The Official PL Family Appreciation Thread: Part XI

[Jason2459]

My next meet is USPA....since we are talking about wraps, how good of an idea is it if I compete in wraps?

Yes , great idea. If the fed has an unequipped/classic division allowing wraps its all good and I'd love to see you hit 800.


Getout can you give cliffs for those of us with no ********.

[getout87]

I fail to see a lot wrong with that vid. Reps 3-4 climbed up a bit, but he looks like he noticed it and tried to correct on 5. Such is training with reps.

I thought they were all to depth until the second camera angle. I just really can't get past how bad his squats look all together.

[thom2355]

I thought they were all to depth until the second camera angle. I just really can't get past how bad his squats look all together.

Didn't even get there....damn. Either way....good enough for strongman!

[arian11]

I fail to see a lot wrong with that vid. Reps 3-4 climbed up a bit, but he looks like he noticed it and tried to correct on 5. Such is training with reps.

Sorry, maybe I'm just blind or biased or a USAPL zealot or whatever, I just don't see how those would be to competition depth. But like you said, it is training reps. I didn't go looking for his competition vids so I have no idea how he squats in a comp. Whatever.

[Big Sexy J]

Yes , great idea. If the fed has an unequipped/classic division allowing wraps its all good and I'd love to see you hit 800.

I wouldn't go that far...no way I could get 800. I've trained with wraps in the past..I only got like 30 lbs out of them.

[Jason2459]

Lol getout none of that was a secret but funny as hell.

[getout87]

Lol getout none of that was a secret.

Oh I know it's not, but it's still funny, because most people just won't come out and say it.

[baxtej44]

very happy with the mock meet i put on for myself


squat
45x10
135x3
225x2
315x2
365x1
405x1
455 opener, smoked it
475 1st, barely harder
500 barely grinded above parallel on the way back up.. maybe could have got 510 or 515, but either way, super happy

bench
45x10
135x5
185x5
225x2
245x1 opener, smoked
275x1 1st, smoked
285x1 yeah my bench blows.. but this was paused and i'm positive i couldn't do this a month ago

deadlift
135x8
225x5
315x1
405x1
455x1 opener (probably opened a hair too low, but oh well)
500x1 1st, felt great.. did a weird thing on my lockout.. idk what that was
550x1 2nd, wasn't going to go for it, but friend convinced me, and i'm glad he did b/c i got it. did the weird thing on my lockout again... have to fix it


i'm stoked guys, i surpassed every goal... video to come, and you guys can tear it apart. i know i still have a lot to learn

[Jason2459]

Great job baxt. Nice pull man.

[getout87]

very happy with the mock meet i put on for myself


squat
45x10
135x3
225x2
315x2
365x1
405x1
455 opener, smoked it
475 1st, barely harder
500 barely grinded above parallel on the way back up.. maybe could have got 510 or 515, but either way, super happy

bench
45x10
135x5
185x5
225x2
245x1 opener, smoked
275x1 1st, smoked
285x1 yeah my bench blows.. but this was paused and i'm positive i couldn't do this a month ago

deadlift
135x8
225x5
315x1
405x1
455x1 opener (probably opened a hair too low, but oh well)
500x1 1st, felt great.. did a weird thing on my lockout.. idk what that was
550x1 2nd, wasn't going to go for it, but friend convinced me, and i'm glad he did b/c i got it. did the weird thing on my lockout again... have to fix it


i'm stoked guys, i surpassed every goal... video to come, and you guys can tear it apart. i know i still have a lot to learn

Awesome freaking job man.

[baxtej44]

Great job baxt. Nice pull man.

Awesome freaking job man.

thx guys, feels pretty damn awesome... can't wait to compete this summer



as long as i don't complete bomb something.. i think my 1200 pound total could nearly be in just my openers this summer lol

[InspecktaDeck]

very happy with the mock meet i put on for myself...

jelly of that squat hnnng

[baxtej44]

jelly of that squat hnnng

it was always my best lift until i started deadlifting.

hit deeper on my 500 then anything else lol. also i normally don't rebound out of the hole much, so if i had been practicing that i may have gotten more. c'est la vie

[mitten]

didnt know most of the things in getout's post. Def did not know about fist in ass.

[Jason2459]

didnt know most of the things in getout's post. Def did not know about fist in ass.

Yeah that was a new one for me too. Will be watching her vids in a new way though. lol

[mitten]

Yeah that was a new one for me too. Will be watching her vids in a new way though. lol

been tryin to find a pic after reading that, am having no luck

[simp3204]

The whole time I was reading Chad's latest article, I was loling. He called them gear whores and high squatters...except Chad uses knee wraps and squats high.

I brought that up like 10-15 pages back.

I don't know about competition but him and Lilly have been lately talking about always squatting to depth and then you see vids like this.

[youtube]MtEfRmkw-as[youtube]

Pretty much all his vids are high, except for a couple that I've seen.

I fail to see a lot wrong with that vid. Reps 3-4 climbed up a bit, but he looks like he noticed it and tried to correct on 5. Such is training with reps.

To me it's not his rep training that bugs me. I get annoyed by his rants on ******** about always hitting depth and how you must always hit depth in training and then he squats high.

gapped out Canadian whore gracie v, I saw pictures with fist in her ass from several westside lifters....lol....I like how that sentence started out about lifting and transformed into a gracie v ending, lmfao....**** her I'm glad she broke her arm

I think she's dating AJ now and lives out here with him. She's at most USPA meets and helps out with things. I would definitely have a look at those pics. She has a gnarly scar on her left tricep and I'm assuming its from her broken arm.

Sorry, maybe I'm just blind or biased or a USAPL zealot or whatever, I just don't see how those would be to competition depth. But like you said, it is training reps. I didn't go looking for his competition vids so I have no idea how he squats in a comp. Whatever.

His comp vids look like Eric lilliebridge's comp vids.

[dtaps24]

Pretty much all his vids are high, except for a couple that I've seen


His comp vids look like Eric lilliebridge's comp vids.

False. He generally squats to depth in competition. I think this is from the Meet where Wilk high squatted a grand and then bitched because CWS won best lifter. Everybody was shocked because it was depth at a SPF Meet.

[simp3204]

False. He generally squats to depth in competition. I think this is from the Meet where Wilk high squatted a grand and then bitched because CWS won best lifter. Everybody was shocked because it was depth at a SPF Meet.

[youtube]Pc5l_wT1XU0[youtube]

His comp depth is definitely better than his training depth. The last comp vid I saw looked like his depth was creeping up. I will try to look it up later.

[martin_mathers]

gracie v is hot. i'd love my fist in her ass

[simp3204]

gracie v is hot. i'd love my fist in her ass

She's meh in person. I do find her powerlifting attractive, but that's about it.

[Jason2459]

Oh I know it's not, but it's still funny, because most people just won't come out and say it.

warning this may come off as nutswinging and don't give a damn...

People troll most of that stuff. The Dimel comment was trolled a long time ago but has always been shot down and shut up. Just about everything else though has been pretty open and not hidden besides the Gracie V. comment which I'm sure that will get around too. What these guys have or have not done outside of training or on the platform is none of my business and don't care really. Louie has never hidden the supplemental usage and has always given credit to every person/book/author/etc. that he has gotten his train methods from. He has on numerous occasions made comments about how nothing they do there originated from there. With all their negatives every single person at Westside I've ever asked a question to including Louie has always been more then helpful in answering me and giving me considerable amounts of their time knowing perfectly well I lift unequipped, a beginner, and a nobody.

[mitten]

gracie v is hot. i'd love my fist in her ass

really? i dont know if i could get down like that. Whats ur opinion on watersports?

[martin_mathers]

really? i dont know if i could get down like that. Whats ur opinion on watersports?

never tried it and never will lol

[Trah275]

never tried it and never will lol

Watersports are pretty cool...even if you're not that into a dude at least you get to pee on him...

[baxtej44]

vids are in my log if you guys wanted to see.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1045832961


the squat looked better than the deadlift to me... deadlift needs some stability work. idk if i just wasn't tight, or wasn't used to a weight that big or what... but it'll get better with time.

[ErickStevens]

Hey dudes - Squatting high in training is cool. Don't hate.

Anyways I was browsing Reddit and stumbled upon a really funny thread - http://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comm...t792?context=3

Cliffs:
- Mkal claims to be fitter than Arnold because of his Fitocracy level.
- Arnold calls him out.
- The internet loses it's shiit.

[getout87]

Gracie and AJ are engaged now, and yeah they live in cali. She gets less and less hot, more and more man looking as time goes on. And yes, the giant scar is from her arm, I heard it was fukking awful in person, I know the person that was filming it.

As to all the sketchiness, I know it's what happens on the platform that counts in this sport, but you can't help but get an idea of the type of people that are there by these stories.

[thom2355]

I thought they were all to depth until the second camera angle. I just really can't get past how bad his squats look all together.

Sorry, maybe I'm just blind or biased or a USAPL zealot or whatever, I just don't see how those would be to competition depth. But like you said, it is training reps. I didn't go looking for his competition vids so I have no idea how he squats in a comp. Whatever.

After looking again on a bigger screen, I still think they are damn close. Couple things to note:

1) Camera angles never tell the entire truth. I could have sworn Black_Spit was squatting high in training when filmed from the back, but in competition, buried them squats.
2) Big legs and a large belly make things hard to see.
3) Baggy clothes make things hard to see.
4) Depth in training may have a couple forms. I think we have all seen the high box squats and squats that are cut intentionally high (Hunter Poole).
5) As for the USAPL zealot comment....that seems to hold true around here. No squat, bench or deadlift is good unless done in USAPL. Mike T is a god and his training is perfect, everybody else has no clue what they are doing and squats high/benches TNG/has soft knees on deads.

[bmontgomery87]

Lol getout none of that was a secret but funny as hell.

Oh I know it's not, but it's still funny, because most people just won't come out and say it.

didnt know most of the things in getout's post. Def did not know about fist in ass.

been tryin to find a pic after reading that, am having no luck

mind=blown at all of the stuff that goes on at Westside. I've heard it's a pretty cut throat place to be, but that stuff is crazy.
would like to see picture. lofl