Deload week and I need it. Did light squats and sumo deadlift today. First time every pulling sumo. It is definitely easier on the back, but harder on my hips. I'm going to have to get used to it bc it was kinda awkward for me. But it wasn't bad.
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Light bench day and cardio. I feel like blah, I ate way to much food over The Weeknd and I'm dragging ass today.
Cardio and done 
Overhead press day, light light weight and some cardio. Blah blah blah, my motivation sucks ass this week.
Sumo deadlift day. Last day of my deload and I just worked on form for the sumo. Way easier on my back but man do my hamstrings burn!!! These are definitely showing me what my weakness was on deadlift and squat. My hamstrings and glutes. I gotta get them stronger.
Squat day, worked up to 1x5 390. I'm finally pain free with my back now. Giving it a week off helped and I was squatting wrong. I was swinging my hips way to far back before I started to go down and it caused me to lean forward, have my back to Parell and I let my breath out. I squatted today the right way and everything feels great.
Nice correction. Working on my deadlift form now. Getting some help from the guys.
I was looking at a video of me deadlifting a few years ago and form was much better then than now. I'll get it fixed.
Yea having videos of myself helped a lot. It lets you go back and look over what your doing. Game changer lol
I'll be doing deads every day. On days it's not programmed it will be just more 135 really focusing on rearward pelvic tilt. I'll also drop the load this week by 20% this week, 10% next week and see how things are after. This was the advice that I'm taking from at @RodgerThat. I didn't pick this up on the video. But as I start the pull I'm a few inches forward, making the lift harder. Once I corrected this. That 455 will I'll be able to 10 reps. But I'll be recording everything from this point forward.
I did feel better in my setup some. I noticed as soon as I locked and got my lats tight, with 135 the bar came off the ground with me attempting to pull it.
I have some weaknesses that I will be addressing from here on out. Lower back, and hamstrings. I'm really quad dominant.
Knowing the weakness is half the battle. I'm still trying to get sumo deadlifts down. It's awkward for me bc I've never pulled that way before but I want to switch for a couple months just to get a feel for them
I need to really give sumo a try. Being that I am older I just don't want to put to much strain on my hips. I might use sumo as accessory next training cycle.
How did your hips feel when you pulled sumo?
Johnny442
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I pull sumo from blocks on squat day and even though I'm terrible at it it doesn't really bother my hips. I'm pretty tall so it just feels weird to me.
I'm going to give it a try next training cycle. I have to get my conventional deadlift in order now. I'm falling forward a few inches or my scaps are traveling forward a few inches as I initiate that move.
Did you ever make it to the Donnie Thompson seminar? I told my wife about a few days before. So almost impossible to plan for a weekend vacay.
We had just moved into our new house on the 13th. I want to go to one of his seminars.
Johnny442
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I ended up having to work!
It doesn't bother mine to bad. I feel it more in my hamstrings. It's easy on my back.
Got it. Next one.
Bench press day, 1x5 295. I should have gotten a spot bc I ended up doing press n go on the last 2 reps. Also got to the gym late, ended up talking to a guy there that is trying to get me into a job with his company. It's a fantastic opportunity and one I can't pass up if I get the job. Pays $22 an hour to start and I should be up to $35 in 5 years he said. Only downside is that's it's an hour n half away from my house. My lease isn't up till next year and my wife doesn't want to leave the city where we live, we live in a big city and this place is rural. But I'll make it work bc I'm not passing This up. When he told me where it was, the first thing I did was google gyms near by lol
Slept in, no gym. Feels good.
Overhead press day, 1x5 195. Felt pretty good too. I can really tell now that I'm not on cycle anymore. It's been 5 weeks I think and I get sore more now and I feel mortal lol. When I'm on tren, I feel like a beast in the gym. I still feel good without it but it's not the same. I'll probably start a bulking cycle at the beginning on august or sometime in august. I think I'm going to run tren E 500 a week, test E 180-200 a week, and anadrol 100mg a day for the first for 4 weeks. I'll probably run this for 12 weeks, maybe 16 depending on how I feel and where I'm at. I still don't know about how much test to run bc from what I understand, you run low test when cutting with tren and people run it high when bulking with it. But I personally liked my last tren cycle better when it was low compared to high.
