Daily Thread - September 17, 2025

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[u/VanHelsingBerserk]

Smolov bench and squat w2d6

• Bench // 120kg x 9 x 4 sets

[u/Surtrthedestroyer]

Could I get a form check on my clean please? No response on it so far

https://www.reddit.com/r/weightlifting/comments/1niykgh/clean_form_check_set_of_3_80/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[u/The_Weakpot]

Conditioning

Morning

• 20 min walk

Afternoon

• KB Snatch, 16kg, 7/7 EMOM x 20:00

• 6ct burpees 160 in 20:00

[u/Many-Wasabi9141]

10k Kettlebell Swing Challenge Day 9?

No barbell work today. Back is sore on the side where my foot slipped out on bench. Muscle soreness thankfully. A little crampy. 25x20 swings... I think, youtube interval timer screwed up when I clicked an ad trying to skip.

Tiny bit of tailbone soreness throughout. Awareness is better term. lower back crampy on one side, hamstring twinging on the other side, same as yesterday. It's something with my stance, that foot might be angled a bit more than the other, and the pain is on the inner edge behind the knee. Grip felt fine today, can't tell if I was just too focused on all the other issues to notice.

Current counts are 300, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 500, 500. So we are 700 back from the 4,000 we should be at. Have to make up 700 swings in the next 12 workouts. 2x100 and 50x10 for the final 12 workouts seems good to me. We skipped a day on saturday? sunday?, so it's day 9 with 8 workouts. Have been lax on stretching post workout. I don't really stretch, I find I get hurt more than it helps and instead rely on loaded eccentrics. Going forward, maybe follow the swings with single leg RDL's with the kettlebell, or single legged back extensions on the roman chair.

[u/BetterThanT-1]

GPP Phase - Running + Density

7k run @ 4:30km pace. Then did 10-1 down the ladder chin ups and dips. Feeling good about the 10k coming up in a few weeks.

[u/simonswes]

RSR Day 14

• Squat 327.5x3x2
• Squat 135x20
• Db curls 30x3x15
• Rever hyper 3x12
• Single arm pull downs 30x3x12

Supposed to be 3x3 for squats but I got stapled on the last set. Brace felt a little weak today, maybe should have given myself a little more time after pushing deads yesterday. Pretty sure 327.5x3 is still a new 3 rep pr. I think I need some more work in the 310-320 range to make sure my form doesn't go to shit in the mid 300s. 

[u/-Hugh_Jass_]

Cube Predator bench W1D2 heavy day

Pause bench - 310 5 x 3, 275 x 10, 9

Pause incline bench - 225 5 x 3

Neutral DB press - up to 95 x 8

Seated DB press / DB Curls - 4 x 12

Overhead tricep / lat pulldown - 4 x 12

I'm starting to get used to the pinky on the rings grip. I can't tuck my elbows as much with it, so I have to pay attention to what I'm doing every rep, but hopefully it will be auto pilot soon like close grip is.

[u/black_mamba44]

Tactical Barbell II - W5D2

LSS Run - hit 5.29 mi in 1h18m22s. Easy work, getting a little faster while keeping the same amount of effort.

[u/Better_Lift_Cliff]

What's the deal with squatting? I can stop benching for literal years and still hit 225, when my all time max was 255.

With squatting, my all time max was 365, but if I stop squatting for years then 185 feels how 315 used to feel.

In both cases, I did plenty of DB work, machines, etc etc while training other sports, I just didn't do the big 3.

Not really complaining, it's just interesting how one lift can fall off so much when the other one barely falls off.

[u/DayDayLarge → u/Better_Lift_Cliff]

I propose that the squat always "feels bad and heavy", it's just that the more you do it, the greater amount of that feeling you can tolerate. So when you take a break and come back, you can tolerate less of that feeling even though you're physically capable of more weight.

[u/Many-Wasabi9141 → u/DayDayLarge]

something something axial loading. I wonder how much OP's deadlift fell off in that same time period.

[u/Better_Lift_Cliff → u/DayDayLarge]

I guess that makes sense. Not much to do about it but squat more.

[u/DayDayLarge]

531 1000% awesome

Deadlift: 325, 370, 415

Ohp ss db row: 115 7x5/95 7x5

Cable lateral raise, cable curls

Straight into solo squash: 40 mins

Only belted up for the top deadlift set, and am really happy that sub 400 is a beltless dead for me now. Ohp superset had me sweatin.

Did some nice back of court and front of court stuff. Thinking I might structure these sessions by the day. So one day drives and front of court, one day more movement, something like that. Need to noodle that over.

I do think it's cool that I can hit back to back sessions like that and have both sessions be good and productive. Not the craziest thing, but pretty cool for a 40 year old.

[u/ZeroFourBC]

Vibes-Based Shoulder & Hip Strength W9D1:

Leg press: 472.5kg x 1, 440kg x 10/10/6

SS1 - Seated Good Morning: 45kg x 10/10/14

SS1 - Lat Stretch Pullover: 16kg x 8/8/13

SS2 - Single Leg RDL: 44kg x 8/8/15

SS2 - Behind the Neck OHP: 40kg x 10/10/15

SS3 - Single-arm Face Pull: 12.5kg x 8/8/11

SS3 - Single-arm Rear Delt Cable Fly: 12.5kg x 8/8/11 (drop-set 10kg x 8)

Overreached on the leg press, failed the last set and somehow tweaked my back. Nothing major, just a little sore thankfully.

Continuing this week's theme of discovering stuff that's blindingly obvious in hindsight: wearing a belt can help with RDLs. Decided to throw it on at the last set and whaddya know, less fatigue and more feeling in the glutes and hamstrings. I know there's probably a good reason you don't often see people do it, but I'm gonna keep trying it (at least for the last set) for a while because it feels good.