Meso Powerlifting Corner

[Whoremoans]

I've f'ing managed to bend 2 of my 4 Olympic barbells. Pisses me off since I make sure not to drop them as I own them.

It's a bitch man. We have probably about 20 bars at the club and at least 10 of them are bent to some degree. It's gotten bad. There's a few dudes that have their personal squat, bench, and dead bars padlocked together in the corner of the room lol.

 

[Masters Power]

I don't blame them. I have one bar I use benching. I false grip and for the first time ever lost the bar about six inches above chest level with just under 400. Instant bow.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

A Texas deadlift bar or Okie bar is one of the next things I'm going to buy when it comes to training. Cheap bars suck and don't have the space for much beyond six plates. I had four plates and two tens on the other day and the collars only just fit.

 

[ruckin]

Texas deadlift bars are great, my gym has 2 of them. They destroy my hands though. I actually have been using just the standard silver barbells for deadlifting lately, since I've been able to do so without grip issues. If my grip ever starts becoming a limiting factor I'll switch back to the texas bar though.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

The knurling on those bars is pretty wicked. Great for heavy pulls since you can get the bar a few inches before the plates leave the ground. Sucks with the hands and shins getting shredded though.

 

[RodgerThat]

The knurling on those bars is pretty wicked. Great for heavy pulls since you can get the bar a few inches before the plates leave the ground. Sucks with the hands and shins getting shredded though.

Speaking of shins getting shredded I got told to leave the gym about 10 mins ago as I mangled up my shin pretty good on a a 415x5 and was leaking on the floor apparently hockey tape and papertowel dont do it for them -.- they also might be sour that I broke two 45 bumper plates yesterday when I missed on a 235 powerclean but how the hell am I suppose to prevent them from breaking(?) lift light possible? Cause that ain't a solution in willing to pursue

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Speaking of shins getting shredded I got told to leave the gym about 10 mins ago as I mangled up my shin pretty good on a a 415x5 and was leaking on the floor apparently hockey tape and papertowel dont do it for them -.- they also might be sour that I broke two 45 bumper plates yesterday when I missed on a 235 powerclean but how the hell am I suppose to prevent them from breaking(?) lift light possible? Cause that ain't a solution in willing to pursue

They'll probably tell you to power clean with the Smith machine. The trainers at my gym have clients doing bosu ball squats and incline press with plates dangling from the bar on resistance bands.

You should get you a pair of deadlift socks. I got some from lifting large and I like them pretty well.

 

[RodgerThat]

I wear SBD deadlift socks but my shins are shredded right now used the Texas bar and I think I was pushing my hips too far down which gave extra back pressure on the bar against my shins. My gym was totally good with me until recently. I was doing rack pulls the other week with 585 and they came and asked me to share the plates as I was using too many took it as a compliment but still

 

[jaymaximus]

Speaking of shins getting shredded I got told to leave the gym about 10 mins ago as I mangled up my shin pretty good on a a 415x5 and was leaking on the floor apparently hockey tape and papertowel dont do it for them -.- they also might be sour that I broke two 45 bumper plates yesterday when I missed on a 235 powerclean but how the hell am I suppose to prevent them from breaking(?) lift light possible? Cause that ain't a solution in willing to pursue

I was deadlifting a few months back and dropped the bar and it bounced up and scraped a bunch of skin off my hand. Blood started flowing and the people at the front desk freaked out and tried to call an ambulance.
Its funny when you get all the gyms with people working there who dont train at all.

 

[RodgerThat]

I was deadlifting a few months back and dropped the bar and it bounced up and scraped a bunch of skin off my hand. Blood started flowing and the people at the front desk freaked out and tried to call an ambulance.
Its funny when you get all the gyms with people working there who dont train at all.

My gym has about 12 trainers 1 of which is actually massive and an incredible athletic trainer. 11 of which have a picture of thenselves on the wall with their "specialties" and every single one says bodybuilding, powerlifting, athletics, cross fit and nutrition.... Mutha fukka please you don't even look like you can lift and the form your teaching is bullshit. On a side note the girl at the nutrition bar is incredible hot and wears yoga pants 1 size too small so you get to see every curve of that squat booty good thing she doesn't workout at the gym too cause then my girl would have competition .

On a more related to powerlifting note, does anybody do band work for speed or for overload training on the squat and deadlift? Looking into it as my speed on my deadlift for 90% always feel slow

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Nah, never really fooled with bands and chains much myself.

 

[jaymaximus]

My old gym had chains. LOVED them. Only used it for bench at the time but it was a big help. If they were available I would definetly use them again.
Never used bands but im thinking of ordering some for my DE days.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I do put two bands on the bench itself to keep my back from sliding and hold a better arch. Works great.

 

[jaymaximus]

Chains on the bench really helped me with that sticking point when it got to my chest. That was before PLing. Id love to try it now.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I only tried chains once and it was with squat. Felt decent, but never tried it again. They actually have a set of chains at my gym and two green bands and two red bands.

 

[jaymaximus]

I only tried chains once and it was with squat. Felt decent, but never tried it again. They actually have a set of chains at my gym and two green bands and two red bands.

I would love to try chains on DL. It seems some chain work on a light day could help on ME days and at a meet.

 

[RodgerThat]

I use block training for stick points on my bench and the slingshot for overload training. For squats I use knee wraps for overload training and pause reps for speed outa the hole. For deadlifts I do deficits if I'm having a sticking point right off the floor and low rack pulls as my overload training. Currently all those are working for me but I'm thinking either bands or chains for further progression in about 4-6 months depending on how my off cycle training goes.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Reverse band is pretty similar, too. The chain at my gym usually ends up getting used for something unnecessary like curls.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I've been wanting a slingshot, just haven't shelled out the cash for one yet. I did make a set of boards a couple months ago, just haven't used them yet. I've got slingshot knee wraps already, add about 50 pounds to my squat.

 

[RodgerThat]

I've been wanting a slingshot, just haven't shelled out the cash for one yet. I did make a set of boards a couple months ago, just haven't used them yet. I've got slingshot knee wraps already, add about 50 pounds to my squat.

I'd reccomend the full boar mark bell slingshot as even his others don't have the tapered arms and it's impossible to get any other one that's "suppose to fit" past your bicep peak. Ya my shitty knee wraps added about 20 pounds but now that I have some top notch ones I'm thinking I can overload with around 30 pounds for a double.

Slingshot is a great purchase when your bench starts to fall behind a bit as it builds your tris up and it's so easy to hold perfect form with it.

I like the idea of reverse bands more then regular as they don't pull you off balance as much and you can feel what the weight actually is at the top