http://www.powerliftingforums.com/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:31:02 +0000 MyBB http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=1 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:03:38 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=1 well i'm 15, and sitting at 173 pounds so i'm in the 180/185 wieght class?? not sure.. lol

well my maxes are
Bench: 205
hangclean: 205
squat: 350
deadlift: 340

those are the only think i maxed out in..

coaches are telling me just to not worry and don't take these meets serious (its my first year).. saying it just to go and show what we got... i'm saying f*** that i'm taking this serious.

so... any advise for me? and please no "your going to stunt your growth and bla bla bla" don't give a shit about that cause still growing and i've been lifting 2 years now.. so i'm fine. but please.. advise?]]> well i'm 15, and sitting at 173 pounds so i'm in the 180/185 wieght class?? not sure.. lol

well my maxes are
Bench: 205
hangclean: 205
squat: 350
deadlift: 340

those are the only think i maxed out in..

coaches are telling me just to not worry and don't take these meets serious (its my first year).. saying it just to go and show what we got... i'm saying f*** that i'm taking this serious.

so... any advise for me? and please no "your going to stunt your growth and bla bla bla" don't give a shit about that cause still growing and i've been lifting 2 years now.. so i'm fine. but please.. advise?]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=2 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:44:20 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=2 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=3 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:46:30 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=3
Dumbell SLDL
Hypers
Back extension machine

Ab pulldowns
Ab machine
Balls

My questions to you: which of these exercices are the most effective, and how much should I do after a workout?]]>
Dumbell SLDL
Hypers
Back extension machine

Ab pulldowns
Ab machine
Balls

My questions to you: which of these exercices are the most effective, and how much should I do after a workout?]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=4 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:22:54 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=4
95kg

Bench: 84kg
Squat: 100kg
Deadlift: 100kg
Dumbell row: 44kg]]>
95kg

Bench: 84kg
Squat: 100kg
Deadlift: 100kg
Dumbell row: 44kg]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=5 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:54:36 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=5
I stumbled upon this forum when looking for a powerlifting forum on google. Seems like a pretty empty place for now.]]>
I stumbled upon this forum when looking for a powerlifting forum on google. Seems like a pretty empty place for now.]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=6 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:04:19 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=6
Im freaking tired of being weak.

I understand why i am not the beast i want to be in the weight room,

part of it is just the way my body is built, I have legs that are not mechanically good for squatting, the tibia is short and the femur is long, i have long arms which do not really help on the bench, and have a relatively weak grip so my deadlift is not so good. On top of all that, i am flexible as crap which doesnt help the squat or bench
(when i was playing college football i weighed at 305 pounds and i could not only touch my toes, but put my palms on the ground, I still can)

But i also know that my weakness i a product of my lack of dedication and PL knowledge, but also my natural ability on the field. When i played college ball, (i was a defensive tackle) i could only benchpress maybe 400 pounds, and squat maybe 550, and I was successfully taking on double teams by offensive linemen who outweighed me by 25 pounds apiece on average and could bench 500 and squat over 600. I really didnt need to be stronger to be good, and my lifting suffered. Now Im seriously tired of watching men much smaller than me kick my ass all over the weight room. I weigh 285 pounds and i want to lift like i weigh that much.

I need some serious help guys, everything from nutrition to the proper way to train my benchpress and squat and such.

Ive made the mistake of trying nothing but maximal effort days everyday, and hit plateus that frustrated the hell outta me. What are good for speed days, and how often do i train the big lifts? How do i split the deads and squats each week? when do i work arms? How do i work traps?

In fact a full routine would probably be best.
Preferably a crazy every day a week one.

and also, how do i not just explode weight wise when i eat to gain mass? I want to try and compete at 275 one day.

thanks in advance]]>
Im freaking tired of being weak.

I understand why i am not the beast i want to be in the weight room,

part of it is just the way my body is built, I have legs that are not mechanically good for squatting, the tibia is short and the femur is long, i have long arms which do not really help on the bench, and have a relatively weak grip so my deadlift is not so good. On top of all that, i am flexible as crap which doesnt help the squat or bench
(when i was playing college football i weighed at 305 pounds and i could not only touch my toes, but put my palms on the ground, I still can)

But i also know that my weakness i a product of my lack of dedication and PL knowledge, but also my natural ability on the field. When i played college ball, (i was a defensive tackle) i could only benchpress maybe 400 pounds, and squat maybe 550, and I was successfully taking on double teams by offensive linemen who outweighed me by 25 pounds apiece on average and could bench 500 and squat over 600. I really didnt need to be stronger to be good, and my lifting suffered. Now Im seriously tired of watching men much smaller than me kick my ass all over the weight room. I weigh 285 pounds and i want to lift like i weigh that much.

I need some serious help guys, everything from nutrition to the proper way to train my benchpress and squat and such.

Ive made the mistake of trying nothing but maximal effort days everyday, and hit plateus that frustrated the hell outta me. What are good for speed days, and how often do i train the big lifts? How do i split the deads and squats each week? when do i work arms? How do i work traps?

In fact a full routine would probably be best.
Preferably a crazy every day a week one.

and also, how do i not just explode weight wise when i eat to gain mass? I want to try and compete at 275 one day.

thanks in advance]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=7 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:57:58 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=7
http://i46.tinypic.com/1zj3t2.jpg

this only happens when squatting and only occurs on my face and neck. i think it may be the bar being to high, and it pushing weight to my face. but i'd like some different answers. also maybe how to fix it? thanks i want to know how to prevent this in the future this is the 2nd time it has happened.]]>
http://i46.tinypic.com/1zj3t2.jpg

this only happens when squatting and only occurs on my face and neck. i think it may be the bar being to high, and it pushing weight to my face. but i'd like some different answers. also maybe how to fix it? thanks i want to know how to prevent this in the future this is the 2nd time it has happened.]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=8 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:32:09 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=8 i already know who won, but its still fun to watch.......]]> i already know who won, but its still fun to watch.......]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=9 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:04:57 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=9 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=10 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:37:48 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=10 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=11 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:47:15 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=11 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=12 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:45:40 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=12
ITEMS NEEDED
1 can of tuna (preferably starkist "its the best")
peanut butter
honey
bread

some peanutbutter on one slice of bread
some honey on the other,
tuna in the middle
MMM MMM MMM]]>
ITEMS NEEDED
1 can of tuna (preferably starkist "its the best")
peanut butter
honey
bread

some peanutbutter on one slice of bread
some honey on the other,
tuna in the middle
MMM MMM MMM]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=13 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:14:07 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=13
I am going to try to keep a training log here and keep it as updated as i possibly can. The main reason is to get input from others and advice from those that have been doing this a long time. Currently I am doing a Westside powerlifting routine, with a ME/DYE split. Goals are to get all three major lifts into the 500lb area, and to compete in the next coming year.]]>
I am going to try to keep a training log here and keep it as updated as i possibly can. The main reason is to get input from others and advice from those that have been doing this a long time. Currently I am doing a Westside powerlifting routine, with a ME/DYE split. Goals are to get all three major lifts into the 500lb area, and to compete in the next coming year.]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=14 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:51:48 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=14
looks like I am the newest to this forum. I joined hoping to get lots of answers and knowledge from those that are members, and to help others with any knowledge that i may have as well. I am new to the world of powerlifting, but not to working out. I have been doing a "bodybuilding" type workouts for the last ten years. I would like to go a different route now and get some power into this game. My current goal is to get to 500 lbs in all three major lifts. I also would like to participate in a meet sometime this coming year (2010).]]>
looks like I am the newest to this forum. I joined hoping to get lots of answers and knowledge from those that are members, and to help others with any knowledge that i may have as well. I am new to the world of powerlifting, but not to working out. I have been doing a "bodybuilding" type workouts for the last ten years. I would like to go a different route now and get some power into this game. My current goal is to get to 500 lbs in all three major lifts. I also would like to participate in a meet sometime this coming year (2010).]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=15 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:05:10 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=15
Week 1 looks like this:

Mon - Squat night
Heavy Squat 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light Dead Lifts 4x8
Box Jumps - 4sets
Addominals

Tuesday - Bench Press Night
Heavy Bench Press 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light Military Press 4x8
Dips - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Wednesday - Deadlift Night
Heavy Deadlift - 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light squats - 4x8
Box Jumps
Abdominals

Thursday - Miltary Press
Heavy Military Press - 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light Bench - 4x8
Heavy Shoulder Shrugs - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Friday - Back & Arms
Pull Ups - 5 sets
Bent Rows - 5 x8
Arm Curls - 4x8
Skull Crushers - 4x8
Low back hyperextensions - 4sets

Saturday & Sunday - Rest

Add 4% each week - Week 14 looks like this :

Mon - Squat night
Heavy Squat 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Box Jumps - 4sets
Addominals

Tuesday - Bench Press Night
Heavy Bench Press - 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Dips - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Wednesday - Deadlift Night
Heavy Deadlift - 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Light squats - 4x5
Abdominals

Thursday - Miltary Press
Heavy Military Press - 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Heavy Shoulder Shrugs - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Friday - Back & Arms
Pull Ups - 5 sets
Bent Rows - 5 x3
Arm Curls - 4x4
Skull Crushers - 4x4
Low back hyperextensions - 4sets

I want to thank Todd Bostrom for writing the book "Z last book you'll ever need on Strength Traing" . The book is the real deal and wghere I found my direction!]]>
Week 1 looks like this:

Mon - Squat night
Heavy Squat 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light Dead Lifts 4x8
Box Jumps - 4sets
Addominals

Tuesday - Bench Press Night
Heavy Bench Press 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light Military Press 4x8
Dips - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Wednesday - Deadlift Night
Heavy Deadlift - 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light squats - 4x8
Box Jumps
Abdominals

Thursday - Miltary Press
Heavy Military Press - 5x5 reps with last set at 58% of max
Light Bench - 4x8
Heavy Shoulder Shrugs - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Friday - Back & Arms
Pull Ups - 5 sets
Bent Rows - 5 x8
Arm Curls - 4x8
Skull Crushers - 4x8
Low back hyperextensions - 4sets

Saturday & Sunday - Rest

Add 4% each week - Week 14 looks like this :

Mon - Squat night
Heavy Squat 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Box Jumps - 4sets
Addominals

Tuesday - Bench Press Night
Heavy Bench Press - 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Dips - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Wednesday - Deadlift Night
Heavy Deadlift - 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Light squats - 4x5
Abdominals

Thursday - Miltary Press
Heavy Military Press - 5x1rep with last set at 112% of max
Heavy Shoulder Shrugs - 4 sets
Neck on 4 way kneck machine

Friday - Back & Arms
Pull Ups - 5 sets
Bent Rows - 5 x3
Arm Curls - 4x4
Skull Crushers - 4x4
Low back hyperextensions - 4sets

I want to thank Todd Bostrom for writing the book "Z last book you'll ever need on Strength Traing" . The book is the real deal and wghere I found my direction!]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=16 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:28:03 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=16
Last cycle my best lift was 190 for 3 singles. I recently was going through the cycle and I got to 175 for 3 triples and it was easy, so I thought I could cruise through the next sets next week. A week after that, I tried to go for 185 for 3 triples, and I got to 2 reps of 185 and I couldn't clean the third one up all the way. The second set I only got it up once, and I couldn't clean it up after that.

The cycle that I was looking at prescribes doing 190 for 2 x 2 this week, and I'm not sure how I should proceed. The actual weight isn't heavy for me, but the reps are getting a little hard to clean. So should I continue with 190 for 2 x 2 and hope for the best, or should I switch something up or back off or what? Afterwards, it prescribes to do 200 2 x 2 the week after that, but I think I might just do 200 x 2 and then x 1 and then do 205 x 1 and 210 x 1 to finish the cycle, and back off after that. What do you all think?]]>
Last cycle my best lift was 190 for 3 singles. I recently was going through the cycle and I got to 175 for 3 triples and it was easy, so I thought I could cruise through the next sets next week. A week after that, I tried to go for 185 for 3 triples, and I got to 2 reps of 185 and I couldn't clean the third one up all the way. The second set I only got it up once, and I couldn't clean it up after that.

The cycle that I was looking at prescribes doing 190 for 2 x 2 this week, and I'm not sure how I should proceed. The actual weight isn't heavy for me, but the reps are getting a little hard to clean. So should I continue with 190 for 2 x 2 and hope for the best, or should I switch something up or back off or what? Afterwards, it prescribes to do 200 2 x 2 the week after that, but I think I might just do 200 x 2 and then x 1 and then do 205 x 1 and 210 x 1 to finish the cycle, and back off after that. What do you all think?]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=17 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:34:57 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=17 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=18 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:32:25 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=18 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=19 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:42:59 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=19
Now i know Benchpress and Curl and all that stuff is only a minor lift in training for a world strongman competiton, because they dont really lift many weights, its all stones and fingers and just like...ancient tests of strength.

but, anyway, my lifting partner said 305 is really good for still being 17, now i know its nothing to call the press about, but he was right, i have been lifting for 2 years, went from 140 max to 305 so...

question is, at my current rate and age, if i truely inspired to be a world strong man, anyone think i could? i dont know what age the professionals started at or what they started weight wise. but they are all huge, and have always been huge

im kinda stalking, 5'10, prolly dont have the genetics for it?

any comments or w/e is great, just food for thought]]>
Now i know Benchpress and Curl and all that stuff is only a minor lift in training for a world strongman competiton, because they dont really lift many weights, its all stones and fingers and just like...ancient tests of strength.

but, anyway, my lifting partner said 305 is really good for still being 17, now i know its nothing to call the press about, but he was right, i have been lifting for 2 years, went from 140 max to 305 so...

question is, at my current rate and age, if i truely inspired to be a world strong man, anyone think i could? i dont know what age the professionals started at or what they started weight wise. but they are all huge, and have always been huge

im kinda stalking, 5'10, prolly dont have the genetics for it?

any comments or w/e is great, just food for thought]]> http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=20 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:40:39 -0600 http://www.powerliftingforums.com/showthread.php?tid=20 http://www.northgeorgiabarbell.com) in Kennesaw, GA, with the help of Derek Wilcox and his http://www.ironscene.com website, has revamped the gym website with daily updated videos of a wide range of lifting talent doing a variety of lifts. The club was established in 2002 and has had lifters such as Steve Goggins, Kara Bohigian, Sam Byrd, Phil Harrington, Carolann Myers, Curtis Leslie, Paul Key, Travis Mash, Matt Zweng, Scott Albano and many, many others through it’s doors. As of November 2009, the gym has expanded it’s offerings and has lifters ranging from age 13 to 73, both male and female, competing in powerlifting. NGBB also has several lifters training strongman events, odd lifts and even a few MMA athletes.

Besides new videos daily on the homepage, the site has archives of past video clips, an interesting forum with training logs of many successful powerlifters, and a relatively new and growing article section with a few powerlifting related articles as well as several lifting routines for the 3 lifts. Overall, the site is worth checking out for anyone interested in powerlifting or just interested in watching guys lift heavy weights and doing crazy feats of strength.]]> http://www.northgeorgiabarbell.com) in Kennesaw, GA, with the help of Derek Wilcox and his http://www.ironscene.com website, has revamped the gym website with daily updated videos of a wide range of lifting talent doing a variety of lifts. The club was established in 2002 and has had lifters such as Steve Goggins, Kara Bohigian, Sam Byrd, Phil Harrington, Carolann Myers, Curtis Leslie, Paul Key, Travis Mash, Matt Zweng, Scott Albano and many, many others through it’s doors. As of November 2009, the gym has expanded it’s offerings and has lifters ranging from age 13 to 73, both male and female, competing in powerlifting. NGBB also has several lifters training strongman events, odd lifts and even a few MMA athletes.

Besides new videos daily on the homepage, the site has archives of past video clips, an interesting forum with training logs of many successful powerlifters, and a relatively new and growing article section with a few powerlifting related articles as well as several lifting routines for the 3 lifts. Overall, the site is worth checking out for anyone interested in powerlifting or just interested in watching guys lift heavy weights and doing crazy feats of strength.]]>