unfortunately i have already dropped the weight (from a stall, not injury) about 4 weeks ago and i am now back to this point. the weight is not super heavy for me however. the injury that recently occurred was during warm up on around 110kg, which isn't usually difficult at all.
as far as empty...
been lifting heavy (relatively speaking... heavy by my standards) for as long as i can remember. going to move my rep range up closer to 10 for a while to mix things up and avoid any injury... romanians in the place of conventional deads. would still love some insight for when i return to heavy...
Form check
back squat form check - YouTube
final set of back squats on the 5x5 from a few weeks ago. I have a reoccurring injury of the erector spinae that has been really testing my patience over the last 12 months. i have been continually doing very conservative reset phases and it never...
yeah but at least if you have an event coming up that you want to look lean for, its 2 days diet manipulation at most.
plus its good that you cut down young, while your skin is healthy etc.
there are thousands of olympic lifters who can squat 500+ pounds without a large wasteline. im sure their deadlift would be almost as impressive. stop overthinking and train your posterior chain.
i tend to believe that the body is very habitual. if you spend a lot of time overweight, your body will tend to consider that your normal weight. in my experience if you lower your bf% and make sure you dont yoyo back to where you were rather quickly, your body will become acustomed to its new...
this is hypocritical of me to say, because i dont do it (not really trying to lose weight at the moment...i probably should but my strength gains are too encouraging right now), but if you are planning on being serious about cutting fat and tracking progress, you should really start counting...
1 kg (2.2lbs) = 7700Kcal
it really depends what your current caloric deficit is. for example, 500kcal deficit a day = 3500kcal a week, = roughly half a kilo, or 1lb of weight loss per week.
that is just really REALLY black and white though. so many other factors.
especially when 20 rep squats are encouraged to use around about a 10 rep weight. not that i'd know, but im sure marathon runners lose biomechanical efficiency towards the end of their race. big deal.
keeping that in mind there is a fuzzy line between negligible form flaw and improper technique...