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I started thinking too much on the jumps, when I think too much bad stuff happens. I'm going to focus on just doing the kneeling part explosively on Squat day before my seated jumps. Then I'm going to try not to think on the actual knee to feet to box jumps. The initial movement with hip extension makes so much sense when I'm nit thinking about the jump. Deadlifts I overthink as well. I think you are right I need to back up just a bit. The hip Thrust setup felt really good. I can drive as hard as possible into the bands. I was thinking a ton about where my weakest points are, my squat is going up without pin squats but my hip extension is awful. So time to focus on what needs it the most. Paused squats will remain on Squat day.

You inspired the title. Your comment the other day was pure gold.

@@buildingdadbod2.0I would think those pin squats were hard on the back recovery to add in anyway especially considering it’s a lighter themed day . 😂 I was a little creative for once. Ok I can’t remember where we were talking about your KB throws in the yard, I went back thru all the core videos , plus got distracted to rewatch a few other ones 😂, and I can’t find it. I coulda sworn i saw them one of those when you were doing weighted carries with sandbag or unbalanced load, any idea which video 😅?

@spencergraziano6840 you are 100% right on the pin squats. The paused squats feel way better on my backand give me a different effect than box squats. I would consider going to banded box squats before going back to pin squats. I'll try and find that video..... maybe I dreamed it. 😂

ruclips.net/video/6RtKUtjCl0E/видео.html. I found it

Happy New Year!! I hope you have a safe and blessed weekend as well. 👊

🤜🤛. Thank you. I'm a simple man, so thankfully, you're OK with simple content 😅. I appreciate your kind words. The programming seems to be working well for me, hopefully some great progress is coming in 2025.

💪💪 Man than tricep superset is a challenge. I've modified to work around my shoulder and the tricep pump is unreal.

Thanks brother, I think I had a bit more. I need to really focus on my strength off the floor now. Generally if I can get it moving up my shins I can lock it out, but lots of work to do. I'm definitely hoping for 500 in 2025. Thanks for the support. 🤜🤛

I'll drop a link to my gym tours from 2023 and 2024. I'll do an updated tour in spring of 2025. ruclips.net/video/boUXZSRfgVc/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_YzLSgvq0RM/видео.html

@buildingdadbod2.0 thanks. I should have checked on my own before asking.

I really enjoyed the banded block presses, the shoulders just able to handle them right now. I can feel it at the bottom, I just have to ease into the press off the start a bit. "MO presses", I like it. They are tough. That overhead variation is too much fir the shoulder, but I like the modified 5 rep version for now. The tricep pump on the way back down from close grip gets intense in a hurry. Hoping to add some weight to ring dips next week if the shoulder continues to feel better.

Hows the tricep nerve issue doing lately ?

It's about the same as ever, anything where I need to get a really tight bend at my elbow the nerve shuts down if I'm not wearing sleeves. Much better with sleeves on. I find sleeping at night if I sleep with my left arm bent tight it goes to sleep as well, so I've been focused on trying to keep it straighter when I sleep. I just need to wear the sleeves and keep training it hard.

Stiff legging 600 for ten..... dang brother I better get to work. 😅

@ the best is tripling 755 at 198.

That's awesome, those are insane numbers. I had my Lumbar Spine fused a few years back and lots of nerve damage leading up to surgery. At this point I'm just having a ton of fun being able to deaflift and squat again. My goal is 500 lbs before I turn 50 in 4 years. I can tell you with certainty I won't be hitting a triple at 755, but you definitely have my respect. 🤜🤛

@ congratulations on your training. Thank you, keep training.

I'll keep grinding. Thanks for the inspiration to keep pushing myself to be better.

Thank you for taking the time to comment with these great suggestions. My back does really good on controlled jumps now. Before and for the first whole after back lumbar fusion, the impact work wreck me. I am definitely going to put a pad on next time though, just to lessen the impact on all my joints. As for the reverse hyper, I actually bought one when I was recovering from back surgery, and I absolutely love it. Have an awesome day, and thanks again for the suggestions 🤜🤛

You got that right, lit up the lats really good. I'm super happy with the setup now. 🤜🤛

I agree. I tried it, and I was thinking, " oh dang, this feels really good". I love lat prayers, but I find these even more effective.

Thanks man, I appreciate the support. Where are you at on your squat? I hope you smash 400 lbs in 2025!!

The lighter weights were moving a bit slow, so I know I had to really focus on this rep. I've mostly been building work capacity so my back holds up. Now it's time to start building strength from the floor.

A little hitching but nice lifts. Good way to start new year.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 Keep building because the work is definitely paying off.

I agree completely, my deadlift needs to get a lot stronger. I'll keep working hard at it.

Happy 2025 Spencer. I agree 100%. I worked hard to get the lower back ready, now it's time to build from the floor and get every rep looking the same. Glad to meet you in 2024 brother, excited about what 2025 has in store for both of us

Likewise, we finished strong but it’s only the beginning! I think I’m most excited to see your 2025 Canadian rocket man arc 🚀 😂

@spencergraziano6840 🤣😂

Thank you sir. I'm glad to hear your jumping back on youtube, I look forward to seeing your videos again. How's the training been going lately? How far out from the hyrox are you? And Happy New Year!!

@ Happy New year as well Sean! Appreciate it. Training’s been going well. My first HYROX is March 29th, and I am also doing one in May. I love training for it. I’ve had to adapt and change my routine so many times. Still have lots of weight to lose. I wanna get back to around 180 and stay there. Thanks Sean! I’m pretty much gonna be posting videos on my daily training and just talking about life stuff and whatever else I wanna talk about. Have a great new year Sean.

@thebrandonjames I'm excited for your 2025 Brandon. I can't wait to see your training.

@ Same to you!

It gives us our strength 💪

Awesome, man. I'm glad to hear you're getting back into lifting. You're very explosive. The fact you picked up those oly lifts as fast as you did was insanely impressive. I have no doubt that if you're consistent, you'll hit 440. 440 high bar is a good goal, I want to see the video when you crush it.

Leading up to my Lumbar fusion I was in pretty rough shape, I got up to 236 lbs bodyweight. I'm now 185 lbs and getting stronger every month while closing in on 46 years old. I 100% believe you have greater potential than I do.

@buildingdadbod2.0 I'll make one if it happen but the only time I was strong to try 440 (I failed it that day though) I was 24. Now I'm 36 and out of shape. Today that my goal is 440 is rather optimistic but I feel like it one of the lifts i had in me already.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 will do my best. Squat is one of the hardest lifts for me though. It's the lift that get a performance hit. 2 weeks break and half the progress is gone :) of course it comes back but it's like toying with something fragile. It looks like RUclips deleted my previous comment.

Once you work yourself back into shape you will feel a lot younger again. I feel younger now than I did at 36.

As far as jumps go, I still need to work on driving through the hips. But after we talked about that last session, I was really focused on hip extension. The squat was hard, but felt smooth if that makes sense. I didn't feel like there was a sticking point, which is huge. Maybe ten weeks ago when I failed 350, I went up a couple inches and hit a wall. I think the box squats really paid off. I really liked the pause setup. I think more bands are needed, but they felt good. They looked faster when I watched them back than they felt. I still want a squat variation from pins I think. I like the idea of not having any stored energy and trying to explode up.... maybe I go back to box squats but add bands, or go Buffalo bar. What are your thoughts? Or maybe I really go crazy, drop the weight a bit and do jump squats. I like the idea of the paused squats because I'm storing energy on the way down and a variation where everything is basically turned off and then on and explode.

@@buildingdadbod2.0one thing I wanted to mention, and I know you aren’t dumb a LOT of people have split their shins on box jumps like that! Do not push the landing height or put some thick cushion on there for landings please !

I think as long as you have these paused squats in this slot as traditional 3 x 5 with reasonable rir your explosive day you will be able to experiment and rotate the exercises you want. I would think the SSB pin squats transfer more closely to your deadlift. Like even watching you do those paused deficit banded deads I was thinking although your pause is at the bottom “sticking point” your sticking point is the act of creating your own tension without eccentric in the deadlift. Also another option if you want to work on overcoming dead weight is chain or strap suspended squat against chains. Almost like from a “sumo” deadlift starting position 10x2 or 8x3 with the big camber bar. Im sure speed boxes with a buffalo bar in that slot can work too just keeping in consideration shoulders or other things might experience tendinitis or overuse from the additional volume. It’s probably too early to tell, but with all the bands and chains your straight weight max squat will feel like NOTHING on your back which is a big psychological advantage too. Can’t wait to see what you come up with.

@spencergraziano6840 your bang on with the deadlift. You have a great way of explaining this stuff. I can do 440 for doubles when I start from the rack with the tension on the eccentric. I definitely need to get that going from the floor. Lots to think over here, but I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. 🤜🤛

I thought 24 inches was pushing the landing height 😂. I'll throw some soft mats up there. I figured stacking mats on there would be the safest way to add height now anyway. Honestly these jumps are new to me though, so I may not be dumb.... just ignorant.

I'm super thankful for it. I didn't buy the most expensive equipment out there. I went for solid stuff that fit my style of working out, and I'm really happy with what I put together. It's taken a good 6 years to get to this point. Do you have a home gym?

A huge part of this journey has been your encouragement and inspiration. Both you and Spencer have helped me think a bit different about training. I'm excited for a big 2025, and I can't wait to see what you accomplish.

Heck yeah, we're getting close. 💪💪

Thanks for always being there for me through all the ups and downs over the past 20+ years. I couldn't ask for a better friend. 🫡

Thanks for the support🤜🤛. Hopefully 2025 the squat will go to another level.

You and the girls are my world. I would do anything for you. I'm thankful you were there with me, giving me the strength to persevere. I would have crumbled without you. I am insanely blessed to have you and the girls.

I appreciate your kind words and encouragement Spencer. I was only on Gabapentin for a short time in the spring of 2020 because of my shoulder. At that time my left foot was always numb and had some nerve pain, but I could handle it on a daily basis. It's just the episodes where I would get the jolt and hit the ground. The back spasms were unreal. If I laid down it would take me about 3 hours of laying on my stomach and slowly stretching against the spasms, (I would push my chest up and arch my lower back) fighting against the muscle contraction to be able to stand up. At my worst I didn't want to live, but I knew I had to for my wife and girls, I couldn't let them down. I'm thankful that I'm still here for them, and thankful that I can do so much more with my girls now. The PTSD from it all is real for sure. I don't like to think back in too much detail, it was a low time for me. I used to keep a piece of climbing rope in my gym at my worst and I would go out to my gym at night for my workout and stare at the rope and I would remind myself over and over how amazing my wife and girls are and how blessed I am..... I'd convince myself that they needed me. I'm super thankful now to be where I'm at with my back health and strength levels.I may never lift insane weights, but every time I squat or deadlift, I'm thankful.

@@buildingdadbod2.0😢 amazing! You are doing it. Hard to see the light at the end sometimes. I haven’t been dealing with nerve issues anywhere as long as you but can understand some of what you say for sure. I remember they were trying to get me on the table for a scan, and I was like uhhh no. We gave you the maximum dose of morphine you should be able to get in any position, uhh yea all you did was make me high I can’t get there 😂. We gotta try to keep the lesson learned, forget the experience. See you out there later ⚔️🐉

Man, i had an experience like that, too. They pumped me full of morphine and figured I'd just get up and walk. Morphine does not touch nerve pain. Hopefully no more experiences like that for either of us. 2025 will be a great year for both of us.

I appreciate that, my friend. How's life? I'm definitely having to drop all overhead pressing including heavier incline, except light chaotic presses to rebuild shoulder stability. The cable shoulder stuff was good with high reps, I'll just focus on rear and side delts for now. Doing that tricep superset was great because it limits my close grip and jm press weights by a lot, and I still get a great tricep pump. There is definitely a lot of adjusting on the fly right now. The new bench program is good, too, because it's higher volume at lower weights and just a few heavy reps. I purposely started with the singles being fairly light. The shoulder held up well, I just need to make sure I don't neglect the shoulder rehab and stability work.

Man, I got cocky on the way up from skull crushers through close grip. As I finished the close grip I was thinking it was a piece of cake, only 90 lbs, I could do this all day long....... then I felt the lactic acid building, made it through the JM press and the first rep on skull crushers felt like 150 lbs 🤣. Not a single set was I able to get that last set of skull crushers extended out overhead.

I find chaotic Overhead easier to control than flat bench, I think my lack of mobility going back overhead in a standing position helps for once 😆. I love chaotic pressing, I don't know why I ever take it out. I always feel stronger and more stable when it's in my program. Have you ever tried chaotic presses? I watched a video from Mitch Hooper saying they are a waste of time, but like I said I always feel and perform better when I have them programmed.

The ones extending out overhead , with the shoulder extended, not even tricep but lats gotta be on fire too ? 😂 crippling looking set

I realized after I skipped the first part of the set, it's like a standing tricep press, only laying down. Somehow it defies the laws of gravity.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 I know you still plan on new years maxing the lower. But the bench is going to be skipped? Or just take a reasonable comeback # on the day ?

I was able to do 10 body weight reps when I began adding weight. I had simply been doing 2 bodyweight reps explosively during my rest periods from my other exercises, not thinking anything of it, until I noticed my speed and power increasing. That’s when I decided to add weight and see what would happen. Just remember to stick with 6 sets of 2 reps with a 2 minute rest period as you progress in weight. Don’t add weight until you can do each set and rep with 100% effort. Good luck!!

@@buildingdadbod2.0 So did cluster sets helped you in gaining size or hypertrophy ? OR they're better for just strength gains ?

McGill pull ups primarily put on strength, and they are phenomenal for doing so. However, I put on more muscle than I expected from such low reps. The biggest thing is all the strength you gain translates extremely well into hypertrophy going forward. For example, McGill pull ups allowed me to get to 23 bodyweight reps at full ROM which absolutely puts on a lot of muscle. If you want big muscles at some point you need the strength to lift high weights at high volume, especially as a natural lifter.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 gotcha Btw you have got amazing progress. I am gonna try it too. Thanks for quick replies

I hope you have amazing results as well. Let me know how it goes for you. 💪💪

I honestly hate the cold, except when I'm doing some kind of a circuit. If I'm doing a circuit like this one, or really heavy carries I stay nice and warm. It was a really fun workout, probably my favorite workouts are outside "strongman medley", style workouts. I'm hoping to have these forearms fully rehabbed by summer and ready to rock some heavy medleys outside.

It was a really fun experiment. McGill pull-ups were an eye opener to the power of Neural drive. I was having a ton of fun with pull-ups until I popped something in my radial brachialis. Thankfully neutral grip is starting to feel good and move nice now. Pronated is still dicey. My neck and upper traps are always tight, so probably like you said about once per year it just clamps down. I ordered a neck weight harness to try and strengthen my neck to see if that helps. Should be here any day. I'm going to voice-over the benchpress video now. Should be up soon.

Thank you. It was the first time i tried the knee to feet jumps, and I was happy with how they went. I'm definitely hoping they get more explosive with repetition. It was a really fun workout, and I agree it should definitely pay off.

I'm hoping I didn't go too heavy, I ordered more bands. I'm not sure if I was moving too slow. It felt good, the lockouts felt insane, I had to pull hard into lockout with no weight on the bar, the bands just want to rip me back down towards the rack, it was awesome. The rack pulls I like to start from my knee cap. It's where I can pull the most weight from, so I use it as a nervous system primer/ confidence builder. I don't get in my head on these, I feel free to just go full power right from the start. It just sets the tone for me, that i want full power through to lockout. I actually did these last year before my max deadlift because my left si joint was killing me and I hit a 13 lb PR with no deadlifts from the floor for about 8 weeks leading up. The jumps surprised me, I have a long way to go, but I honestly wasn't sure I could land a single one from my knees. And I guarantee a year ago it wouldn't have been close. I misunderstood about testing the jumps before and after, but I actually got a bit higher after. I noticed the jumps peaked through my 2nd set and I fatigued a bit on the 3rd. That should improve quickly. The squats felt the worst by far, I reset the safeties 3 times, going up in height. The first set felt awful on my lower back, but I found the sweet spot on set 3. They all felt insanely slow, but looked better than I thought on playback. I may drop the weights to 5 kg on either side. Deficit deadlifts actually felt really good. I felt confident with the weight at the bottom. The way I had those bands doubled up, they hit hard very quickly, so I was happy I could move through that to lockout. The lockout on these were insane. I have no idea of the weight at lockout, but it felt HEAVY. It's no wonder you had no problem adapting to kroc rows, the bands cause an insane amount of lat activation. My lats only feel that fatigued when I'm doing my heaviest rack pulls. That was honestly the most fun workout I've had in a while, thanks for the inspiration. You've taken a lot of time to share knowledge with me and i really appreciate it. I truly believe it's going to help take me to another level on my lower body lifts. I may never be elite, but I want to reach as much of my potential as I can.

I’m envious of your rack setup, with the fat grips, and the square tubing, looks like that rack stops aren’t bad. This looks like one of those workouts where you can just watch in real time your cns adapt and you get stronger. I think you will be in surprised in 2 3 4 weeks how fast you are moving your normal weights on regular squats / deadlifts granted this doesn’t accumulate too much fatigue. That definitely makes sense on the first rack pull, you look comfortable from the beginning being really snappy. And I knew exactly what you felt on that first squat set, not being used to that lower bottom with Ssb sometimes the back does something funky down there haha. Can I make a suggestion regarding the kneeling jumps?

I 100% will take any suggestions you have on kneeling jumps. The rack was a cheapish rack, but the safeties were rated for 1500lbs and we're the style I was looking for. The fat grips are a game changer, they save my bands when I set them where there's knurling and save my bar when it slams down on the rack pulls.

I'm definitely going to drop volume on my regular deadlift day, to account for fatigue. I can see this day being a game changer as long as I can continue to move the weights with intent.

@@buildingdadbod2.0I can definitely see that, is that knurling how your larger bands got snapped you spoke of 😅? Also hopefully you have a beater bar because the rack will definitely bend a bar! As far as the kneeling jumps, I use them to teach more of an isolated hip extension and get the cns to with more powerfully/ explosively than normal by landing on the feet or additional height. Obviously if your body fears falling on its face it will produce more power. Ok as you are doing them your torso is mainly upright, and your toes are on the ground. If you look how you are performing extension you are mostly shifting ur weight back to ur feet, and the extension is coming mostly from a sissy squat knee extension motion to stand up off your feet. Which is understandable because your body is trying not to fall on its face . How I would suggest, and it’s obviously much harder but to do it with hip extension in mind. Put your feet flat so you are just resting on the top of your foot. As you descend hinge your hips back and allow your torso to go more horizontal. I suggest doing this before hand and as you reverse the motion squeezing your glutes at the top, like a kneeling hip thrust. I emphasize squeezing the glutes when practicing this motion so the extension comes and ends from the HIPS and not the lower back. Now the actual jump is replicating this hip hinge, and there should be so much speed into hip extension the legs pop off the ground. Guys with big quads / calves tend to want to be more upright and bounce or knee extension into the ground and can basically stand up before there’s an actual jump. But in my opinion that’s just completing a task and won’t do anything for improving the hip extension quality. I hope that makes somewhat sense, and it’s totally understandable why you preformed it that way. If you watch your jump there’s not much hip extension. And the way I describe really teaches full violent hip extension. 😊 sorry I know this sounds annoying even typing this 😂

They are called "Swissies", made by Kensui.

@buildingdadbod2.0 missed them as I recently browsed through their page. I got myself ez boots for leg curls.

Awesome, let me know what you think after you try them. They have some innovative equipment.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 I chatted with a guy that knows a lot about metallurgy and he wasn't impressed with their Okinawa barbell. But to be fair they don't seem to focus on highest quality but rather on equipment that has its usage but it's not widespread.

Yeah, I'm not sure I'd buy one of their barbells. But I'd be curious to try a bunch of their "accessory" equipment.

Yeah, it's funny with the farmer handles I can do 225lbs per hand down my 60 foot track. The handles are higher than conventional, but I still think it's mostly a mental thing for sure. I'll get it sorted though. 500 lbs before 50. I hope you and your family have an awesome day too Spencer.

For sure high handle “trap bar” is much easier than conventional. But with that in mind like this is 300lbs on a conv dead, maybe more depending on how hard the stability component is with your handles, this weight looks like nothing for your back musculature.

Awesome, I look forward to checking them out over the next couple days while I'm off for Christmas.

Happy Holidays Brandon! The belt squat is a good tool for sure. I'd like to try a few other styles, but overall the BellsofSteel belt squat has been good.

I really like the back extensions on the reverse hyper, it'd a more versatile machine than a lit of people realize.

I'm happy to shout you out. Hopefully, someone else can be inspired by both your work ethic and your training philosophies. It's easy to see the way you train has given you great results. 💪💪 As far as the belt squat goes, it feels like I naturally want to sit back into my squat with vertical shins, but at about 3/4 of the way down the belt starts pulling me forward. I want to sit back into my glutes, but maybe I need to move ahead, let my knees track forward and really focus on quads. I just haven't found the sweet spot.

Also I do think minimal jumping will pay off big at the start because it is so undertrained right now. I'm just worried about hitting my head on the ceiling🤣

Hey that’s an easy fix! More weight! Or u can do kneeling jumps! Man I had that same exact sensation on the belt squats, even with more “quady” squatters. I think it’s just the nature of that type of belt squats … and i winced a little when i saw you doing those explosive. That’s how I broke their version 1 🫣🤣

You were probably doing triple the weight I was when it broke though. 🫡. I was just joking about hitting my head, but starting from my knees into a jump would probably be great for me. I was thinking about squat jumps with a trap bar and bands might also be good for me.

😂 hey you never know you might get your head up there . I was going back through your squat videos the other day I forgot to ask. I know you have goals on the free squat / straight bar, and historically you didn’t have the mobility in the past. I was looking and I don’t think I saw any paused free squats on the channel. Have you ever thought about doing paused squats on one of your squat days to get more familiar in that bottom position. Especially since you’ve been running straight weight on the SSB boxes, I don’t know if your shoulder could handle your camber bar right now, or when you can get back under the straight bar. But like 3x5 paused atg or as low as you could go back squats, with a ton of chain, to help make that bottom position feel easy, get used to it, and continue to work on explosiveness without stretch reflex? I’m not trying to tell you how to train in any way shape or form I was just thinking out loud.

Not much jumping yet. I'm going to add in more jumping every week though. I gotta get explosive.

@@KH-tg1sq Feeling Old 🤣

@@buildingdadbod2.0 But you look great! I hope you recover well stud. Love the grey sweats on you! 😘

Yeah..... it's a pretty common thing for sure. I tore my supraspinatus in my left shoulder in the past and fully rehabbed. Shoulders had been feeling pretty good lately, so it's frustrating, but apparently they need some work. I'll be working hard to get them back to being as healthy as possible. Anything specific you do to help your shoulders?

@@buildingdadbod2.0 Actually yes I do some specific things but I haven't manage to fix all problems. Some issues still persist. However there are couple of things that definetely helps so far. Stretching biceps. I figured out one of my old injuries is related to tight bicep. Other thing is hard to describe but using bands as you would tighten strings in shorts. After christmas I might record a video about it.

Up until the past couple years I never realized how much biceps affect shoulders. I could definitely see tight biceps causing shoulder grief. I've been through shoulder rehab before as I said, but always looking to learn something new. You have a youtube channel? I'll check it out.

@@buildingdadbod2.0 It's hard to call it a channel. I uploaded 1 short video so far and I'm not sure If I will upload much more as I just wanted to do it to motivate myself. I'm going to upload some more of my old lifts but I need a lot of work to even consider recording anything I do now except some general stuff like maybe barbell review or something.

@rrrGeist I checked out your video clip. I'd be happy to watch any of your old videos.

🤣😂 I'm thankful you are finding some great exercises. Hopefully your getting some great workouts in.

Thank you for the advice, I'm definitely not a seasoned pushpresser. I'll try getting a bit deeper and see if it helps. 🤜🤛

@@buildingdadbod2.0 Think about it more as a jump rather than just a little help from the legs. Push press varies heavly between people but if you think about it you can just do it exactly as you would do in jerk without the rebend of knees. Once it clicks it might work for you better. Check for yourself during warm up sets.

Yeah that's actually what I was thinking to do, mess around with it during warmup sets to see if I can get comfortable with it. If i can get more drive out of my legs it will definitely help my pushpress a lot.

I'll have to turn the volume down next video when I'm using chains. 😀

🤣😂 bar path is getting a bit better every week as is the coordination. I'm not sure what happened but my left shoulder is not great today. I may have to switch to log or swiss bar next week. It throws off the balance a bit for the first couple weeks. Even if it's minor I may switch up the grip for a week or 2. I have no idea what I weight right now, my scale stopped working. I was getting too chunky a few weeks back so I cut the calories a bit. I always figure as long as I can see some abs I'm OK, but if they start to disappear completely I'm getting fatter than I want to be.

Hey those are some good landmarks lol. My mind is too crazy to believe anything subjective like that on myself 😂. Do you ever worry about catching the Swiss bar to the face on overhead ?

I prefer to have the scale working, I'll have to get it working soon. I've clocked myself in the chin with the log before and I can definitely say it was not awesome 😬

😮 oh shoot. How was the back feeling on these btw

@spencergraziano6840 The back held up well on pushpress. Overall it's feeling better as the week goes on. I'm going to max on New Years so I don't want to take any chances and have it feeling flakey.

They are fading as I bulk, but I'm glad they're still visible.

That's awesome!!! I'm glad to hear the work in the gym is paying off on the ski hill.

That would be a lot of fun, we'd find out how poor my endurance is right now though 😂

Thank you. It felt really good, excited to hit this workout again.

Usually people just tell me I look stupid😁, it's nicer to hear it about my triceps😂. I really liked the rind dips with the chains around my neck. I usually do them with a belt, but having the chains up high it holds me more forward in a better position to focus on bench lockout. I actually got the idea from watching you use the bandike that on dips, so thank you for the great idea!! It's insane how the left tricep just turns off, frustrating as heck. I'm really thankful that the sleaves stabilize my elbow enough, but I would prefer to train more without sleeves and then throw them on when I actually go for a big bench.

I’m sure those sleeves save you from some wear and tear tho. The way you set up the chains is a great idea. I was thinking at first it might add more stability issues, but it looks pretty locked in. How does the stability feel on them ?

Stability is definitely the hardest part. From the moment you jump up to the rings you have to be tight, tight triceps and tight back. If your arms stray out to the side too much it's bad news. I definitely don't recommend anyone starting ring dips weighted until they get a feel for it. The sleeves are definitely beneficial, I would be limited without them at this point.

Side question , but do you know how to get notifications on replies, I only see your messages on my videos, never a notification when you reply or on you videos ? So sorry if I miss some of your messages, I know we’re having convo in multiple places 😂

@spencergraziano6840 Do you use the youtube studio app? That's the easiest place. Sometimes they go missed in their too.

Thank you, I'm hoping to be pulling a lot faster by the time I get back up to the bigger weights.