those 3D band pullaparts are awesome…ill be checking out this log from now on.
Yeah, they’re great. I’m going to do them in place of my regular BPA’s from now on. It’s cool to see more PL forum regulars stopping by, even though my log is boring and not nearly as cool as it used to be haha.
I like boring. It makes more sense haha. That was a ton of assistance.
Do you not show your working weights on purpose?
[quote]DaveForner wrote:
I like boring. It makes more sense haha. That was a ton of assistance.
Do you not show your working weights on purpose?[/quote]
I was very happy to share my working weights when I actually moving some big ones. My raw numbers are so, so bad right now. I’m too ashamed to show them!
Boring=better.
Once I get my regular raw stuff back to 400/300/500 I’m gonna do a just for fun meet.
EDIT: 400/300/500 is actually still kinda weak, fuck that. I 'd like 450/320/500 before I even think about a singlet again
4/3/5 is still a 1200 total (~544kg). You said you liked being under 200lbs a lot better, so if you say you were an 83kg, that’s a 363 wilks. If you were a full 93kg it’s a 341 wilks. Number 100 in the CPU all time in classic lifting is 349. 363 would put you at ~80th spot. That’s not that weak 
That was some good number crunching Dave. I think I could probably make 83? I only weight 190lbs now, and I’m sure I could cut the rest. I guess it would be the retaining strength after a 2 hour weigh in that would worry me. I’ll probably be just train until I feel comfortable with where my strength is at, and do a raw meet at whatever my bodyweight happens to be. I like taking a casual attitude to these sort of things.
I hear ya on the 2 hour weigh in. I’ve yet to cut weight for a meet. Not intentionally, at least.
Anytime I weigh in light (like I said, unintentionally) and I try to put lots of weight back on through eating and fluid intake I end up feeling like a sack of shit. I’m fully for doing meets at whatever your weight is at. The only time cutting should come in for a 2 hour weigh in is if you’re trying to break a record or you HAVE to make weight (eg signing up for World’s at a certain weight class I believe you have to be in that class or you don’t lift). Even then, more than a few pounds in water weight for a 2 hour weigh in is crazy. You know what else is crazy? That amount I just rambled on.
No, no. I totally feel that. I don’t really go in for the putting weight back on or the bloating. I just feel slow and fat when I eat a lot, not athletic and strong.
I had a long weekend of stuff that was not very good for my body. I also had to lift at a nearby commercial gym, as my usual weight room was closed for a holiday today. Regardless, I still did well.
warmed up with rumble rolling, band stretching and glute activation stuff
Deads ( 5/3/1 week)
worked up to an easy 7 reps on my last set. very shocked by this. I’ve never been good at pulling for reps, historically. And I was in the worst gym, pulling on the worst bar, with no chalk. Whatever, I’ll take it.
Barbell Good Mornings 95x4x12
Decline Abs 4x10
No cardio today, as I wanted to go home. I’ll make it up tomorrow.
Morning b/w 188lbs.
Is anyone else’s hub still not working?
Edit:
Just saw a local kid who recently competed in a super obscure federation claim his 235lbs bench to be an ALL TIME WORLD RECORD.
…
Really?
Aug 8,2012
Pressing, 5/3/1 week.
I think my bench workout is going to end up getting pushed back a bit due to work ( no big deal), so I did a little extra assistance work today.
warmed up with the rumble roller, some shoulder stuff and stretching for my lats and pecs
5 sets of pull ups
Fat Bar Press
worked up to a set of 8 on my last set.
Fat Bar Press 5x10 ( I used the same weight as last week, but this week I paired it with)
D-Bell Rows 5x10
Dips 3x10
3D BPA 3x15
Hills ( on medium sized hill) x12
[quote]GhostOD wrote:
Is anyone else’s hub still not working?
Edit:
Just saw a local kid who recently competed in a super obscure federation claim his 235lbs bench to be an ALL TIME WORLD RECORD.
…
Really?
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Your hub work yet? Mine did at the time of your posting but I forgot to post lol.
I fucking hate how many feds there were. Does this happen to be a person with initials LC? Anyway, I saw all those results and had to scoff a little bit. I wouldn’t even be remotely comfortable in claiming a lift as a world record if that was my lift.
Not to take away from any sort of accomplishment by the lifter. Lifting is lifting, but come on…Rant.
Hub is still down. It’s a huge bummer to manually check the threads and logs I like to read.
I also hate how many feds there are, and that IS the person I’m thinking off. To me, ‘all time’ means ‘regardless of federation’. It’s cool to be proud of your record, but call it what it is. If it’s a federation record, just call it that. Everyone knows you’re sugar coating it. Records really don’t ’ mean anything’ any more. This is a HUGE pet peeve of mine, obviously. Even worse are the claims of ’ unofficial’ records? What the fuck is THAT supposed to mean?
[quote]GhostOD wrote:
Just saw a local kid who recently competed in a super obscure federation claim his 235lbs bench to be an ALL TIME WORLD RECORD.
…
Really?
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You should ask him how it feel to bench in a fed of weak high school kids
Typed up a lengthy rant then closed the window by accident. Probably for the best haha. Moral of the story was I fucking hate how many feds there are and how PLing will likely never be unified.
[quote]DaveForner wrote:
Typed up a lengthy rant then closed the window by accident. Probably for the best haha. Moral of the story was I fucking hate how many feds there are and how PLing will likely never be unified.
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Yup, I definatly think that is because of the IPF and the people that think they have a better idea for rules. I’ve only ever seen IPF guys disciminate against multiply/drug usage. The IPF as a whole is trying to devide the sport. It’s who the fuck cares what fed/what gear you use. Sure if the fed is tested have the decency to not lift there on drugs. It’s all about kiddie shit the division atleast thats what I’ve seen since I’ve been around the sport
Well, to be honest, I think the IPF is taking a step in the right direction. I already do agree that squats should be deep. You see a lot of feds where they don’t break parallel. I shouldn’t say a lot, I should say that it happens. And it shouldn’t. From what I’ve seen the IPF has done the best job at preventing high squats.
Deadlift is fairly straight forward to judge, I think.
Bench is where it gets challenging to judge again. I would say that the bar should just have to touch your chest, but then people would bounce. I think bench judging in the IPF is good, mostly. Some Unions, like our own (CPU), can be a bit extreme on the pause. It should be maybe a one count. That’s good enough to prevent bouncing. Overall, I think the IPF does a good job in what powerlifting should be (especially now with the introduction of classic lifting), but I do agree with what you said. IPF guys don’t welcome any other form of powerlifting, which won’t help unify anyone. Keep an open mind, maybe multi-ply just to parallel is the way to go. Who knows.
In regards to gear, I think to have a unified sport, gear can’t really be a part of it. Knee wraps included. Maybe even knee sleeves. They just add variables, and added variables aren’t going to make competition fair and judging easy or consistent.
There are other issues, of course. Monolift vs walk out, proper weight classes, should we even be using wilks/other coefficients.
Nice to see this discussion. For what it’s worth, I think there are many, many valid reasons to oppose both the IPF and the sprawl of more ‘independent feds’.
IPF:
Pros- consistent judging, appropriate squat depth, no soft hand offs on the bench, etc. Accessibility/size ( there are ipf meets and affiliates all over the place, and they have one governing body, I like this)
Cons- too many stupid rules ( no pocket on your t shirt, t shirt must have an approved logo, you have to wear a certain kind of underwear under your gear. these all seem a little silly to me. Or the rule that states that if you lift in a meet with a banned lifter, you are also banned, or something to that effect.), changing the weight classes ( I like the new ones more, but I don’t like that they’ve been changed for a few reasons. among them are the different sets of records. canada now has THREE sets of records, this is ridiculous), no steroids or untested division. IPF also has higher membership rates and registration fees, from what I’ve seen.
Backwoods Feds:
Pros: you can lift anyway you want ( raw, equipped, drug free, juiced up, walk out, monolift, etc). The old weight classes are still used. Steroids.
Cons: No unity. too many ’ world champs’ and ’ world record holders’, splintering things off like this has really taken a lot away from the sport. there are already hundreds of people on the internet decrying the multiply feds so whatever, I’ll leave it at that.
I don’t really like either option, really.
Aug 10th, 2012
Squat-5/3/1 week.
Only worked up to 5 reps on my last set, but I also forgot to wear my belt. That probably has something to do with it.
Did three sets of abs
Went for a run, because being out of shape is way sucky.
That’s all.
Would definitely have to agree with the stupid rules. I can ALMOST see why spandex shouldn’t be allowed, but boxers vs briefs is ridiculous.
And you’re correct, the fees are a bit atrocious. I think it’s 60 for a year membership to CPU and then ~60 (sometimes more) per meet (add drug testing at big events).
They’re are quite a few stupid rules in the IPF, logo fee’s are pretty stupid pretty much why apt arn’t around. The USAPL is pretty much the same price as the CPU. I prefer smaller meets just cause you know every body. My biggest problem is the type of underwear you can wear it’s like who gives a fuck. cause your totally going to get something out of them. even though I pretty much just go commando at meets is prolly the best idea
The membership fees are quite out of hand, I think. It must be kind of off putting to people who are new to the sport, especially. Imagine if you’ve just thrown down all this cash on your gear ( or at least a belt and wraps and singlet, if you’re lifting raw), and then you need to drop even more for a membership fee, registration fee, and possibly drug testing? Yuck. that’s even off putting to me.
Aug 11th,2012
5/3/1 bench week
worked up to a set of 6 reps on my last set of close grip bench
did some pull ups and upper back stuff
then left for work
deload next week, and I need it very badly. Just training four days a week is a big shock to me. I’m exhausted.
Are you doing all the benching close grip?
It does seem very off putting. I know I wasn’t happy that I had to pay 60 dollars just to join the CPU for two meets the first time I joined. It was the middle of the summer and therefore not much time left. It’s bad enough joining in January, I’ll only have a total of 4 meets this whole year.
Easterns will be 60 or 65 (forget which) plus 20 for drug testing. If you want to do both PL and bench it’s 90 plus 20. So much coin. You also left out potential travel costs, which can be just insane as well.
I suppose it is still fairly cheap compared to some sports, though.
Will you get into the gym for deload (using Jim’s suggested percents, etc) or just take it off?