The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XIX

[JRMoore82]

The lifetime goal of 2000lb total in sleeves at 220 is closer than ever, and I'm only 22. Freaking out at the tangibility of this happening, and just thought to pop this into the fam thread. I hope all is well with you guys.

Solid stuff man!!

[notforeveryone]

finally got to the week where i hit 4s with straps up. worked up to 515 pretty easy. decided to hit a heavier single @ 550, moved well despite the walkout being horrible. "walked out" 605 and tried to hold it for a dew seconds to get a feel for it. starting shaking bad reracked it.

1. when the weights get to around 500+, i have the hardest time walking them out especially with wraps. noticed that with straps up, my body has the tendency to start shaking a lil.
2. not sure if wearing my romaleos is optimal for me in a suit. feels like its pushing me forward, especially on sets where the walk out was challenging and my feet arent 100% where they need to be.

was fun though.

[Daemonium]

Yeah partial tear of the tendon, pain was ****ing awful. No visible damage to the muscle though which is nice.

That sucks. Im just gonna work around it, heat before, load on the tiger balm and pop an ibuprofen in the morning/evening or before lifting. I hate stupid/easily avoidable injuries.

Hey guys i recently switched my stance to a much wider stance for squating and i noticed i am having more trouble hitting depth, i might switch back to my regular slightly wider then shoulder length stance cause i was hitting depth much easier.Unless i am doing something wrong here is 365x2 PR and i was hitting the same depth when i had 275 on my back.I feel like on wider squat my ass **** sits like i am in a chair but does not go lower

Wider isn't always better. The majority of raw lifters probably use something close to your "normal" stance.

No. Probably never going to buy anything SBD ever again since it's ridiculously priced. Too many other good companies, IPF affiliated or not.

This^^ We strugglin up here.

SBD wrist wraps made me lose a lot of faith in them. Haven't seen any 100% positive feedback on them, but they were hyped up so much. I can't imagine the knee wraps are much different - just a really expensive wrap.

[Larfleeze]

That sucks. Im just gonna work around it, heat before, load on the tiger balm and pop an ibuprofen in the morning/evening or before lifting. I hate stupid/easily avoidable injuries.

Wider isn't always better. The majority of raw lifters probably use something close to your "normal" stance.

This^^ We strugglin up here.

SBD wrist wraps made me lose a lot of faith in them. Haven't seen any 100% positive feedback on them, but they were hyped up so much. I can't imagine the knee wraps are much different - just a really expensive wrap.

They must really jack up the prices for you guys, they're around the same price as titans here. Wanting to get something less harsh/painful than strangs to use for higher rep stuff and save my strangs for heavy attempts, hardly any info on the SBDs and I've heard very mixed things about titan and metal knee wraps.

Try ice cup massage on your injury btw, helps me massively when my tendon decides to be a dick

[NorthStrong]

This^^ We strugglin up here.

SBD wrist wraps made me lose a lot of faith in them. Haven't seen any 100% positive feedback on them, but they were hyped up so much. I can't imagine the knee wraps are much different - just a really expensive wrap.

Yeah a buddy of mine has a pair of stiff SBD wrist wraps. Literally no stretch to them, and they just don't conform to the hand or feel good at all. I still haven't found a wrist wrap that I like more than the Max RPMs.

[Larfleeze]

Yeah a buddy of mine has a pair of stiff SBD wrist wraps. Literally no stretch to them, and they just don't conform to the hand or feel good at all. I still haven't found a wrist wrap that I like more than the Max RPMs.

You're right about the not conforming thing, I've started favouring my THPs over them because of it. SBDs kinda feel like having a ring of metal around your wrist but not all the material is even in contact with it. The THPs are "universal" though which bugs me as I hate wrapping that way.

[NorthStrong]

You're right about the not conforming thing, I've started favouring my THPs over them because of it. SBDs kinda feel like having a ring of metal around your wrist but not all the material is even in contact with it. The THPs are "universal" though which bugs me as I hate wrapping that way.

Yeah. The THPs are nice wraps too. I just prefer the softer more stretchy material wraps I think. All of Titan's wraps are pretty stretchy anyway. Same with Inzer wraps.

Also anyone in here like Megadeth? Their new album is pretty damn good.

[Rags85]

Also anyone in here like Megadeth? Their new album is pretty damn good.

Yes, Yes I do. I was unaware of such album. Thanks.

[Kraxses]

https://www.reddit.com/r/powerlifting/

check out the post by brandon lilly, its the third post on the page....he talks about some very interesting stuff

[Larfleeze]

Yeah. The THPs are nice wraps too. I just prefer the softer more stretchy material wraps I think. All of Titan's wraps are pretty stretchy anyway. Same with Inzer wraps.

Also anyone in here like Megadeth? Their new album is pretty damn good.

Yup, didn't know they had a new one out. Will need to give it a listen.

How do sig golds compare to THPs (if you've tried them obviously)?

[NorthStrong]

Yes, Yes I do. I was unaware of such album. Thanks.

Yup, didn't know they had a new one out. Will need to give it a listen.

How do sig golds compare to THPs (if you've tried them obviously)?

For wrist wraps? I like the sigs more just because I find the material is nicer. Same for the knee wraps. Sigs give a lot more pop than the THPs do in my experience. Both are good wraps though. THPs are really rough on the skin compared to the other wraps I've tried.

[dang111]

If I really need wrist support I like the Inzer Iron Z's. They're pretty stretchy and I can really crank them down. I usually use THP wrist wraps but they don't provide as much support for some reason. I broke my left thumb and wrist last year and when I bench heavy I want a lot of support on the left wrist. Even with my THPs cranked on hard it's not usually enough but the Inzer Z's do a great job.

Typing all that out is making me wonder if it'd be worth trying the Iron Z knee wraps over my THP knee wraps...

[Daemonium]

https://www.reddit.com/r/powerlifting/

check out the post by brandon lilly, its the third post on the page....he talks about some very interesting stuff

Wasnt expecting that kind of post from him, it's a nice change (especially coming from a powerlifter). Too much bs on the internet these days (i.e. Bostin Loyd..).

[dang111]

Anyone ever tried a fairly narrow sumo stance, like shins inside the rings? I've been thinking of transitioning to sumo but last time I tried going wide I popped (read: tore) my hamstring pretty good.

[JRMoore82]

Anyone ever tried a fairly narrow sumo stance, like shins inside the rings? I've been thinking of transitioning to sumo but last time I tried going wide I popped (read: tore) my hamstring pretty good.

That was how I started out. Didn't have the flexibility.

Actually seems more stressful now that I've gotten a wider stance. I tried reverse bands inside my cage with the narrow stance and it didn't feel good.

[TheIronAsylum]

narrow sumo kills my knees

[jubjub007]

Anyone ever tried a fairly narrow sumo stance, like shins inside the rings? I've been thinking of transitioning to sumo but last time I tried going wide I popped (read: tore) my hamstring pretty good.

i just switched to sumo and ive been doing this, my big toe is pretty much right on the rings from my POV while setting up. but im weak so yea. Ed Coan had that short sumo too though

[martin_mathers]

Anyone ever tried a fairly narrow sumo stance, like shins inside the rings? I've been thinking of transitioning to sumo but last time I tried going wide I popped (read: tore) my hamstring pretty good.

That's pretty much how I've been pulling for the last 4 years. Mine looks more like a wide-stance conventional though. I keep my hips pretty high.

[dang111]

Thanks for the replies y'all.

That's pretty much how I've been pulling for the last 4 years. Mine looks more like a wide-stance conventional though. I keep my hips pretty high.

I checked out your IG, that's about where I was thinking of setting my stance. We're the same height too, 6'1". Have you tried going wider?

[MF83]

Last day of classes for my undergrad degree today. NOSTALGIA and FEELS.

One week out from CPU Nationals. Poised to break a few Manitoba Open 83kg records, which aren't exactly impressive (458/308/573 and 1300 total), but it'll be neat to have a paper or three saying I have done something in powerlifting.

10/10 review for Connor Lutz as a coach. I am very, very pleased with where I am right now. Yay.

[martin_mathers]

I checked out your IG, that's about where I was thinking of setting my stance. We're the same height too, 6'1". Have you tried going wider?

I actually started out wider, not super wide, but wide enough to look like a standard sumo stance. At light weights my form would be fine but once it got heavier I would get stuck off the ground, my hips started coming up and back rounded like crazy (like 95% of sumo pulls you see on instagram nowadays). Then someone told me to bring my stance in a bit cause I just didn't have the hip mobility. Then it started feeling better and I kept hitting PR's. My form is still FAR from decent but it's works for me right now.

[UberAlles]

Last day of classes for my undergrad degree today. NOSTALGIA and FEELS.

One week out from CPU Nationals. Poised to break a few Manitoba Open 83kg records, which aren't exactly impressive (458/308/573 and 1300 total), but it'll be neat to have a paper or three saying I have done something in powerlifting.

10/10 review for Connor Lutz as a coach. I am very, very pleased with where I am right now. Yay.

i went to hs with that guy, good guy

what is a good conventional deadlift variation that builds strength around the mid shin?

[wollo7]

Wasnt expecting that kind of post from him, it's a nice change (especially coming from a powerlifter). Too much bs on the internet these days (i.e. Bostin Loyd..).

the best part of that entire thread (i think its safe)

[Larfleeze]

I actually started out wider, not super wide, but wide enough to look like a standard sumo stance. At light weights my form would be fine but once it got heavier I would get stuck off the ground, my hips started coming up and back rounded like crazy (like 95% of sumo pulls you see on instagram nowadays). Then someone told me to bring my stance in a bit cause I just didn't have the hip mobility. Then it started feeling better and I kept hitting PR's. My form is still FAR from decent but it's works for me right now.

I'm pretty much the exact opposite, my back rounded like fuk when I had my shins at the rings, moved out to max width and my form has improved a ****load

[whitessp]

Sumo sucks stop talking about it.


I just pulled a pretty easy 585 last week sumo and I'm upset about it because I never pull sumo and I hate it but i had 600 in me if I went for it without any hype (actually disdain). My best conventional pull ever was 650 in a meet (got reds for the bar stopping when it got out in front of me before I pulled it back in)

[Larfleeze]

Just found out there's a PL/strongman gym opening ten minutes away from me tomorrow..but it shuts at 9pm/6 on weekends. Why do all the good gyms have ****ing terrible opening times?

[FunkymonkAW]

Just found out there's a PL/strongman gym opening ten minutes away from me tomorrow..but it shuts at 9pm/6 on weekends. Why do all the good gyms have ****ing terrible opening times?

Same with all the PL gyms in my area that I've found so far. Unfortunately that's why I stick at the university gym. It's not PL friendly, but but it's not anti-PL necessarily. Could be worse.

[simpson54]

http://www.roguefitness.com/shoes/clearance?insta

none in bigger sizes, but for any girls ITT or guys that need a last minute vday gift for the old lady.. they have some shoes dirt cheap right now

[dang111]

Just found out there's a PL/strongman gym opening ten minutes away from me tomorrow..but it shuts at 9pm/6 on weekends. Why do all the good gyms have ****ing terrible opening times?

The biggest PL gym around here is keycode access so 24/7. Pretty awesome.

[Larfleeze]

The biggest PL gym around here is keycode access so 24/7. Pretty awesome.

Nice, I actually like my 24 hour commercial gym apart from the piece of **** bars