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Ivan my brother. It’s not rocket science. It’s called a warm up for a reason. You want to be warm. Whether it’s jumping rope, hoping on the bike, light jog… The point is to become warm. Far too many individuals neglect proper warmup because they want to get to the “fun stuff” asap.

I think the cycling is good general movmenet which I find is good for recovery. Really any sort of movement probably has some general produtivity for recovery and for joint health.

I like it when you film from straight onto the bar end so that the bar path path is easy to see. Best wishes and cheers!

I walk for 1hr 20min twice a week and either do jumprope for 25-30 min once or 10-15 sprints or hill sprints, I of course lift trice per week aswell. Been at it for 15+ years atm, been at it without cardio and with cardio and let me tell you cardio is a must!

If it works for you, then keep at it, boss. That's all that matters. Just be objective about it though. Monitor your progress logs and see if it really leads to improvements AKA PRs. If it does, then even more reason to keep doing it, haha.

I remember Klokov said he improved when he added cardio. He simply was able to train even more. I'd say it's a fine balance before it impacts your top strength. Ofc. You need to find YOUR balance. I for one love running right now during summer. I don't care about top strength right now eithe so I run quite alot.

Devon Larrat always preaches high rep blood pump work for all the structures involved in arm wrestling (wrists, elbows) as injury prevention, recovery, etc. Makes sense that doing that for the knees and hips helps the squats.

Cardio if im not mistaken it was increasing capillary density in muscles more oxygen more blood cells more power output Ivan. I really am feeling better when i do my workout after i walk like 15 minutes on %12 incline cause it makes my lower body burn

Bruce Lee said cardio gave you real world power.

I know what you mean. Explosive unbroken bodyweight squats as a form of warmup help me to move from labouring to lifting.

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If you are always squatting full range of motion with straight weight, I guess a question that is left unanswered is "Are you EVER really really stressing the top range of motion?". Imho, you can do a lot of things to work that top range for joints/muscle groups besides pin squats/quarter squats, for example bands, chains, box, loaded carries, TKEs, rows, etc - putting it all together of course is harder...

Those plates are beautiful - where did you get them ?

holy shit man, I'm out of words!

88888888 may fortune and winning lottos numbers arrive at your doorstep from the squat gods

All squats are good.

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Ivan, What is the purpose of holding on to the bar while safety bar squatting?

Oh yeah, thats right,cI forgot, low key no belt

The biggest advantage with ROM (besides more muscle growth in stretched position) is you get the same muscle stimulation but with a much lower weight. Lower weight means less fatigue, quicker recovery and less injury risk. Why squat 150 kg to parallel when I can get same stimulus with 100 kg ATG with pause. It feels much better to have just 100 kg on ur back.

There's a finnish bodybuilder how said that his quads didn't grow doing full range squats. Everybody said to him you have to squat deep because full range of motion in the only way. One day he started doing half squats with heavy weight and his quads started to grow.

Ivan Seedman Collab incoming

Just added my first day of low bar squats in im not worrying about depth its just about heavy

Range of motion and technique always change over time. Especially Squattin and other multi joint exercises.

I know Stephen Scullion (Marathon runner \ Olympian) talks about doing quarter squats in his gym routine and if you look at the range of motion in running that seems to make sense that you would train that. I’m sure ATG would also be beneficial in its own right but just trying to make sense of things.

They definitely have their place. #remembehatfield

Great talk, boss. I've changed my mind a lot about ROM through the years. For competition standards, there are rules that have to be followed for a lift to be "full rom" and competition legal. But in training? Should we really follow rules? Especially if the lifts are meant to be for recreational purposes only? In my case, I think not. Long story short, I've adjusted my training to what feels more comfortable on my joints and muscles and unintentionally improved on my "Full ROM" movements. For bench press for example, I just focused on arched back, 3" Block press - eventually, just on a whim, I was able to do a flat back, feet up on bench press with 227lbs for 10 reps without even training for it. Nothing world class but pretty damn good for me. It just happened simply because I got stronger doing something else with much shorter ROM. That's why nowadays, I just focus on lifts that are "easier" for me.

yeah that makes sense

Dude, i cringe when i watch athletes doing those quarter squats and sometimes its not even that but more like a 1/8 squat. Not only are they not doing them from the pins like you mentioned but they are also trying to jump with the damn thing... just wow!!!

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Great effort is that ....all that time off and pulling that... I honestly thought your pr was 270

Would you sell your Evo? 👀

Ivan, curious as to what stationary bike you are using??

260kg is 260kg. If you want sore biceps from one rep, try to do one arm pull up. You may also tear something, don't anyone blame me if you do 😅

front squats could work for strengthening that mid back no?

Rest easy Connie. ❤️

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But have you tried ped??? Good shit brother. Keep it up!

It's more than the one rep - it's all the sets leading up to it + the SSB (even though you maybe didn't do that much). But, yeah, mid/upper back is something I've been harping on a long time. Upper back, ab work, posterior chain, and (for you) ankle mobility/stability are things to work on.

Pump and soreness are useless markers of progress. The only marker that matters is performance increases. Increase in reps, increase in weight or increase in form quality.

When are we going back to straight bar squats?

The fact that you did this after an hour of bike riding tells me you've got 270 kg in the tank, no diggity. Like right now. Also, great pull!

Hate DL's as a tall ectomorph, very hard on low-mid back. At 66 goblet squats are my "cocaine". LOL I'm amazed that your DOMS haven't sidelined your training after 1666 days! 🤯

I hit a bench pr and was sick the next day and a week later its just going away

Cheers

Bro I used to watch your videos a few years ago and now tried it this year, made so much progress! Been tracking it on my TikTok, +20kg.

The mid back being sore does not necessarily indicate that you are not working it enough. What if your mid back was actually pulling beyond its fair share during that deadlift single.

Hey Ivan, related to your ending notes on stretched muscles - I'm sure you are familiar with the many mentions of the stretch literature. Jeff Nippard and Renaissance Perioidization are some proponents of it.