Michael Schneider
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Yes like Matt explaind. It depends on how smashed you are! But i would say if you can still hit pb’s in your loading set it’s not a time for a deload! If you can still progress i would stick to the plan and deload when you need to! I would continue to push till you hit a real plateau and then take a deload to stay ether away from the gym for 5-7 days or 1-2 weeks not training to failure and just catching a good pump.
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Damn my legs and also my nervous system is crushed today. I’m so sore in my glutes from the pause squats. Took a nap in the afternoon for about an hour! And believe me a nap in the afternoon is one of the biggest performance enhancers you can get if you have the chance to!
I’m going to switch my regular split and train push tomorrow because I’m going to see my buddy Kevin Stütz for a pull session on thursday. Can’t wait!
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Amazing leg session today. Squats, squats and more sqauts! But they felt amazing!
Calve raises on the leg press
Competition squat 200×5
High bar squats paused 180×5, 140×12
Front sqauts
Standig leg curls
Adductor machineReally like the new grip variation with my baby finger under the bar. Stress on my elbows is much less. Still pretty uncomfortable but i still need to get used to it!
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One more thing came to my mind. Really try to keep your back as tight as possible. In the past I was alwas falling farward with a heavier weight on my back! Try to pull your shoulder blades down in your back pockets is strong as you can an focus on pulling your chest up. When you are standing take a deep breath into your diaphragm and keep the air there whilst squatting and just let it back out when you are already up again. This is going to create a lot auf tightness in your upper body! I also always focus on pulling my elbows dircetly under the bar!
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Hy luke!
I think your squat doesn’t look that bad. It’s just a mobility issue. Like James said in the previous post – you are limited a lot by ankle mobility. One solution would be to elevate your heels. But I would also work an mobility. And old “trick” by Tom Platz was training calves previous to squatting and to focus on the streched position. This is going to help you to get a deeper squat. Also make sure that your body is warm and loose before you hit the squat rack. Maybe 10min of cardio. 15-20mins of mobility and light stretching of your calves, hamstrings and very important your hip flexors! And practise, practise, practise!
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Hy guys and girls!
Feels amazing to be back to bodybuilding training! My biceps are still sore from 3 sets cable curls on friday! 😉 Legs are on the menu tomorrow! Sleep is also great again! I hate having a cold. When my nose is running my sleep is horrible. But i feel almost completely recovered again!
Watching my friend Kevin Stütz getting in shape motivates me so much to get back to contest condition. Watch his instagram profile if you need some diet motivation!
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Fantastic push session today. 130kgx7 on the high incline smith machine press was a new pb for me. ????
High incline smith machine press
Decline chest press
Dips with weight
Dumbell single arm over head extensions
Handcuff side laterls
Butterfly machineAmazing pump today. Weight is starting to climb and im hungry all the time.
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I have done the traditional Yates split Back, Shoulders and Tri’s, Legs, Chest and Bi’s for years. 4 workouts a week. A deaload every 8 to 12 weeks and it did a great job for me. When I switched to ppl and a higher frequency I made great improvements again but I think this was from the higher frequency, 3 differnet cycles and the progressive overload system!
I think the most important is that you have fun, enjoy training and as long as you make progress everything is perfect! It also depends if you are just training for fun or if you want to compete and to get better. If you want to compete you sometimes need to do things that you maybe don’t like that much but you need to focus on your target and your goal. If you just train for fun. Train whatever you love and what makes you happy!
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Today I felt great again in the morning and decided to do a pull session. Slowly but surely I can increase weights again during my pull sessions! And it feels great coming coming back from an injury!
Hammer strength pullover
Hammer strength iso lateral pulldown
Smith machine barbell row
Hammer strength parallel row
Hammer strength low row
Face pulls
Rear delt cable
Shrugs on smith machine
Cable Curls4-5 sets each. Yes this is much more volume than I normally do but I try to create stimulation over the volume now. I also keep my rest periods very short.
Gear is still 500 Test e and 300 primo. When I’m fully recovered again I want to put npp back into the mix for the final weeks of my offseson.
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Does it only feel like that when you train them at the end of your pull workout? Maybe try placing them somewhere else in your split. Maybe at the end of your push session or at the beginning or end of your leg session and see how it feels!
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Felt sick like a dog yesterday! And I really hate being sick. But had a pretty good night sleep and feel a lot better today! Cain’t wait to get to the gym again! I’m so fired up training for the NABBA Universe!
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Hy David!
If you feel like you need to deload after 5 weeks it just means you have done a great job and pushed really hard. In my training cycles this phase always starts at about 5 to 6 week. From that point on I can push another 1-2 weeks and than the tank is empty!
But I would not draw conclusions to early! Because only one bad workout can have many other reasons. I would continue for at least another week and see how this is going to develop. As long as you are mentally fired up and match your numbers everything is ok but when you really feel burned out, don’t wont to go to the gym any more and cannot progress, it’s time to deaload!
I think also the pump and mind muscle connection is a good indicator for deloading. If you train really hard but can’t catch a good pump this is a very good sign that you need to deload. Also when my grip strength starts to drop I know i need some time off!
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Had an awesome leg session today! First time back on the legpress since…. I can’t remember. Months! And it felt amazing. Was a little afraid if I could pull myself into the seat and stabilize with a heavy load but it was no problem with my biceps! Started out with calves because I noticed when I stretch out my calves first this gives me a better ankle mobility and a great range of motion in my compound lifts!
Seated calve raise
Seated leg curl
Leg Press
V-Squat
Paused RDL
Leg extension
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Another family day today. Didn’t get a lot of good quality sleep last night. Woke up after 2h and couldn’t really fall asleep again. So i feel pretty crushed today. Hopefully tomorrow i’m back to full power again because it’s leg day ????
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Yes i’m with Ryan! Try to find a good massage therapist! Sounst like an inflamed biceps tendon! Try to warm up your rotator cuffs before every pressing movement. I also like to warm up my lats before I do a pressing move because this helps me to connect with them and to pull my shoulder blades back and down whil I’m pressing. And also try to find a range of motion where you are pain free. Maybe decline will work. I would also recommend to stay in a range of motion where you are pain free and do all your pressing with a dead stop in the bottom position and don’t “bounce” from your chest!