how's my DL form these days?
You might be built better for Sumo DL. Try a moderate Sumo stance, and see if that works out better with respects to the hips shooting.
Zou Kai isn't a ring specialist, according to my cursory Google search.
Gymnasts are fairly well balanced upper body muscle-wise, so I don't know what you're talking about.
Pictures? I have never noticed what you're saying.
Your Back Squat looks good.
Is this routine in line with my goals?
I'd swap the Overhead Press with your Incline DB Bench Press.
I was referring more to the descent and not ascent.
You can sit at the bottom and/or near bottom of the squat and wiggle around while you push your knees out with your forearms.
That doesn't really work too well if the bar has any spin.
What would you call this type of progression?
It's basically linear periodization (higher volume to lower volume and lower intensity to higher intensity) within the macrocycle as opposed to within the mesocycle.
Strength and Power Training simultaneously?
I wish Borge would go from A to B to C in his explanations instead of making wishy washy 'throw a little bit of this, a little bit of that' mishmashes and then jumping to a conclusion.
Spinal Dehydration early morning - broscience?
Here are some thoughts based on my experience of working out in the morning.
- If you can, wake up earlier, as suggested in the Cressey post.
There's an article about this on the Main Site, and there are 2-3 articles on this on the Exercise Biology site as well.
+2 on the pause work.
It sounds like the OP needs more TUT in the bottom portion of the BP and not necessarily speed work.
Lose muscle going from strength to hypertrophy routine?
You could also just lift at a normal tempo. I'm pretty sure Lyle has backed away from the tempo stuff since he wrote that article.
Many of your glute muscles attach to your sacrum (aka. tailbone). It just be the lack of adequate mobility in your glutes causing a lot of pulling sensation in the region.
Recommended Book Read - "Explain Pain"
I own the book as well, but I haven't gone through it yet. I believe it is only available via E-book and is like $70.
And I reckon the 'load' in deload refers to workload or training load, which incorporates the combination of intensity, volume, frequency, etc., and not load on the bar.