The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XIX

[jsullivan93]

Used the Duffalo bar to bench yesterday. I am in love with this thing. Squatting tonight after work

[Hamzzza]

That seems like a lot... I got up to 8,000kg/session for deadlifts, a bit above that for squats and about 6,000 for bench press at the height of my volume block (sets of ten).

yeah but I try to pull significantly more, also I tolerate the dl volume a lot better than squat volume(which would be significantly lower then obviously), so it's not that much? I mean mine and your average volume per session would probably even out even though I'd be trying to total more

[MF83]

I'm 3pm on Wednesday. I also had late weigh in at last year's nats though, slept a blissful 9 hours, was well within weight and had one of my worst meets ever. maybe I just do better with 3 hours of sleep?! lol. also, how about that $150 entry fee? what the hell do they think this is, worlds?

Haha maybe.
They disguise the fee under the umbrella of t-shirt, banquet (how many weekday lifters are actually going to stay for the Saturday night dinner?), and drug testing costs but cotdamn is $150 still a lot of money. I'm lucky I only live 3+ hours away and may even do same day driving.

[breathinglife]

Micahs 795 deadlift at 181 MP.

But who was calibrated plates?

[FunkymonkAW]

Anyone else have troubles with their slingshot? I've used my slingshot for maybe 10 - 15 sets overall and it's fraying where the right cuff attaches to the center band. I'm a little surprised as I've never heard a bad word about Mark Bell's products - wondering if I should send request a replacement. There's no impact now, but I don't want it to fall apart in 2 months.

[simpson54]

But who was calibrated plates?

I was actually pretty surprised they didn't have calibrated plates. not sure why they didnt

[MF83]

Anyone else have troubles with their slingshot? I've used my slingshot for maybe 10 - 15 sets overall and it's fraying where the right cuff attaches to the center band. I'm a little surprised as I've never heard a bad word about Mark Bell's products - wondering if I should send request a replacement. There's no impact now, but I don't want it to fall apart in 2 months.

Without looking into it, I wanna say I remember reading "somethingsomething lifetime warranty somethingsomething" when I bought mine.

[NorthStrong]

Anyone else have troubles with their slingshot? I've used my slingshot for maybe 10 - 15 sets overall and it's fraying where the right cuff attaches to the center band. I'm a little surprised as I've never heard a bad word about Mark Bell's products - wondering if I should send request a replacement. There's no impact now, but I don't want it to fall apart in 2 months.

Have you heard any words about his products lol?

hopefully it stays intact for you though.

[UberAlles]

what are your favourite lifts to generate power/speed off the chest? i've been doing 3 count paused bench.

no access to bands/chains currently

[Daemonium]

Any of the fam ever get weird collarbone pain? It's right around the clavicle and it gets pissed off when I do band pull aparts.

Just 3 more real workouts to get through in one piece...

Where on your clavicle?

[NorthStrong]

Where on your clavicle?

can't say for sure. just in that upper pec/clavicle/trap area, when i do a band pull apart or push away from the body in that kinda motion it just feels weird. It probably just needs some time off which I'll be doing soon.

[budreiser2]

what are your favourite lifts to generate power/speed off the chest? i've been doing 3 count paused bench.

no access to bands/chains currently

Long pauses helped me a lot. Learning to descend faster and under control helped too. I used to be stupid slow off my chest and those 2 things helped me more than any band work or specific exercise really did

[breathinglife]

I was actually pretty surprised they didn't have calibrated plates. not sure why they didnt

For the record, I don't care about calibrated plates on PLwatch all-time records. I actually argued at length against them. It's a stupid requirement to be nitpicky about when you're comparing 48 hour weigh ins with 2 hour weigh ins. We are, after all, merely talking about a list on a website that looks like it was made in 1998 on Geocities. No reason to get all earnest over it.

Just interesting that it's mentioned on PLWatch as a new record when they made such a big deal re: calibrated plates.

[GourleyMan]

Heads up for anyone in the market for Adipowers...depending on the size/color you can get them cheap on Amazon. They seem to go as low as $129, plus you can take an extra 20% off with their FALL20OFF promo code. I had a gift card on top of that so $83 Adipowers ftw.

http://www.amazon.com/adidas-Perform...words=adipower

[whitessp]

what are your favourite lifts to generate power/speed off the chest? i've been doing 3 count paused bench.

no access to bands/chains currently

3 ct paused bench and pin presses.

[Drew50]

Heads up for anyone in the market for Adipowers...depending on the size/color you can get them cheap on Amazon. They seem to go as low as $129, plus you can take an extra 20% off with their FALL20OFF promo code. I had a gift card on top of that so $83 Adipowers ftw.

http://www.amazon.com/adidas-Perform...words=adipower

Perfect! I was just about to buy the powerlift 2.0 as the adipowers were to much to spend without ever trying a raised heel shoe. Just ordered the adipowers.

[Big.Jazayrli]

Anyone else see that APT updated their website? I thought that would never happen

[dannyautrey]

Again faster is running a 50% off sale, too. Stand by for link..

[dannyautrey]

https://www.againfaster.com/shop/foo...lifting-shoes/

Use code AFSHOEDEAL at checkout

Apparently doesn't work on all shoes.. I tried the romaleos and no deal, then ot worked on the innov8.

[McCabesLifts]

Anyone else have troubles with their slingshot? I've used my slingshot for maybe 10 - 15 sets overall and it's fraying where the right cuff attaches to the center band. I'm a little surprised as I've never heard a bad word about Mark Bell's products - wondering if I should send request a replacement. There's no impact now, but I don't want it to fall apart in 2 months.

Just e-mail him, he'll just send you a new one

[Larfleeze]

Anyone else have troubles with their slingshot? I've used my slingshot for maybe 10 - 15 sets overall and it's fraying where the right cuff attaches to the center band. I'm a little surprised as I've never heard a bad word about Mark Bell's products - wondering if I should send request a replacement. There's no impact now, but I don't want it to fall apart in 2 months.

Had mine for like 2 months and it has a bunch of rubber threads sticking out of it..not sure if that's normal or not

[NaturalFTW]

jheez

[McCabesLifts]

jheez

Deadlift only or full meet?

[NaturalFTW]

Deadlift only or full meet?

I'm not sure sorry.

I'm assuming Deadlift only or he would've posted his entire meet, unless he's saving that for later

[NorthStrong]

Deadlift only or full meet?

single ply DL only I believe.

[izzygrant]

We are, after all, merely talking about a list on a website that looks like it was made in 1998 on Geocities.

Lmao

Haha maybe.
They disguise the fee under the umbrella of t-shirt, banquet (how many weekday lifters are actually going to stay for the Saturday night dinner?), and drug testing costs but cotdamn is $150 still a lot of money. I'm lucky I only live 3+ hours away and may even do same day driving.

Good, a banquet people won't attend, a shirt they won't wear, and a drug test fee so they can test people who came in last and haven't improved their totals in 3 years again

[Larfleeze]

When did he cut his dreads off? ^

[NorthStrong]

Lmao



Good, a banquet people won't attend, a shirt they won't wear, and a drug test fee so they can test people who came in last and haven't improved their totals in 3 years again

I wore my NBPL meet shirt today.

105kg junior champ of NB baby, uncontested sickening competition levels.

[TheIronAsylum]

Used the Duffalo bar to bench yesterday. I am in love with this thing. Squatting tonight after work

that duffalo bar is crazy deep for benching compared to the buffalo bar

[TheIronAsylum]

Anyone else have troubles with their slingshot? I've used my slingshot for maybe 10 - 15 sets overall and it's fraying where the right cuff attaches to the center band. I'm a little surprised as I've never heard a bad word about Mark Bell's products - wondering if I should send request a replacement. There's no impact now, but I don't want it to fall apart in 2 months.

i bought my slanger years ago before Mark bell was big when he had a small booth at the olympia and its worked for this whole time knock on wood. I asked at one point about the fraying and stitching and they said it wasnt anything to worry about and would stay in tact