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#Efficiency

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Not sure if I am seeing clearly for the first time, or if once again illusion wins the day. #Perspective #AutumnArrived

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Sqwhat Am I Doing? I've been at this for awhile, but I'm no expert. I'd rather keep learning than know what I'm doing. #TheSquatIsNotFine

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Divided We never are exactly what we say we Have our standards but can't quite raise the #bar #Traps #TheSquatIsNotFine

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Side Bends Not for the spineless...don't #shrug off technique. I'm pretty low on the learning curve because I am never consistent with this fun little movement. #BadJokes #TheSquatIsNotFine

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One-Arm RDLs #TheSquatIsNotFine

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#TheBarbellTalks ... #IronAndTheSoul #HenryRollins #Projection #SacredFeminine #Jung #JunglePsyche

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Still Standing Squats today 8x8 225. The increase in volume was made to allow me to practice the movement, because #TheSquatIsNotFine Hope you like the footage this #Friday night.

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Head Day Forgot to film at the #gym, so here's my head. No one will ever see my carefully crafted triset/rest-pause/dropset for #biceps and #triceps. I charge Focus with this heinous crime. (I hope Focus is a recidivist.) #NoFilmNoLift #FlexFriday #FlexThatFace #Perspectivism #TheSquatIsNotFine

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"I respect the sediment, but I'm not sure I can rock with that one," said the philanthropic geologist. #Interlude #TheBarbellTalks

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Zombie Time In the effort to breathe life back into one of my favorite movements, I shot this deadlift video from the front to check for unilateral imbalances. #DeadliftTilImSquat #DeadliftTilImDead #TheSquatIsNotFine

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Back-to-Back Back Sets Here's wide grip lat pulldowns (shown). I am stlll getting a feel for speed and control. This was my top set of 220 lbs. I did 175 for 10 and messed around on a chinup machine (or is it down, chindown, is that a thing? I get so confused about directions anymore, #ARowByAnotherName) a chinUP machine before hopping back on the wide grip pd machine for my top set. On Wednesday I might turn around in the seat and pull from behind my head. While I'm at it I might even paint my face green and do a paused rep or two. Hope I don't get stuck like that. 🎃 #FrankensteinFitness #BUT #TheFlashIsMyPersonalTrainer #WatchOutUsainBolt

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I Block My Own Path "Shadows aren't real, are they? Just go inside and lift, and the #shadows will disappear." "That's where you are mistaken, my lighthearted friend. Shadows are everywhere. It's what you do with the darkness that can make you, or break you." #NoahWoodTalksToHisShadow #TheSquatIsNotFine

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Is It Really That Simple? Sometimes at the gym and in life as a whole, there is "something in the way," to quote from the final track of #Nevermind, which was released 25 years ago. Anyway, I posted this #image because it links together two of the #themes that are explored on the page: lifting and lighting. I don't need a rhyme to tell me that #TheSquatIsNotFine = #Repost via #Pinterest, saved from etsy.com

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Deadlift 'til I'm Squat? And can we hashtag that one? 😆 Recently I've noticed that my tight hips are interfering with my #squat. I started with #deadlifts today, shown in the video. (Yep, I actually shot some shoeless footage today.) It looks like I'm doing soft lockouts with 275 lbs in hand, which could support my claim of having tight hip flexors, among other deficiencies -- and they can indeed be fixed! I'm not going to give my extensive opinion on the technique just yet. I'll wait until I stretch myself out a bit more. Until then, even though it's a deadlift vid, I think it's safe to say #TheSquatIsNotFine on this fine #FlexFriday

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Why I'm Not Impressed In lieu of training footage, here's a short video where I make some, ah, off the cuff remarks on why I'm not happy with how I planned out my training, in particular for #shoulders. I know, some of you might say it's not a big deal, but I have come to expect more from myself, realizing that #TheSquatIsNotFine