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[Fazc]

Originally Posted by Squatter

The issues you and Al seem to be having are kinda scaring me away from going equipped, but I am sure I will at some point. Do you think it's prudent to rotate on and off gear more often?

Depends what you want mate. Equipped lifting and Raw lifting don't always go together, they're essentially two different sports. Just like you can't ask a raw guy what he might do in equipment, you can't really ask an equipped guy what he can do raw. When you're working hard on one, the other typically falls off.

You can't serve two masters. So just decide which route you're going for.

At the moment I'm just frustrated, not solely because of the lack of equipment but also because my training has been shit the past 3 months as I've been going through some fairly major life changes. My presence on the forum has been effected because of that as well, but hey-ho that's life.

It's understandable but it's still frustrating.

[Squatter]

Originally Posted by Fazc

Depends what you want mate. Equipped lifting and Raw lifting don't always go together, they're essentially two different sports. Just like you can't ask a raw guy what he might do in equipment, you can't really ask an equipped guy what he can do raw. When you're working hard on one, the other typically falls off.

You can't serve two masters. So just decide which route you're going for.

At the moment I'm just frustrated, not solely because of the lack of equipment but also because my training has been shit the past 3 months as I've been going through some fairly major life changes. My presence on the forum has been effected because of that as well, but hey-ho that's life.

It's understandable but it's still frustrating.

OK - thanks for the explanation as I now understand.

I hope you can gunnysack & channel that frustration/anger towards your next session.

[Fazc]

Thanks buddy, I will and thanks for the support.

[Fazc]

You guys are great, I was really pissed off after that 190. But I'm now I'm looking forward to smashing 185 next time no problem.

[Squatter]

Originally Posted by Fazc

You guys are great, I was really pissed off after that 190. But I'm now I'm looking forward to smashing 185 next time no problem.

Good stuff Fazc! You can vent here anytime!

[LtL]

Glad you're feeling better about the miss already. Low bodyweight and lots of stress is not conducive to PBs. Progress is rarely linear. Tate always talks about blast and dust. When life is on blast, training hits dust. Most important thing is to keep going. Plus you're really helping me so you should take solace in that. I'm no longer a tubster thanks to you

[BendtheBar]

December 6th, 2012

Road to recovery continues.

Lower back is about at 70%. It doesn't bother me much on squats until the reps start to mount. I didn't push it today. Did 465x3 and got out.

Squats
145 x 5
235 x 3
325 x 1
415 x 1
465 x 3

[bruteforce]

465 x 3 is good weight. Glad your back held up for some work today. Looking forward to seeing you next week, and then its tire and yoke time!

[Hunterace]

Great work Steve! Glad back is healing up!

[Squatter]

Super smart training Steve - you always get great bang for body buck with your lifting.