make some serious progress.

BTW this isn't the first time someone smart has corrected my DL form - check out this post from a past journal. She told me the same thing (using a different cue) and I eventually got away from it. Good lord, I can't remember something this important and I'm going back to school soon

 

[c3bodybuilding]

Don't be down on yourself. Gear takes a while to build up in the system and hit you full force. I don't know what you are taking,or what dose, but it sounds like you might just need a day or two away from the gym. Try a day of just being a lazy ass and eat a pizza or two, that should do the trick! It sounds like everything else is going good. Keep at it!

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

What cues did he tell you for the deadlift? How does one know if they're using the lower back to much? I'm guessing that by not using your hips, he meant you weren't thrusting them forward into the bar enough.

 

[Guinness5.0]

What cues did he tell you for the deadlift? How does one know if they're using the lower back to much?

His exact words were that I should feel my hip muscles 'ball up' to initiate (he's from Georgia so some of his phrases are somewhat amusing ). Low back should just stabilize/arch, not actually initiate the pull. He said that pulling my shoulder blades together would help remind me to start w/ my hips - it's tough to pull hard w/ your low back if your shoulder blades are pinched together.

The Oly weightlifter from before said to stick out my chest and pull with my shoulders and hips simultaneously, which in effect caused my spine to stay in the same angle with the floor as my torso moved up - this way my hips HAD to initiate the pull. Then I'd pull back and finish the rep.

After both coaching sessions I remember thinking how much more natural it felt and how the strain on my lumbar region was not nearly as pronounced.

I'm guessing that by not using your hips, he meant you weren't thrusting them forward into the bar enough.

Nope. He said he thought that I looked plenty strong to pull big from the top. I've been thinking that for months now. At least I've been right about something