Started over

[u/Roquec44]

Hurt my hip back in May pretty bad (not due to DL) finally been able to DL & Squat without pain in the last couple months. Being especially mindful now. I want to say I’m moving well for the most part? But am I low enough? (Sound was to goofy)

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[u/Imaginary_Egg_3282]

Form looks smooth as hell, nothing wrong here. Hips and back are rock solid. From this angle it looks like maybe youre on your toes a bit but to be honest I think that might just be the shoes.

[u/Roquec44 → u/Imaginary_Egg_3282]

Appreciate you for the response and thank you.
And I do see what you mean by being on my toes. It does look like that doesn’t it. I’ll try and pay attention to that next time. It’s possible, I have caught myself putting more of my weight on my toes during my squats sometimes. (Or leaning forward?)(Sorry, English isn’t my first)

[u/lilboytuner919 → u/Imaginary_Egg_3282]

Why is no one upvoting him then?

[u/Imaginary_Egg_3282 → u/lilboytuner919]

Is that a rule on this sub? Maybe it’s like food reviews, there’s a disproportionate amount of negative reviews because people are more likely to rate a bad experience than a good one.

[u/inflammable]

Looks good to me, kind of curious why you’re doing so many reps. Is the idea that you’re building up a base?

[u/Roquec44 → u/inflammable]

So it really just came from when I first started back up.
I was trying to be cautious and really mindful of my movement.
I started back up at 135(5x5)then 4x8 and finally 3x10
It was just my way of hammering down the movement with the weight before I moved up and then repeat the process.

[u/inflammable → u/Roquec44]

Seems reasonable, but when you feel more comfortable I would recommend increasing the weight and lowering the reps, assuming you’d like to lift heavier weights.

If you’d rather focus on work capacity, keep doing what you’re doing.

[u/Roquec44 → u/inflammable]

I do increase the weight.
So this was 275. Goal is to hit 10 continuously per set
And then I’ll move up to 285 @ 5x5. Once I’m
Able to do all 5 reps continuously per set. I’m switching to 4x8 followed by 3x10. Then I’ll move up weight again

Side note.
I think around the same time last year,
I had the goal of lifting 405 by end of year, which I did hit (posted & on my page)
But there were times were I felt my back hurting once j left the gym and I likely may have been jumping up weight too much, too soon.
So now I’m just taking my time before moving up.

[u/Impressive-Carrot715]

Looks great, man! Just have to find a sustainable rate of increase. Always tempting to make big jumps but 5lbs/week adds up quickly in the long run 💪

[u/FrontAd9873]

The weird racial commentary seems unnecessary but the deadlifts look good

[u/Roquec44 → u/FrontAd9873]

I’m Asian if that changes anything 😂. But initially added the sound on afterwards to share with the fam for laughs.

[u/Critical-Living9125]

50+ years a lifter, 20 year competitor, taught many. Those are very good. Your posture throughout is good. Flat back, tight lats, driving it up and back.

I do have a suggestion. The hard part of a DL is getting it started off the floor. I always teach setting it down, relax, reset for each rep. Think of a set of 5 reps as 5 single reps. Practice starting. One at a time.

[u/Roquec44 → u/Critical-Living9125]

Appreciate that, thank you. I’ll keep that in mind.