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Sludge Tank posted:im hoping to pull 675 at the end of this block. Easy solution: bench more often
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Mar 7, 2019 00:50
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i havent benched in like a year. ive been doing incline bench with a cambered duffalo bar so the range of motion is pretty huge. i jumped on a bench last week to see what it felt like and the ROM felt comically short compared to what im used to now. my wrists didnt like it too much though.
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Mar 7, 2019 00:59
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Benching is fun and most people seem to be very weak at benching
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Mar 7, 2019 01:01
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i have loving long rear end arms so ill never get a mega bench. im all about overhead strength (which i also suck at)
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Mar 7, 2019 01:07
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I liked benching and it was one of my best lifts but eventually I learned that it is bad and no one should do it.
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Sludge Tank posted:i have loving long rear end arms so ill never get a mega bench. im all about overhead strength (which i also suck at) Overhead strength is good and fun. In other news I finally got 225 on the bench for reps. That only took me 4 god drat years. Granted I wasn’t as dedicated as I am now but gently caress poo poo takes a long time.
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Mar 7, 2019 01:18
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According to the strength charts I'm intermediate/advanced in both Deadlifting and Benchpress but I'm only novice at Squatting  https://exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards
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Mar 7, 2019 01:19
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Collapsing Farts posted:According to the strength charts I'm intermediate/advanced in both Deadlifting and Benchpress but I'm only novice at Squatting Woohoo I’m firmly intermediate! #goals
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Mar 7, 2019 01:27
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Never stop benching
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Mar 7, 2019 01:28
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Fallows posted:Never stop benching I would buy this. I want this.
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Mar 7, 2019 01:40
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Does it come with a grapefruit to gently caress
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Mar 7, 2019 01:53
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What exercises will make me a sexual tyrannosaurus?
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Gaunab posted:What exercises will make me a sexual tyrannosaurus? 
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Sludge Tank posted:i have loving long rear end arms so ill never get a mega bench. im all about overhead strength (which i also suck at) I think Cailer Woolam can bench 400+ and he has crazy long deadlift arms. He's probably a freak though.
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Mar 7, 2019 11:52
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cailer woolam doesnt count e: 400 isnt that mental for a bench press imho. its certainly very stronk but it wont get many likes on instagram Sludge Tank fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Mar 7, 2019 |
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Mar 7, 2019 11:57
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Yeah unless you're in one of the lighter weight classes or a woman you're not actually competitive in power lifting until the 400s and in the 500s for the heavier classes. There's like 600 people in the 198 classes that can do it and PL is a pretty small sport so who knows how many people out there can actually do that.
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Mar 7, 2019 13:26
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Caller Woolam also takes a lot of steroids which I feel is important to point out He made Dan Green mad on Instagram by saying his ideal fed would be "the IPF with steroids, also sumo is banned"
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Mar 7, 2019 13:57
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Guyver posted:PL is a pretty small sport lol
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Mar 7, 2019 14:06
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I'm going to shoot to bench 250 today and if I manage I'm going to feel very good about myself.
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Mar 7, 2019 14:52
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What percentage of the developed world do you think actually lifts? Like not your usual gymrats but people who actually try to BB/PL/WL seriously if not actually professionally?
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I've seen one guy do it in my gym over the last 3 years. He wore one of those weightlifting/wrestling suit things And did good weight on squats to the point where I imagine his PR could probably be really impressive. But that's about it But I go to a lovely chain gym so eh
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You would have to get member numbers from each of the regional federations (not the international ones b/c there would be a lot of overlap from people in multiple orgs) to get an accurate idea. I'd guess like 20-50 thousand, to pull a number right out of my rear end.
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lol bret also I was watching the CPF (Canadian powerlifting federation) meet, whole lotta people missing their 3rd attempts. I mean yeah go big or go home but way more misses than I'm used to seeing.
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Lets assume the developed world is about a billion people. Lets look at a real sport with real stats: hockey. 1.7 million people play hockey. Are they all from the "developed world"? No, but who cares. So 0% of the developed world plays hockey.
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I mean I know it's niche, I'm just curious about how niche it is. And I have a western bias since those kind of sports have no real money in them so people who are strong go into a team sport of some kind where the money is. But like I'm sure there are more serious Eastern European lifters than like American lifters because of the infrastructure surrounding the sport, right?
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Sludge Tank posted:cailer woolam doesnt count Ed Coan had a pretty good bench and long arms MikeCrotch posted:He made Dan Green mad on Instagram Lol I didn't know that part Fhqwhgads posted:What percentage of the developed world do you think actually lifts? Like not your usual gymrats but people who actually try to BB/PL/WL seriously if not actually professionally? I feel like powerlifting has turned into this in the US at least 
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A lot of people get disheartened when they realize they have to start taking steroids to be competitive at upper echelons of a sport
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MikeCrotch posted:Caller Woolam also takes a lot of steroids which I feel is important to point out Doesn't he primarily pull sumo in competition himself?
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Fhqwhgads posted:I mean I know it's niche, I'm just curious about how niche it is. And I have a western bias since those kind of sports have no real money in them so people who are strong go into a team sport of some kind where the money is. But like I'm sure there are more serious Eastern European lifters than like American lifters because of the infrastructure surrounding the sport, right? Theres at least 20k who have competed in the ipf in the last four years for powerlifting. Then theres all the other feds. I think you can look at the database at openpowerlifting and figure out how many unqiue individuals compete pretty easily. I dont know how to get the info for weightlifting, but it should be easier because there arent a bunch of untested feds. Bodybuilding who knows
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VorpalFish posted:Doesn't he primarily pull sumo in competition himself? Never min maxed and wished you could be playing for fun instead? Collapsing Farts posted:A lot of people get disheartened when they realize they have to start taking steroids to be competitive at upper echelons of a sport IMO better than being born wrong for the sport
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Mar 7, 2019 17:07
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Thought some rear end in a top hat was tapping on my shoulder from behind; turns out it's my shoulder spasming
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My gym just announced that they're going to get rid of the half basketball court (cut it in half & removed the bleacher seating about a year ago to move the free weights into that space) to expand the free weights some more & add extra cages/platforms plus more strongman equipment. I love my gym
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Mar 7, 2019 17:25
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I'm going to shoot to bench 250 today and if I manage I'm going to feel very good about myself. Thanks to a random spotter (glad I got over my fear of talking to strangers in the gym) I PR'd 250lbsx2 
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Mar 7, 2019 17:30
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Nice, wish they did that too with the two rooms they use in my gym for cyberfitness classes. Which is just the old workout vhs tapes your mother had, played on a larger screen.
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Mar 7, 2019 17:31
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Idaho has like 300-350 lifters eligible to compete in oly.
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My gym is garbage but it's right next to where I live god damnit. It's so nice to be able to just take a 3 minute walk and arrive at the gym
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Collapsing Farts posted:My gym is garbage but it's right next to where I live god damnit. It's so nice to be able to just take a 3 minute walk and arrive at the gym Pretty much the same. Also it's cheap. I'll take a $35/mo garbo gym that's 3 blocks away over the $200/mo fancy gym 4 blocks away or the $250/mo legit PL gym that's a few subway stops away. I may never know the joy of lifting with straight bars or platforms or bumpers or without the risk of contracting tetanus but I've been able to squat 400+ and DL 500+ without it so far. Fhqwhgads fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Mar 7, 2019 |
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I pay $10/mo since I joined up a few years ago (they've raised the price to $20/mo since) but I do have to drive tennish minutes to get there. It's a nice balance
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I'm pretty sure I pay more than the standard rate at my gym but I'm too much of a coward to demand they change it. The girls they hire to stand behind the desk are too pretty, and I'm scared I'll be labelled a dirty(er) old man if I look at them long enough to ask questions.
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