November 30, 2012 – Squat Training

Workout started out weird as some high school aged girls asked me to be part of their anatomy video project (I know). I thought it would be just filming me workout (which I do already) but they wanted me to rotate my wrist a couple times. It was either that or flex my ankles. Did I mention I had to pick an animal? Apparently they are on some sort of safari to locate animals doing exercises (I know). My choices were either cheetah or elephant. Cheetah for me. So, yeah. That happened.

Dynamic Warm-ups

Squats
45x10
95x5
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x1
315x1
355x1
385x1
420x3
320x3
320x3
320x3
320x3
320x3
320x3
320x3

Safety Squat Bar Dead Squats (short rests)
315x1
315x1
315x1
315x1
315x1
315x1
315x1
315x1

One Legged Dumbbell Romanian Deadlifts
80x8/8
80x8/8
80x8/8

26 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Pretty good lifting. Still working with using a wider stance on squats. Still feels weird as my hips are taking a bit of the force and are being the stopping point rather than having the full range of motion to go butt to ankles like usual. Top set felt alright, nothing special. I still feel more comfortable with a narrower stance. I don't feel like I can squat fast with the wider stance just yet. No belt for these sets. Dead squats were kind of tough to get under. Camera ate one of the singles so that didn't show up. Dumbbell deads felt a lot better this time. No real issues with my one knee and my balance felt better. I was actually planning for lower reps but the weight I picked felt so easy. No abs, just kind of superfluous to me.