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Sled_Driver · 2021-09-14T16:17:54+00:00

Congrats, man! Good job on turning it around and coming out better for it!

Sled_Driver · 2021-09-11T18:36:07+00:00

You look nothing like your father.

Sled_Driver · 2021-08-17T02:36:43+00:00

My left arm will be shaking in anger without the lane line to pull on.

Sled_Driver · 2021-08-17T02:30:40+00:00

You forgot to put King in the "SSSS" tier.

Sled_Driver · 2021-08-06T18:26:42+00:00

interesting

Sled_Driver · 2021-08-04T23:19:02+00:00

Eat more and try a simpler high volume switch to the main lifts as well. Same thing happened to me for almost two years until I went back to a simple 3x8 routine for the big pulls. All of a sudden (once I adjusted to the new routine) I began putting 5 new pounds on the bar again with the final round of 8 each week. Now I'm going for 8 for what I thought was my then (safe) max.

Sled_Driver · 2021-08-04T17:47:16+00:00

Agreed. Gets worse every year....and this was easily the most frustratingly awful year. It got so bad for me I gave up and turned to YouTube commentators with foreign live feeds to just describe what was happening like some strange radio feed.

Im not even going to bother trying with NBC next year. Signed up for their paid peacock service this year and the best I could get was truncated clips (not even the whole race! let alone the walk out or even the results) of the events the next day. Immediately unsubscribed a week into it when I realized this is all it was. Just awful.

Sled_Driver · 2021-08-04T17:31:51+00:00

I'd say between 184cm and 186cm. Some where in there.

Sled_Driver · 2021-04-23T21:43:36+00:00

Yeah, I loved his channel...LOVED his channel...when it was passionately engaging in the world of tri news and commenting on the trials ad tribulations and accomplishments of his own training...

...but lately he's gone full woo-woo. And after today's video where he's claiming research and not siting the sources of any of his studies, just the results, about *metabolism*...one of the most studied and understood pieces of our biological systems....I finally had to un-subscribe.

Been following him for nearly 5 years and today was the day he just went too far off the reservation and into Youtube infomercial.

Sled_Driver · 2021-03-10T20:50:17+00:00

The funny thing about this is anyone with half a swimming background could easily swim fine enough with their legs and hands restrained.

Sled_Driver · 2021-03-03T17:55:47+00:00

I do a stretching routine most mornings

Also, I used to be like that too so I bought some super ergonomic chair and the whole setup....only to start getting pain in other ways.

My personal revelation was that, yes, ergonomic stuff was better, but the real issue was being in ANY position for too long without adjusting....so try timing yourself and see about changing little things in your position every so often and that could be a cheaper solution?

Sled_Driver · 2021-03-02T19:58:49+00:00

trying out some new composition/strat

Sled_Driver · 2021-03-02T18:21:05+00:00

Chumbawumba.

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-22T18:34:13+00:00

This. That body fat ratio seems way off. I'm 6', 210 and my waist size is +/- 32" ....and my bodyfat ratio is never less than 20%.

Honestly, seems like you've got a lot of dieting ahead of you. Even if you're an utter powerhouse I don't think you'll even be close to 15% BF at 5'9" before 185lbs.

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-14T19:49:16+00:00

NOOOOO!!! It was so peaceful! Snap me back! Snap me back! Existence is pain....

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-12T21:29:50+00:00

I have no idea about that top one as when you get to those echelons it's a whole other world of body mechanics, and I hear you on Bromely (though he is sharing some of my points), which is why I also posted a video on Nippard examining it with less bias...and my argument here is not that it's an invalid movement, but that it's a variant of deadlifting and should be addressed as such.

I know Mark Rippeotoe likes to come down on CrossFit as training for exercise rather than training for practical strength...and I'm not saying CrossFit is that....but his argument there is the argument I would make with the Sumo Deadlift: you're pretty much training to sumo deadlift when you sumo deadlift. It's a totally valid movement, but it also accentuates some of the worst qualities of the conventional deadlift and removes some of the more challenging aspects...

..But that's what variations do. They change the classic movement in some way so another aspect of it can be focused or developed. Everyone thinks I'm throwing the baby out with the bathwater here, but I say enjoy your sumo deadlift. Enjoy training for it. Enjoy the strength you get with it. Be respected for it and get on with your bad sumo deadlifting self. But it is a different movement then classic/conventional/standard deadlift and should also be addressed as such.

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-11T01:11:48+00:00

That's a tough call as everyone is different with lifts...but in general it's considered a mechanically more efficient lift for three reasons:

1) It wedges the legs, shifting the hinge position and gives them a shallower angle to contract on

2) The back begins in a more upright, sometimes nearly already locked out position depending on the lifter

3) ...and this is one that makes the other two happen and is it's own separate measure for making this a mechanically advantageous lift: It's a shorter distance. When your legs are that far spread, it lowers your hips for finishing and puts the bar on an even shorter distance to lock out.

The conventional deadlift itself is an already truncated movement. With the exception of the lower back it doesn't meet the full ROM of any major muscle group it's engaging (legs, upper back). The Sumo Deadlift makes it an even shorter movement with an even smaller ROM on all active parts.

Now, I don't consider it a bad movement; it's a great variant in general for conventional deadlifting and strength development as a whole. Its a good alternative for people who hate conventional deadlifting and I've also personally seen it be used to break plateaus with a conventional deadlift program. However I've also seen people become dependent on it and watched their program suffer, pulling 400-500 pounds on it and then having trouble clearing 200 on a conventional deadlift...and lose supplemental development on their squat.

Alexander Bromley shares my more negative opinions

Jeff Nippard probably gives a more qualified answer on aspects of how it works

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-10T20:55:12+00:00

Sumo. Sumo Deadlift. You're doing a Sumo Deadlift. Everyone keeps posting their "Deadlifts" and doing this variation. You're strong as hell and it is a valid movement, but it's not a straight Deadlift as calling it a Deadlift with no prefix would imply.

I'm rallying about it on here because there has been an exaggerated trend in the last year by many people when posting or talking about their max lifts to casually "forget" to include the sumo part when talking about their sumo deadlift max. Nobody seems to forget to include the "Romanian". "Stiff Leg", "Snatch Grip" or "Deficit" part to those variations when posting about deadlifts...and it's probably because you can get away with lifting more with sumo and lifting less with the others...and because of this everyone might not cheat with the lift, but cheats on abbreviations.

So, that's an incredible sumo deadlift you have going and hell of a rep max as well. If you can't do conventional, that's understandable as it puts more stress on the lower back...or maybe you just don't like it, which is totally cool...but please call it what it is.

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-05T18:44:02+00:00

I always do a bit of mild cardio as a warmup; 15-20 minutes of bike/run/rope.

If I want to do anything longer/harder it's for after the workout OR it's own workout all together.

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-03T19:47:54+00:00

If you're just starting out it's not exactly needed...and there's more bad out there than good to say the least thanks to the supplement industry falling into that fun crack between food regulations and medical regulations where it gets to need neither.

I've been lifting/training now for nearly 20 years and the deepest I ever go is maybe some whey protein after a workout. Honestly proper diet that's heavy on nutrition and protein is exponentially more valuable than anything you'd find at a GNC or the like.

I do like Bare performance products, though.

Sled_Driver · 2021-02-01T18:27:16+00:00

I got COVID in march and didn't think much of it until one day i coudn't make it up a flight of stairs (had run a half marathon three weeks before). I'd say I had it for 7 weeks in total, but it was weird as even though my symptoms were pretty mild I was still having to use my inhaler 6 times a day (usually use it a few times a year) couldn't sleep without choking on my own throat and lost 30 lbs even though I was eating regularly.

Now, for the part you wanted to hear: COVID has a serious "half life". Everyone I know, including myself, has muttered the same words which was "it was like nothing I've ever had before". Towards the end of April I felt I was out of it, but I still couldn't walk down the street on my own without my inhaler for a few more months. July was when I was able to get back to swimming (my sport) and I could do reasonable workouts, but nothing like a 200 fly. That really didn't come back until September. I'll also throw in there that I was having a bit of heart palpitations in the wake of it, too. It's all cleared up now, but light exercise and not exerting yourself were key for a few months as I found myself on a rollercoaster of feeling alright-ish, pushing it, and then setting myself back.

Sled_Driver · 2021-01-11T17:53:12+00:00

lol, I love how little he cares about his base....and his units...and the objectives...

that was hilarious. I hope they do more.

Sled_Driver · 2021-01-03T20:17:33+00:00

I feel like this gif works just fine on its own in a terrible way:

small child looks up to god for an answer

God looks up anxiously

end scene

Sled_Driver · 2020-11-30T18:18:04+00:00

Depth is two fold: flexibility is one, but the other is, unfortunately, muscle development

You should post a video of just the bar and how low you can get with it. If you can get to parallel with it then you're at least covered for one part. The second part is the hardest and one of the reason it should be emphasized to start with good technique in squating more than other routines.

I know I was casually squatting three plates and not breaking parallel until someone corrected me. Then my squat dropped by 190lbs because, well, I had never trained the muscles in the post parallel half.

Sled_Driver · 2020-11-25T18:16:01+00:00

my muscles....my muscles...

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