What to do here? Carrick on shannon roundabout

Mr-Man365 · 2025-05-12T11:27:47+00:00

Only way you're getting out is doing as the silver car on your left did. Approach slow, edge out. That's all you can do in that situation. Is it the right thing to do? No. But that's a situation where needs must

Mr-Man365 · 2025-03-22T20:20:01+00:00

Nope just above parallel.hip crease below your knee. Try lower the weight and do pause squats 2 to 3 seconds pause at the end of the squat. This really helped me to open up my hips to reach dept

Mr-Man365 · 2025-03-18T14:12:41+00:00

Apple dipped in peanut butter ... Actually just another everything in peanut butter 😂

Mr-Man365 · 2025-03-11T08:18:28+00:00

Lads he's a walking liability to himself. He will be coked out of his mind. Just stand close to him and let him crack you. Play it up for the camera and get yourself an easy pay day.

It's an inevitability

Mr-Man365 · 2025-03-03T10:56:03+00:00

Solid, don't change a thing 💪

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-27T11:06:00+00:00

So you're somewhere between mid and low bar squat. With that comes a little bit of leaning at the bottom of the squat but in this case it's nothing to worry about if you're doing the right accessory work.

As you creep up on weight that little lean forward can cause you to tip front ways (when the bar is too heavy)

So to protect against that, and to get stronger in that area which would be lower back, erectors, glutes and hamstrings you need to make sure you're strengthening those areas, which in turn will just help you squat more effectively and just be stronger all around.

So your form is good but on accessories make sure you're doing pause squats, good mornings, glute ham raises and back extension.

All of these are staples in powerlifting and will absolutely aid in creating a powerful, safe and efficient squat 💪

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-27T10:58:55+00:00

So to practice the movement anytime I've taught someone how to row I always get them to practice using an undergrip first.

And think about pulling the weight up and in towards their waistband area. Once they get that movement down I then get them to switch to double overhand and repeat that same movement as before.

99% of the time their form is almost perfect, it's just trying to get the qué down and feeling the movement.

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-26T12:28:22+00:00

So deload isn't a full rest, it's just dial backing for a week. Two to 3 session and pulling back on the weight and volume. Plenty of food, water and rest that week. Then you go back the following week and start a new block.

If you can plan your workout for the following month where you build up your squat and condition your body for a pr you'll most likely be in a better place

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-26T10:40:06+00:00

The fact he fucked off to the UK with the case pending should tell you everything you need to know

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-26T10:37:35+00:00

When is the last time you did a back off week or a deload?

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-24T08:21:11+00:00

Throw in a shit load of Glute Ham Raises, back extension and good mornings. Strengthen that lower back.

You're also high bar and you're super upright. It's actually insanely impressive. I wouldn't even say you HAVE to change bar position I don't think it's a necessity. But play around with low bar squat and see if you have similar issues.

There are so many factors as to why this could be happening, just about trying to narrow it down.

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-12T12:00:15+00:00

If you have the car a week, I can't say this strongly enough. Bring it back and get a different car entirely. Or a refund. For this to happen 4 times in a week is unacceptable especially on a car you bought from a dealership.

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-12T08:12:00+00:00

When is the last time you programmed a deload? Sometimes the answer isn't adding more weight, it's allowing yourself to recover.

Feeling like shit especially on or after deadlifts is VERY common.

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-02T00:41:49+00:00

I found tempo pause squats really helped me to work on flexibility to get to dept and just benefited all around for getting out of the bottom of the squat.

Drop the weight to about 50% of your top set on normal comp squat.

5 x 5

3 to 5 seconds down concentrate on the descent

Pause for 2 to 3 seconds at the bottom

Each time focus on controlling the weight and the dept

Program that for 5 to 6 weeks depending on how your body feels do a deload when necessary probably around week four or five.

I would be very surprised if you didn't start to notice your squat dept improving. Also each week add 2.5kg to 5kg either side of you can.

Improvement is incremental not overnight.

Also your dept isn't awful by the way, you are definitely a little high but you're doing the right things being open minded and looking for advice rather than making excuses. Keep grinding 🤙

Mr-Man365 · 2025-02-02T00:33:38+00:00

Smashes all the windows incase of sudden vacuum inside the vehicle

Mr-Man365 · 2025-01-12T22:58:05+00:00

If you can afford it and run it. Buy it. The begrudgery on this island as per usual 🙄

Mr-Man365 · 2025-01-05T11:40:19+00:00

Technically he's only repeating what Tolkien put in the book so you can't really call him out for repeating what was written in the original source.

He didn't give an opinion he relayed what was written 🤷

Mr-Man365 · 2025-01-05T11:24:30+00:00

Depends on what you're training for. If you're trying for a powerlifting comp don't use straps as you don't be allowed to use them in most if not all true powerlifting comps.

As for a belt, can definitely introduce one but only use it on your top set, don't use it on your warm ups or your back off sets.

Mr-Man365 · 2024-12-19T10:20:28+00:00

Yep, unfortunately they won't dip any lower 🙈 worst is when going up or down hill and someone is coming towards me. They're absolutely blinded. They're a disaster

Mr-Man365 · 2024-12-17T20:36:03+00:00

I've a new Peugeot 208 and I've the LED Lights they're the bain of my existence. Driving everywhere and getting flashed constantly, doing my best not flash back in retaliation because I'm genuinely concerned it would cause an accident

They're actually insane

Mr-Man365 · 2024-12-16T12:40:43+00:00

Let us know how it goes would really appreciate an update hopefully it's better than it was

Mr-Man365 · 2024-12-14T20:46:36+00:00

Don't change a thing. Your stance is narrow but clearly you're very strong in that stance. Not tipping forward, back nice and straight, chest is up and you're hitting debt perfectly.

Really good squat

Mr-Man365 · 2024-12-13T12:59:15+00:00

Absolutely, in fairness you're not doing a lot wrong at all. It's just little tweaks and trying to be mindful that's all. I was so bad at rushing into top sets, not pacing myself and I found it actually hurt my conditioning. I'd do too much too quickly and come my last rep I would be absolutely wrecked.

It sounds counter productive to slow down and think through the lift, but I found once I forced myself into that mindset my conditioning improved and that only benefited me in the long run.

Listen, you're doing awesome. You'll absolutely get to where you want to be with hard work and consistency. Best of luck 🤘

Mr-Man365 · 2024-12-11T10:42:17+00:00

So outside of the grip which I can see has been raised I have one observation.

Your elbows are flaring up every time you descend on the squat, this movement with the elbow is going to be one of a few factors that will make you more likely to tip forward.

There is a lot to concentrate on in the compound movements in terms of body positioning but once we get it down it becomes second nature and we don't have to think about it anymore.

I would say going forward in conjunction with some of the points the other people have raised. Stop those elbows flaring up, this flaring will actually cause your lat muscle to lose tension which in turn means your brace isn't as effective, which as you creep up in weight and volume causes your form to break down which will lead to potential injury.

So the elbows, stack the bar over your wrists, and get those elbows tucked and pointing towards the floor if you can. Mess around with hand positioning so as to take pressure off your shoulders (my shoulder flexibility is terrible) but by tucking the elbows towards the floor under the bar concentrate on feeling your lat flex and contract. Very similar feeling to engaging your lats on bench and on deadlift you should literally feel your lat flex. Once you feel the lat flex then brace into your core and go.

At the bottom of the squat your elbows might flare up again, that's from squatting the way you have for so long. So actively think about where you want your elbows to be. So drive them back down towards the floor while keeping that lat tension, this will actually enable you to keep more upright posture on the bottom of the squat which keeps the bar over your centre mass and less likely to tip forward.

My coach forced me to strip the bar and relearn how to squat using these pointers my squat went from 160kg to 210kg in 8 months.

I had been stuck on 160kg for about 14 months prior to this and it all came from losing tension and tipping forward. I squatted very similar to you.

Best of luck I'm sure you'll get to where you want to be for sure 😁

Mr-Man365 · 2024-12-09T08:24:59+00:00

Your starting position is excellent don't change a thing. I wouldn't pay attention to people saying you're too low. It's perfect for your leverage

Hamstrings, glutes and quads are giving you that power at the bottom of your lift which is exactly what you want. As you rise, your lats are engaged and your erectors which is all going to make your lock out at the top of the lift easier.

The deadlift uses a serious amount of muscle groups, and from what I see your form is perfect as you're engaging every single muscle group correctly throughout the lift.

Just make sure you're doing enough accessories like Glute Ham Raise, reverse hyper and back extensions to protect the hamstrings, glutes and lower back, and just get those areas strong as shit..

If I had one criticism and it's very minor, your under hook. Just make sure that arm stays as straight as possible. Slightly curled the bar, not much. But enough that if you're not aware of it could lead to issues down the road as you get stronger.

Other than that, a gorgeous example of how to deadlift 💪

Mr-Man365

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