/plg/ - powerlifting general
Primarily for the purpose of becoming a better athlete on the platform, but all strength sports are welcome!
>opression edition
>>35685770
Literally what the fuck.
>>35685828
Yeah, I don't get it. Even when we're on-topic, we get deleted, so what's the point?
Also, I'm getting really tired of J-List trying to sell me sex toys on a SFW board.
>>35685873
Seen makes a thread, someone reports him, he gets banned, thread is deleted.
>You lift. You probably look like you lift. When people come up to you in line at Target, because they see you have muscles, and they ask "hey, how much can you lift?" I know what they mean.
>They do not care about your deadlift.
>Nope. And not a single one of those motherfuckers wants to hear about your squat.
>You can tell them all about that hip-crease and the top surface of your knee and how other fools don't even know about hitting depth like you do and they will nod their heads, but their hearts will be somewhere else.
>They want to know how much you can bench press. That's right, every single normal, non-lifting person on this planet wants just one piece of information from you, once they notice you're jacked. They want to know how much you can bench press. That's it! I mean, why the hell else would you even want to have muscles if not to bench press more weight than anyone else? Right?
>Here's the rub: you can't tell them the truth. This comes back to the reason they are asking the question. I've been answering it for going on twenty years and believe me when I tell you: no matter how strong you are, you are nowhere near as strong as someone they know, and they want to tell you all about it.
for free
>>35685911
Interesting theory. This isn't the case with all of them, though. All of the threads with pictures of Jon Pall are from me, and I'm neither Sean nor banned. But every single one has been deleted without explanation.
I know /plg/ doesn't do much ab work, but I've been reading about stomach vacuums as a mean to strenghten the ''inner'' abs. I was wondering if strenghtening this muscle group would be helpful when bracing. What do you guys think?
Are knee sleeves worthwhile? If they help, and I can use them in meets, I should probably pick some up.
>>35685920
As true as it gets.
>>35685954
Probably next to worthless compared to ab wheel or weighted planks. Look up RKC planks and do them in that style.
>>35685954
stupid. disregard.
even if there were "inner abs", it wouldn't be worth training them because they're evidently not useful in bracing your core for heavy squats and deadlifts if you have to train them by doing stomach vaccums.
>>35685957
SBD
B
D
>>35685920
yeah, my brother benched like 850 in college
>>35685920
This hurt
>>35685770
What does /plg/ think of LSD?
Pretty harmless drug from a gains perspective, no?
>>35686243
Sure, until you're one of those faggots in a serape with a shitty haircut and Birkenstocks. Hallucinogens are great but keep it to a couple times a year imo and ime tbqh.
>>35686262
Lmfao this is exactly what I was thinking people would say when I made the post.
I have to agree.
I feel as though taking a big dose or doing it too often will make you feel like there's no purpose to lifting.
>>35685920
Top fucking lel
>So, how do you handle this dilemma? You have two choices. Either you deal with some wiener shitting all over your hard work with fables about mighty men you'll never see in real life, or just fight fire with fire and make up a ridiculous fucking lie.
>>35686301
Last time I tripped I had a really peaceful, serene moment out by a lake where I was finally able to kind of wrap my head around why people might believe in God. I was able to take a good look at what I'm doing with my life/how I spend my time too and came out of it studying harder, hitting the weights hard, and actually including a little cardio because I don't want my heart to explode at 38. Moderation, lad.
>>35686316
>when you are asked how much you bench: you lie. You always lie.
>>35686342
Hmmm. Interesting.
LSD is always motivating for me, too, but it usually just makes me get the drive to fix glaring problems in my life. Ive never had it make me more motivated in general.
Ive gotta trip in a peaceful setting one of these days. Lately I've been tripping in party settings and it really kills the introspective potential that the drug has.
>>35686385
>tripping in party settings
Oof, no thanks.
>>35686418
I mean like concerts and when there are just a lotta people around.
Still kinda sucks tho. Had a bad experience this past weekend watching drunk people be drunk people and seeing all these kids look sickly and worn out from taking fake molly.
I'm gunna stop taking acid at concerts/raves.
>>35685957
SBD
B
D
they'll add some weight. buy em tight
>>35685770
it was a good day for me PLG
I got 305 for 3 doubles touch and go bench . The goal was being able to do a double at 300
>>35685920
the truth in this post made me wince.
>but one time someone asked me how much I squatted, it was the day after I hit a PR, and that was a good time
>when you stretch so hard your kegel muscle starts twitching
wew
>>35685873
sean is banned from 4chan? ¿por qué?
>>35686661
GJ friendo, how long you been at it? h/w?
Okay, I've been lifting 15 months.
Squat: 375
Bench: 240
Deadlift: 445
I think it's time for a program.
Any suggestions?
>>35686964
That kid is a fucking hero. And it depends. What are your goals, what have you done in the past? How big are you?
>>35686964
What have you done thus far?
>>35687043
Lifted heavy as fuck every week and not acted like a pussy.
>>35687030
6'2 220lbs, reasonably lean.
I'm posting in /plg/ so my goals are lift heavy shit
>>35687142
Russian memeroutine, RTS, Juggernaut, do you like more bodybuilding kind of shit or primarily sticking to the main lifts?
>>35687104
Look up RTS and read all of Mike T's literature , he too enjoys lifting heavy shit frequently and nonpussily
>>35685911
I didn't make the last thread and I haven't been banned once on here
>>35687167
I'd like to stick to the main lifts and have some freedom in my choice of accessories if I want to do bodybuilding type stuff.
>>35686964
if you total 1060kg without a program why start now?
>>35687142
texas method. you can probably make more weekly gains desu.
>>35686869
Nope
>>35687188
Sheiko fits the bill.
>>35687194
>1060kg
lol
I'm still doing fine on my bench press, but squat and deadlift have sort of stalled.
>>35686964
So far I have been reccomended:
>RTS
>Juggernaut
>Texas Method
>Sheiko
>Russian memeroutine (not quite sure what this means)
I know RTS ain't free and I think CWS charges for his shit. Are any of these cheap/free?
>>35687316
>are any of these cheap/free?
Your mom
>>35687316
Juggernaut is a program, there's a book and everything. In the dropbox. 99% sure Russian memeroutine is Sheiko.
>>35687316
there is a free RTS intermediate program.
There are various juggernaut programs, check our dropbox
>texas method
definitely free. just google it
>sheiko/russian memeroutine
same thing, sheiko templates are free @ sheiko-program.ru/forum/
>>35686025
>>35686623
Do you guys wear them every session? Is the patellar tendon damage from knee sleeves exaggerated bro science passed down from wraps?
>>35687391
i think its impossible to get knee sleeves tight enough to damage your patellar tendon desu. almost definitely bro science. i wear them every session... but now mine have stretched and i should probably get new ones
>>35687391
I'd think you'd get bursitis before tendinitis from excessive pressure
>>35687364
Texas looks like shit, as I'd expect from a Rippetoe-endorsed program. Hardly any deadlift volume, power cleans that have no carry over to PL, and like 30% more squat volume than upper body volume.
Sheiko does seem to be a meme, it's just a bunch of templates and not an actual program.
RTS looks great, so does Juggernaut. Since CWS is probably the powerlifter I respect more than any other, I'll go with his and see where it gets me.
How tight do your shoulder blade muscles/rhombids get? I got this tightness deep in my rhomboid muscles, if my bend my neck down or high up i can feel it bad. The only way it feels like i can hit it is if i tear my skin against the corner of a wall.
>>35687759
Lacrosse ball, yo.
>>35687391
Your knees will shred themselves until they spontaneously combust and immolate you in the middle of a PR squat.
What.
The Fuck.
Is this shit?
>>35686876
215lbs 6'4'', 2.5 years
>>35687985
Definitely not a shitty suit.
>powerlifting
>a sport
>lifting one thing up one time while doing your best to reduce ROM
>a sport
strongman is better deserving of being in the olympics than oly lifting or powerlifting
>>35687985
Shit son, that's what Vegeta wears under his armor.
>>35687985
I found out I was mere pounds from out totalling the mong.
>>35688021
It's a singlet. I guess Inzer decided to actualy make their own instead of just stamping their name on someone else's.
>>35688035
Why are you here?
>>35688072
I had a similar realization in that I was 7.5 kg short of qualifying for Provincials.
>>35688072
I like strongman, but half the events are deathtraps. Stones, the fingers, logs, dumbbells bigger than most lifters.
>>35688072
What are his stats?
>>35688081
>Why are you here?
read the OP
>>35688092
I exceeded the qualifying total for nationals by almost 220lbs
Hmmm. Maybe if you'd done anything other than 5/3/1...;^)
>>35688119
I forget. Isley just said I was close. I know he only benched like 130kg
>>35688153
>I exceeded the qualifying total for nationals by almost 220lbs
>junior national qualifying totals
a hahaha ha
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>35688153
>I exceeded the qualifying total for nationals by almost 220lbs
Aren't you a Jr.? Qualifying totals for Canadian Nationals for M-O-U-93 is ~600kg, and for Regionals is 517.5
>>35688153
>I forget. Isley just said I was close. I know he only benched like 130kg
http://www.sportsground.co.nz/files/site/826/4/Pdf/150321170244YQRUPNYL.pdf
He had a 550kg total.
>>35688180
Seriously this, Joe. You are a baby, and only need baby weight to qualify.
>>35688153
Aren't the junior qualifying numbers low? Like, ridiculously low?
>>35688195
For juniors it's like 1030 or something. I meant to say almost 200 but phone corrected me.
Also I don't accept my out totalling of you. You were I injured so it doesn't count.
>tfw "friends" aren't actually friends
>>35688219
yeah, it's a joke
>tfw missed open qualifying total by 4lbs
>>35688204
>>35688219
I-i wasn't bragging
Just a reference at how ridiculously low our standards are compared to canacucks
>>35688229
I'm hoping to get into a meet this spring so I can qualify for Provincials so don't worry.
Injuries are part of the game, but don't worry, I hope to be pulling ~215kg for reps again later this month, and I'm pretty confident I can get a 200kg squat by Provincials.
My bench is just shit though. I was choked I didn't get 125kg.
So when do I get my complimentary Kaz traps?
>Block pulls 7.5" 585 x 7 x 5
>Block rows 365 x 10 x 3
>Silly bullshit
>>35688239
The end of the world by skeeter davis
>>35686243
I do lsd/mdma two or three times a year, I just make sure that the day after is rest day because it fucks up my sleep and i cant do any lifting the day after because im tired. This is not always the case tho but just a heads up, do em beford tje rest day!
>>35688261
I'll be doing one in July. We can compare then.
>>35687531
you make slight adjustments to texas method, like RDLs on Monday and rows instead of powercleans
i don't know what you mean by templates or actual program. you do it, then you max out, then you increase your max by whatever you hit. There's no set progression just because its based on what you can currently do.
personally i feel like RTS only works for a certain type of person, and i don't like juggernaut. but at your level anything will work desu.
>>35688072
i was 1lb from outtotaling mong
>>35688081
the current "inzer" ones are SO ugly
>>35688119
550 @ 87? something like that.
![beer bong contest [ns].webm](https://i.imgur.com/Qez3OFv.jpg "beer bong contest [ns].webm")
>>35688274
that's not it. I know that it has a long ass intro, and it is about how the guy won't let himself be happy.
can't remember if it is called happy or sad or what, sorry I can't be more helpful. and thanks for trying.
>>35688290
July is when Provincials are. So let's make that the throwdown if I can get another meet in to qualify.
>>35688293
>the current "inzer" ones are SO ugly
I used to think that until I saw all the other lads at the meet, and I thought "hey, My Inzer sure ain't bad!" Titans, Metal, and Strengthshop are by far the worst.
And then I saw the ladies in the Inzer classics and got damn they looked gooood.
>>35688321
>>35688274
nvm, I think I found it.
worry worry worry
>>35688326
Mine is too short (despite being the right size) desu so i have to constantly pull it down and it hugs my nether regions a bit too much for my liking.
>>35688326
>>35688361
Any brand singlet you would recommend?
>>35688321
OH
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pUDv3h09VBc
>>35688366
SBD looks nice. other than that the cheapest desu. my inzer is just too small i think for some reason so if you're on the border go up
>>35688361
Mine does that too. Just gotta give the crowd what they want, y'know?
>>35688366
Honestly, it's a fucking singlet. They won't give you a performance edge. I bought mine second hand on craigslist. Once you've settled into a weightclass, then drop the money on the one you like the look of the most (and let's all be honest here, that's the SBD - they sexy as fuck).
>>35688326
Sbd meme singlet master race
>>35688366
I got just a plain black one from strengthshop and it's perfect for me. was pretty cheap too
>>35688379
ye that's the one
>>35687813
t-t-thx
>>35688401
I've started taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
80kg class here I come.
>>35688398
Really what I love/hate about the Inzer Matman is that it's like the short-shorts of the singlet world. I get to show off my legs, but I make people uncomfortable in my little commercial gym. I like that the SBD has good leg coverage.
>>35688439
The fact that I'm a manlet wearing an xl also helps.
>>35688475
Hohoho, you're such a pudgy little Powerlifter your girl must love your cuddle game
>>35682337
It's both an artsy choice and a concession I make to compromise with my club manager about gym privacy rules.
Also the footage still gets the gist of the lifts in; can still see stuff like depth and bar path.
Oh...
Anyone ever use tinder? I have a very important question.
also thoughts on GZCL method?
>>35688438
let's focus on getting into the 93s first
>>35688475
wait really? mine's only a medium
I realize different brands, but you don't seem that much bigger than me
>>35688523
I used to but then my self esteem plummeted because ugly and then I uninstalled.
whaddup
>>35688516
I'm going to tell Sparkle you're posting shitty videos and get her to tell Dan to look at in a disappointed manner.
>>35688519
He's just salty because he's stuck with a poverty bench, don't mind him.
>>35688539
Can anyone know I use it if they have me on FB?
Gonna be studying abroad and am thinking about using it while there desu but am worried because I heard it's linked to FB.
to keep this plg related: Thoughts on incline dumbbell as a main accessory to bench?
>>35688539
It fit me well even when I was 180lbs back last April when I bought it.
>>35688565
tinder doesn't post anything to your facebook, but iirc all of the photos that you can use have to come from your facebook. so people who see you on there will know, but that's about it.
incline dumbbell seems fine as long as you don't kill yourself with it. I would say keep it pretty ezpz in terms of intensity
>>35688575
really? seems like it fit you pretty well at the meet? it wasn't super loose when you were 30 pounds lighter? that's p nice
>>35688547
>He's just salty because he's stuck with a poverty bench, don't mind him.
>>35688602
>so people who see you on there will know, but that's about it.
Thank god I'll be 6000 miles away so nobody that knows me will see ;)
>>35688610
It's ok, canadian bro. I believe in you, too.
>>35688630
I'm sorry for what I said, Joe.
This anon has made me see the way again.
>>35687954
That's an obscure joke image anon but I laughed heartily.
Thanks m80
>>35688662
See, we can all be friends.
>mfw the bench rampage resumes tomorrow
>>35688119
Mong went 170 squat, 130 bench and 250 dead at the one meet he did. He competed in the 93s but I think he was at the lighter end of the class.
Just paid for my coaching services lads. i think i'm officially a TSAthlete
>>35688692
>tfw someone appreciates your shitty file name joke
>>35688714
I'm going to pay them to tell you to use a SSB.
>>35688713
IIRC he was towards the lower end because he tried a hardcore water cut and missed making weight in the next class down. His walking around weight was closer to 100.
Goodnight lads.
I get a much needed rest day tomorrow. Even my deload week deadlifts made me sleepy today.
I don't k ow if any of you remember me. I posted a month ago about how I we getting oly shoes to help fix my hip impingement. Turns out they worked wonders and my lowbar improved dramatically. So psa to newbies, go get lifting shoes asap, they are amazing. Also, since I can start progressing past 1pl8 again (skipped straight to 1.5pl8 for 3x5 today) I feel squats in my lower back. Right at the intersection of my glutes and back. Is this good or bad. It gets a crazy pump and then stayed sore all day
>>35688755
It could be normal, or it could be indicative of a problem. No way to know without more to go on.
>start organizing fit girls folder
>over 200 images and webms
wew lads
>>35688692
that's morrowind daedric stuff, right?
didn't realize morrowind is now considered obscure
unless that's not morrowing ig
>>35688742
nn m80
>>35688805
What else do you need to know?
>>35688824
Well. I'll give you this then. I've always had trouble with lower back sounding when I bottom out to parallel. But I read some rippetoe advice on active hip and lower lumbar stability and awareness. So today I did a set of superman holds before I started my squats to help me activate the lower lumbar region, and focusing on keeping that area flexed right during my sets was amazing. And ooooooh boy did my glutes kick hard today.
>>35688807
>that's morrowind daedric stuff, right?
Yeah.
>didn't realize morrowind is now considered obscure
Not the guy who said it was, but it is pretty damn old at this point.
>>35688824
Without seeing you squat I don't know if it's an issue or not. Unless there's no shit pain, I wouldn't worry about it.
What is the /plg/ expert consensus on the PTW novice program? Specifically the advanced novice one
>>35688858
>morrowind was released 14 years ago
whaaa
I still play that shit on my PC, as recently as last week. hype af about skywind
>>35688908
you're probably gonna have to ask again in about 12-18 hours when most of the "experts" are on. I doubt many people here know a lot about it because it's not one of the meme routines, although it is RPE based, right? I think that is gonna be one of the hot memes in the next few weeks/months
>>35688948
Sort of, there's also an 'autoregulated' version that uses a fatigue system instead of a set amount of sets
>>35688948
Forgot the pic
>>35688948
It's been ages since I've played it. I still remember making a beeline for Balmora and killing Ra'Virr, though.
>>35688948
>I think that is gonna be one of the hot memes in the next few weeks/months
no it wont because its written by izzy whos a hack
that said its probably fine
>>35688908
Novice programs really don't require a lot of analysis. Just make sure the progression is decent and put in the effort, and voila!
>>35688998
My main problems with sticking to programs is that I end up adding more and more assistance exercises and the sessions blow out to be really fucking long, then I feel lazy if I drop all the extra shit and try to stick the program as written
>>35689031
just add whatever assistance you think you need to the programme in hte beginning and stick to it
>>35688993
idk, it is probably fine. tBh as a novice you can make progress with pretty much anything that isn't batshit stupid
>>35688998
I meant RPE-based stuff, not the PTW program
>>35688996
what on nirn are you doing killing Ra'Virr? I pretty much just use him and the lady across the way as gold supplies whenever I go back to Caius's house to sleep/level/etc
>>35689031
that's not the program's fault lad
just don't go overboard with it.
>>35689046
>I meant RPE-based stuff, not the PTW program
id say no to that too because its too involved, most dont want to read about fatigue percentages
it should become one though everyone can benefit from rpe based training
>>35689046
I'd sell off his inventory to get rich (for that point in the game) and it gave me a house in a convenient fast travel hub. I'd also go to the Dren plantation and kill that dude in the hut with a daedric dai katana. I was a kid, and kids are sociopaths. Besides, khajiit aren't real people.
I hate losing weight holy shit, i feel so weak and i hate when my lifts drops
>>35689194
>cutting
Not even once.
nn plg
>>35689194
I will be very happy when I can actually cut rather than just doing periodic recomps when I realise how fat I've gotten.
Fuck being over 6'0 in this sport. 120 is not what I thought I'd be aiming for.
>>35689236
Right?
>>35688547
Go right ahead. I could always use a couple more views.
>>35689194
The solution is simple: go into the cut weak as hell. You'll have no strength to lose, and instead get nothing but good feels as you technically get stronger while looking a lot less chunky.
>>35689294
But really - that effect gives me eye aids, and I'm not the anon from before.
You started your second run on the cube, right? How'd the first go?
>>35688998
>no it wont because its written by izzy whos a hack
Total fucking hack. No wonder he abandoned his forum and disappeared into oblivion again.
>>35689265
Pretty much.
I mean, I've got a long way to go up the food chain before weight class really matters at all(last mock meet was basically 1050@205), but in general I'm not looking forward to the food bills. Especially since I have a physical job and it shoves my calorie requirement through the roof.
Love being able to eat what I want. Don't like having to do that and more.
>>35689305
I went from 226 to 193 bodyweight
Squat stayed 365
Bench stayed 225
Dead went from 455 to 425, but I think that was setup related.
Second cycle is on week 2 now, and I'm running the RP diet at maintenance level. Weight is fluctuating between 191 and 192.5
>>35688398
How does a pudgy manlet get a qtgf
>>35689322
I'm 6'4, it's SHW or baby lifts. I know your pain.
>>35689325
Cool. When are you going to stop losing weight and start making all kinds of gains?
>>35689332
By not worrying about it, being in a setting where interaction with girls is a thing, and just being the best version of yourself that you can. Eventually that'll resonate positively with a girl and stuff will happen.
>>35688575
>I was 180lbs back last April when I bought it.
>180lbs
wtf happened between then and now?
>>35689342
He eats like twelve pizzas a day.
I'm two days behind squat ID - skip ID and do the next VD or do it anyways?
>>35689337
I assume once my body acclimates to the intake, my technique continues to improve, and the weeks get heavier. I should see some good progress this training cycle.
>>35688565
>to keep this plg related: Thoughts on incline dumbbell as a main accessory to bench?
Totally fine.
>>35689363
You go psycho and put 200lbs on each of your comp lifts over the course of the next year. I believe in you.
Any recommendations for my first belt? Are all belts fine for competing? I know it can't be wider than 4 inches. Thanks.
>>35689378
I'd suggest getting a 10mm single prong of some decent brand. 13mm is technically 'better', but much more of a pain to break in and not every fed allows that thickness.
>>35689378
Best belts, Inzer, Titan, and Pioneer all make good stuff, as do a lot of other companies, I'm sure. 13mm single prong.
>>35689384
>>35689399
I don't see any rules about thickness of the belt. Only width cannot be more than 4 inches.
>>35689375
Putting 600lbs on my total in a year would be pretty sick.
>>35689406
13mm is the max allowed in the majority of feds, you might occasionally come across special snowflake rules, but in general that's the rule.
>>35689428
The transition from deficit to maintenance to surplus is awesome.
>>35689429
Thanks, there is a bunch of other rules for the belt but they seem like they are describing all belts. Will a "regular" 4 inch wide, 13mm thick belt be okay?
>>35689460
Yeah, it's literally the iconic powerlifting belt.
>>35685920
I always say I don't bench - bench is for pussies who only lift casually. The shock, amazement, and shame they feel for not having known something so simple and basic about something they were about to feign knowledge of is tangible. Then if they call you out on it, you can expect they too lift and you can talk shop with them. Learned that one from my cousin at a family party. Dude is like 160lbs and benches over three plates and people constantly pull that shit on him.
>>35689507
>not wanting to get sweet lifting tips from guys that out-benched Sarychev back when they were in high school
>>35688728
"Search your feelings martin, you know it to be true"
"NOOOOOOOOOOO"
>>35689545
I think I'm going to stop fucking about with light meme squats using the thing and just go nuts for a while. It'll be nicer on my knees than this narrow stance horseshit anyway.
>>35689567
i thought you were using comp stance and i thought you were going quite heavy? Didn't you say 425 for multiple sets of 5?
>>35689567
Its awesome for box squatting, by the way. Because you either get the drive off the box right or cop it in the back of your neck if you try to cheat it up.
>>35689573
Those were the narrow/heels/beltless/paused things I was doing. And it was 445, thank you very much. Gotta count those 10s. Prior to messing around with them, with a comp stance and a belt I was hitting 5s at 500ish (don't remember if it was 495 or 505).
>>35689399
Fuck single prong, too much cardio. Lever ftw!
>>35689602
jesus lad. any idea of a 1rm backsquat? 650?
>>35689622
IDK. Not being coy, I just don't know. Hit 615 in wraps back in the late spring/early summer and all my work sets have gotten heavier since then. I've obviously taken a detour into SSB land, but as of early fall I hit 545x2 paused, 495x6 paused, and 495x9 in a set that ended prematurely because the bar was slipping. Since then my schedule and diet improved significantly, and I've gotten stronger across the board. Then, more recently, another favorable variable entered the equation.
>>35689611
I wear the belt differently on squats and deads, and can't be bothered to adjust a lever that often. Used to have a lifting partner that would get stuck in a double prong from time to time, that was funny.
>>35689583
I'll add it to the list of SSB goodness to try, thanks.
>>35689670
gotcha. pretty sick numbers lad. even before the additional favorable variable.
>>35689681
Thanks brochacho.
I'm pretty stoked for tomorrow's session. I might have to shake up the overhead work soon though, I'm running out of room for reasonable progression on the alphabet soup presses.
This is it lads. 1000 lb total within 6 months. I'll post a webm of my lifts once I hit it
>>35689709
i'm deloading this week, think i figured out why my squats been shitty lately, and i'm testing maxes next week, with TSA coaching starting up the week after that. Pretty stoked as well
Do you have a planned stop point for the SSB stuff? i.e. 600x5 or just when you stop progressing?
>>35689741
First day in the gym?
>>35689750
No, haven't really focused on training like a powerlifter though, only half-heartedly
>>35689749
>do you have a planned stop point?
Yeah, when I outsquat pic related.
I'll see where the 5s take me jumping 10lbs a session and evaluate whether I want to escalate with triples or back off and switch to higher volume once I've run them into the ground. I hate high rep squats though, almost as much as high rep deads. On bench I'll kill volume all day, every day.
>tfw slingamajig sets of 435 x 10 x 5 are slated for tomorrow
>>35689670
>I wear the belt differently on squats and deads, and can't be bothered to adjust a lever that often. Used to have a lifting partner that would get stuck in a double prong from time to time, that was funny.
I have 2 belts, my new 13mm Titan Brahma and my old 10mm Toro. I keep the older one a notch or 2 looser for fat days.
>>35689046
>that pleb taste in both film and literature
>>35688908
Not sure novices can be trusted wrt. RPEs.
I like that it requires paused squats, abs, sprints, and mobility tho, tBh.
>>35689236
>tfw 6'4
eternal bulk ;_;
Lads...
>>35690326
Higher than the world record, lower than the american record. very very nice. His progress lately is so cool, he can actually compete with/beat Blevins and Burks if he keeps this up
>>35690340
>american record
A L L T I M E ?
>>35690340
>Higher than the world record, lower than the american record
uh....
Is it just me or are most successful powerlifters guys who lifted for size for years before using that size to hit big PL numbers?
>>35690361
nah USAPL american record.
come on lad, i don't recognize all time records.
ALL
TIME
>>35690371
have a problem?!?
>>35690372
just you.
>>35690373
2bh just wanted an excuse to post
A L L T I M E
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>>35690373
Bryce Lewis
Jesse Norris
Mark Bell
Candito
Layne Norton
off the top of my head, plus most russian lifters start off doing loads of different exercises for a lot of volume before slowly working down to the main comp lifts
>>35690373
so you're saying that murrica is the rich pianna of the world, as they've left humanity behind
>>35690384
bryce lewis has always trained for strength lad. as has jesse norris and i'm pretty sure candito.
Norris was super strong as a teen competitor who competed in ipf worlds, for example. Lewis has been competing for years and years. Candito was a track guy and lifted for carryover. Mark bell is on steroids. Norton does work.
They've always trained for strength. Having a hypertrophy block or bulking or putting on muscle doesn't mean they were lifting for size.
Just bombed in an exam lads
Going to go see how many times I can deadlift 200kg
>>35690413
Bryce has competed in numerous bodybuilding shows before switching to PL, check his bb.com thread.
>>35690429
didn't know that desu. but i still don't think that the added hypertrophy aided him much. shit he actually looks like he has MUCH more muscle mass now then he did then, albeit at a higher bodyfat.
>>35690174
What, you don't like Forrest Gump or Hitchiker?
>>35690415
Rolling for my two last digits being your total reps.
Good luck.
>>35690372
Maybe rather think of it as "guys who fill out their frame" or something along those lines. Ref. weight classes.
>>35690415
if it isn't over 10 don't come back tBh
:^)
>>35690458
>>35690465
I'll be back in an hour
Goal is 58 reps of 200kg. Wish me luck.
Bf% is just a number desu lads
Listen to iron maiden baby
Post hype songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQGUJK7Na4
Stormzy is so fucking good
>>35690372
How to be a good powerlifter: Spend years getting big and strong with lots of volume and bb'ing work.
How to be a shit powerlifter: SS/TM, no assistance or extra volume cos kill.
>>35690447
Wut?
Increased muscle mass therefore increased strength potential hasn't helped him?
Wut?
>>35690572
>there is only one way to get strong
>you cannot focus on getting strong and gaining mass at the same time, especially as a beginner
>the marginal difference in muscle mass will make an appreciable difference in normal competitors
>>35690587
that's not what i said at all. Yes, having more muscle mass makes you stronger. What i said it specifically training for hypertrophy to pursue bodybuilding likely has had very little positive benefit to his career as a powerlifter. It isn't like he would have not been training during that time, he still would have been training the compounds, eating (more, likely since he is not as lean as he used to be), while also gaining strength if he focused on bodybuilding from the beginning
>>35690610
>>there is only one way to get strong
>>you cannot focus on getting strong and gaining mass at the same time, especially as a beginner
>>the marginal difference in muscle mass will make an appreciable difference in normal competitors
Wut?
>What i said it specifically training for hypertrophy to pursue bodybuilding likely has had very little positive benefit to his career as a powerlifter.
Well you're horribly wrong, seriously. Coming into powerlifting with high levels of muscle mass already is a giant head start. If you've spent a large amount of time focusing on just getting big then you're not doing yourself a disservice at all. Honestly most beginner powerlifters should spend more time thinking like bodybuilders to start out with.
>>35690587
>Increased muscle mass therefore increased strength potential hasn't helped him?
>implying powerlifting itself isn't the best way to gain muscle mass as a drug free lifter
>>35690725
... "No"
I'm not saying that muscle mass doesn't increase strength/strength potential, I'm saying there's no need to train like a bodybuilder to gain muscle mass. If you think most beginners should spend two hours in the gym after their basic compounds on isolations for every part of their body to gain mass, then you're wrong. If you think beginners don't gain a lot of mass from doing SS and eating, then you're wrong. If I decided to take a year off powerlifting right now to "fill out my weight class" and gain muscle mass, I would be a worse powerlifter than if I had focused on powerlifting and made muscle gain my secondary goal. I firmly believe that.
>>35690793
you are right
but SS/TM are silly like the anon is saying, and beginners in other, well established strength sports (like WL for example) do actually spend the start of their training career just hammering out technique and doing a ton of assistance to gain muscle mass, I think. At least that's what Avon said, and he reads a ton of books on this shit so I trust him.
What is this RP diet people keep mentioning? Can someone give me a quick overview?
>>35690861
it's dumb and a meme and all that matters nutrition wise for powerlifting (and 99.9% of gym goers) is calories + protein intake
>I'm a student
literally translated as
>I'm a pretentious nonce who paid the government £30,000 for a piece of paper which says i can do thing
"excuse me please mate", me, telling you to move whilst you're queuing outside the job centre
>>35690793
How long have you been lifting for?
>>35690861
Renaissance Periodization. Book is in the dropbox, I think.
>>35690963
I've been lifting for a little over 9 years.
>>35690948
wtf mate you cant just go round calling people a nonce
>>35688475
Anderson seem to be carrying only XS and 5XL right now...
>>35685770
kuk!
>>35688273
tren
>>35688398
cute
>>35690873
>all that matters nutrition wise for powerlifting (and 99.9% of gym goers) is calories + protein intake
This is basically true.
>>35691038
Time to bulk
>>35691152
Isn't tearing something down not the opposite of erecting?
>>35690769
It's a matter of emphasis that I'm talking about more than anything. Just think of a lifter's career as block periodised. And remember that hypertrophy remains of some importance throughout a lifter's career, as does getting stronger of course.
Novice: Foundation phase (hypertrophy/technique - develop a physique and skills base)
Intermediate: General strength (and hypertrophy)
Advanced/Elite: Intensity/Realisation (refining and peaking)
I never said to stop powerlifting or not follow a powerlifting program, just to place more emphasis on certain aspects of athlete development at certain stages of your lifting career. IRL most experienced and decent powerlifting coaches do this anyway and pre-Rippetard it was the way powerlifting was done in the West, following in the examples of 80s and 90s era powerlifters like Doug Young, Ed Coan, Kirk Karwoski, etc.
https://youtu.be/l2xRIxnVZHo
Heavy bench day(75%) was pretty groovy, and I even found the bent over row variant that will best work for me (I hope).
Music from Golden Axe II(GEN).
>>35690793
>I'm saying there's no need to train like a bodybuilder to gain muscle mass.
I only actually said you had to "think" like a bb'er, but training like a bb'er helps too, though it's probably best that you let me know what you think "training like a bb'er" means to you because we could just be arguing in circles a bit here. I'm merely talking about doing a lot of varied assistance work after the main lifts with the emphasis on developing a good overall physique, not just choosing assistance and accessory movements for weakpoints or technique improvement.
>If you think most beginners should spend two hours in the gym after their basic compounds on isolations for every part of their body to gain mass, then you're wrong.
No I'm not wrong seriously, nearly every elite lifter I know personally has spent countless hours working "the pump" after their main lifts.
>If you think beginners don't gain a lot of mass from doing SS and eating, then you're wrong.
They gain some mass from SS and eating. They'll gain A FUCKLOAD MORE MASS from lots of assistance volume and eating.
>If I decided to take a year off powerlifting right now to "fill out my weight class" and gain muscle mass, I would be a worse powerlifter than if I had focused on powerlifting and made muscle gain my secondary goal. I firmly believe that.
I never once said anything about taking a year off or quitting powerlifting for a while.
>>35690973
And lifts and weight/height stats? I'm just trying to guage your experience and results because it helps knowing how experienced someone is when you're arguing with them so you can work out if you're just misinterpreting each other or otherwise.
>>35688807
r u alex
>>35691452
5'7 just over 400 wilks
>>35690326
I saw this too. Incredible.
>high volume whole-body workout last night
>have to do another one in a few hours
Lads help.
>>35691299
I suggest getting strong first before putting this much effort into your videos.
>>35691489
unless making videos is fun for him
>>35691508
>doing things for fun
this is a powerlifting thread, single-minded autism only.
I remember when Topkek100 first invited me round his house, he was this 6"1 twink in middle school who weighed like 90lbs, everyone use to take to the piss out of him so he tried to make friends by inviting people round for a sleep over
I thought it would be funny to go over and rob the little twink, unfortunately I was the only one who showed up. I needed a piss and asked topkek mother where the bathroom was, I almost died of laughter when she led me into a cold room with a stone floor & walls scraped of paint and pointed to the shit stained floor and said squat down and poo there, I asked her is she had a toilet and she said no and that I needed to poo on the floor
I had serious bad diarrhea from eating topkeks curry earlier, so I bent down near the walls and sprayed as much as I could on the wall, topkeks mother then came and sprayed the mess with a hose, and the hose water literally looked like it had shit in it. The shit water went down this drain in the centre of the room
I later asked for some water and his mother showed me to this tap outside and told me to cup my hands and collect the water, I asked her to show me first and watch as she put her mouth under this rusty blackened tap and turn it on ONLY to have shit water pour into her mouth. I laughed so hard watching little peanuts clump onto the edges of her mouth, I then said I wasn't thirsty anymore and topkeks mother showed me back inside
Eventually I asked topkek where his valuables were (so I could steal them) & he took me to his bedroom and when he opened it all I could see was broken base units & laptops around the room, at one end was a line of phones, which topkek explained was for his job at tech support, & the other end was this crappy dell desktop with the case open and a old white oscillating fan blowing onto the CPU which had no heat sink
I asked what that computer was for & he told me he ran a website which lured people in so he can install malware onto their computer & sell their Information
>>35688398
How the fuck is your triceps and chest so small? dont you bench like 4 plates?
>>35691646
>4 plates
>benchbeta
AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
MEIN SIDES! MEIN siiiiiides
>>35691646
well you see the thing is he's actually heavily obese which means any muscle he does have (which is little) is covered up by really thick layers of fat
pic related I just put in his stats from his most recent meet (97kg @ 5'7) and this came out
>>35691646
4 pl8 tng yea but most I've done paused was 370 like a year or so ago.
IPF legal pr is 358 but that moved very quick so I'm in a good position to do more.
And idk. I've always had small arms
>>35691697
>bmi
>ever
>>35691697
>53.6KG
>healthy
wew lad
>>35691461
Pretty good mate. 74 class according to the plg rankings? Aiming to bulk up to the 83s soon?
>>35691743
What's fucked is that the government and insurance companies actually take these numbers seriously.
>>35691724
>>35691743
Hi here's a comprehensive review of 57 studies on BMI as a health marker - there's a reason every doctor on the planet uses it
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662372/
he's obese and at great risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer etc. he should really cut down if he wants to make it past 30.
>>35691752
I'm not Martin brenner aka joffrey, but yeah he should bulk to 83kg because he is a twink but he don't want to because he is gonna stop competing when he isn't a junior anymore
>>35691784
>healthy
>fiftythreekaygee
>>35691724
I could see if you were at a relatively low bodyfat and weighed a lot
But benchbeta is objectively a giant blob like a beach ball
He is also objectively over the 12-18% healthy bodyfat range of a male human being
I'd place him somewhere around 22% to upwards of 24 or 25%
>>35685770
Im using the 5x5 off the sticky.
Is it good shit?
http://madcow.hostzi.com/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm
I feel like its a powerlifting program since im doing like 3 exercises no?
Is this a bad idea?
>>35691798
Benchbeta IS a turbo Manlet
Keep that in mind
Getting low back soreness when benching. I try to arch through the upper back and keep my glutes engaged to prevent overarching in the low back. I had some form problems with elbow positioning and bar which I 've worked on and now the bar hits lower than the nipple line and the press feels stronger but I feel all the weight shift from the shoulders to the low back when benching like this. How do I fix it?
Jesus lads, why do you hate Benchie so much?
Bodorio wouldn't want to see his treasured friends behaving like this.
>>35691861
its just sean lad
Anyone who takes bmi seriously is Cleary a weak twink
>>35691861
Pretty sure only sean hates benchjoe
>>35691867
'raised BMI is an established risk factor for several causes of death, including ischaemic heart disease,2 stroke,3 and cancers of the large intestine, kidney, endometrium, and postmenopausal breast'
No, I'm just concerned for Joe's health.
>>35691697
Pfft! That's svelte for a PLer. My best was 37!
