I bet half of you didn't even lift today

[Gym-Rat]

That’s a really nice home setup

Thank you sir, I love it...

[Gym-Rat]

Thats a good home gym

You ever travel up this way (MA, NH) let me know, youre welcome to visit / train...

[Taffin]

Legs in the home gym this AM

Man, that's a sweet setup!  Just out of interest - are those posters just marketing materials, or have you got people up there you're a fan of?

Full disclosure:  I used to put shots of Berry DeMey everywhere when I was really going for it!   (nh)

[Walter Sobchak]

Legs today with the Chicago gang:

JustPlaneJane tried a full-depth single squat at 250 lbs, but needed a light spot to complete it. She weighed 129.7 lbs without her shoes. I think she will hit double bodyweight squat by November.

I went 315 x 20 x 4 on front squats (after warm-up) for my working sets, spent most of my workout concentrating on hamstrings.

Consensus was “get well Wes” and stick with your lifting!

[Gym-Rat]

Legs today with the Chicago gang:

JustPlaneJane tried a full-depth single squat at 250 lbs, but needed a light spot to complete it. She weighed 129.7 lbs without her shoes. I think she will hit double bodyweight squat by November.

I went 315 x 20 x 4 on front squats (after warm-up) for my working sets, spent most of my workout concentrating on hamstrings.

Consensus was “get well Wes” and stick with your lifting!

Great lifting Walter and Jane!!

Really strong!

[Gym-Rat]

Man, that's a sweet setup! Just out of interest - are those posters just marketing materials, or have you got people up there you're a fan of?

Full disclosure:  I used to put shots of Berry DeMey everywhere when I was really going for it!   (nh)

I had some banners made of some Strength Athletes (Big Z, Mateusz Kieliszkowski, Hafthor, Westside Barbell, etc).

[illuminati]

Legs today with the Chicago gang:

JustPlaneJane tried a full-depth single squat at 250 lbs, but needed a light spot to complete it. She weighed 129.7 lbs without her shoes. I think she will hit double bodyweight squat by November.

I went 315 x 20 x 4 on front squats (after warm-up) for my working sets, spent most of my workout concentrating on hamstrings.

Consensus was “get well Wes” and stick with your lifting!

315 x 20 full depth front squats !!
very good going .

Very rarely see anyone front squatting - let alone for that many reps & poundage.

what age & body weight are you ??

[Never1AShow]

You ever travel up this way (MA, NH) let me know, youre welcome to visit / train...

If this ever happens, the whole thing has to be filmed and posted

[ThisisOverload]

I had some banners made of some Strength Athletes (Big Z, Mateusz Kieliszkowski, Hafthor, Westside Barbell, etc).

I have a similar Westside banner, but without blue in it.

Also had that in a black/white shirt 10-12 years ago.

Completely randomly, i saw a dude with that shirt on a few months ago. Asked him about it, he had no idea what it was about, just thought it looked cool.

[residue]

Legs today with the Chicago gang:

JustPlaneJane tried a full-depth single squat at 250 lbs, but needed a light spot to complete it. She weighed 129.7 lbs without her shoes. I think she will hit double bodyweight squat by November.

I went 315 x 20 x 4 on front squats (after warm-up) for my working sets, spent most of my workout concentrating on hamstrings.

Consensus was “get well Wes” and stick with your lifting!

What’s your front squat 1rm? That’s really impressive

[Gym-Rat]

If this ever happens, the whole thing has to be filmed and posted

Epic...

[Walter Sobchak]

315 x 20 full depth front squats !!
very good going .

Very rarely see anyone front squatting - let alone for that many reps & poundage.

what age & body weight are you ??

I’ve always done front squats about every 4th leg workout to take a break from the stresses high bar, back squats put on you. If I don’t front squat, I definitely do hack squats. When I first started lifting I did a lot of Olympic lifting, so I’ve always been comfortable with having the weight out front of me and coming up from full-depth. I also do regular stretching to maintain flexibility and protect from injury. Ironically it took me quite a while to squat 315 when I first started lifting, I don’t know if it was psychological, because of my height, or that I had a weak core?

I always do “high rep” sets. Even my “heaviest” set for the day I will use a weight that lets me get 10-12 reps. At least one set per leg workout is up near 16-20 reps. Once my warm up sets are done I use a belt and wraps for all my squatting. I also elevate my heels when doing my sets. I didn’t weigh myself today but I’d guess I’m about 250-255 lbs right now, but I’m not sure.

[Walter Sobchak]

What’s your front squat 1rm? That’s really impressive

I’m not sure, I haven’t done 1RM lifts in a long time?

With the front squat I’d guess not too much? My hunch is that my abdomen would fold if I went too much heavier. It’s a good question but not something I’d want to injure myself trying. The real difficulty in high rep front squats is the breathing. To do them your form has to be good and consistent or it just doesn’t work.

[ThisisOverload]

With the front squat I’d guess not too much? My hunch is that my abdomen would fold if I went too much heavier. It’s a good question but not something I’d want to injure myself trying. The real difficulty in high rep front squats is the breathing. To do them your form has to be good and consistent or it just doesn’t work.

Front squats are a different game, even more so for high reps.

Doing 315+ is very impressive, just being able to balance the bar on your front shoulder girdle is a challenge. It's hard to breathe too.

I haven't done them with over 275 pounds in years.

But once you master front squats, they are amazing for growth and strength.

You don't see many people doing them anymore, because they are so difficult.

People loading up the leg press thinking that's how you get strong legs.

[Cook]

That is really an awesome looking home gym GR.

[residue]

I’ve always done front squats about every 4th leg workout to take a break from the stresses high bar, back squats put on you. If I don’t front squat, I definitely do hack squats. When I first started lifting I did a lot of Olympic lifting, so I’ve always been comfortable with having the weight out front of me and coming up from full-depth. I also do regular stretching to maintain flexibility and protect from injury. Ironically it took me quite a while to squat 315 when I first started lifting, I don’t know if it was psychological, because of my height, or that I had a weak core?

I always do “high rep” sets. Even my “heaviest” set for the day I will use a weight that lets me get 10-12 reps. At least one set per leg workout is up near 16-20 reps. Once my warm up sets are done I use a belt and wraps for all my squatting. I also elevate my heels when doing my sets. I didn’t weigh myself today but I’d guess I’m about 250-255 lbs right now, but I’m not sure.

Wow, banging out sets of 20 at 250 is really impressive, you must got some killler lungs

[Walter Sobchak]

Wow, banging out sets of 20 at 250 is really impressive, you must got some killler lungs

I test my breathing by trying to do a high bar back squat set(s) of 50 with 225 every couple of months. I also drop the weight way down about once every 4 months and do sets of 100.

I also do regular cardio and ab work.

Oddly enough, I can squat, bench, and do back work pretty heavy, yet I still struggle with standing barbell curls. I just can’t get in the groove with those.

[Gym-Rat]

That is really an awesome looking home gym GR.

Thx Cook...

[joswift]

legs today

4 sets hacks, tweaked the back of my knee on the 3rd set, cut the weight by 2 thirds and just repped out the last set

3 sets leg ext
4 sets single leg curls
3 sets seated calves
3 sets standing calves
4 sets ab roller

7 weeks out from NABBA UK

[Soul Crusher]

Killed it today.   Just do the FNG work

[joswift]

back day

4 sets close grip pulldowns
4 sets seated machine single arm rows ( jumped up 20k a side today more than normal, only managed 8 reps though)
4 sets machine pulldowns
3 sets straight arm pulldowns

chucked in 3 sets standing cable bicep curls then repped out to failure on one arm curls each side.

[Gym-Rat]

back day

4 sets close grip pulldowns
4 sets seated machine single arm rows ( jumped up 20k a side today more than normal, only managed 8 reps though)
4 sets machine pulldowns
3 sets straight arm pulldowns

chucked in 3 sets standing cable bicep curls then repped out to failure on one arm curls each side.

Looking FWD to how you peak for the show man, keep up the great work...

[joswift]

Looking FWD to how you peak for the show man, keep up the great work...

Cheers, not been a bad prep this time, more relaxed , may have something to do with the anti depressants 

its six weeks Saturday, still some to come off but should be fine if I can replicate last 3 weeks improvements

Im no Hanky though...

[Titus Pullo]

Oddly enough, I can squat, bench, and do back work pretty heavy, yet I still struggle with standing barbell curls. I just can’t get in the groove with those.

Curious.

I actually got decently strong on Olympic bar BB curls when I was doing DC.  One day, as a goof, I wanted to see how many times I could curl 100.  I think I got 38?  Or was it 41?  (It's been 18 years or more :LOL:  I still have my training logs on an old HD somewhere, but I'm not slogging through that crap to verify a useless figure.)

The form wasn't Mila Kunis pretty, but all reps were full ROM, and none involved that reverse power cleaning b.s.

Weirdly, my standing DB curls, alternate or bilateral, never measured up.  I could do the 50s for a super strict set of 12, but I could do basically the same on a low incline DB curl (?!).  I would have to cheat like crazy to curl a pair of 60s for just a few reps :/   I was natural then, and I heavily favoured BB curls, incline DBC and a Hammer preacher curl machine for most of my DC days...mere lack of relative practice with upright DB curling could be culprit in part.

[IroNat]

Cheers, not been a bad prep this time, more relaxed , may have something to do with the anti depressants 

its six weeks Saturday, still some to come off but should be fine if I can replicate last 3 weeks improvements

Im no Hanky though...

A man should know his limits.