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Jefferson block pulls. Weight is pretty light because I'm still getting into them (did pull a 225# for a single after this, just for fun). As you may or may not know, I have an unevenly developed lower back. Much of the back muscle on that side (the right) also lags behind the left. But I can tell you this: on Jeffersons, I felt that whole shit just fire right up (in a good way.) and when I was done, the right erector was pumped the hell up. I'm going to keep doing them; I don't know why it took me so long to think of pulling them from blocks. But better for it to occur after the most favorable time than to go completely unmanifested (aka, better late than never). - #fitness #lifting #powerlifting #vegan #veganism #lifter #strength #workout #fitspo #fitfam #training #blockpull #deadlift #jeffersondeadlift #concurrenttraining #lowerback #rackpull #retrofitness

Retro has an actual deadlift platform! FUCKIN-A!!!!!!!! #deadlift #gym

Christmas present to myself. A long time coming. #barbell #sunnyhealthandfitness

Squatting #225 at 6'5" and 170 lbs bodyweight. Hit a five and two threes. This breaks my old PR of a single at #225, from a few years ago. - This PR came after three months of running my strength program, Always Be Advancing, or ABA, which I'll be posting next week on my website, www.resistancequest.com. I hope you can check it out. - I have a good idea why I didn't hit all three fives. Well, A) as I see in this video, I'm going a little too low and my knees are sneaking forward (which didn't happen when I squatted 215). And B) my calories are off. When I fuck up on my diet, it means I don't eat enough. It's been like that my whole life, and I've been fucking up lately! But I'm going to get back on it. I maintained my 3500 per day for three months; I can do it again and better and more. I hope to crush the three sets of five this coming Monday, two days before pulling 300# for five on my deadlift. - 💜✊✌️ - #fitness #lifting #powerlifting #vegan #veganism #lifter #strength #workout #fitspo #fitfam #training #personaltrainer #longhair #ectomorph #deadlift #squat #barbell #lowbarsquat #strive #grind #pumpingiron #tall

VEGAN POWER! - Ya boy is a 300-lb deadlifter.Three hundred pounds, in one week shy of three months. On a 100% vegan diet. At 6'5", 170 lbs bodyweight, and almost 36 years of age. - I've been running my own program, called Always Be Advancing, or ABA, for these three months. It is three workouts per week and utilizes all of the compound lifts (deadlift, squat, bench press, overhead press, row, dip, and chinup) with the ultimate goal of a 400-pound deadlift. I decided that when I hit 300 (which I hit today for 2 reps and expect to hit next week for five, which will still be within this three-month time frame), I would "know" that the program is working. So now I'm pretty confident. - Next week, after I hit 300 for five reps, I'll post Always Be Advancing on my website, resistancequest.com, for the sickass cost of free. I'll also post content in various places about my diet and the amazing journey I've had so far. I won't say too much about everything now, but suffice it to say that I think ABA could help people, tall or short, vegan or nonvegan, ectomorph or any other body type. And any gender too. And I hope it can help you. - 💜✊✌️ - #fitness #lifting #strength #training #power #powerlifting #novice #linearperiodization #fullbodytraining #fitspo #fitfam #tall #goals #bodybuilding #deadlift #squat #barbell #beard #longhair #workout #vegan #bulking #veganathlete #veganism #plantbased

I call this ab move "McGill's Nemesis," for the good reason that Dr. McGill (Dr. Stuart McGill, leading spine biomechanicist in the entire world) would probably put out a contract on my life if he saw me or anyone else doing it. Or at least raise his voice at me. And with merit. Hyperextending and crunching your lumbar spine can definitely be problematic. Not everyone should or needs to do them. But I do as many or more planks, bridges, and McGill's Big 3, as well as lumbar extension exercises such as good mornings, to keep everything balanced, and it seems to help build my abdominal brace. I have hella respect for Dr. McGill; he is one of my main people. - Part of why I like this movement is that the entire trunk (and I have a long one) stretches and contracts fully. Additionally, the placement of the legs on an exercise ball activates the lower rectus abdominis. Towards the end of the set, I'll grip the ball in my legs and raise it off the floor, tilting my pelvis posteriorly (tucking under) for some extra lower ab contraction. Lastly, by flexing my knees into the ball, I engage my hamstrings, theoretically reciprocally inhibiting my hip flexors, the latter of which tend to get fired up with many crunch/situp type movements. Indeed, I don't feel the flexors at all doing Nemesis Crunches (easier than saying "Nemesises" lol). Dr McGill says there's no proof this works the way I say it does; Jeff Cavaliere over at Athlean-X says it does. I respect both men. So who knows? - All I know is, I hate ab training but I enjoy this exercise. - #abs #core #crunches #stuartmcgill #drstuartmcgill #jeffcavaliere #athleanx #fitness #strength #training #sixpack #workout #setsof10 #longhair #gym #curlup #mcgillsbig3 #goodmornings #glutebridge #torso #bracing #valsalva #power #powerlifting #kinesiology #spine #tall #tallathlete #fullbodytraining #reciprocalinhibition

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