its going to sound crazy and dumb man but after my surgery I benched in a slingshot for a year straight. any time I did any kind of pressing motion I wore a slingshot for a whole year. it never hurts now. its good!
and I run the cube method for my bench and for my squat and deadlift I just go off feel. but I never do anything over 5 reps for squat or anything over 3 reps for deadlift. which may be why my deadlift is fucking trash.[/quote]
Like someone said, 690 isn’t trash! But, I’m in the same boat as you (nowhere near as strong). Squat is around 580-600, but deadlift is lucky to be 500. For me, it’s all form. One week I’ll pull 465x5, next week I can’t budget 475 off the ground.
Impressive young man, do you post your workouts on youtube at all? I subscribe to Lilly’s sessions, would be nice to see others also.
I’m also a shw at around 330, so it’s nice to watch similar style of lifters.
[quote]bigfatfuk wrote:
Hey guys! I don’t post here much, but from time to time. Figured I would put up my meet video up from yesterday.
I just turned 20 last week, and my meet was yesterday. I was really hoping to do it as a teen. I was going to be going into the meet as a teen, until it got rescheduled. Oh well. First meet in the open class was a success!
Young man, you did get robbed on those squats. Awesome power! Keep driving hard. I’ve tried my whole life to be as strong as you but never came close. Post up more vids so I can cheer you on.
its going to sound crazy and dumb man but after my surgery I benched in a slingshot for a year straight. any time I did any kind of pressing motion I wore a slingshot for a whole year. it never hurts now. its good!
and I run the cube method for my bench and for my squat and deadlift I just go off feel. but I never do anything over 5 reps for squat or anything over 3 reps for deadlift. which may be why my deadlift is fucking trash.[/quote]
Question on your labrum tear: How did you know you had an injury? Was it painful? Constant pain? Weakness on the bench and shoulder press or incline? The reason I ask is that i’ve been nursing a very sore shoulder for three years and I have had heavy pain for all that time. I have been using a Maddog and a Slingshot for 1/2 my benching exercises these past three months trying to help it heal but so far the pain hasn’t diminished. Perhaps I should take your lead and only bench in the Maddog and Slingshot at all times. Thanks for any info.
its going to sound crazy and dumb man but after my surgery I benched in a slingshot for a year straight. any time I did any kind of pressing motion I wore a slingshot for a whole year. it never hurts now. its good!
and I run the cube method for my bench and for my squat and deadlift I just go off feel. but I never do anything over 5 reps for squat or anything over 3 reps for deadlift. which may be why my deadlift is fucking trash.[/quote]
Question on your labrum tear: How did you know you had an injury? Was it painful? Constant pain? Weakness on the bench and shoulder press or incline? The reason I ask is that i’ve been nursing a very sore shoulder for three years and I have had heavy pain for all that time. I have been using a Maddog and a Slingshot for 1/2 my benching exercises these past three months trying to help it heal but so far the pain hasn’t diminished. Perhaps I should take your lead and only bench in the Maddog and Slingshot at all times. Thanks for any info.
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Well for me I knew it was messed up just because of how it happened. Before I started powerliftering I had offers to go to D1 schools for football. So I was in a football game and tackled somebody weird and it popped my shoulder out of place and it was visibly not right. So I got it popped back in and then still after 2 weeks I had very limited range of motion in all areas and what little range of motion I did have was very painful. So I went to a sports specialist and they confirmed it was a tear and scheduled me for surgery. I did 6 months of physical therapy and rehab work, followed by a year in a slingshot.
As far as anything other than that I don’t know much. I don’t remember what specific areas I felt pain, etc.
but I hope that helps
its going to sound crazy and dumb man but after my surgery I benched in a slingshot for a year straight. any time I did any kind of pressing motion I wore a slingshot for a whole year. it never hurts now. its good!
and I run the cube method for my bench and for my squat and deadlift I just go off feel. but I never do anything over 5 reps for squat or anything over 3 reps for deadlift. which may be why my deadlift is fucking trash.[/quote]
Like someone said, 690 isn’t trash! But, I’m in the same boat as you (nowhere near as strong). Squat is around 580-600, but deadlift is lucky to be 500. For me, it’s all form. One week I’ll pull 465x5, next week I can’t budget 475 off the ground.
Impressive young man, do you post your workouts on youtube at all? I subscribe to Lilly’s sessions, would be nice to see others also.
I’m also a shw at around 330, so it’s nice to watch similar style of lifters.
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Yea man my YouTube channel name is just my name “Andrew king”
And there’s training videos going all the way back to when I was squatting 600 for a 1RM lol
Medium I guess. I’m about 6 feet tall, and before I started lifting I was 220-230.
All the way up to just this year I was less than 300.
I’ve put on 70 pounds in the last 10 months. I was 280 pounds and my bench was struggling so I just wanted to gain weight to bump my bench hopefully but ended up gaining 70 pounds and all my lifts going up.
its going to sound crazy and dumb man but after my surgery I benched in a slingshot for a year straight. any time I did any kind of pressing motion I wore a slingshot for a whole year. it never hurts now. its good!
and I run the cube method for my bench and for my squat and deadlift I just go off feel. but I never do anything over 5 reps for squat or anything over 3 reps for deadlift. which may be why my deadlift is fucking trash.[/quote]
Question on your labrum tear: How did you know you had an injury? Was it painful? Constant pain? Weakness on the bench and shoulder press or incline? The reason I ask is that i’ve been nursing a very sore shoulder for three years and I have had heavy pain for all that time. I have been using a Maddog and a Slingshot for 1/2 my benching exercises these past three months trying to help it heal but so far the pain hasn’t diminished. Perhaps I should take your lead and only bench in the Maddog and Slingshot at all times. Thanks for any info.
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Well for me I knew it was messed up just because of how it happened. Before I started powerliftering I had offers to go to D1 schools for football. So I was in a football game and tackled somebody weird and it popped my shoulder out of place and it was visibly not right. So I got it popped back in and then still after 2 weeks I had very limited range of motion in all areas and what little range of motion I did have was very painful. So I went to a sports specialist and they confirmed it was a tear and scheduled me for surgery. I did 6 months of physical therapy and rehab work, followed by a year in a slingshot.
As far as anything other than that I don’t know much. I don’t remember what specific areas I felt pain, etc.
but I hope that helps[/quote] Thanks for the response, it does help. From your description of how it happened I am sure mine isn’t the same injury. I think mine is more along the lines of a regular old torn rotator cuff.
[quote]bigfatfuk wrote:
See what I mean? There’s a side by side shot. A 10 month difference [/quote]
Damn, that’s quite a difference. I’m asking because I would like to be 310-330 lbs. too eventually. Right now I’m ~250 and at 450/335/600 @ 18 y/o. Any tips or heads up for going to 300 lbs. and beyond? Which lifts have benefited the most, has your deadlift suffered? What was your bench when you were 280 lbs. and struggling with it?
[quote]bigfatfuk wrote:
Medium I guess. I’m about 6 feet tall, and before I started lifting I was 220-230.
All the way up to just this year I was less than 300.
I’ve put on 70 pounds in the last 10 months. I was 280 pounds and my bench was struggling so I just wanted to gain weight to bump my bench hopefully but ended up gaining 70 pounds and all my lifts going up.
I had to get all new clothes. It sucks haha[/quote]
Fuck. I can’t imagine the amount of eating you had to do to gain 70 pounds in ten months.
Did I say eating? You probably had to get a lot of calories from liquids to support that weight gain.
[quote]bigfatfuk wrote:
Medium I guess. I’m about 6 feet tall, and before I started lifting I was 220-230.
All the way up to just this year I was less than 300.
I’ve put on 70 pounds in the last 10 months. I was 280 pounds and my bench was struggling so I just wanted to gain weight to bump my bench hopefully but ended up gaining 70 pounds and all my lifts going up.
I had to get all new clothes. It sucks haha[/quote]
Fuck. I can’t imagine the amount of eating you had to do to gain 70 pounds in ten months.
Did I say eating? You probably had to get a lot of calories from liquids to support that weight gain.
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Oh may you don’t even know… Haha
It was rough. It was eating until I threw up, waiting a few minutes and right back to it. Also yes, a gallon of 2% milk a day. Which I still do! But I drink skim now just to maintain at this weight.
I had to take GHRP to be able to eat like I needed to
[quote]bigfatfuk wrote:
Medium I guess. I’m about 6 feet tall, and before I started lifting I was 220-230.
All the way up to just this year I was less than 300.
I’ve put on 70 pounds in the last 10 months. I was 280 pounds and my bench was struggling so I just wanted to gain weight to bump my bench hopefully but ended up gaining 70 pounds and all my lifts going up.
I had to get all new clothes. It sucks haha[/quote]
Welcome to the inbetween size for shopping my friend. 2x just isn’t quite big enough, 3x is a dress. Don’t ever try on a slim fit or athletic fit shirt, you have to rip it off your arms. Pants, well, I wear a 42 waist just to get it over my legs. Goodbye flat front and hello pleated pants!
Oh, and almost all big and tall sections have ugly as hell clothes, and aren’t made for big people, they are new for fat people
im having the reverse issue, my deadlift blows out my squat out of the water my 3 RM for squat is 425, I’ve never 1RM with squat. But my Deadlifts highly surpass that, for 1rm in deadlift im at 585, is this typically the normal progression?
[quote]bigtom91 wrote:
im having the reverse issue, my deadlift blows out my squat out of the water my 3 RM for squat is 425, I’ve never 1RM with squat. But my Deadlifts highly surpass that, for 1rm in deadlift im at 585, is this typically the normal progression? [/quote]
That doesn’t seem remotely unusual. If your 3rm is 425, your 1rm is likely close to 500.
There is no such thing as ‘normal’. Everyone’s different. But it’s certainly common to see 100+ lbs difference between those 2 lifts, with the deadlift being the higher of the 2. I competed this weekend, and squatted 513, and deadlifted 585. So you’re probably not much different from me. You have to keep in mind, there are a ton of variables that affect how much you squat. Aside from favorable leverages for one lift or the other, your stance width, bar position, foot position, depth, explosiveness out of the hole, back strength, ability to retain back tightness, etc, are all relevant.
[quote]bigtom91 wrote:
im having the reverse issue, my deadlift blows out my squat out of the water my 3 RM for squat is 425, I’ve never 1RM with squat. But my Deadlifts highly surpass that, for 1rm in deadlift im at 585, is this typically the normal progression? [/quote]
Very common, especially when you lift a lot, lot of weight, or, if you a smaller person. Fat dudes have harder time deadlifting then non fat dudes do.
