The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XVII

[FenderElectrics]

this is my favorite thread title in awhile: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=166528961

[NorthStrong]

this was hilarious

[JohnnyRingo350]

Blt needs to indulge pete

[400Lb Gorilla]

Live and learn brah, live and learn.

Did they let you deadlift? Hope so so you at least got the full experience

Officially I did not get to deadlift. I warmed up with the dudes I went with and pulled my planned opener of 545, then 575, but I did not get to pull on the platform. Sucked but now I know to sandbag the opener a little more on that benchpress lol. I picked something I could do for 3 reps but I forgot to take into account that their barbell, bench, judging, etc. would not be anything like a gym lift(even though I use ridiculous pauses for my bench)

ughhhhh you guys water cutting sucks so much

congrats, now you can call yourself a powerlifter. maybe. you still don't have a total so you should probably do another one

Thanks and yeah I got another one planned for May 23rd. A little closer than I figured but the reality is ANY total I make will be an improvement over the lack of a first one

tempted to neg...

j/k .. least you had fun

Had a lot of fun. Was a little irate that I couldnt deadlift but mostly at myself for lack of better planning

[400Lb Gorilla]

Band pull aparts and face pulls are seriously great. They've given me juicy rear delts as well as good shoulder health.

I love face pulls with my orange bands. They have definitely helped keep my shoulders a little healthier and have given a little extra support to the barbell when squatting

What would you all recommend for a meal the night before a meet? I was thinking going to macaroni grill, getting an adult sized serving of Mac n cheese, and eating as much free bread as possible

Do not eat: Bojangles steak and cheese biscuit x2 before your meet. It provides no noticable energy or strength assist but it does leave you queasy after heavy squatting lol

congrats on your meet Baize, I had one myself yesterday, ended up hitting 1565 and actually missing that 700 pull but I've been there all day long and was beyond tired by the time I got to pull (around 7pm) but I'm more than thankful for all the positive pump-up comments I got about that lift ITT, would've gotten it for sure if I wasn't that tired

would've been my country's absolute record for deadlift, better luck next time I guess...but I had a lot of fun, and met a guy who came from Czech Republic to compete, he's also a 105kg strongman and prepares for the arnold strongman competition in 2 weeks, never seen someone ''new'' become the crowd's favorite lifter so fast - I'm going to Prague this weekend a students trip/excursion and we should meet up there and hopefully get in a training session too

Damn strong lifts. I am definitely mirin.

tribal mentality?
conformity?
idiocy?
This is a pretty long list we could go down.

BTW, just signed up for SPF meet in 14 weeks. dis gun be güt. Going to loose 12 lb. / mo. for the first two months, also. Got my diet down, already down 13 lb. over the last month. fuk you, winter coat.

You still in VA? I think we are going to be at the same meet. Will be sending all my chit in for it this week.

[ErickStevens]

Congrats to all the Fam who competed this weekend!

I made weight on Sunday and qualified for CPU Unequipped Nationals, which ironically is much more difficult than qualifying for USAPL Raw Nationals. Sandbagged my way to the 693 total I needed with 231/121/341, passed on 3rd attempt.



that was the meet I was at. it was a warmup meet for him - loose gear, tore his bench shirt on the descent of his third attempt. he's looking to crack 2k at Nationals in 6 weeks. insane.

edit - also - some youtube jockey who squats high in every single training session he posts went to the meet (his first sanctioned meet ever), bombed out on squat depth (shocking), and posted a video on fb crying about bad judging. Now to be fair the video he posted does look to depth, but it is a front view with one side behind the rack. I was there, it was high. Somehow he has everyone from Candito to Ed Coan feeding the frenzy on his fb page though, I don't get it. Erick, I think your trolling skillz are in demand here.

Such a shiit show.

[whitessp]

You still in VA? I think we are going to be at the same meet. Will be sending all my chit in for it this week.

You bro's doing the meet at Brute?

I wont be competing but I'll be there watching for sure. Brute is the best damn gym in VA. Fair judging and a great atmosphere too. It might be SPF, but they'll call your **** high if its high.

[Mitch666]

Just ordered some creatine

Time for my blast cycle

inb4 ban

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Both legit form and done according to IPF standards.

nope it's my birthday, no internet arguing today. lol

Cycle? Brah we just blast all year

mitch666 approved

Blt needs to indulge pete

inb4 broken dlt still pulls 800 in meet and pete drops it 3rd time


somewhat jk, I really like pete and hope he gets it in his next meet.

[JohnnyRingo350]

inb4 ban



nope it's my birthday, no internet arguing today. lol



mitch666 approved



inb4 broken dlt still pulls 800 in meet and pete drops it 3rd time


somewhat jk, I really like pete and hope he gets it in his next meet.

I think Pete will actually pull it this next meet. 6 months of training dem hands not to tear.
Also, this meet is like 6 months away......so Tee will compete 15 times between now and then, who knows what he'll lift.

[adamsz]

nah first was an easy 240kg and I didn't take a 3rd, maybe you haven't seen that in the description

nah I watched it embedded on mobile, my bad. Great meet man. You'll get 700 next time.

Officially I did not get to deadlift. I warmed up with the dudes I went with and pulled my planned opener of 545, then 575, but I did not get to pull on the platform. Sucked but now I know to sandbag the opener a little more on that benchpress lol. I picked something I could do for 3 reps but I forgot to take into account that their barbell, bench, judging, etc. would not be anything like a gym lift(even though I use ridiculous pauses for my bench)

damn man I'm sorry to hear that. Pulling with kilo plates (if you haven't before) is an entirely different experience in itself - in the warmup room were you pulling on normal american plates? if so it's too bad you didn't get to pull on the platform and get to see that aspect of it, as for some people it does make a lot of difference.

And I know all too well about discrepancies between benches. Sometimes I bench at 24 hour fitness on those benches that are super low to the ground so it's impossible to not have butt lift. Then at my PLing gym we have 3 different benches which all feel different from each other. Then I've done a meet with a bench that felt entirely different than all 4 of those. Crazy how little differences really can make an impact.

[CooCooCaChoo]

this was hilarious

This hits way too close to home

[Mitch666]

I think Pete will actually pull it this next meet. 6 months of training dem hands not to tear.
Also, this meet is like 6 months away......so Tee will compete 15 times between now and then, who knows what he'll lift.

oh had no idea it was that far away.

This hits way too close to home

i thoroughly enjoyed the competing with a handicap part

[whitessp]

Made a metric ****ton of money in OT this paycheck.


Cant decide if I want a Rogue Monolift attachment for my rack, or a TDB :/

[YourGunShowTix]

You bro's doing the meet at Brute?

I wont be competing but I'll be there watching for sure. Brute is the best damn gym in VA. Fair judging and a great atmosphere too. It might be SPF, but they'll call your **** high if its high.

I love face pulls with my orange bands.



You still in VA? I think we are going to be at the same meet. Will be sending all my chit in for it this week.

I just paypal'd my schit, was not aware it posts your name and weight class to twitter, lulz.

An MFC brah from Cakalky awared me, his bud's a local and brought him there when he visited. I'm thinking of doing their punch card, that gym is the real deal. I wouldn't be there all the time since I've got my garage, but I would want to meet up with their PL crew cos I'm tired of being the big fish in the little pond here on Peninsula, I feel it's holding me back.

Gorilla, do you do Ys and scarecrows with the bands? Delts will be TST in no time. I usually do a warm-up circuit with minis on the rack with Ys (bands crossed in front and externally rotating humerus), a set of face pulls, then scarecrows, bands around the uprights at shoulder height.

[whitessp]

This hits way too close to home

"You dont get any points for not cheating, if you still suck."

The greatest single statement that sums up the entire "natty" generation of lifters

"Sumo deadlifts are like eatin butt. No one used to do it, and if you did, you were considered a deranged european immigrant."

still accurate.

[whitessp]

I just paypal'd my schit, was not aware it posts your name and weight class to twitter, lulz.

An MFC brah from Cakalky awared me, his bud's a local and brought him there when he visited. I'm thinking of doing their punch card, that gym is the real deal. I wouldn't be there all the time since I've got my garage, but I would want to meet up with their PL crew cos I'm tired of being the big fish in the little pond here on Peninsula, I feel it's holding me back.

Gorilla, do you do Ys and scarecrows with the bands? Delts will be TST in no time. I usually do a warm-up circuit with minis on the rack with Ys (bands crossed in front and externally rotating humerus), a set of face pulls, then scarecrows, bands around the uprights at shoulder height.

The dudes @ Brute are good peoples. Lots of monsters that lift there.

[400Lb Gorilla]

You bro's doing the meet at Brute?

I wont be competing but I'll be there watching for sure. Brute is the best damn gym in VA. Fair judging and a great atmosphere too. It might be SPF, but they'll call your **** high if its high.

yup. got awared about it from a one of the guy's I met at the meet on Saturday. Dont usually think of the SPF when watching out for meet schedules but I figured I can start collecting membership cards from everybody. Going to put the 100% RAW one in the archive for now though. no sleeves and no knee wraps is not my ideal squatting situation.

nah I watched it embedded on mobile, my bad. Great meet man. You'll get 700 next time.

damn man I'm sorry to hear that. Pulling with kilo plates (if you haven't before) is an entirely different experience in itself - in the warmup room were you pulling on normal american plates? if so it's too bad you didn't get to pull on the platform and get to see that aspect of it, as for some people it does make a lot of difference.

And I know all too well about discrepancies between benches. Sometimes I bench at 24 hour fitness on those benches that are super low to the ground so it's impossible to not have butt lift. Then at my PLing gym we have 3 different benches which all feel different from each other. Then I've done a meet with a bench that felt entirely different than all 4 of those. Crazy how little differences really can make an impact.

yeah the 545 and 575 were both them big ass bumper plates lol. It was a crossfit gym so they had a lot of those oversized plates. I figured out that using those plates made pulling much easier than the plates I have where four of my plates are bigger than the others so all the weight comes off the ground at once.


@Gunshow, did not see the paypal option. was just going to mail it in. Do you know what the lifter limit is(if any)? Didnt see that anywhere on their form either

[whitessp]

yup. got awared about it from a one of the guy's I met at the meet on Saturday. Dont usually think of the SPF when watching out for meet schedules but I figured I can start collecting membership cards from everybody. Going to put the 100% RAW one in the archive for now though. no sleeves and no knee wraps is not my ideal squatting situation.



yeah the 545 and 575 were both them big ass bumper plates lol. It was a crossfit gym so they had a lot of those oversized plates. I figured out that using those plates made pulling much easier than the plates I have where four of my plates are bigger than the others so all the weight comes off the ground at once.


@Gunshow, did not see the paypal option. was just going to mail it in. Do you know what the lifter limit is(if any)? Didnt see that anywhere on their form either

Did you compete in the 100% RAW meet?

A dude that I met at the SPF Meet (literally that day) and was my handoff man competes 100% RAW. He set a national record for the 165's IIRC. Mike Vivlemore. Awesome dude, and ridiculously strong for a 165.


I'm gonna be competing at the Fall meet @ Brute. They havent announced when exactly it is yet, but its usually a halloween meet. I'm hoping for 1400 @ 242.

[Mitch666]

"You dont get any points for not cheating, if you still suck."

The greatest single statement that sums up the entire "natty" generation of lifters

"Sumo deadlifts are like eatin butt. No one used to do it, and if you did, you were considered a deranged european immigrant."

still accurate.

this is amazing. so much win in one post.

[kmc06005]

this was hilarious

It reminds me of that Nick Wright kid.

[TheIronAsylum]

yea buddy 315 beltless for 10 365 for 6 for 2 sets and 315 for 12 no back pain today


hit 315 slingshotted for 15 reps chest is somewhat healing idk what the hell is going on with that it really bites on the most random schit, but overall good day and getting back into actual strength training

[308smk]

Made a metric ****ton of money in OT this paycheck.


Cant decide if I want a Rogue Monolift attachment for my rack, or a TDB :/

Do you use both in comp?

If so, id probably go with the DL bar. At least then you lift more weight, vrs just having the convenience of the mono.

Although one could argue that a mono gives you pounds as well.

Why not both?

[whitessp]

Do you use both in comp?

If so, id probably go with the DL bar. At least then you lift more weight, vrs just having the convenience of the mono.

Although one could argue that a mono gives you pounds as well.

Why not both?

Saving money for a house. Probably shouldnt buy either, but I wanna TREAT YO SELF.

And yeah, the fed I compete in locally uses both.

[happylifter]

that guy complaining about the depth finally made it onto my news feed


mad me lol when ben rice asked why he kept upping his attempts when he was getting red lighted

also his going on like bad calls havnt ruined other peoples meets

[arn710]

BLT wants me to compete with him and baize in August

I have no interest in competing but I'm considering it just so I can whoop his ass

[NorthStrong]

BLT wants me to compete with him and baize in August

I have no interest in competing but I'm considering it just so I can whoop his ass

do it mayne

you're too stronk to not compete

[Hamzzza]

Saving money for a house. Probably shouldnt buy either, but I wanna TREAT YO SELF.

And yeah, the fed I compete in locally uses both.

deadlift bar

BLT wants me to compete with him and baize in August

I have no interest in competing but I'm considering it just so I can whoop his ass

do it *******

[arian11]

that guy complaining about the depth finally made it onto my news feed


mad me lol when ben rice asked why he kept upping his attempts when he was getting red lighted

also his going on like bad calls havnt ruined other peoples meets

Candito tagged me earlier in the convo and I gave my opinion based on that poverty footage. Just went back and skimmed through everything since my post, oh lawd. Sh!t is pretty funny. Ben Rice post made me lol and totally agree with him. Then the kid went and pushed all the blame to his coach. I just watched his youtube video that shows all 3 attempts and better quality footage. 1st attempt is clearly and definitively high from the front, I see why the head judge would red light him and I would have done the same. 2nd attempt was a little deeper and close enough from the front to white light but I understand why the side judges would red light. 3rd attempt was higher than 2nd attempt and he couldn't even finish the lift. But I think everyone who so vehemently think it's below parallel or atg or whatever is looking at the top of the quad rather than top of the knee.

[YourGunShowTix]

yup. got awared about it from a one of the guy's I met at the meet on Saturday. Dont usually think of the SPF when watching out for meet schedules but I figured I can start collecting membership cards from everybody. Going to put the 100% RAW one in the archive for now though. no sleeves and no knee wraps is not my ideal squatting situation.



yeah the 545 and 575 were both them big ass bumper plates lol. It was a crossfit gym so they had a lot of those oversized plates. I figured out that using those plates made pulling much easier than the plates I have where four of my plates are bigger than the others so all the weight comes off the ground at once.


@Gunshow, did not see the paypal option. was just going to mail it in. Do you know what the lifter limit is(if any)? Didnt see that anywhere on their form either

No, don't know the limit, the paypal button's on the meet info page. I stumbled across it when i was looking to scope out when the PL brahs are in.

Those reasons are some of the same reasons i didn't do the RAW meet, either. That and feet flat on floor for bench and it seems they hardly ever do a full power meet.

[YourGunShowTix]

Also, the mods probably will be in here soon to ask to start a new thread, the new limit's 8000 posts.

Made a metric ****ton of money in OT this paycheck.


Cant decide if I want a Rogue Monolift attachment for my rack, or a TDB :/

that's a tough choice. I'm wondering if that mono attachment would fit a Williams/ EFS rack...