'The world's hairiest strongman'

kirkynick said:I may be hairier than you... You have a big difference between your front squats and hi-bar squats.

brownbear said:
It's a good question, i wasn't very clear cause i assumed no one gave a s**t apart from me lol. I suffered a back injury on two separate occasions in 2011 and both of them can be explained by my ridiculous training in the gym at the time. I have come to the realisation that i am in fact human and cannot train deadlifts several times a week.
Looking back i see that deadlift pbs came when the previous week was either a week off or a forced deload week and injuries came shortly after heavy 18" deadlifts or when deadlift frequency had increased to more than once or twice a week.
So, my intention is to squat twice a week (best gains on squat have come with two-three times a week frequency) and deadlifting heavy once every fortnight alternating with speed deadlifts. I'm also going to listen to VanillaGorilla and if at any point he tells me i should be doing something or what i'm doing is silly i will take his advice, as it would appear he knows a f**k load about training!

DomRedshaw said:good luck with the new approach to training mate, hope you reach your goals

chaos said:
Sounds sensible to me, good luck with it!

kirkynick said:
I think it is. My front squat is only 15kgs less than my high-bar squat.
Love the avatar of Doyle Kennady. Remember buying that edition of Powerlifting USA.

kirkynick said:
Yep, i'm very old Doyle Kennady was a monster, 903lbs deadlift in competition.