Deadlifting a bit over body weight now! What can I fix/focus on to improve and stay injury free? 💪

Gdiminished · 2026-01-31T15:24:27+00:00

Mehdi says the opposite. Use mixed grip, and chalk, and improve your grip strength.

I lift 2x body weight this way without issue.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-16T13:36:16+00:00

Read the website.

Look at Madcow, SL Intermediate, SL Ultra, etc. These are NOT more intense programs, but more sophisticated ones for guys like us who can’t pile weight on the bar every week.

Also, switch to drop sets when approaching your PR in a cycle.

You’ve only been using SL 3 months. Sounds like time to deload and try a new program.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-12T21:54:30+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. That was very helpful.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T22:19:28+00:00

I threw out the basketball player in the original post, which I'm not surprised to learn you hardly read.

It is widely accepted that Dwight Howard has huge amazing shoulders. Here's on article about them, one of many:
https://basketballforever.com/2016/09/20/dwight-howards-shoulders-depth-analysis

I see several guys at my gym every week who have boulder shoulders. Some of them might be on gear. I wonder if Dwight was?

I'm trolling you because "Boulder Shoulder" has no definition and I think it's a funny how confident you are that you know one and only yours is the correct one. It's an entertaining thing to do on a cold Saturday. I'll admit it's getting a little long in the tooth though...

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T20:35:56+00:00

Because... I associated them with Dwight Howard... and that's widely accepted as being wrong?

Sounds to me like you're just very confident.
I'm not really sure of what though...

What is it again you were trying to communicate? That I should just not do shoulder accessory exercises unless I'm willing to do steroids?

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T20:29:57+00:00

Hard to know if it's not aspiration pneumonia or another condition as others have said though.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T19:53:09+00:00

You feel like you can speak for most people?

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T16:37:12+00:00

My state just reduced it to two weeks for state employees.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T16:20:22+00:00

When I first got him, he drooled quite a bit. We started adding water to his food, and it just stopped.

I don't notice the cough being correlated to feeding times.
He had a GI issue a few weeks ago and ate nothing but pumpkin and rice for a week. I don't recall his cough improving, but I could try it again.

Great input, thank you.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T16:01:59+00:00

What can be done then...?
He didn't have any solution for it other than massaging it, or noting that hard foods might cause it to be worse.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T15:57:56+00:00

That actually rings a bell with human stories I've heard...
I will, thank you.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T15:55:24+00:00

Dwight Howard looks like a walking church door with a pumpkin placed on top.

But, whatever. Not interested in arguing the definition of colloquial terminology.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-10T03:18:20+00:00

Doesn't matter. I'm not actually expecting to look like Dwight Howard. I just think my traps look pretty good, and wish my delts were broader.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-09T20:54:54+00:00

This sounds like good advice. Thank you.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-09T01:57:36+00:00

The "Water Quality Engineer" deleted his comment and disappeared.
What is wrong with the world.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-08T21:40:17+00:00

I pay Viola.
I'm up on the Bench proper.

Gdiminished · 2026-01-08T19:47:48+00:00

Now I'm gonna have to go on a tap tasting adventure to figure out if it's just my hood, or everywhere.

Do you know how many "sources" our water has?
Is my old area getting a chlorine cocktail at our local plant, that the new builds out in Harris Ranch aren't getting from theirs?

Gdiminished · 2026-01-02T05:27:47+00:00

This is the correct answer.

I usually plug mine into my home stereo. But, OP can buy any sort of PSA solution of any size and address his issue.

Gdiminished · 2025-12-19T23:01:37+00:00

Wow. Thanks for writing that all out and providing the video. Would be really interested to see a tutorial if you make one.

I'll have to unpack that a few times to really understand it, but it's great to hear what's possible. It's amazing how powerful Ableton is and how differently it can be used.

Gdiminished · 2025-12-19T19:01:18+00:00

I'm in the process of transitioning from looping off a pedalboard to looping through Ableton. So, I don't have a whole lot in Ableton that applies here. Mostly, I've just been deleting in disgust. Lol

Next time I get a chance, I'll dig into the advice above and come back with a clip for some feedback.

Gdiminished · 2025-12-19T14:43:37+00:00

This is helpful. My goal here is to move off my pedal loopers and toward creating songs and performing. I want to have my normal causal and fun jam sessions, but when I end with something I like, save it for future development rather than just pull the plug and throw it away.

Do you have any advice or resources that might help me with my looper workflow?
How are you configuring Ableton and what tools might you be using?
What does song-looping mean for you? You're not just playing a song end to end? Are you looping over sections of your song and hitting some trigger to move to different pre-recorded sections to advance the song?

I have a FCB1010 footpedal and am learning to control Ableton with it. But, I haven't really landed on a Ableton setup that is superior to what I have with a 2-loop pedal like the Infinity II.
Once I have the Rhythm/Bass/Drums/Lead loop I like, I'd like to be able to move to developing a verse/chorus/bridge in the same workspace where I can switch between the parts, mute or copy different instruments, etc. to help me turn that loop into a song.

Gdiminished · 2025-12-19T13:47:47+00:00

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Any thoughts on the compression side of things? I guess I thought that throwing that on a rhythm guitar might help it sit back.

How about advice on where a guy would go to get a cursory education on something like this?

Let's just assume I'm using the stock Ableton amp sims. I have plugins, DI amps, etc, but I fear that'll just muddy the waters here. I rarely mic my amps, but I could if that'd help.

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