Recent content by _cato_

Two barbells set on pins in the squat rack for dips?

Just wanted to reproduce this here, in case you didn't see it in your thread in the other forum section. There were some quotes of things you said, which I included in the other post for context, that were not reproduced below.

Of course you don't "need" to do a horizontal push on your overhead day; you can limit your benching to one day only. If you're only going to work on your bench one day a week, there's always 5-3-1 type programming. Or you could try something like ramping to a top single/double/triple then...

There's always 5x5 style with a volume day and an intensity or speed day. E.g. 5x5 straight sets Mon, 10x3 speed fri or ramp to a top triple or double or single fri.

No. As long as you aren't losing arch/tightness in your lower back when you do it.

Nice job man. Congrats on your 500 DL. I know you've been seeking that for a while. Your squat and bench vids are set to private, so we can't view them.

Ah I see. Yes it is fine to do it that way. Technically that would be conjugate periodization (ie working on training more than one thing at a time) vs more traditional block or linear periodization where you might do 8 weeks of 3x10, 8 weeks of 3x3, etc I think the lower body lifts...

Any specific goals as far as body parts or strength gains on certain lifts or anything like that? One thing that stands out is that you are doing roughly twice as much weight training for your arms as your entire lower body. That's not ideal for recomp goals, neither is it ideal from a sport...

It's really not that serious when you're talking about minor curve, which is what you have. Minor curves in adults don't usually progress and 20 degrees isn't significant enough to warrant corrective measures. Unless you're in the unlikely scenario that it's progressing during your adulthood...

You mentioned you haven't really back squatted for a while and I know for myself if I haven't done a movement heavy for a while it'll sometimes take me 1-2 heavy workouts to get back to where I was, even if I've been doing other similar lifts in the mean time. Better to hit it hard at least...

Depends on what you mean. If you're asking whether you can weight train with it, then yes you can definitely do that. If you're asking whether it may affect you at actual bodybuilding competitions, then the answer is maybe. If it creates an obvious asymmetry in your back musculature then you...

I'd definitely go with the heavy triple if I were you. Btw, did you see my post about deadlifting on the last page? You haven't mentioned anything about it.

What if you did a combination of block/rack pulls with the bar just below the knee and speed deads? With that you'll be pulling heavy and getting used to heavy weights while working on technique and speed from the floor with the speed deads, while at the same time your lower back should remain...

What exactly are you trying to do right now? You just want to maintain? Or you want to try to increase but mainly focused on your other lifts? Or what?

Out of curiosity, how long does it normally take for you to complete your 20k+ workouts?