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Hey All - been a while since I have been on, ope everyone is doing well. I took a couple videos of myself deadlifting, and I would love to get some feedback on my form. I had been noticing that my form was breaking down a little once I hit the high 200s/low 300s. Looking at the video, it looks like ...

I can't imagine the second version (pushing together working). I think if it like a squat, where they say you should try to pull the graound apart with your feet.

Thats my two cents.

Sunday 03/06 Hang Cleans: 95lbsx4,4,4,4 Back Squat: 170x5 190x3 215x4 Military Press: 110x5 125x3 140x5 Lat Pull Down: 130x8,8,8,10 BW Skull Crush: 10,10,10 Wed 03/09 Box Jump - 3,3,4 Bench: 175x5 200x3, 225x6 BB row: 145x9,9,9,10,10 Superset: 3 sets of [email protected] of: EZCurl BB Curls 55lbs DB Shrug 60lbs

Monday 2/28 Hang Cleans: 95lbsx3,4,4,4 Back Squat: 180x3 190x3 200x5 Military Press: 115x3 125x3 130x10 Lat Pull Down: 120x10,10,10,10 Wed 03/02 High Pull: 135lbsx3,3,4 Bench: 190x3 200x3, 210x9 BB row: 145x9,9,9,9 Bodyweight Skull Crushers: 10,10,12 Superset: 3 sets of [email protected] of: EZCurl BB Curls 55lbs...

In Season for Rugby now - Sticking with 5/3/1, but skipping deads so squats on Sundays are the only lowerbody work I do outside of sprints etc. at practice. Sunday 2/20 Hang Cleans: 95lbsx3 - 4 sets Back Squat: 170x5 180x5 190x8 Military Press: 110x5 115x5 125x9 Lat Pull Down: 120x8 120x8 120x10 Bod...

Week 3 - and the final week before rugby started. I am way behind on my posts. Only worked out twice this week. Wed 02/09: BP - 175x5, 195x3, 220x6 Back Squat - 185 lbs - 3x5 across Also did dumbell benches and Barbell Rows. Sat 12/2 M Press 110x5 125x3 130x7 Sumo Dead 220x5 245x3 275x6 Also did Dip...

I know motivating to squat the day after rugby is going to me really tough, and actually doing it will suck even more. But then i am also sick of losing all the gains I make every season, so I think I will have to have a go at it. I hope it doesn't kill me!
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Stephen, sorry if I wasn't clear - De Franco recommended that for football players. Because of the lack of (quality) material out there for rugby I tend to look at a lot of material that is out there for football players and tweak it. 80 minutes of rugby will put a hell of a beating on you, so the m...

Football players are too beaten up from the game to crawl out of bed on Monday, much less do a heavy workout. By the time they recover from the beating, it's mid week - and time to prepare for the next game Interesting comment - one of the reason I had thought about programming my heavy work on the...

A lot too think about here, thanks all for your feedback! I agree with the "not too heavy" comments, which is why I was thinking of sticking with a 5/3/1 variant, since you never really get close to your max. I like the idea of adding some Olympic style lifts, though they have never been a part of m...

Jason - thanks for the comment. Interesting. I was hoping to keep making at least some gains on the big lifts through the season, which was why I was looking at just tweaking the 5/3/1 and doing the complexes. In broad terms, what type of whole body routine would you recommend?

Yup - We train Tuesday and Wednesday which involves a lot of hard sprints which would mean if I did heavy legs on Wednesday it would be three days in a row of fairly intense leg work.

Hey All - I am int he middle of my deload week, and we started rugby training this week. Its an amateur mens league, but we train hard two days a week, and have matches or tournaments on weekends. I was initially going to stick with 5/3/1 through the season except doing one big lift a day instead of...

So this week was also a mess - I ended up lifting way more than i was supposed to on Military Presses on Saturday, because apparently I suck at math. But I will probably reset my MP as though these were my three day numbers and go on to my 531 day at the higher weight. Also totally guesstimated my T...

I actually like the way you thought this out. I am actually in the same boat with my rugby season starting in the next couple weeks. I am going back and forth between doing something like what you have outlined (using 5/3/1 on the main lifts), and just doing the main lifts and supplementing with com...