re: Annual Squatober Thread - TigerDroppings Year 4: SEE YOU IN 2024!!!!

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and still can't hold a decent 50% front squat yesterday.

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I did exactly 48% and it was ok, but my front shoulders wouldn’t have liked heavier.

Day 2 finished!

Day 3 is in the books. Another fast paced workout. Pace feels a little better than last year.

Not a fan of the tempo squats either. My knees don't approve.

Farmer's carries were a welcome addition as I don't think I've done any since early spring.

Carries after 10 sets of DLs had my forearms burning pretty good.

Wondering if the first heavy set is tomorrow or Friday.

Day 3 done. The weight on the tempo felt good.

10 sets of DL’s got to be a lot.

I’ll be ready for a rest day come Saturday

Day 3 done. Did 6x5 on DL. I hate the feeling that I’m taking too much time on one rack so try to go as fast I can when it’s that many sets squat and DL combined

Farmers walks had my forearms burning at the end

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I saw some clips on IG and someone had the safety bar backwards doing front squats and it got me interested.

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I saw that exact same clip and thought that too. I wish my gym had one.

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regards to the front squats, anyone ever used a safety bar to do them?

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I thought a safety bar was more like a front squat anyway. I’ve never used one though.

Day 3 done!

With the warm up I was at 70min. I always have a hard time picking weights for the warm ups and think I went a little heavy on those. Lower back was a little tight after warmups (which took about 15 min including stretching).

For the squats I read the notes and deliberately took 5-7 seconds on the way down then normal up. I decided to take a few seconds pause at the top on the last few sets. That burn was STRONG.

I did the deadlifts exactly as prescribed in 10x3 with 75s rests. Since my gym reopened and expanded there's 3 racks and 1 smith machine. I'm not worried about hogging a rack. I've never seen more than 2 in use during my workout time.

I don't have any measurements for farmer's walk, so I just grab the DBs and walk ~50 steps in a large circle.

I think the worst part today is my weak grip. Between the deadlifts and farmer's walk (no gloves or straps), my hands are killing me.

Enjoying Squatober so far! Workouts are tough but manageable. It's also helping me get some good sleep at night.

yall should get a good arm pump from those chins and skull crushers

My short sleep last night became obvious really quickly today. I love tempo squats, but as usual, ppsa pushed me waaaay beyond my traditional comfort zone in regards to total reps and rest periods. 5 sets of 5 is a real gut burner, but it feels great afterwards to know you did it. I had to up the rest intervals to 3 minutes, and I'm sure I did a couple sets of 6 in there too as a result of losing count.

Lost count of my sets on deadlift too, I even drew 10 little boxes to check off as I worked through, and I still think I forgot once, maybe twice. Whoops. Oh well, I won't die. Overall, today was very hard and I could feel my energy levels were sucking. Gotta go cook pumpkin pies and eat and then sleep sleep sleeep.

I know 5x5 can feel like a lot when all you do is powerlift but I’d argue that’s a good sign you need to up your conditioning as well.