573 lbs and 600 lbs squats - belt and wraps

[IcedEarth111]

this is my first time using the wraps
the reason i am squatting in them is because the are allowed in the competition i'll be going to, so why not...

[socket]

That's some heavy weight. Strong lift OP!

[IcedEarth111]

That's some heavy weight. Strong lift OP!

thank you!

didn't squat for 2 week and was really nervous, but it turned out that's just what i needed

[GatorGenocide]

nice squats

[IcedEarth111]

nice squats

thanks!

[BaFtub]

Nice job man.

[IcedEarth111]

Nice job man.

thank you!

[LongtimeLurkr]

You have big balls for going after 6 when 573 looked the way it did. Good job.

[IcedEarth111]

You have big balls for going after 6 when 573 looked the way it did. Good job.

hahahaa



idk...

573 didn't feel heavy, but the wraps felt really weird so that threw me off....

i have 2 more weeks of getting used to the wraps so hope it'll be okay for the comp.

[Crash49]

Your 600 was lower than the 573, looked better overall as well, good job

[IcedEarth111]

Your 600 was lower than the 573, looked better overall as well, good job

thanks!

yeah, it looked lower

but i'm still very unsecure with these weights and the walk out was really hard with the wraps, so i didn't know what to expect with the 573...
now is just a matter of getting the cns to adapt to bigger weights

[Sven Draconian]

Strong lifting. 600 looked really good.

[IcedEarth111]

Strong lifting. 600 looked really good.

thank you my good sir!

[sammers62]

Just curious what are the things around your ankles?

[IcedEarth111]

Just curious what are the things around your ankles?

those are knee sleeves

i usually wear them on my knees but i lowered them for these 2 reps so i can put the wraps on

[IcedEarth111]

Nice squat

thanks!

[bokito1]

have you tried a wider stance?

from what i see you probably wouldnt have to use your back so much if you squatted a little wider.

also dont walk it out so far.

[IcedEarth111]

have you tried a wider stance?

from what i see you probably wouldnt have to use your back so much if you squatted a little wider.

also dont walk it out so far.

yeah, i did wide stance before and it worked for me..
but later i switched to oly lifting and started doing high bar squats and made some progress but eventually got stuck
the thing is, my back is much stronger than my legs so i want to use it as much as i can
so i switched to a narrow stance low bar squat so i can still bounce out of the hole (didn't really use that that time) and use my back
i've been making great progress since... got like 60 kg on my no belt/wraps squat in 5-6 months
and my deadlift also went up coz i use the same stance there as well...

the walk out was a bit long, i think i fixed it
that was the first time with the wraps so everything was strange... couldn't even walk properly

[shoefanatic23]

Strong lifts right there, good luck at your competition.

[mm55]

good lifts, 600 definitely looked better than 573.

[IcedEarth111]

thanks guys!

[IcedEarth111]

my first "big" squat after the back injury

[IcedEarth111]

squat from today

probably the hardest grind i did

felt like crap for a week, had a real bad cold so everything felt much heavier than it should have

[goosefrabbas]

good lawd. Can't believe you got that last rep. gj.

[IcedEarth111]

good lawd. Can't believe you got that last rep. gj.

thanks man!

really, really wanted it

[double gonad]

That last rep was almost a 550# good morning. A lot of determination to grind that last rep out...

[Blarnee_92]

wow man im super jealous of those squats.

[IcedEarth111]

That last rep was almost a 550# good morning. A lot of determination to grind that last rep out...

my back was always much stronger than my legs so i do that all of the time when it gets hard

[IcedEarth111]

wow man im super jealous of those squats.

thanks!

they weren't pretty, but i'm proud of my progress so far

[IcedEarth111]

my latest squat
been struggling with a couple of injuries for the last few months (SI joint and quad tendon) so this is sort of a comeback to heavy squatting



i know it's a bit high but my SI joint still hurts a bit when i go lower so i don't want to injure it again...