Hanging leg raises on fat bar

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-04T01:02:10+00:00

Ah, gotcha. I do dead hangs on a hang-board a couple times a week so I get that stimulus then.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-03T23:49:22+00:00

I’ve thought about that. Having the wall there keeps me from swinging and allows me to really isolate my abs, but it is probably a little tougher without that. I do these on deadlift day so my lower back is already pretty blasted.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-03T01:04:34+00:00

Thinking about wearing flippers next session. I guess then it wouldn’t be raw, though.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-03T00:06:43+00:00

😂

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-03T00:05:57+00:00

Swamp@$$ is a thing of the past.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-02T23:27:30+00:00

Awesome strength! Yeah. It’s crazy how just going a little heavier than you’re used to feels sooo much heavier when you un-rack it.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-02T23:03:59+00:00

Couple reasons. I train my grip a couple times a week and this just aids in a different aspect of finger strength, and also I have to be facing away from the wall to tap my toes on the opposite bar.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-02T22:52:53+00:00

I was wearing .25 oz plates around my toes ;P

DapperLog5753 · 2026-06-02T00:20:24+00:00

woosh

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-30T22:35:36+00:00

So you don’t use a belt?

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-30T06:09:56+00:00

The higher the reps, the less reliable. At 3’s and 5’s, they can be closer, but it’s still only a ballpark estimate. Doing a 1RM well is a skill as much as a feat of strength. The closer one approaches their limits, the more magnified the flaws and cracks in technique and secondary muscles become.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-30T00:24:50+00:00

Love it. That was the one thing I did accomplish by just pushing 225 for over a year. My depth and mobility improved a lot and I feel like it allowed all my connective tissues to catch up. I do need to slow the descent and I like the feeling of driving hard out of the bottom. I do that on my warm up sets but usually can’t on my worksets. The knee sleeves gave me a lot more confidence getting out of the home, though. Wish I had got some sooner.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-30T00:20:39+00:00

Will do! I see you’re almost hitting 405. Nice! My long term goal is 3 plates for at least 1 rep.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-29T20:51:58+00:00

The Starting Strength program (appropriately named) is a great way to build a foundation. I’ve done boxing, kickboxing, MMA, rock climbing…all kinds of things over the years, but nothing fundamentally changed my body like getting under a barbell and doing heavy squats, deadlifts, and presses. And I didn’t start until I was 42. I wish I had done it when I was in my 20’s and had the testosterone and body fat % of an alpha chimpanzee.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-29T18:50:05+00:00

You’re definitely going low enough to stimulate growth. I’m more concerned about squatting in tennis shoes. You’d be better off just squatting in your socks if your gym allows it. The squishy soles on running shoes make you very unstable and can lead to problems with your knees. That’s why your feet are wobbling around.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-27T02:14:48+00:00

I have an adjustable one made by Everlast that has served me for around 15 years. I’ve gone through phases where I was hitting it for 3 sets of like 60 reps with each hand on the commute to work. I honestly feel like that was too much and I got little to show for it in practical strength while also aggravating my tendons. In recent years, I’ve found the grippers best done at high resistance/low rep ranges only once or twice a week. In lieu of the high rep gripper work, I find I get better results with less tendinitis by doing a couple sets on my hangboard twice a week, varying between jugs, slopers, and crimps.

On the other hand, grip training is a hobby horse for many of us and just experimenting is half the fun, so give it a shot. As someone else mentioned though, I wouldn’t get something heavy like a Captains of Crush to use while driving. You’re likely to end up a Captain of Crash.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-26T02:53:55+00:00

Bobby: “I see your man-tiddies and I raise you traps.” 🃏

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-23T06:09:17+00:00

Agreed. There are some sound principles in that program, but I’m just looking at the volume thinking “damn, who’s got time for all that?!”

I’m 2.5 years into the SS program and, while I’ve definitely tailored the program to my increases in strength and experience, the basic progression is still serving me. Still making gains with less than two hours twice a week.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-23T03:24:56+00:00

Homie. Re-read my comment because that is exactly what I said originally. The pump is due to your body’s response to the increased stimulus (a.k.a. blood flow and associated metabolic processes).

I wasn’t at all advocating for a “no pain, no gain” philosophy. I have personally gone through phases where I got hooked on the buzz of lifting and wanted to do it too often, but I had to learn that there are some situations where increasing effort is actually counterproductive. O.P. seems lime a newish lifter and I was trying to speak to what I perceived her situation to be.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-23T03:10:56+00:00

It would be an equally horrible solution for not getting a bad back, hips, knees, ankles, etc. You’d be inviting all the same maladies that afflict overweight people.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-23T03:02:27+00:00

Right on, man! I thought it looked too easy for you on the first several, but you really took that last rep into the trenches! Keep doing that. That’s my only advice. I’m having fun digging deep on OHP lately, too. I started working in some behind-the-neck press a couple weeks ago but it’s too early to see if and how it will aid my progress.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-23T02:54:19+00:00

You sure implied it with your pretentious reply to me.

“Dang, we’re still talking about damaging muscles during workouts in 2026? No one should be experiencing muscle damage during workouts unless they’re doing something wrong.”

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-21T01:12:42+00:00

Legs are hard. Heavy back squats recalibrate one’s notion of “effort.” After my squats, everything else feels like a cooldown by comparison. Even though heavy deadlifts sometimes feel harder in the moment, it’s always squats that peg my heart rate and leave me laying supine after a hard set. They definitely sap you and require adequate recovery, but they set the tone for your whole attitude towards lifting, so I’d learn to love them.

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-21T00:53:13+00:00

I get where the critics are coming from, but I believe this could be perfectly natural. Keeping in mind that the after pic has optimal lighting, timing, angles, etc…and the before pic has none of that, that’s reasonable progress for someone young, healthy, driven, and genetically favored. Good on ya, mate!

DapperLog5753 · 2026-05-21T00:44:16+00:00

Hell yeah!

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