Perrin Aybara's Journey to an Elite Powerlifting Total

[Perrin Aybara]

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I can never do belted deads or squat. It just kills my mobility

How so? Belt too wide?

 

[Ridethelightningbarefoot]

How so? Belt too wide?
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Its a shitty belt still couldnt imagine getting into position wearing one though

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Beltless conventional deadlift
495lbs for 2x5

Bench
275lbs for 3x10

No pain on conventional, so far so good. Feels out of practice though. Just screaming around for the moment until I can for sure get back on a routine pain free.

Also workout partner tested positive for covid, so hopefully I don't get it. He says he feels normal except can't taste food.

 

[Btcowboy]

Beltless conventional deadlift
495lbs for 2x5

Bench
275lbs for 3x10

No pain on conventional, so far so good. Feels out of practice though. Just screaming around for the moment until I can for sure get back on a routine pain free.

Also workout partner tested positive for covid, so hopefully I don't get it. He says he feels normal except can't taste food.

Like except the covid part

 

[Worf]

Beltless conventional deadlift
495lbs for 2x5

Bench
275lbs for 3x10

No pain on conventional, so far so good. Feels out of practice though. Just screaming around for the moment until I can for sure get back on a routine pain free.

Also workout partner tested positive for covid, so hopefully I don't get it. He says he feels normal except can't taste food.

Most gym people seem to fair pretty well with COVID,

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Yeah, I just don't want to have to miss work right now. With me filling in with the extra work they'd almost certainly hire someone to cover it and I'd lose the opportunity.

 

[Worf]

Yeah, I just don't want to have to miss work right now. With me filling in with the extra work they'd almost certainly hire someone to cover it and I'd lose the opportunity.

Pretty fucked up pickle this COVID “ precaution “ shit is putting people in. So you get COVID and you think you loose the job or just the OT?

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Pretty fucked up pickle this COVID “ precaution “ shit is putting people in. So you get COVID and you think you loose the job or just the OT?

I won't lose the job, just the extra work. They were going to hire someone for it, but I insisted I could cover it. There's already two guys out hurt and one on vacation, there's just nobody to cover one person, let alone one person doing their own and another's.

 

[MindlessWork]

That sucks to hear you may have been exposed to Covid so best thing to do is be careful and if you feel you have symptoms get tested to verify. The suckiest part will be to quarantine for 10-14 days.

 

[weighted chinup]

Mostly just worried about the health aspect of being heavier. My resting heart rate has went from low to mid 60's to around 70 since putting on the extra weight. Maybe if I could actually get motivated to do some cardio I might feel better at the heavier weight. Could be partially the lack of sleep too. I've only been averaging 6 hours lately rather than the 7-8 I'm used to.

That’s actually not too bad of an increase in RHR considering the weight gain, but not surprising since you’re not taking much of any gear atm.

If you’re able to get sleep back to 8 hours and you are certain you can still get more strength in a reasonable timeframe without needing to increase gear then I say keep bulking.

Being heavy is not ideal but it’s not nearly as stressful on your body as being heavy + being on a bunch of gear, so if you can get some tangible increases in strength with the current trend in body weight without ramping up gear use, it’s a pretty “conservative” push (health wise).

 

[Perrin Aybara]

That’s actually not too bad of an increase in RHR considering the weight gain, but not surprising since you’re not taking much of any gear atm.

If you’re able to get sleep back to 8 hours and you are certain you can still get more strength in a reasonable timeframe without needing to increase gear then I say keep bulking.

Being heavy is not ideal but it’s not nearly as stressful on your body as being heavy + being on a bunch of gear, so if you can get some tangible increases in strength with the current trend in body weight without ramping up gear use, it’s a pretty “conservative” push (health wise).

Well, actually already dropped from 237lbs to 223lbs in the last three and a half weeks. But yeah, trying to be a lot more conservative about gear. Thought I'd replace gear with extra body weight, but wasn't really comfortable walking around that heavy.

With hitting 425/675 at the push pull meet with minimal prep and just on 150mg of test a week and 20mg ED of var when my all time best on heavy cycles was 440/700 I'm feeling like I can hit my goals with less gear. The heavier bodyweight definitely helped for bench, but probably not really for deadlift.

Until this guy that got hurt at work that I'm covering for comes back the sleep thing will be impossible. On a gym day 6 hours is the absolute best I can hope for. I'm actually taking a couple days off the gym this week to catch up because all the 6 hour sleep days are really wearing me down.

 

[NovaFlex]

I

I can never do belted deads or squat. It just kills my mobility

Try the Cerberus multiply belt. It’s amazing.

 

[NovaFlex]

Well, actually already dropped from 237lbs to 223lbs in the last three and a half weeks. But yeah, trying to be a lot more conservative about gear. Thought I'd replace gear with extra body weight, but wasn't really comfortable walking around that heavy.

With hitting 425/675 at the push pull meet with minimal prep and just on 150mg of test a week and 20mg ED of var when my all time best on heavy cycles was 440/700 I'm feeling like I can hit my goals with less gear. The heavier bodyweight definitely helped for bench, but probably not really for deadlift.

Until this guy that got hurt at work that I'm covering for comes back the sleep thing will be impossible. On a gym day 6 hours is the absolute best I can hope for. I'm actually taking a couple days off the gym this week to catch up because all the 6 hour sleep days are really wearing me down.

It’s funny you mention less gear, dude...I’ve never done “huge” cycles, but I’ve also been making pretty decent strength gains on minimal gear—I’ve been leaning toward staying super minimalist as far as blasts are concerned. I just don’t see the need to go crazy with it.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

It’s funny you mention less gear, dude...I’ve never done “huge” cycles, but I’ve also been making pretty decent strength gains on minimal gear—I’ve been leaning toward staying super minimalist as far as blasts are concerned. I just don’t see the need to go crazy with it.

As I get closer to 40 it's feeling like I should focus more on staying healthy. My lifetime goal numbers I've already hit most of and just need maybe 6 months of injury free training and a meet to make official. I'd be happy to maintain 90% of my best numbers.

 

[NovaFlex]

As I get closer to 40 it's feeling like I should focus more on staying healthy. My lifetime goal numbers I've already hit most of and just need maybe 6 months of injury free training and a meet to make official. I'd be happy to maintain 90% of my best numbers.

I feel that. Health has been a pretty big concern for me this last year. My surgery and other things have opened my eyes that we’re pretty damn fragile. I just wanna hit 405 / 700 and I’ll be happy. Lol.

 

[MindlessWork]

I feel that. Health has been a pretty big concern for me this last year. My surgery and other things have opened my eyes that we’re pretty damn fragile. I just wanna hit 405 / 700 and I’ll be happy. Lol.

Lol hit 700lbs you can then die a happy man!

 

[Perrin Aybara]

High bar squat
405x3x3

TnG bench
335x3, 335x3, 335x5

 

[Perrin Aybara]

222lbs this morning. Started back up with 10mg of var 2x a day today. Will continue the calorie deficit through this week and up calories towards maintenance next week. Will probably pull conventional on deadlift day Friday.

Training partner is back from his covid quarantine and we lifted yesterday. But now this girl my girlfriend works with her mom tested positive today and she lives with her mom.

 

[Worf]

222lbs this morning. Started back up with 10mg of var 2x a day today. Will continue the calorie deficit through this week and up calories towards maintenance next week. Will probably pull conventional on deadlift day Friday.

Training partner is back from his covid quarantine and we lifted yesterday. But now this girl my girlfriend works with her mom tested positive today and she lives with her mom.

Hips feeling any better? You gotta go get tested again then?

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Hips feeling any better? You gotta go get tested again then?

I've never been tested.

Hip felt alright yesterday squatting 405lbs. Felt a little stiff later, but I got off work early and was playing ps5 a couple hours sitting in kind of a weird position. Feels fine today. I'm debating whether to pull conventional or trap bar for awhile. What do you think?