165 lbers. GTFIH!!

[Thiggins2]

Havnt gotten too many PRs lately, but had a great workout yesterday. I'll throw in the main lifts i did. I am at about 168 right now, but at least 15lbs overweight.
2 of these bench sets were actually PRs, but never count rep PRs. 315 for 3 paused reps and 315 for 1 paused rep. My squat is crap compared to what it used to be.

Bro.. mad strong..

you could sqeeze so much more weight if you worked on a true powerlifting bench form. Your completely flat.



gloves? not hating

[Tdchao]

bench 225x2
squat 245x3
sigh

[Tdchao]

Compete at 165 and walk around at 175.competition lifts are in sig.best gym lifts are 500x3 squat,300 bench and 540 deadlift.hit 480 for 4 reps on the squat after 2 sets of 3 and a 500 easy beltless deadlift recently preparing for my first rps meet on may 19th in new jersey.my bench still sucks though.i really don't go heavy in the squat or deadlift,rarely above 90.%.i also use bands or chains for my lighter days

those are some pretty strong numbers

[Tdchao]

Is skinny lifting when you lift naked?

I will try this tonight

[killemall1983]

Bro.. mad strong..

you could sqeeze so much more weight if you worked on a true powerlifting bench form. Your completely flat.



gloves? not hating

THanks man. I think i could get 355 on a good day if i had better form. I have worked on arch and the right bar path, but it always ends up making me weaker, so i always go back to benching like this.
And looks like your squat crushes mine by far. I wish i could be at 450.

[IcemanIsDead]

Anyone know how long it will take approx. to reach 405 deadlift at this weight? I'm at slightly over 315 atm and have been training for little over a year..

[killemall1983]

Anyone know how long it will take approx. to reach 405 deadlift at this weight? I'm at slightly over 315 atm and have been training for little over a year..

Shouldnt be too hard. I hit 435 when i was 17 and 148. I hite like 365 after only 2 years deadlifting every now and then at age 16 and 128lbs.

[IcemanIsDead]

Shouldnt be too hard. I hit 435 when i was 17 and 148. I hite like 365 after only 2 years deadlifting every now and then at age 16 and 128lbs.

That's pretty damn impressive..

I hope to reach 405 within the next 5 months or so, I'm probably going to eat my way up to 175 or even more within the year so I will probably not hit 405 under 165..

[Thiggins2]

Form critique?

[killemall1983]

Form critique?

Looks good to me. But I have horrible form, so anything else looks good to me.

After i had that great couple worksouts last week, i am back to losing strength again. I got that 315 for 3 paused reps that one day, now i can only get it twice doing T&G. I despise how inconsistent my strength is. Every time i have a good day then after that i spend weeks just trying to get back to the same weight.

[ecchastang]

Form critique?

Looks pretty good, but I don't like having to grind out a failed rep. Once I fail, I have my spotter get that **** off of me. Grinding a failed will just tax your cns harder.

[IcemanIsDead]

Looks good to me. But I have horrible form, so anything else looks good to me.

After i had that great couple worksouts last week, i am back to losing strength again. I got that 315 for 3 paused reps that one day, now i can only get it twice doing T&G. I despise how inconsistent my strength is. Every time i have a good day then after that i spend weeks just trying to get back to the same weight.

Maxing for triples and doubles are generally above 90% of your 1RM, and lifting above 90% all the time will tax your cns and actually make you weaker with time..

[killemall1983]

Maxing for triples and doubles are generally above 90% of your 1RM, and lifting above 90% all the time will tax your cns and actually make you weaker with time..

Well, i have done it my entire 12 year lifting career and only recently have i started feeling like this. doing heavy triples and doubles is what got me to this point in the first place.

[Thiggins2]

Maxing for triples and doubles are generally above 90% of your 1RM, and lifting above 90% all the time will tax your cns and actually make you weaker with time..

Bro science

[Highlander93]

Bench 105kg bout 235lbs
Squat 165kg bout 365lbs
Deadlift 180kg bout 405lbs

Lifting 3 years this August. Powerlifting specific for about 2 of those 3. Powerlifting4lyfe.

[IcemanIsDead]

Bro science

That's what Louie has noticed with his lifters when working up to training maxes in the same lift every week.

Well, i have done it my entire 12 year lifting career and only recently have i started feeling like this. doing heavy triples and doubles is what got me to this point in the first place.

I stand corrected then, but it's just a thought, dropping the percentages down and doing several sets could be an option..

I'm currently doing sets of triples, but I keep the percentage around 80-85% for up to 5 sets of triples for my main lifts.. I rarely go for a 3RM but I do heavy triples all the time.. Just a suggestion

[killemall1983]

That's what Louie has noticed with his lifters when working up to training maxes in the same lift every week.

I stand corrected then, but it's just a thought, dropping the percentages down and doing several sets could be an option..

I'm currently doing sets of triples, but I keep the percentage around 80-85% for up to 5 sets of triples for my main lifts.. I rarely go for a 3RM but I do heavy triples all the time.. Just a suggestion

I think i have to go back to 80% stuff for now anyway. My form varies every time i lift, and lately it has felt terrible. So i think i will stick to 5x5 for a bit to see if i can gain back some confidence and better form. Really sucks though. 2 weeks ago i got 345 on bench, now i dont feel like i can even get 325, after it had been my 3 rep max.

[NeverEnough89]

1 year of lifting. 7 months training the main compounds. Was cutting from 200lbs non lifter status.
Just started 531 2 weeks ago.
Bench-215
Squat-265
Deadlift-355
OHP-145

[killemall1983]

1 year of lifting. 7 months training the main compounds. Was cutting from 200lbs non lifter status.
Just started 531 2 weeks ago.
Bench-215
Squat-265
Deadlift-355
OHP-145

You cut 40lbs body weight?

[killemall1983]

I have been incredibly frustrated with my lifting lately. Every single time i am on the way up and getting stronger, i will randomly just get weaker.
I had gotten 345 on bench just 2 weeks ago, and was averaging 315 for 4 reps. Now every workout i have gone down. Today i could only get 275 for 6 reps, when normally i get that 8-9.
That on top of my squat not going anywhere for 5 months, i am pretty angry.

[skinny2buff6]

At a little under 160. Couldn't use straps for the DL.

[NeverEnough89]

You cut 40lbs body weight?

yea, was 200lbs in july last year, weighed in this weekend at 160 starting to slow bulk at 200+ calories.

[The_P]

Another squat pr. This time for reps

[ODoyle99]

I'm in for this thread! My 1RMs:

Bench: 240
Squat: 365
Deadlift: 410

Although I've lost strength on squats so recently made it a priority of the three

[goosefrabbas]

At a little under 160. Couldn't use straps for the DL.

[youtube]N9DfkxmlURk[youtube]

In case you plan on doing a meet, you should know that squat is high and your deadlift wasn't locked out.

[gelo14o]

Hello to my fellow manlets!!

I have recently been told that I should consider doing powerlifting competitions by a few members at my gym. I have powerlifted before during high school football but we did bench, squat, and power clean. When I was 17 I did 250 bench, 225 power clean, and a 430 squat (170-175 lbs)a nd I haven't really 1MR since.

After high school I mostly been bodybuilding my current PRs are 275 x 2 bench, 390 X 2 squat, and 490 x 2 deadlift (165 lbs). The only problem is I don't really know how good my form is on those lifts because in high school, our assess usually came up of the bench and we didn't keep the bar on our chest for long on our bench.

But I have grown a new interest for powerlifting recently and I'm looking to gain some knowledge any way I can.

I will try to post some vids in the future.

[Thiggins2]

In for manlet videos

[gelo14o]

In for manlet videos

I only have my deadlift and squat. Cant find a good angle for bench at my gym.

I don't think I get low enough for squat though. I have been working on my flexibility lately in order to improve that.

[skinny2buff6]

In case you plan on doing a meet, you should know that squat is high and your deadlift wasn't locked out.

No, just a friendly contest on the forum.

Squat only had to be parallel, and yeah deadlift wasn't locked out but was allowed.

[gelo14o]

How do you post youtube videos??