The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XVIII

[Anthony21]

Hey neat, my bench opener next week is the same as Jennifer Thompson's bench opener today. Wait wut?

She's such a beast. Great performance from her today.

[NC_Tarheel]

Same....my 45s average a bit over 47 each. Basically....all my 585 pulls have been over 600. That made me feel good! (not that it really matters)

But what did Coan say???

[breathinglife]

But what did Coan say???

i dno wat

[whitessp]

I've got 3-4 of my 10 45's that weigh less than 45lbs. Lowest is 43.7lbs, highest is 46.1lbs. CAP Barbell cheapo's from amazon (free shipping because amazon is dumb)

[breathinglife]

I've got 3-4 of my 10 45's that weigh less than 45lbs. Lowest is 43.7lbs, highest is 46.1lbs. CAP Barbell cheapo's from amazon (free shipping because amazon is dumb)

Interesting. Well, at any rate, with Benni's lift we're only talking about the 2 uncalibrated plates (unless my research was wrong) on the entire bar, and even if they were ridiculously light, (lets say 15 lbs together), that's still put him at a 1,000 raw DL, which no one else has really come close to.

[SPFjudge]

The uncalibrated plates theory was made up on outlaws to basically reverse troll the ultimate troll himself, Sean katterle.

[Daemonium]

Incase anyone didn't see Duffins post:



"Duffalo Squat bar"

"It's an 8ft bar . It's same specs as Texas squat bar and same quality but with additional features. Will retail for same price as Texas squat "

Looks interesting.

[whitessp]

I'll be buying one of those. Because I'm a whore for cool stuff, and I like Duffin.

I need to find a metal supply place I can buy an X wife from without getting raped on price.

[CROMAGS1985]

Isn't that bar just a rip of the IronMind Buffalo bar but made by someone the powerlifting e-community knows vs. a company that they may not?

IronMind bar is $660, surely Duffin can beat that.

[308smk]

I'll be buying one of those. Because I'm a whore for cool stuff, and I like Duffin.

I need to find a metal supply place I can buy an X wife from without getting raped on price.

Fill a steel pipe with concrete

Isn't that bar just a rip of the IronMind Buffalo bar but made by someone the powerlifting e-community knows vs. a company that they may not?

IronMind bar is $660, surely Duffin can beat that.

Ironmind makes decent stuff, surprised more people dont know about them. We've got all kinds of ironmind gear at our gym.

[kmc06005]

Same....my 45s average a bit over 47 each. Basically....all my 585 pulls have been over 600. That made me feel good! (not that it really matters)

Same here, I have one light 45 at 43.5, and 4 that are 46-47. The rest are pretty darn close to 45 at last check.

[Daemonium]

Isn't that bar just a rip of the IronMind Buffalo bar but made by someone the powerlifting e-community knows vs. a company that they may not?

IronMind bar is $660, surely Duffin can beat that.

The main difference seems to be that the curve is less gradual and more substantial. I feel like this would make it pretty awkward for anything but squatting -- I mean, its obviously a squat bar, but the variety a the buffalo bar offers is nice.

And whatever the price of a texas squat bar is. 450-500ish give or take

[308smk]

700 dollars for a buffalo bar is crazy.

I'd probably just buy a TPB, take it to a machine shop and have them bend it in the shape I want.

[whitessp]

700 dollars for a buffalo bar is crazy.

I'd probably just buy a TPB, take it to a machine shop and have them bend it in the shape I want.

The knurling would probably be ****ed, and it wouldnt be the same size.

[Turtora]

roflmao Kyle Keoughcghhough's new addition to the RPE scale:

Expanded RPE scale. Some liberties taken her in personalizing this to my standards:

10.5: You missed it but totally could have done it.
11: You missed it; -1 reps left in tank.
11.5: You really missed it; -2 reps left in tank.
12: Would have died without spotter.
12.5: RPE@10 upright row for spotter.
13: You missed it and you're dead.

Credit to Wesley Keith for advancing the sport.

[CooCooCaChoo]

So would Lilliebridge hand bra spot count as 12.5?

[coachdeez]

First time in a shirt tonight, fam. Took 405x2 to a 2 board in a double ply rage x. Sh*t's fun.

[Larfleeze]

First time in a shirt tonight, fam. Took 405x2 to a 2 board in a double ply rage x. Sh*t's fun.

das it mane. how much are you hitting raw?

[notforeveryone]

First time in a shirt tonight, fam. Took 405x2 to a 2 board in a double ply rage x. Sh*t's fun.

awesome man. i wanna get back in my shirt. actually i wanna do an equipped meet this year. need to find one.

on a different note. played around with my inzer fusion dl suit. this thing kicks the max dl's butt. max dl feels like a tight singlet. could barely get to the bar in the fusion with a lot of play in the straps. pulled 495 for like 4 singles and then another single at 525. ego was telling me to load up more, but the more experienced guys said just to shut it down. felt awesome though. will have vid up soon...



as you can tell, long as fak legs with short torso. always been a high hip puller so its extremely hard for me to force myself to get my hips lower to get more out of the suit. will take some time.

[coachdeez]

das it mane. how much are you hitting raw?

I warmed up to 315x1 before putting the shirt on. No clue what my max is since I focus on overhead for strongman, but it felt like 95ish%. 405x2 wasn't bad...I wanted to either jump to 455 or drop it to a 1 board but my training partner shut it down. Said not to get too crazy my first time.

awesome man. i wanna get back in my shirt. actually i wanna do an equipped meet this year. need to find one.

on a different note. played around with my inzer fusion dl suit. this thing kicks the max dl's butt. max dl feels like a tight singlet. could barely get to the bar in the fusion with a lot of play in the straps. pulled 495 for like 4 singles and then another single at 525. ego was telling me to load up more, but the more experienced guys said just to shut it down. felt awesome though. will have vid up soon...

I'm thinking an equipped meet might be in the cards for me too. Lifting raw has been boring for a while and everything hurts. I want to see how one of dem dere fusion suits feel.

[308smk]

Speaking of DL suits, I just got my new velocity in. I got it pretty tight as I remember a post by Bill somewhere saying that the trick with the velocity was to get it tighter than all ****. So I just went off my old suit sizing that I was wearing 40 pounds ago when ordering

Holy christ, it fits like a custom and took me 30 minutes to get it over my hips, with suit slippers. Won't need to take these straps in for awhile that's for sure.

[goosefrabbas]

I'm jelly of all this suit talk.

[isaku900]

pulled 705 off a 3.5" deficit...i am excite

[JohnnyRingo350]

pulled 705 off a 3.5" deficit...i am excite

Just saw that, and you has more you little bitch.......you big bitch.......you bear mod bitch






































on da realness tho, stronk pull.



























and golden state is gunna win out.

[isaku900]

all good things

[adamsz]

TFW have zero people from the fam subbed to my workout journal I crie errytime

I know we generally don't post vids in here but my training has been going great so I'm gonna pimp one of my bench videos from tonight...

Tonight was the last heavy bench day before my meet next Saturday

This is the 4th set of 8 at 358lbs for singles with full commands:



This will be the first time peaking on bench without using either Sheiko or Smolov Jr for a meet, so I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that it all comes together on meet day. Also will be my first time competing since the end of 2013 and subsequently taking most of 2014 off training.

As of right now everything is feeling awesome, and the plan is probably to open around 330, take 360 as a 2nd attempt which would be a 5lb meet PR, then 380 for a third which would be a 5lb all-time PR. I'm feeling pretty good about these numbers right now, only question will be how my elbows will hold up on meet day since I won't be able to wear sleeves while benching obviously (I have bad elbow tendonitis in my left elbow so I always train in sleeves). Hoping benching naked during the meet won't adversely effect me too much....

On a side note the chick calling the commands is ridiculously strong. She's a SHW for women but benches 2 plates, pulls over 4 plates and has the APA drug-tested squat WR at over 500lbs IIRC (all lifts raw). TFW a chick squats like 100lbs more than me lol.

[adamsz]

First time in a shirt tonight, fam. Took 405x2 to a 2 board in a double ply rage x. Sh*t's fun.

Nice hearing from Ya man, it's been awhile.

How's the gym???

edit: u still training with this ↓ fat fuk? or am I mistaking him with someone else lulz

[InspecktaDeck]

First time in a shirt tonight, fam. Took 405x2 to a 2 board in a double ply rage x. Sh*t's fun.

negged

[whitessp]

TFW have zero people from the fam subbed to my workout journal I crie errytime

I know we generally don't post vids in here but my training has been going great so I'm gonna pimp one of my bench videos from tonight...

Tonight was the last heavy bench day before my meet next Saturday

This is the 4th set of 8 at 358lbs for singles with full commands:



This will be the first time peaking on bench without using either Sheiko or Smolov Jr for a meet, so I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that it all comes together on meet day. Also will be my first time competing since the end of 2013 and subsequently taking most of 2014 off training.

As of right now everything is feeling awesome, and the plan is probably to open around 330, take 360 as a 2nd attempt which would be a 5lb meet PR, then 380 for a third which would be a 5lb all-time PR. I'm feeling pretty good about these numbers right now, only question will be how my elbows will hold up on meet day since I won't be able to wear sleeves while benching obviously (I have bad elbow tendonitis in my left elbow so I always train in sleeves). Hoping benching naked during the meet won't adversely effect me too much....

On a side note the chick calling the commands is ridiculously strong. She's a SHW for women but benches 2 plates, pulls over 4 plates and has the APA drug-tested squat WR at over 500lbs IIRC (all lifts raw). TFW a chick squats like 100lbs more than me lol.

Subbed brah.

I need to keep a log here.

[SPFjudge]

I warmed up to 315x1 before putting the shirt on. No clue what my max is since I focus on overhead for strongman, but it felt like 95ish%. 405x2 wasn't bad...I wanted to either jump to 455 or drop it to a 1 board but my training partner shut it down. Said not to get too crazy my first time.



I'm thinking an equipped meet might be in the cards for me too. Lifting raw has been boring for a while and everything hurts. I want to see how one of dem dere fusion suits feel.

On spread brah. welcome to the club.