The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XVIII

[invain]

Had the best meet of my life yesterday. -100 pound meet PR while going up a weight class, 3/9 and a torn hammy.

[Daemonium]

Anyone watching the Ireland vs. France game today? Should be sick, although Ireland just lost one of their starters for the rest of the tournament.

Had the best meet of my life yesterday. -100 pound meet PR while going up a weight class, 3/9 and a torn hammy.

jesus.

[NorthStrong]

Had the best meet of my life yesterday. -100 pound meet PR while going up a weight class, 3/9 and a torn hammy.

LOL, sounds like quite a day bro.

Congrats on the big pr total, hopefully your hammy gets healed up.

strong lack of reading comprehension

i feel bad now

[arian11]

LOL, sounds like quite a day bro.

Congrats on the big pr total, hopefully your hammy gets healed up.

[NorthStrong]

repped

[CooCooCaChoo]

Rekt

[adamsz]

Had the best meet of my life yesterday. -100 pound meet PR while going up a weight class, 3/9 and a torn hammy.

Wtf Mayne...

[AKGetsStrength]

Anyone watching the Ireland vs. France game today? Should be sick, although Ireland just lost one of their starters for the rest of the tournament.

Yep, really enjoying the RWC so far. Pretty solid performance from Ireland, and crucial to avoid us in the QF's. Im looking forward to France getting rekt by the All Blacks in the quarters now!

[Daemonium]

strong lack of reading comprehension

i feel bad now

lololol

Yep, really enjoying the RWC so far. Pretty solid performance from Ireland, and crucial to avoid us in the QF's. Im looking forward to France getting rekt by the All Blacks in the quarters now!

Its been really good besides Canada completely ****ting the bed. lol @ England not making quarters and they're hosting...

NZL will fuuck up France. Ireland is my team to win but it's gonna be a grind. I think they have the potential to beat Australia and make finals but fuucks sake they have so many injuries. 3-4 being from the France game. O'Connell and Payne are done, Sexton may have a conky... its bs man. Congrats to Nonu on his 100th cap though. Took him off my dream team the second he gets in and racks up a bunch of points.

[LessThanLuke]

For anyone who didn't catch the feed here's my 793 pull with commentary from Kaz and Benni!

[michael_xyz]

Dont know mate
Sq is the only exercise i can go heavier easily.

I'm going to give you real advice because I've been that kid asking questions which years later you realise are a bit silly:

Don't worry about it!

Just gain strength, add weight slowly and you'll get there. I did Starting Strength initially and I had an 80kg bench for a few reps whilst my squat was around 130kg for 5 reps and deadlift not much stronger. I found bench (and still find benching) pretty damn difficult. But just time and adding muscle to your frame helps a lot on bench.

I think out of all three lifts, bench is the one that generally takes a lot more time to build. You might get a young lifter do great at deadlifts or squats, but generally more rarely (I think, anyway) do you find that to be the case in benching. Unless they're super good at utilising a wide grip and big arch.

[michael_xyz]

For anyone who didn't catch the feed here's my 793 pull with commentary from Kaz and Benni!

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Damn! That's awesome. Good work.

[Hamzzza]

For anyone who didn't catch the feed here's my 793 pull with commentary from Kaz and Benni!

awesome man, what was your final placing?

[LessThanLuke]

awesome man, what was your final placing?

10th. Pulled something in my back really bad during deads so was kinda ****ed for the rest of the show but that's strongman. Your mate Jiri was a great dude.

[baize82]

Wife's first multi ply meet was yesterday.

Cliffs:
- 930 @ 148, 405/195/330
- first 400+lb squat
- SPF elite geared total
- won equipped lightweights and best equipped lifter and $300 cash

So phucking proud of her, I can't even...

On another note, Lacey (boob grab chick) did the meet also, her first real meat, and went 8/9 totaling 610 @ 132 - 215/135/260. She's been training since March-April

[Daemonium]

For anyone who didn't catch the feed here's my 793 pull with commentary from Kaz and Benni!

That was easy. Good god.

Wife's first multi ply meet was yesterday.

Cliffs:
- 930 @ 148, 405/195/330
- first 400+lb squat
- SPF elite geared total
- won equipped lightweights and best equipped lifter and $300 cash

So phucking proud of her, I can't even...

On another note, Lacey (boob grab chick) did the meet also, her first real meat, and went 8/9 totaling 610 @ 132 - 215/135/260. She's been training since March-April

Give her my congrats, Baize.

[NorthStrong]

10th. Pulled something in my back really bad during deads so was kinda ****ed for the rest of the show but that's strongman. Your mate Jiri was a great dude.

dat eddie hall method.

that pull was awesome bro, the commentary on that video is so cool.

hope your back's better soon.

Wife's first multi ply meet was yesterday.

Cliffs:
- 930 @ 148, 405/195/330
- first 400+lb squat
- SPF elite geared total
- won equipped lightweights and best equipped lifter and $300 cash

So phucking proud of her, I can't even...

On another note, Lacey (boob grab chick) did the meet also, her first real meat, and went 8/9 totaling 610 @ 132 - 215/135/260. She's been training since March-April

thats awesome mrs baize

[TheIronAsylum]

meh expo sucked they didnt even have an inzer booth

stopped at the sbd booth almost bought sbd sleeves but it didnt feel like they would give any pop out of the bottom also they were 90 $

[BluSteelSeattle]

Wife and I joined the USAPL. First meet in 8 weeks. So excited!!

[Hunttarded]

Happy Thanksgiving canucks. Stuffing gains.

[invain]

For anyone who didn't catch the feed here's my 793 pull with commentary from Kaz and Benni!

My fiance saw me watching this and said "**** that looked easy".

[martin_mathers]

meh expo sucked they didnt even have an inzer booth

stopped at the sbd booth almost bought sbd sleeves but it didnt feel like they would give any pop out of the bottom also they were 90 $

Never understood why a lot of sleeves are more expensive than wraps. For $90 you can get two pairs of really good wraps.

[SPFjudge]

Never understood why a lot of sleeves are more expensive than wraps. For $90 you can get two pairs of really good wraps.

Cause all these new raw lifters will buy them!!!!! They're making cash hand over foot.

[martin_mathers]

Cause all these new raw lifters will buy them!!!!! They're making cash hand over foot.

I wonder if the materials in sleeves are actually more expensive than the ones in wraps? I'm sure when SBD comes out with wraps they'll be $150 though.

[308smk]

Never understood why a lot of sleeves are more expensive than wraps. For $90 you can get two pairs of really good wraps.

Because you get some of the benefits of wraps while also maintaining the moral superiority of rawwww.


Also the surge in classic lifting in IPF. In 2013 our lifters came back from Suzdal with the first pairs of SBD sleeves (they were giving them out to try) and stories of how the russians were using extra extra small sleeves and having to put them on with garbage bags and two helpers etc.

Two years later I counted 50+ pairs just in my PL club alone. Literally everyone has a set of SBD sleeves. That's like 5500 dollars in knee sleeves just in one university club. And then you've gotta have two pairs because you don't want to wear out your competition pair during training.

We went from 20 lifters in 2011 to 60+ in 2015. All due to classic raw. And every one of them has bought the usual starter pack of shoes/belt/SBDs/inzer wrist wraps/lifting tshirt they found on the insta..that's alot of money for the gear companies. But hey, that's probably a good thing.

My only peeve is when some of these kids are like "oh why do you lift equipped...thats kinda like cheating" stfu kid...belt and SBDs give me 50 pounds and that's raw? Pls.

[dang111]

I'm sure when SBD comes out with wraps they'll be $150 though.

Beat me to it. I'd bet the SBD wraps will be pretty good but I don't want to pay more than $40 or so for wraps. Wouldn't be surprised if they're like $100, since their wrist wraps are close to $50.

[NorthStrong]

Because you get some of the benefits of wraps while also maintaining the moral superiority of rawwww.


Also the surge in classic lifting in IPF. In 2013 our lifters came back from Suzdal with the first pairs of SBD sleeves (they were giving them out to try) and stories of how the russians were using extra extra small sleeves and having to put them on with garbage bags and two helpers etc.

Two years later I counted 50+ pairs just in my PL club alone. Literally everyone has a set of SBD sleeves. That's like 5500 dollars in knee sleeves just in one university club. And then you've gotta have two pairs because you don't want to wear out your competition pair during training.

We went from 20 lifters in 2011 to 60+ in 2015. All due to classic raw. And every one of them has bought the usual starter pack of shoes/belt/SBDs/inzer wrist wraps/lifting tshirt they found on the insta..that's alot of money for the gear companies. But hey, that's probably a good thing.

My only peeve is when some of these kids are like "oh why do you lift equipped...thats kinda like cheating" stfu kid...belt and SBDs give me 50 pounds and that's raw? Pls.

lmao @ competition pair and training pair of fukkn knee sleeves.

the gear and ipf approved list is awesome for the IPF though, they are probably making a really decent amount from it. That's great for them to be able to put in more money into their events, and grow the sport.

and like you've said, PL will probably swing back to equipped stuff being dominant again after everyone gets hurt raw or stalls and wants to lift more weight. and then there will be and SBD suit / bench shirt probably which then all the "serious" lifters around my chit strength levels will buy, then be elitist about that stuff on the internet blah blah blah...

[Rags85]

lmao @ competition pair and training pair of fukkn knee sleeves.

the gear and ipf approved list is awesome for the IPF though, they are probably making a really decent amount from it. That's great for them to be able to put in more money into their events, and grow the sport.

and like you've said, PL will probably swing back to equipped stuff being dominant again after everyone gets hurt raw or stalls and wants to lift more weight. and then there will be and SBD suit / bench shirt probably which then all the "serious" lifters around my chit strength levels will buy, then be elitist about that stuff on the internet blah blah blah...

Probably, but with the internet now and social media blowing up as it has in the past 10 years, the young, inexperienced lifters will still tend to have the thought "raw is more elite and hardcore". Pair that up with the fact that any 15 year old in the gym can lift raw with this friends, and you have this trend among the young that I don't see going away any time soon.

There is certainly a trend, with more experienced lifters getting more involved with gear. belt/wraps/suit whatever it is. However, not everyone gets to that point. And with the huge mass of kids lifting raw from the beginning and how easy it is for them to spread their status and beliefs on youtube and whatnot, I'm not sure if I see it going away. You, your training partners and gym community may evolve over your career, but I don't thing I see a big change in thought process overall happening quickly at least. And that may not be a bad thing, just something the educated people have to shrug off every once in a while.

[isaku900]

lmao @ competition pair and training pair of fukkn knee sleeves.

I've got two pairs of SBDs...XL and XXL. Wear XXL when not in meet prep/offseason/volume training, XL for meet prep/heavy raw.

sometimes I don't want to put my XLs on and wear the XXL when warming up before wrapping.

I also has 4 pairs of the same knee wrap. One for warmup room and one for each attempt. So I don't have to stretch roll the same pair three times.

[JamesG6626]

Wait sleeves add lbs now?

Also, I've never met any raw lifter that really fancies themselves 'more hardcore' or superior.