2010: The Beginning

[jwood]

Good work I would say squats are your biggest problem. If I were you I would drop a lot of weight and just work on depth and the lighter weights may help to strengthen your knees as well, making them feel better. Watch some good squat videos and compare them to yours, form first weight second.

Deadlifts and overhead press looked good. Although I am sure a rack would have made the OHP a bit easier. Good work, you have a ton of potential, but nail down the form now to make it easier in the future. Keep at it, great stuff

[jdmalm123]

BTB and others have given great comments.

I'm gonna disagree with Kman on this point:

Originally Posted by kman025

bench- needs to come to chest

I bench to chest, but you only "need to" come to chest in a PL competition. Granted, you don't want an artificially shallow bench, but an inch or two off your chest to spare your shoulders is no sin.

Originally Posted by jhuse2

Squating is the only lift I am afraid of. I can't go to failure because I have no way out. I don't want drop the weight because I don't want to break anything or chip my concrete.

You already made the right conclusion to squat lighter. You'll get better development with a lighter but deeper squat anyway.

You can look into BB hack squats, Jefferson squats or hip belt squats as safer alternatives...

[kman025]

Originally Posted by jdmalm123

BTB and others have given great comments.

I'm gonna disagree with Kman on this point:


I bench to chest, but you only "need to" come to chest in a PL competition. Granted, you don't want an artificially shallow bench, but an inch or two off your chest to spare your shoulders is no sin.



You already made the right conclusion to squat lighter. You'll get better development with a lighter but deeper squat anyway.

You can look into BB hack squats, Jefferson squats or hip belt squats as safer alternatives...

i think if you develop a good arch, i dont think it would matter going to your chest, your shoulders would be fine.

[jslep]

all the good advice has been given to you so i will just applaud the effort. good job man.

[BendtheBar]

Haven't seen you in a few days Big Tex. Hope all is well brother.

[jslep]

yeah what happened here guy?

[jhuse2]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Haven't seen you in a few days Big Tex. Hope all is well brother.

Originally Posted by jslep

yeah what happened here guy?

I'm here guys. Thanks for looking for me. I am putting up another log with a different routine. I will start it tomorrow.

The new log will be called JHUSE2: Strength and Form

[BendtheBar]

Looking forward to it Jhuse.