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255# Sumo High-Bar SQ for a single at 173 lbs. 5-pound PR. I'd already done it once a few minutes earlier but thought maybe I'd squatted a little high and the camera died while filming, so....I did it again. - I admit it's a little bit of a shitshow. I come down too slow and don't bounce out of the bottom, which is the whole point. The bar tips a little to the left, hence the collar-landing. But my upper body didn't tip down, nor did my knees slide forward, and the weight went up. It was one of the hardest singles I've ever done. - Additionally, I suppose the wintry beauty distracted me because I wasn't supposed to max out on squats today. I was supposed to do a max deficit deadlift. Gee whiz. Guess I'll be doing this again next Monday. - #workout #training #powerlifting #strength #vegan #tall #tallathlete #talllifter #ectomorph #garagegym #homegym #squat #deadlift #benchpress #legday #maxeffort #conjugatemethod #paralinear #schiek #sbdapparel

The #hipthrusts are the only exercise I've ever gotten an injury on, so I stick to weighted #glutebridges at light weight, in this case 75# for 15 reps. See the band around my knees? I'm jamming my knees out hard and the difference is palpable. - I generally avoided glute training for a long time, feeling like it was unnecessary and not wanting to do hip thrusts. But since doing these twice a month, my squats feel stronger, like the five sets of seven I did the other day. What a surprise! It's like my ass got a systems update. Booty 2.0 - #glutebridge #glutetraining #hipthruster #powerlifting #squats #deadlifts #fitfam #vegan #training #tallathlete #veganism #longhair #booty #glutes #conjugatemethod #model

High-bar Sumo Squat, 250#/1 at 6'5" & 172 lbs. I've never maxed out this lift before so I guess that makes it a PR. Sick! - Like veganism, lifting is a difficult task, perhaps even a hardship in some ways, but it's one that I choose. I believe that it's the chosen hardships that help us become the people we want to be while trying not to let the UNchosen ones rule our lives. Anyone can just always do the easiest thing or what everyone else is doing, but one of my greatest fears is getting to the end of my life and wishing I'd done things MY way instead of the easy way or what other people said I should do. I don't always succeed. It's a lifelong struggle and a lifelong goal, but it's a worthwhile one. And it's one that I choose to endure. - #fitness #strength #training #tall #vegan #veganism #lifter #plantbased #athlete #health #squat #highbar #lowbar #schiek #sbdapparel #goals #selflove #concurrenttraining #conjugate #paralinear

320 lbs from a deficit (variation PR) followed by 325 from a deficit (movement PR) which I didn't manage to completely lock out. 6'5" 173 pounds bodyweight. - It's taken since May to figure out the best version of my Paralinear (ABA) program and I think I finally have it. I ran the first version of this program and ended up with a 300 deadlift and a 225 for 5 low-bar squat. And then I wanted to make it better. - While figuring out what worked and what didn't, each new version would also expose or create some new problem that needed to be corrected—junk volume, ego lifts, too many barbell accessories causing poor recovery—resulting in what basically amounts to program-hopping. It would have been great to have been getting stronger this entire time (actually, my squat is a little stronger, 235# for a pause for a double), but at least I didn't regress. Also, as hard as it has been, I've remained honest with myself. We'll see if everything keeps going up, but for now, I'm pretty excited, because it feels like I now have the perfect program for me. - #powerlifting #vegan #veganism #lifter #strength #workout #fitspo #fitfam #training #deadlift #deficitdeadlift #talllifter #ectomorph #concurrent #conjugate #maxeffort #heavysingle #montclairstateuniversity #socks #reppin

My client Jeff, 51 years old, high-bar squatting 250# for his second set of five. #linearprogression #squats #strengthcoach #personaltrainer #igotyourback

225# Low-bar pause squat at 6'5" 171 lbs. Almost didn't make it! What that tells me is that my brace probably gave out a little, or I went too deep. * I know some more advanced lifters, whom I otherwise respect, get uptight about folks like me posting a 225 squat, because it's not "newsworthy. " But I really don't care. That's their reality and that's fine, but it's not mine and it's not a lot of other people's either. This is my journey and if it helps someone else, that's what matters. * I test my "comp squat" in two more weeks so we'll see if I can get past my low-bar 265# 1RM. When I did that lift, I could feel that it was my upper body giving out, so for the last several weeks, I've been working on that. If you can't handle and creatively address your weaknesses, you can't grow as a lifter. Perhaps as a person, too? What do you think? * #resistancequest #fitness #talllifter #ectomorph #vegan #conjugate #menwithlonghair #longhairdontcare #strength #training #squat #deadlift #lowbar #powerlifting #pausesquat #marathonnotasprint #longhaul

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