 ladies and gentlemen Salamite back with another video back at Occam strength Sacramento, California Hitting some squats Talking some mess as I normally do. I appreciate all the support on the recent weightlifting videos I hope you guys enjoy if you do enjoy be sure to turn on notifications We got a little voice over just letting you know what's happening lately with my squats. I've been trying to go Three four, maybe even five times a week kind of depending on how my legs and energy systems is feeling I just kind of take my frequency day to day now wake up in the mountain seeing how I feel I Typically try to go two to three light days and light for me would mean I would do a pause or potentially go beltless to Lower the overall load and stimulus. I'm throwing at myself And then from there I typically try to get two or three heavier days one days Maybe a single or double another day's maybe triples or fives with a belt on I start every single workout with some kind of squat My back's feeling really good. My legs are feeling really strong And as you guys shall see coming up here and if you follow me on Instagram So I'm Michael 2k as you noticed I did hop back into deadlifts Which is the topic of the day and the most common question I have received is Mike Does squatting help the deadlift Mike? How did you take a year off of deadlifts basically because I competed in June? 2018 and deadlift competition didn't go quite as planned And then recently I just pulled a big double which you guys will see in an upcoming video I don't want to give any spoilers, but if you guys stay tuned, you'll see it and the question is You know the answer is I guess yes and no the main reason that I can take a year off deadlifts and come back and Smash a pretty okay weight which for me, you know is maybe you know 75 80% of my best ever Is because I have deadlifted One to three times a week for 10 to 12 years straight You know is it as good as I've always been? No on top of that. I've also worked on my leg strength I've done tons of lunges tons of Bulgarian split squats a good amount of squats over the last couple months And then a ton of upper back work chin-ups rows Pull ups pull downs etc etc So the musculature although the motor pattern isn't perfect my musculature and strength in general It's still pretty decent. Here. We are with maybe 400. I don't know 74 pounds or so moving pretty fast And then again just a moderate single is probably again a quote-unquote lighter day. Just wanted to not get as much volume Warming up the wrist to get into some cleans look at that camera detail You guys can actually see how ugly I am I apologize for that really really good personality. I like to think I have a decent brain Not the best to look out and I apologize the one and only Alan troll my boy Marcus A bunch of different people have been having a lot of fun coming to train with us a couple times a week I actually moving okay right there considering how bad my wrist feels I jammed it really hard on a power clean like three four weeks ago And it just hasn't got better and at least one clean during the session always jacks it back up But I'm doing my best to really focus on the overhead work Cleaning and snatching multiple times a week trying to guide the rhythm just to have fun really, you know Will I compete in it? I don't know but I am feeling good back feels good legs feel good brain feels good I'm having a lot of fun during with the guys. So that's why we're pushing the deadlift in the squat again I think a big deadlift is on the horizon big squats have already been smashed another big PRs coming in an upcoming video I hit a big comeback triple at some pretty decent weight and my body weight stand I haven't really weighed myself, but I imagine about 205 208 pounds or so feeling fairly lean I'm riding my bike everywhere a shout out to summertime and it's a lot of fun. So right here two greens I don't know what that is. It's probably about a hundred kilos. These boys are snatching, but I wasn't snatching at this point I literally just started snatching about two weeks ago and this video is about two and a half weeks ago So you guys will see a bunch of snatch work coming up nothing impressive as I lack the overhead mobility But I really am working on a power snatch going to try to snatch something at least fairly fairly mediocre over the next couple months as well as my clean continue to push it Training frequency against is very high in the main lifts very low volume I'm working on with higher intensities and going by field, but I'm really enjoying it and my deadlifts again Conventional deadlifts. We're going at it. Yes. I'm using straps. I don't really care I've talked to you guys so many times about how I don't lift to compete man. I lift to train. I lift to Feel good. I lift to have fun. This is an outlet for me. It's something I truly enjoy And I have an extra fun right now with the boys training, you know the the environment that that we've put together here Even though it's you know only four or five guys weekly and none of us are at our peak A lot of us are a little banged up Ben hurt his back I think earlier this year Marcus has a hamstring issue Allons and daddy mode, you know the guys probably get no sleep stressed out of his mind But all of us is just about the community and the culture guys come together ladies coming together I say guys very loosely Just having a really good time Smashing some weights staying healthy and really being encouraging for everybody. There's a scarcity mindset that's set in our world right now Small communities big communities politics business, especially, you know, YouTube fitness You start to dig into those things that just is absolutely false There's there's there's enough weights for all of us to lift someone who lifts weights doesn't make them a better human And who someone who doesn't lift weights or lift more weights And so to have these guys around in a positive environment building a culture that I truly enjoy That I'm having fun with getting healthier and doing a pastime that I love has been great So hopefully you guys enjoy these videos more raw training come and be sure to subscribe turn notifications on the mic I'm out of here. Thank you guys so much for the constant support Stay updated Instagram Twitter Salamico 2ks. Bye