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So i think i am going to do the 5/3/1
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Tblock1
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Hmmm....I like to do them a lot more explosive than that though. I like to actually jump in the air to propel the weight up.
No it doesnt come up to the nipple, it is the first part of a clean without racking it on your shoulders. I used to pull mine real high and hit myself in the chin once and slightly chipped a tooth but lots of people on here told me its the wrong way to do it cause I was using too much arms and not exploding from the floor. In the end I just got sick of it, Iv never been able to pull weight fast off the floor, Iv just never had power from there so I always found them hard. I guess I need to do some power pull like that though to solve it...
bblazer
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Doing your deadlifts standing on a 3" box and/or using bands will help your speed off the floor.
B-
I tryed deficit's before, but I was doing deads, deficit deads, romanian deads, weighted hypers and squats all in a period of 9 days and I think I was getting a little over trained.
Also I found it hard to maintain an arch in my back with the bar so low.
About the bands though, I dont have any and its stupidly expensive to buy then from elite fts and get them shipped over here, but I have been told that as a beginner I dont need to use bands, but wuold you disagree? And what do you think to dynamic deads?
bblazer
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OK, if you were getting overtrained before, why not knock out all that stuff and just do deficits for 6 weeks and see what happens? K.I.S.S.
And if you want bands, I would be happy to ship some over to you, just PM your address and they are on the way. I literally have more than a big garbage bag of them. BTW, whoever told you not to use them was wrong. If you have problems with speed off the floor, how can you beat deficits and bands? Especially bands? In order to get the bar to lockout, you have to rip that god damn bar up and "beat" the bands tension or you are screwed.
B-
I will send you a pm in a while Im about to eat then head off to the gym. That is a really kind offer, thanks!
Actually, deficits were the only thing that ever made me get through this plateau I hit in my first 6 months of training. I got up to 242x6 but couldnt get past it, tryed everything - deloads, lower reps, higher reps, deloaded again, took a week off etc. The only thing that got me through it was deficit pulls from 15kg plates (probably the same size as 35's)
But instead this time I dropped the deficits, mainly because my gym got rid of the boxes I used to stand on and instead I had to stand on a couple of plates which were real wobbly under my feet. But also because I was seeing some size gains from weighted hypers and I enjoy doing them.
Where you suggesting I replaced my normal deadlifts with deficit pulls?
Tblock1
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Bro high pulls should be to your nipples at LEAST, preferably to your neck, otherwise you arent doing a full pull and can't count it as such.
Can't add much more than what B Blazer has already said... Just keep it simple, change when needed, monitor progress...and sleep and eat like crazy!
JDid23
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hey guys... just curious: how important do you find the deload week to be? Even though I am not too experienced, I never really deloaded or took a break besides when going on vacation and it didn't seem to effect my progress. My workouts also consisted of a lot more volume than the 5/3/1.
I am going to follow the program the way it was designed, just wanted to get some input. Thanks.
I am going to follow the program the way it was designed, just wanted to get some input. Thanks.
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