Gym thread... What are your big lifts

i knew guys at that size who represented their country who couldnt bench that,might wanna rethink buddy.

 

If you know how many inches your member is then it is not that big. Men with decent size members don’t have to measure them.

 

do u really have to spam up good threads with ur nonsense?cease and desist little boy

 

Then these guys can count themselves lucky that I had no interest in competing.

 

or providing any sort of proof

 

deadlifts are the best back exercise bar none. Actually i rate them higher than squats for building overall body power as theres no stretch reflex,with squats if you time it right you can get elastic rebound from your hips whereas deadlifts are done from a dead stop and its all you baby. Id recommend doing them from a higher starting point off racks or blocks and slowly over time working closer to to the floor until u can pull from the ground.

 

i dont recommend smolovs unless you are looking to compete and want to peak,have the neccessary stamina to cope and are willing to put the rest of your lifts apart from bench on the shelf. As for military press ,nah mate i did incline bench as i thought it had more carryover to benching,i did very little direct shoulder work as i squatted frequently and didnt want to tire my shoulders out too much. That 80 kg for 4 was seated to take out leg drive and only after a few weeks doing seated barbell press.I wasnt a bodybuilder.And thats the thing,powerlifters train specifically to increase their 3 lifts,i wasnt actually that strong overall,because of the specific nature of my training.A lot of powerlifters train accessory work quite light to aid in recovery.

 

I havent been to the gym in ages as i get quite battered at work,but its starting to slow down and ill get back in there. My fitness is still quite good but my max strength is going to suck. I know im weaker as we carry cartons that are 27-30 kgs each and i could press that in each hand shoulder dumbell press for 5 sets of 15 ,but now carrying 700-800 of the *******s each night tires me out,i got nothing left at the end.Getting old sucks

 

You got to be careful with overhead pressing because of the Acromion shelf that causes you to impinge the shoulder ligament/tendons....doing overhead presses on a regular basis can cause rubbing and tears specially if the scapula muscles get weak and doesn't pull the shoulder back....I had unusual overhead pressing strength on par with my bench but the blessing became a curse when I started to overtrain them and that coupled with impact injuries from jumps as well as the muscle strains I got in my traps from carrying heavy rucksacks....I went through a fairly extensive rehab courtesy of the military but retraining my body to train smarter now and rarely do overhead presses anymore unless it is a dumbbell where I can control the angle.

 

i agree,i much preferred the dumbells for overhead pressing,i actually have quite well developed shoulders and traps despite not doing much direct work. No idea why.

 

Pulling off the ground recruits a lot from your traps and shoulder to pull...every really good deadlifter I knew were thick in the shoulder area that would be my suspicion...athletes like boxers and wrestlers tend to develop easily in the shoulders I think it is that they have mastery over the arms and shoulder and as a result they respond well stimulus.....there was a bodybuilder who had an extensive boxing background but had some of the strongest densest shoulders and abs in the game...he credited his shoulder and ab response to boxing...it made sense

 

ah im not that good a puller,pretty average,i know of a guy who recently pulled 312 kgs in comp and hes my age. I credit my trap development to firstly apple picking which had a harness strapped around my traps and shoulders,having to lug that around at speed and with weight up and down ladders and bending over putting pressure in that area for hrs on end gave me a strong base. Made the rest of my body pretty skinny tho,i have spindly arms that look like ive never trained them.lol.

 

A knife and fork.