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Friday, 13 June 2014

Squats and box squat

Aimed for a 3 rep max today. Realized form still tend to break down (knee travel forward too much) so bring out the box again. Also forearm and triceps aching like a mofo if not I think a 160-165 should be manageable. 

Squat beltless 
140 * 3
150 * 3
155 * 3 (3RM)

Box squats
140 * 1
150 * 1
120 * 5
100 * 5 * 6

Hit a 150kg single.. But realized shin angle is rather bad with forward knee travel so lowered weight to 100kg and hit sets of 5s. Posted a video on IG and gotten many feedback. Basically the intention is to engage more hips and hamstrings instead of relying on my quads too much. Lowered myself slowly and sitting backwards, keeping tension throughout the lift, feel the box (comp depth) and explode upwards. Probably need to look up but chest is high and didn't collapse during the lift. Hopefully this will carry over to my squats and in turn bring up my deadlift. 😊 

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