Paul Savage training log

little_a said:
Maybe for a normal vegan. Not for a Brontosavage.
12k is a few bags of nuts. No problem.

mic_od said:paul im sure I read that you are eating around 10-12000 calories per day? Im not totally sure what vegans can and cant eat but I imagine it would be difficult to eat that amount of calories as a vegan?

little_a said:
Maybe for a normal vegan. Not for a Brontosavage.
12k is a few bags of nuts. No problem.

das_eagle said:this you Paul?
http://i57.tinypic.com/3304v3k.jpg

PaulSavage said:
Hurt my right side / lower back squatting down kind of awkwardly holding one of my rabbit's.

VanillaGorilla said:
I thought you were veggie?

PaulSavage said: Still felt my form was s**te, felt it more in lower back this time but bar was too far out infront of me.

macroth said:
Since you mention this, I was just looking at your video from last Friday because I was curious about those 180x10 paused RDL's, and there are a few things I think you could easily fix.
First, your back was quite rounded, which can't be good if you're training specifically to avoid injury.
Also, one of the reasons the bar is too far out in front is that you're squatting down too much and your knees are going forward which means the bar has to go around them. Coupled with the rounded back, it's no surprise you feel it in your lower back.
Keep your hips high and your shins vertical. Knees unlocked, back straight, push your hips way back (but not down) while keeping the bar close (sliding against your tighs). When you reach a point where you feel you're about to lose your lumbar curve, bring the hips forward and lift the bar back up.
Another major difference compared to a deadlift from the floor is that you can use the stretch reflex out of the bottom (like in a squat). This is a feature, not a bug, so I'm not sure I understand why you're trying to do a paused version.

PaulSavage said:Paused romanian deadlift
- to 200.5kg x 5 then two drops

Hurt my right side / lower back squatting down kind of awkwardly holding one of my rabbit's (lolz) so i wasn't sure i would be able to do this at all. I decided i would just do 5 then drop the weight and do the rest of the workout tonight. Had another 2-3 in me e.

PaulSavage said:
You can think?

macroth said:
Since you mention this, I was just looking at your video from last Friday because I was curious about those 180x10 paused RDL's, and there are a few things I think you could easily fix.
First, your back was quite rounded, which can't be good if you're training specifically to avoid injury.
Also, one of the reasons the bar is too far out in front is that you're squatting down too much and your knees are going forward which means the bar has to go around them. Coupled with the rounded back, it's no surprise you feel it in your lower back.
Keep your hips high and your shins vertical. Knees unlocked, back straight, push your hips way back (but not down) while keeping the bar close (sliding against your tighs). When you reach a point where you feel you're about to lose your lumbar curve, bring the hips forward and lift the bar back up.
Another major difference compared to a deadlift from the floor is that you can use the stretch reflex out of the bottom (like in a squat). This is a feature, not a bug, so I'm not sure I understand why you're trying to do a paused version.