re: Daily Strength Check-In

I often mix. Today was conventional. I'm generally better at sumo.

Probably.

Parallel is more than enough.

I don't understand how squat depth matters with DL. If you are deadlifting, you aren't going past parallel and squatting the weight up. You are more in a 1/2 squat form anyway. It's about starting position and keeping tight. Pushing the floor away and shooting the glutes forward.

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So very puzzled and disappointed by my weakness at DL. Barely got 255 3 times today. I can squat 300 that many times. I could barely bend the bar at 275. Other than having very short arms putting me in a low position, I just don't understand why this is the way it is.

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first lets not blame it on your arm length.

2nd hows your grip strength ? What do you actually feel is failing you?


short and concise video i like


pay special attention when he speaks about engaging the posterior chain. This is the biggest fault i see in most newbs when deadlifting. They want to set up in a clean position rather than a deadlift. Make sure those hammies are firing. Make sure weight is in heels.

First squat day in over a month. Knees making noise. Wearing neoprene sleeves as always.
Front squat
45 x 10
95 x 10
135 x 5
Back squat low barish
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 5
Put on belt
275 x 3
295 x 3
Felt heavy moved slow
315 x 1 purely for bruised ego was ugly and I’m sure a little high
225 x 10 with belt
135 x 10

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think they build strength equally?

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I think you're a good dude but your thinking in absolutes are going to mislead people.

What if you struggle in the top end of the squat? Half paused squats will help your ultimate strength in the movement combined with the regular squat.

By your logic, there is no reason to do partial reps.

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By your logic, there is no reason to do partial reps.

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I haven't even given my thoughts(you mention my thinking & my logic), simply asked you a question which you didn't actually answer


I just asked if you think they build strength equally. I didn't say partial squats are useless. I didn't say there werent any reasons to do partial reps.

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I don't understand how squat depth matters with DL. If you are deadlifting,

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His question was about why his dead # is proportionally smaller compared to most people's dead vs squat.

What I'm saying is that his ratio could be skewed if he's half squatting and his squat number is higher than other people squatting to depth would be. If his dead is 275x3, his half squat is 300x3 and his full squat is 225x3, his ratio isn't really different, his squat is just artificially inflated based on depth.

Half squat is also Tug Speedman's son's name. It offers a different effect bc you can use stretch reflex. Pin squats from your DL start are different bc they eliminate stretch reflex. They can be really productive.

My main point wasn't about the training effect of squats, though. It was the degree to which a half squat will change your dead/squat ratio to be misleading when viewed vs the ratio of a full squatter