I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but in case you're being serious:
I wrote in the comments that the deads felt heavy that day, and I stopped them to do front squats instead.
I have a video of the 365, I'll post it in a few minutes. My form is terrible on it, the 415x2 that I had planned to do would've killed me. If I even got it.
315x2 squat was a big PR for me, mentally. It was not gay. It was bad ass.
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So I was going to order some shirts from elite. Two sweaters and three tshirts came to 76 dollars.
I'm thinking 'ok, that's actually pretty good'
Then I calculate shipping.
65 dollars for shipping.
That's fucking ridiculous!
Then I realized, if I change the shipping method to standard, it's only 13 dollars. I can live with that.
I can't find my favourite shirt. The one with the little dude squatting on the front, and the circle logo on the back. They have a sweater with that on it, but no t-shirt. Damn.
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Will it give me superpowers, so I can lift more than you?
If so, you have yourself a deal.
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you can enter a regional comp.. send them an email for details.
the basics of the feds;
apf/wpc/gpc = squats to(above) parallel and a monolift. + double ply gear + briefs + they use deadlift bars + no drug testing
ipf/uspl = squats under parallel by a few inches + walked out + tons of rules. + single ply gear only + no briefs + normal bars + head on the bench when you bench press + drug testing
Simon, have you ever watched a gpc/wpo meet? ive never seen a squat above paralell allowed, sure there are some vids on youtube or whatever, but thats very rarely the case.
IPF =
-bans lifters who compete in other federations.
-dont follow their own rule book in regaurds to squat depth
-change their rules about head on bench press every month (right now, its: head can be off bench on the decent of the bar, only).
-make up dumb rules like : 50% of your ass must be on the bench, how can you even measure this?
There is a reason why 90% of the good lifters dont lift in the ipf.. and it has nothing to do with drug tests
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-Dave Tate
dude, work on the deadlift form. No one's gonna have perfect form on a max pull, but you shouldn't be starting off the pull with stiff legs and a rounded back.
And, I still don't get why you pull after (not as) heavy (as me) squatting?
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dude, work on the deadlift form. No one's gonna have perfect form on a max pull, but you shouldn't be starting off the pull with stiff legs and a rounded back.
And, I still don't get why you pull after (not as) heavy (as me) squatting?
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Originally Posted by Frank.S
Simon, have you ever watched a gpc/wpo meet? ive never seen a squat above paralell allowed, sure there are some vids on youtube or whatever, but thats very rarely the case.
IPF =
-bans lifters who compete in other federations.
-dont follow their own rule book in regaurds to squat depth
-change their rules about head on bench press every month (right now, its: head can be off bench on the decent of the bar, only).
-make up dumb rules like : 50% of your ass must be on the bench, how can you even measure this?
The banning of lifters who compete in other feds is pretty gay, Australia's best Bench Presser is due for a ban because he competed last weekend, pretty gay, but he knew about it.
Squat depth has been pretty good from what I've seen, nly BS depths in WPC comp vids haha.
In Powerlifting Australia(IPF) anyway, the head always has to be on the bench, and it as always been like this, and won't change anytime soon.
Yeah the 50% thing I dunno about that, but I'll ask some people about it.
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Originally Posted by Frank.S
There is a reason why 90% of the good lifters dont lift in the ipf.. and it has nothing to do with drug tests
you need to fix your form, like you already know. Stop looking at the ground.
and get fired up before your lifts! You walk slow to the bar, and casually grab it. Whenever i'm attempting a weight that's heavy for me, my adrenaline starts pumping, and my heart rate goes up. I bet if you got angry with that weight, it would have been easy.
i don't really like pulls after squats. Yea you get that in competition, but the point is to get stronger in the gym. If you're not able to pull well in the gym, how well are you going to pull in the competition? If you build up your pulls on another day and get strong in them, it's going to be that much easier. Plus, matthew's not really training for a competition YET. so, until he is, he should build up the squat and the pull in the most efficient manner he can, imo.
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I pull fine after heavy squats, it was just this one day.
Last week I hit a PR of 405x2 after squatting heavy. Actually, the squats felt heavy last week, and my pull was good. This week my squats were good and my pull felt heavy.
I know my form was bad in that video. I said that that's why I called it. I don't normally pull that horribly.
I'm planning to pull heavy on Tuesday with other guy. Probably after the box squats, but we'll see. Maybe I won't do as many sets of box squats. I'll take another video then if I can.
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Maybe tomorrow I'll take some of me pulling/box squatting.
OH - March 10
push press
170x2,F,2,1
On the fail, the bar flew above my head, then came crashing down on my chest, so I immediately dipped and pushed the bar up again, did the same thing. It was almost as if I forgot to push with my arms. But I didn't.
I tried to do some heavy OH holds again after the push presses, but my left elbow was hurting really badly, and though I could hold the weight, squatting it up was a problem.
Tried doing db bench, but my first warm up set with 40s was awkward and really hard to balance. I'm sure it would've gotten better, but I didn't want to push it.
Did a shitload of volume on the machine row because rows makes my elbows happy.
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I ordered on Sunday, haven't gotten a shipping confirmation yet.
I know it says it can take up to 48 hours, but seriously, if efs screws around with the order again I won't order any more shit from them.
Last time it took a month just to figure out why my order never left the warehouse.
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Zach Even-Esh
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-Dave Tate
I think they have me on some kind of black list or something, for giving them shit for taking so long last time.
That must be it. I've been blacklisted!
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Zach Even-Esh
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-Dave Tate
I'm going to try and talk Doug into doing some insanely heavy, ridiculously high box squats.
Just for some fun.
Then I'll go into my 10x3, and they'll be a breeze.
hehe
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Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
high box squats (high bar position as well)
worked up to 200kgx6, in 40kg jumps
180kgx6
hydraulic squat machine
worked up to 400unitsx2 (no idea what the units are, but these were fucking hard)
did some lighter jump squats (only went onto my toes) made one end of the machine jump off the ground, that was cool
trap bar deads (we put one of almost every colour plate onto the bar, we called it pulling the rainbow)
up to 388x1
ghr
bwxa bunch
I was planning on still doing my regular low box squats, but my elbow hurt so much from those high box squats that I decided not to. The hydraulic machine is two pads that go over your shoulder, so they were fine to do.
The bar left a line of blood on my back during the high box squats. It went through my nice white shirt, and Doug sees it and points it out to me. He says, "hey your bleeding. sweet." haha
Having 440 pounds on my back felt a lot better than I expected it to. I wasn't shaking or anything, didn't feel like I was going to lose it or couldn't handle it. It was actually pretty easy. Now if only I could parallel squat it...
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Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
I might have to stop squatting altogether until my elbow starts feeling better. I know that if I keep squatting twice a week it'll never heal.
Maybe oly squats, if the high bar position doesn't hurt my elbows. It hurt today, but I was using a lot more weight than I would for real squats, so it could've just been that. I'll have to try it and find out.
Front squats will probably be done as well.
Trap bar deads as well, since they use a lot more quad. I'm just trying to think of things that will improve my squat, specifically out of the hole.
I'm ditching my plan altogether. I'll go in with an idea of what I want to get done, but only an idea. Then I'll go by how I'm feeling. If I feel strong in a certain lift that day, I'll go really heavy on it. If I'm not feeling too strong, I'll just go regular heavy.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
Still no shipping confirmation email, two days later.
Last time I didn't know I was supposed to get one within 48 hours, so I waited a week or two weeks just to contact them. Not this time. I just emailed customer service.
I want my clothes, dammit.
Why is there always a problem with my orders?
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Zach Even-Esh
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-Dave Tate
Sit down somewhere quiet, close your eyes, and imagine the perfect scenario: You turn on the computer and open up your email, just to see a nice big confirmation email from Dave Tate himself. A few days later, you come home to see the package.
Seriously, man, if you visualize this it will happen. This stuff works.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
Sit down somewhere quiet, close your eyes, and imagine the perfect scenario: big Dave Tate himself. A few days later, you come home to see his package.
Seriously, man, if you visualize this it will happen. This stuff works.
i'm sure matthew would like this.
hahahahahaaaa
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