Meso Powerlifting Corner

[Brandaddy]

Equipment aside from say belt, sleeves , wraps is so vastly different it’s hard to lump it in with powerlifting. There some equipment guys at the gym I go to. Not to say these guys aren’t strong but the suits add a lot to squat and bench. Huge amount of skill to complete the lift. Knowing their gear seems almost more important than being strong. Mis groove a rep, the bar ends up in their teeth or they fall over. It’s not just the act of sliding on some briefs or a shirt and increase your total by 500 lbs. which I think is fine so long as these guys are honest about it being in a multiply shirt/suit. Matt Wenning and Chad Wesley Smith have an awesome convo about this. They go on to bash some “500 lb benchers” who can’t lift 315 without a shirt. There’s one lift that the gear can’t improve and many times makes more difficult. The deadlift. When I look at an equipped total I always look to the deadlift. If their deadlift is lower than bench they’re just good at using their equipment and may not total 60% of that multiply going raw.

I was kind of upset at my one meet they gave this 275 guy best lifter because he had a higher wilks technically. Well, the fucker squatted only 800 multi and deadlifted maybe 600 at most. After thinking about it a bit I figured if he was lifting raw we probably would've been around the same weights but he was competing at 275 and I was at 198. How the F does that tubby fucker get best lifter just because wilks doesn't take into consideration raw from equipped? Lol. It was a really cool Spartan sword and helmet for a trophy, I wanted it. Ha.

Edit: I just looked him up. He just competed in wraps and did roughly 600, 335, 545. Lol. I could beat that shit right now. Ha.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I was kind of upset at my one meet they gave this 275 guy best lifter because he had a higher wilks technically. Well, the fucker squatted only 800 multi and deadlifted maybe 600 at most. After thinking about it a bit I figured if he was lifting raw we probably would've been around the same weights but he was competing at 275 and I was at 198. How the F does that tubby fucker get best lifter just because wilks doesn't take into consideration raw from equipped? Lol. It was a really cool Spartan sword and helmet for a trophy, I wanted it. Ha.

Edit: I just looked him up. He just competed in wraps and did roughly 600, 335, 545. Lol. I could beat that shit right now. Ha.

All the meets I've done they had separate best lifter for raw, classic raw, and I assume equipped, but I'm not sure I've ever even seen more than one person do equipped at a meet.

 

[Brandaddy]

All the meets I've done they had separate best lifter for raw, classic raw, and I assume equipped, but I'm not sure I've ever even seen more than one person do equipped at a meet.

Yeah, I thought it was a bit silly. They had best of each class, but for the best overall male lifter there wasn't a separation for raw and equipped. So basically as long as you aren't completely pathetic you should be able to get best lifter over the raw guys if you're the only multiply guy. That just doesn't really seem right to me. Lol.

 

[NovaFlex]

Anybody else seen this?? Could be a game changer.

 

[Worf]

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Anybody else seen this?? Could be a game changer.

Are they supposed to be better than Rheband style compression shorts?

 

[NovaFlex]

Are they supposed to be better than Rheband style compression shorts?

I’m assuming...Mark’s done really well, quality-wise...So id expect these to be done as well as the slingshot.

 

[Brandaddy]

Poor bastard. Lol

 

[NovaFlex]

Did anybody see this? That price is insane. And it folds. I’m not sure now whether to ge this or the Titan one that’s double the price.

 

[Brandaddy]

Did anybody see this? That price is insane. And it folds. I’m not sure now whether to ge this or the Titan one that’s double the price.
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I was actually looking at getting a reverse hyper pretty soon. Was honestly going to make one out of 4xs, but this actually seems somewhat reasonably priced. Lol

 

[Worf]

It’s not very heavily built but it’s a good price

 

[NovaFlex]

It’s not very heavily built but it’s a good price

This was my concern too. I can’t see going very heavy on it...But for someone with little space / investment, it’s a decent choice.

 

[Silentlemon1011]

Did anybody see this? That price is insane. And it folds. I’m not sure now whether to ge this or the Titan one that’s double the price.
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Damn
That's an amazing price

It’s not very heavily built but it’s a good price

Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the reverse hyper was still quite effective at low weights as well.
But yeah, I agree.. doesnt look insanely robust

This was my concern too. I can’t see going very heavy on it...But for someone with little space / investment, it’s a decent choice.

Great investment, especially for a guy like you that has a solid DL

 

[Worf]

It’s pretty versatile even with lighter weights

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Next 2000lb total at 181lbs?

 

[Silentlemon1011]

Next 2000lb total at 181lbs?

that's totally fucking insane

 

[Perrin Aybara]

that's totally fucking insane

Yeah, over 4x bodyweight is nuts. I'd be happy to finally hit 3.5x.

 

[Worf]

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Strongest deadlifter that's ever lived without question. The bar speed defies logic and gravity.

 

[Brandaddy]

Next 2000lb total at 181lbs?

That's nuts. It actually reminds me, did you see that haack is going for the 220 record now? He's up to 210 with abs now. Actually starting to look kind of jacked.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

That's nuts. It actually reminds me, did you see that haack is going for the 220 record now? He's up to 210 with abs now. Actually starting to look kind of jacked.

I didn't see that. I did see where he benched like 560lbs the other day.