Hero in the front, party in the back

Almost. The toes of the other leg are on the ground to help keep balance.

Some stuff from this week:

• Overhead Press 85kg x 1
• Deficit Bentover Row 75kg x 11
• Dumbell Bench Press 70lb DBs x 9
• Pullup x3 (these need work)
• Zercher Bulgarian Split Squat 25kg x 15 (each leg)
• Kickstand RDL 105kg x 12 (each leg)
• Muscle Snatch 60kg x 3
• Clean Grip Overhead Squat Hold 70kg x 15sec

Today I did Myomatch sets with some of my lifts. Tough but I like them!

This is absolutely a golden age in lifting science. There are so many studies coming out now.

It’s a large boulder the size of a small boulder relative to an even larger boulder.

Home gym gang! Filming lifts is invaluable IMHO.

Also agreed. He’s a great resource, but you have to be aware that he’s trying to make a living (which is totally fine). I also learned to ignore his non-lifting content.

I saw a Coke in the freezer at work a few days ago, frozen solid. RIP tasty drink.

I definitely missed this type of community!

The Oly lifts are fairly technical. I managed to teach myself and got fairly far, but nothing beats working with a knowledgeable coach. I think the hardest thing about them is that there are little subtle adjustments that can make a big difference like foot pressure pulling off of the floor. If you want to teach yourself there are lots of good resources. Catalyst puts out some fantastic content.

Bodybuilding + Olympic is a great combo imho. You get explosive power and size, but even more importantly, bodybuilding provides the opportunity to work on the smaller supporting muscles, preventing injury.

Agreed! Especially on the supporting muscles part. And especially at my age (51)I feel like the BB workouts are helping to hold everything together. It’s also a fun change of pace from solely doing strength based workouts.

I started in CrossFit but I’ve been doing dedicated weightlifting and strength training alongside metcons almost since I started (aka “competitive programming”. There is definitely not enough time in CrossFit dedicated to the lifts.

Also agreed. I’ve not done CrossFit, but I’ve seen several people say that they needed to do dedicated work for certain lifts if they wanted to see them improve.

I wish I could say that this shocks me.

And just think - a large percentage of Americans think he’s a genius.

I think my first was Linda Carter.

Probably about 50% of the recipe pages that I have bookmarked aren’t even online any more.

Right. It is Roberts, but relatively speaking, he’s way more knowledgeable than Vance. Now if we were talking about fucking couches…

Ah yes. Because he is obviously more educated about the role of the Judiciary than a man who has been a judge for decades.

God yes

Oh man, yeah. One of mine for sure.

It’s likely still entering the digestive tract, though.

Currently it’s Wolf Like Me by TV On the Radio.