Taj Lifts

Saw your GCSE video, good **** man, I hope it reaches some youngsters. I'm starting as an ML engineer next month so if you need any help holla at me. Unless you use Matlab or R... then that's all you fam.

thanks man I appreciate it. I'm actually going to some Matlab expo in October lol so I'm assuming I'm gunna be using that a lot. The project is a bit out of my league in terms of the computer science aspect so the first 3 or so months is dedicated to training. Got lots of Python to learn and a few modules in ML/AI

ML isn't much CS tbh, you just need to be good at math if you want to understand the more nuanced algorithms but unless you work for super sophisticated tech companies you don't need to know anything beyond plugging data into preset algorithms. Most of the job is understanding how to transform raw data effectively and feature selection.

Check out 3Blue1Browns series on Neural Networks if you want a basic understanding of the topic effectively, it's a lot of fun! I would recommend everything on that mans channel tbh.

https://youtu.be/aircAruvnKk

3Blue1Brown is the guy man I remember telling everyone to watch his video on cryptocurrency before buying Bitcoin back during the craze in late 2017 lool

15/08/2019

Deadlift:
150kg x1
160kg x1
170kg 1x6 (+1 rep PR)
185kg x1

Probably the most shallow PR I've ever made, it's one of those "I would have made it if I attempted it 4 months ago when I was at my peak strength" kind of PRs. To be fair, I'm not on creatine (at least it hasn't really kicked in yet), probably a bit lighter BW and also PR'd in clean and backsquat in the last 3 days too. 185kg single had infinite floor speed as usual, lockout was slow. 180kg for AMRAP next week, need at least 5 otherwise I'm in serious trouble

OHP:
45kg 1x2
50kg 1x2
55kg 1x3 (PR)

Finally

Accessories: chinups, lat pulldown, biceps

15/08/2019

Deadlift:
150kg x1
160kg x1
170kg 1x6 (+1 rep PR)
185kg x1

Probably the most shallow PR I've ever made, it's one of those "I would have made it if I attempted it 4 months ago when I was at my peak strength" kind of PRs. To be fair, I'm not on creatine (at least it hasn't really kicked in yet), probably a bit lighter BW and also PR'd in clean and backsquat in the last 3 days too. 185kg single had infinite floor speed as usual, lockout was slow. 180kg for AMRAP next week, need at least 5 otherwise I'm in serious trouble

OHP:
45kg 1x2
50kg 1x2
55kg 1x3 (PR)

Finally

Accessories: chinups, lat pulldown, biceps

Wow your stats have improved a fair amount over time 👍🏼

What do you do diet wise (any advice, been lifting but struggling to gain mass, fussy veggie diet(ie not meat egg fish)

Thanks

Bench I do usually have a spotter. If I don't I'll ask one of the members of staff working in the gym because they're usually more clued up and less likely to screw up your set. If you absolutely cannot find a spotter then don't work with weight that you know may be questionable (i.e. 1-3 rep range, work with higher reps and lower weight). As you gain experience you'll know when you absolutely a spot and when you can get away without one. But for now work with higher reps, it's better as you'll get more chance to work on technique/form also.

For someone who's veggie, check out Clarence Kennedy, he's a vegan (who's insanely strong) and has one or two videos on his diet, in his Q&As. My immediate advice would be eat more nuts and possibly take protein shakes (if you're okay with milk)

Your only 1 week away from that PR.

Or maybe if you rested 1-2mins extra you might have gotten it

You don't need to try and hit heavy singles so frequently.

You'd probably have better progress only maxing every 3 to 6 months or so. Don't fixate on 1rm as they don't mean anything unless you want to enter a comp. In which case run a peaking program and max at the comp.

Also, bad days happen. If you wanted 5 reps of 180 and only hit 3, did you really think you were in the best place to try a max?