Pushed the prowler today. I felt like crap, and I got worn out a lot faster than I usually do. This was a bit of a wake up call for me. I need to get back to regularly including conditioning in my life, and I need to clean up my diet a lot. Also, I had to dookie, and I think that influenced how I felt a lot.
Lifting is probably going to get cut back to twice a week for the next couple weeks, with a mid-week prowler pushing day. This is because I need more time to study for my exam on Nov. 4, which I really want to pass, because I hear kids are expensive, and I really need a raise. I've also been feeling beat up lately, and think that maybe backing off a tad on the volume won't hurt anything. I'm going to make a conscious effort to keep up with the foam rolling and stretching at least a little bit everyday though. I say this a lot, but this time I mean it. My hip has been hurting me when I squat, to the point now that it's affecting my performance, so I think it's important I keep up with the shit like stretching that I hate.
Here's a video of some various stuff I've done in the gym lately. I've been taking more videos, cause Sean hasn't been around much lately, and I like to have some sort of feedback.
The things depicted below are, in order,
Squats 295 x 3+ (2) shoulda had this, but couldn't stand up out of the hole for some reason
Good Mornings 135 x 12 wanted to check my form, personally I think it's pretty good
Good Mornings 185 x 8
Deadlifts 340 x 1+ (5) happy with this
Sorry the good mornings are so boring, but fuck you.
Squat form is much improved.
ReplyDeleteGM form is good as well. It's hard to tell from the video, but how are your feet placed? They seem to be pointing straight forward. If so, try pointing them at a 45 degree angle outward, it should provide you with a bit more hip mobility, and greater ROM.
Thanks. I never pay much attention to which way my feet are pointing on GMs, so I'll check that. My stance is approximately the same as my squat stance, maybe slightly closer.
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