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6"
253 lbs
275kg pull(works out to about 606lbs)
Belt and chalk

Did that last Saturday. It was my first pull over 600, and it came up smooth with perfect form....

Good job JOE!

Hitting that raw 12 plater is a great feeling. For my squat and deadlift I tend to think of improvements in half-plates(25s), and plates(45). If I can't stack on atleast another...

I do wear my belt backwards. It's a forever lever, and that lever is in the way during deadlifts. Since I wear it backwards for DL I just started wearing it that way for squats on meet days.

I get ~30 lbs out of my belt on squats, but that is only because I never wear it in training.

I don't think it helps my deadlift, but it keeps me from filling me shorts. LOL!

Triple, triples, triples. Except for my first warmup set everything is triples. I also do a burnout close-grip set once a week. You can lift heavy enough with triples to make progress, but it's...

Eat alot
Sleep alot
Squat heavy 1 day a week!!!

Nobody said you couldn't get mad. We're all competitive, and will get pissed at some calls. Taking it up with the meet director was the right thing to do. Cursing at, screamint at, and...

IMHO, any lifter that disrespects a judge has no business being on the platform.

Do your lifts how they're supposed to be done. Leave no doubts, and you don't have to worry about it.

Yeah that was at my last meet back in September(had about 25 lbs left). I think I'm going unequipped from now on. Never wore anything for deads, and I feel like a squat suit is a hindrance since I...

I'll have to ask my brother wether it was flu or not. He coninued to work out(against doctor's orders) when he was sick one time. The bug got into his muscles, and set him back about a year.

Yeah, but I'd feel pretty foolish with a 100 lbs diferential in my squat and deadlift. They're both ~620 right now. I already feel silly with my bench so far behind. My best raw bench is 340, but...

100lbs on my raw bench would be nice. That would give me a raw total over 1600

I get the opposite! I'm 15~20 lbs heavier than I look according to everyone who guesses.

I'd like to add that you'll recover faster if you're sleeping more. Get atleast 8.5 hours, and go for 9.5 if you can.
Lay off until you're better. If you get flu in your muscles it'll set you...

Holy crap!

It's probably a push-pull. Lots of feds have them, or have them as an event in a full meet.

Couple things. I notice lots of people that bitch about bench shirts, but have no qualms about wearing a squat suit and wraps.

Mine's only an HPHD, but I don't compete without a shirt. I...

Vitamin D, because I'm deficient. Does that count?

I crave competition is number 1.
I enjoy the dedication it takes to consecutively make big lifts.
I enjoy the fact that the 92 yr old grandmother can hold world records as well as the 19 yr old...

I wear a jock. I saw a mishap a few years ago with a singlet, and a lifter going commando. Noone in the crown could see, but the judges, loaders, and other lifters got a full view.