The squat rack arrived today. Diving right in, I got it all set up and started the "1A" program from "The Barbell Prescription".
By:Mark DrummondPeters Draws is a super entertaining YouTuber whose videos are largely him drawring doodles with a fountain pen. Peter teamed up with Narwhal for this exclusive black-white-and-grey version of the classic Narwhal pen. Naturely, as a big fan of Peter Draws, I had to have one.
And holy smokes is …
By:Mark DrummondTeaching myself Press 2.0. I admit I don't quite get why this was introduced. I get that it allows you to move a heavier weight but I still find it very weird to add a highly dynamic element to the lift.
By:Mark DrummondI reviewed my row and deadlift technique. I'm dropping rows from my training. Pretty clear to me I should not be doing them yet. I also dropped weight on my deadlift to focus on the 5-step deadlift setup. Going forward I'm just going to press and deadlift until the rack …
By:Mark DrummondThis worked well but cleaning my front squats weights at 52kg before doing my actual power cleans at 44kg is pretty silly. Do the cleans first. Or skip the front squats altogether. They aren't heavy enough to be useful.
By:Mark Drummond