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Yep, I think starting strength is credited for making this method mainstream. I don't use the double layback though, just the single to start the press.

@@JakeEarl I do the same for OHP lol. Been doing SS now for more than 2 years - gave me the best gains of my life. Also, you're strong AF man 💪

Underrated exercise for sure. I’m using them as a finisher here, but I have made whole workouts out of various variations of push ups. I think diamond is most practical to carryover to other pressing but I know the half rep push ups are supposedly great for building the chest

April 29 or something. You would call it high bar if you were the one squatting

depends on what you are trying to do. Generally: hamstrings/glutes=Standing. Lower back/hips/erectors= seated. But there will obviously be some overlap..start light for both

Could you load more seated then standing? And thanks again. I'm still light with my standing GM 185 for sets of 12 to 15

No, I think they're about equal. I personally have done more seated, i've never even touched 300+ standing, but that comes from a lack of trying since I prefer zercher good mornings. Seated is going to actually be a bit trickier as far as loading goes since the safety measures you're going to have to take are a bit more than standing. I have to leave enough energy in me to squat the weight back up and rerack it unless I have someone who can help me stand up like I did in this video

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None for this, I was doing enough front and back squatting at the time that I knew I had this in me. For my 625 I did a taper of sorts.. started with a 5rm one week, 3 the next, then 625. The second will generally be better for long term gains. You can start higher (10rm rdls) then make 10-20lbs jumps each week and attempt to get AMRAP down until you get to your new 1rm

I think it was the cold. I’ve pretty much beat it at this point, but it stuck around a bit too long for my liking and Sunday was probably overall worst day of the cold. Lower body again tonight so we’ll see

@@JakeEarl ok brother wish u the best post how it goes

Your strength probably won't drop too much, bigger thing would be work capacity. I take almost every top set to or very close to failure. If you're doing this as well on 3-4 different exercises, I would not recommend that after the layoff. That's because you won't be as conditioned for it. Instead, come back slowly and leave some reps in the tank for the first few sessions back

@@JakeEarl ok, thanks for that advice

Your “no belt” is always going to feel weaker because you cannot brace as well. If you feel it’s an issue, than drop the belt for a while until you get your beltless closer to your true squat. If you don’t see your bracing as an issue than don’t worry about it. There’s no rules around when you should use a belt, just don’t use one for every set

Thank you Ivan! I’ve been watching you for years, keep up the good work brother

@@JakeEarl oh thank you man. Glad to hear that. Keep training man. Your strength is awesome!

I tried bodybuilding training for the past few months on and off but almost exclusively high volume for the last few weeks. I didn’t get any stronger or bigger (arms being the exception) higher intensity strength training yields me better results, hence the return to my roots. Not applicable to everyone, but I seem to respond better to this training style

If you’re seeing these lifts and thinking “yeah. Definitely on gear”, you might as well just quit now 😂

@@bergmanhoffstein801 pff, I know of people who take gear and can barely bench 100kg. And I know people who don't take gear and bench 230kg