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Did you do Tough Mudder this year? A friend of mine was down in San Diego doing it.

Yes, before you change your deadlift. I'll let the others comment on your soreness.

225lb doesn't look particularly heavy for you, maybe not heavy enough to elicit the form breakdown we'd be looking for. Notice that you're getting into hyperextension and maintaining hyperextension throughout, and I don't think you'd be able to maintain that when the weight gets heavy which is...

I completely forgot I suggested those to you. Starrett might talk like he's on speed (and is a Crossfitter...), but his mobility stuff is top-notch. He's got a book out called "Supple Leopard" that has all of his mobility shit in it if you didn't know. I need to do some shoulder mobility...

Enhanced lifters are not a good sample of what works. These people have much higher recovery ability than a typical lifter. That's why they can go into the gym and smash their chest and biceps for 2 hours.

5'8", 177lb Bench (~92%, 3 minutes rest b/w): 135lb x 3, 175lb x 2 190lb x 1, 205lb x 1 220lb 7x1, 185lb x 8, 175lb x 8 This felt better though I still have some work to do. Though I'm decently arched and have feet planted for the most part, I don't particularly use any leg drive, and even...

One of the other reasons why I'm cutting is because eating the cals i need becomes unmanagable at this BW Ive been up around 3500 cals and don't gain weight anymore. I don't have the time or means to start taking in 4000+ cals a day.

Where you are now, you might not have a lot of motor control and can't really "feel" how much extension/flexion you're in. Sometimes I have problems with this too. Video yourself. Yes, I would try to pull conventionally at least twice a week. I don't know what sort of programming you're...

I think at your current strength level, you need to be hammering the movement patterns you want to get stronger at. I don't think you need a snatch grip deadlift. If you're having trouble keeping yourself from excessively rounding over with 225lb, then something is screwy with your setup and...

I was roughly 5lb lighter then (that was the 415lb pull), but my bone structure does a good job of hiding 10-15lb differences when I have clothes on. Here be I:

Yeah, I'm guessing I'm around 16-17% body fat. I don't like going higher than that.

Welcome back, man. What stretching/mobility work are you doing on that hip?

Let the cut begin... 5'8", 177lb Bench (~92% 1RM, 3 minutes rest b/w): 135lb x 3, 175 x 3, 190lb x 2, 205lb x 1 220lb x 1, x 1, x 1, x 1, x 1, x 1, x FAIL The 6th rep, I unracked the bar weirdly and thus the rep was harder than it should be which made the 7th rep too much of a grinder. Will...

So I guess for now I'm going to keep things the way they are during the cut. If strength starts to decrease, I'll try to cluster or turn doubles of say deadlift back into singles. I don't expect to make much strength progress in the next 3-4 months so I'll simply keep loads at where they're...

Take a side-view video of your deadlift and post it here for us to critique. Why are you doing snatch-grip deadlifts?

In terms of those handles you posted, I like the first one because it looks like it provides the most ROM, but the third one can work too if you like a wider grip. Does the third one come with that ground attachment thing it's pictured with? It might be worth investing in one of those because...

I think I have it in me clean had I not loaded up 250lb instead of 240 and followed that up with a rep of 235lb. Thanks man! Your programming and advice got me that 450 pull. And yeah, this is probably the ONLY time I'll be as strong as you in something for a long while lol. Anyway, check...

Old log Personal best before April 2014 -------> Personal best in April 2014 ---> Personal Best Today Bench: 180lb x 5 @ 180lb -------> 175lb x 5 @ 150lb --------> 210lb x 4, 235lb x 1/240lb x 1??? (spotter put hands on bar) @ ~177lb Sumo Deadlift: 315lb x 4 @ 180lb -------> 275lb x 5 @ 150lb...

Benched 225lb, accidentally loaded up 250lb on the bar and failed, benched 235lb, and then benched 240lb with the spotter's hands on the bar...probably shouldn't count that... Squatted 265lb x 6. Probably had another rep in me.

5'8", 176-177lb Bench: warmup, then 225lb x 1 (PR), 250lb (oops, meant to bench 240lb...) x 0, 235lb x 1 (PR), 240lb x 1 [PR?] (guy put hands/fingers on bar, could have possibly got it cleanly if I had benched 240lb right after 225lb). ATG Squat: warmup, then 265lb x 6. Probably had 7 but the...