My squat isn't that impressive. You must realize that these are "moments in the sun" for me. I am not a guy who can consistently pull off shit and that is one reason why my philsophy towards strength training has changed. My problem has been that I seem to progress on the big three by a sort threshold adaptation. Basically it's as if I'm in a war zone and I get the job done and then I fall to pieces with injuries and take two steps back.
So what I've done is just focus on being really good at a lot of things but not being great at any one thing, lol. That is actually, in a way, a good approach to avoiding injuries. Having to do with the "law of repetitive motion" and all that, right? Not to exxagerate it, though.
But if you think about the old days when I and everyone else were always telling people to "milk it for everything it's worth". Well, that's how I make the best strides in the big three but ALSO how I get my ass in a sling, lol. So in the long run I became more concerned with being able to CONTINUE doing what I love. Funny thing is..I'm having so much more fun and I feel so much more free.
I don't know if you remember but my best benching "moment" was a few years back after milking the hell out of 5x5's for a while and then my shoulder just wen't completely to hell. Now that is a phenomenom that I hate. Bad training can be so stressful on the body that it's if you go into "survival mode". Your body makes accomodations just to get the job done. You think you're "progressing" because your loading the bar. But then as soon as you step out of that stressful environment and do other things with different ranges of motions, etc…those accomodations become injuries. So that is an example where lifting a heavier barbell is NOT always PROGRESS. In that you are not getting BETTER or more PREPARED you are just accomodating to an agressive loading situation.
For deadlifting I took a concerted effort to bring it past like the 480 range and it was a HELL of a ride. But every time I approach a milestone my back just crys out and it was very hit and miss. The good news for that kind of strength level is that you don't have to worry about trying to hit that all the time. If you can stay within 30 to 50 pounds of that and keep your endurance up…you will be able to work back up to it fairly easy. In fact..it's the work capacity that is most important to keep up. The weight…think about it..30 to 50 pounds, sort of moving up and down toward the max..and your never further than 10 percent off it….
That is something you need to keep in mind now that your strength levels have come this far. I've noticed you get paranoid about "losing strength" but you're talking about 5 pounds! You know what 5 pounds is when you lift 495 or so? It's ONE percent, lol.
Having that robustness in your hips and stuff will make it much easier for you. It IS much easier for you. I have an "athletic" frame.
For reading, you know, there is just no magic formula. You have got to seek information from as wide a net as possilbe. You are getting better at seperating out the muck. But every one source of information is going to have cons with the pros.
You look at Eric Cressey and compare him to Mike Robertson. Technically Eric Cressey had more knowledge. But Mike Robertson is more mature and is able to step outside his box a bit more. That's very important.
To give you a for instance, I've learned a lot of technical stuff from both Cressey and Robertson but Robertson has probably influenced my training more than Cressey because he deals in modes of thought more. You know that is something that I always harp on..that the way you THINK about your training is just as important as what you do.
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