Don’t get me wrong now, I am all for mobility. I think there is a time and place for different modalities but I also think it is possible to develop dependency on “mobilizing” (for lack of a better term).
If you’re one of those people who can’t even squat the bar without intensive stretching, SMR, rolling, flossing, or whatever else first, there are probably some major underlying problems which should be addressed. One should be fixing those issues to improve the baseline rather than doing a bunch of crap for relief just so you feel ok enough to do a workout. I’m reminded of people I work with who pop Ibuprofen like Tic-Tacs. They HAVE to take a painkiller or they will get migraines and can’t function, etc. Getting regular migraines isn’t the real problem here, that should not be normal!
Through my own bro-sciencitific findings, I personally believe that if you put yourself in natural and biomechanically correct positions through a ful range of motion, and do it often, you should not need to be spending hours on end doing this stuff just to function. I’ve never seen a leopard use a foam roller.
[quote]BCpowder wrote:
Don’t get me wrong now, I am all for mobility. I think there is a time and place for different modalities but I also think it is possible to develop dependency on “mobilizing” (for lack of a better term).
If you’re one of those people who can’t even squat the bar without intensive stretching, SMR, rolling, flossing, or whatever else first, there are probably some major underlying problems which should be addressed. One should be fixing those issues to improve the baseline rather than doing a bunch of crap for relief just so you feel ok enough to do a workout. I’m reminded of people I work with who pop Ibuprofen like Tic-Tacs. They HAVE to take a painkiller or they will get migraines and can’t function, etc. Getting regular migraines isn’t the real problem here, that should not be normal!
Through my own bro-sciencitific findings, I personally believe that if you put yourself in natural and biomechanically correct positions through a ful range of motion, and do it often, you should not need to be spending hours on end doing this stuff just to function. I’ve never seen a leopard use a foam roller. [/quote]
I agree with everything you said, but your last statement regarding the leopard. A rebuttal for that would be the instance of which front squats are corrective in nature. That’s somewhat true, but doing front squats once or twice a week isn’t going to correct kypthosis of the upper back. The reason that person would be kyphotic would be due to poor daily habits. A leopard literally CAN’T have a dysfunctional lifestyle. It’s just not possible. So the notion of never seeing a leopard foam roll is silly. You would stretch muscles of the pec minor heavily and also deal with issues in the hips to help balance the chain. There was a point where I could not squat the bar without falling on my toes. I can do that now, and in fact, I can do that with just my bodyweight on a whim. Stretching just helps shit work properly I guess lol. My body is fucked up and so is most peoples. I lifted for years without it and the years I’ve been doing it has granted me so much. Just remember truly how dysfunctional humans are compared to, perhaps, the leopard. That’s really enough to sum up my point, granted your argument isn’t really an argument considering we’re essentially on the same page lol.
[quote]BCpowder wrote:
Don’t get me wrong now, I am all for mobility. I think there is a time and place for different modalities but I also think it is possible to develop dependency on “mobilizing” (for lack of a better term).
If you’re one of those people who can’t even squat the bar without intensive stretching, SMR, rolling, flossing, or whatever else first, there are probably some major underlying problems which should be addressed. One should be fixing those issues to improve the baseline rather than doing a bunch of crap for relief just so you feel ok enough to do a workout. I’m reminded of people I work with who pop Ibuprofen like Tic-Tacs. They HAVE to take a painkiller or they will get migraines and can’t function, etc. Getting regular migraines isn’t the real problem here, that should not be normal!
Through my own bro-sciencitific findings, I personally believe that if you put yourself in natural and biomechanically correct positions through a ful range of motion, and do it often, you should not need to be spending hours on end doing this stuff just to function. I’ve never seen a leopard use a foam roller. [/quote]
I agree with everything you said, but your last statement regarding the leopard. A rebuttal for that would be the instance of which front squats are corrective in nature. That’s somewhat true, but doing front squats once or twice a week isn’t going to correct kypthosis of the upper back. The reason that person would be kyphotic would be due to poor daily habits. A leopard literally CAN’T have a dysfunctional lifestyle. It’s just not possible. So the notion of never seeing a leopard foam roll is silly. You would stretch muscles of the pec minor heavily and also deal with issues in the hips to help balance the chain. There was a point where I could not squat the bar without falling on my toes. I can do that now, and in fact, I can do that with just my bodyweight on a whim. Stretching just helps shit work properly I guess lol. My body is fucked up and so is most peoples. I lifted for years without it and the years I’ve been doing it has granted me so much. Just remember truly how dysfunctional humans are compared to, perhaps, the leopard. That’s really enough to sum up my point, granted your argument isn’t really an argument considering we’re essentially on the same page lol. [/quote]
That bipedal life.
[quote]BCpowder wrote:
Don’t get me wrong now, I am all for mobility. I think there is a time and place for different modalities but I also think it is possible to develop dependency on “mobilizing” (for lack of a better term).
If you’re one of those people who can’t even squat the bar without intensive stretching, SMR, rolling, flossing, or whatever else first, there are probably some major underlying problems which should be addressed. One should be fixing those issues to improve the baseline rather than doing a bunch of crap for relief just so you feel ok enough to do a workout. I’m reminded of people I work with who pop Ibuprofen like Tic-Tacs. They HAVE to take a painkiller or they will get migraines and can’t function, etc. Getting regular migraines isn’t the real problem here, that should not be normal!
Through my own bro-sciencitific findings, I personally believe that if you put yourself in natural and biomechanically correct positions through a ful range of motion, and do it often, you should not need to be spending hours on end doing this stuff just to function. I’ve never seen a leopard use a foam roller. [/quote]
I agree with everything you said, but your last statement regarding the leopard. A rebuttal for that would be the instance of which front squats are corrective in nature. That’s somewhat true, but doing front squats once or twice a week isn’t going to correct kypthosis of the upper back. The reason that person would be kyphotic would be due to poor daily habits. A leopard literally CAN’T have a dysfunctional lifestyle. It’s just not possible. So the notion of never seeing a leopard foam roll is silly. You would stretch muscles of the pec minor heavily and also deal with issues in the hips to help balance the chain. There was a point where I could not squat the bar without falling on my toes. I can do that now, and in fact, I can do that with just my bodyweight on a whim. Stretching just helps shit work properly I guess lol. My body is fucked up and so is most peoples. I lifted for years without it and the years I’ve been doing it has granted me so much. Just remember truly how dysfunctional humans are compared to, perhaps, the leopard. That’s really enough to sum up my point, granted your argument isn’t really an argument considering we’re essentially on the same page lol. [/quote]
That bipedal life.[/quote]
LOL, it takes me a second just to understand your vague and simple statements. I’m like…WTF DID HE SAY. Then I’m like “o. very cul…k.”
[quote]BCpowder wrote:
Don’t get me wrong now, I am all for mobility. I think there is a time and place for different modalities but I also think it is possible to develop dependency on “mobilizing” (for lack of a better term).
If you’re one of those people who can’t even squat the bar without intensive stretching, SMR, rolling, flossing, or whatever else first, there are probably some major underlying problems which should be addressed. One should be fixing those issues to improve the baseline rather than doing a bunch of crap for relief just so you feel ok enough to do a workout. I’m reminded of people I work with who pop Ibuprofen like Tic-Tacs. They HAVE to take a painkiller or they will get migraines and can’t function, etc. Getting regular migraines isn’t the real problem here, that should not be normal!
Through my own bro-sciencitific findings, I personally believe that if you put yourself in natural and biomechanically correct positions through a ful range of motion, and do it often, you should not need to be spending hours on end doing this stuff just to function. I’ve never seen a leopard use a foam roller. [/quote]
I agree with everything you said, but your last statement regarding the leopard. A rebuttal for that would be the instance of which front squats are corrective in nature. That’s somewhat true, but doing front squats once or twice a week isn’t going to correct kypthosis of the upper back. The reason that person would be kyphotic would be due to poor daily habits. A leopard literally CAN’T have a dysfunctional lifestyle. It’s just not possible. So the notion of never seeing a leopard foam roll is silly. You would stretch muscles of the pec minor heavily and also deal with issues in the hips to help balance the chain. There was a point where I could not squat the bar without falling on my toes. I can do that now, and in fact, I can do that with just my bodyweight on a whim. Stretching just helps shit work properly I guess lol. My body is fucked up and so is most peoples. I lifted for years without it and the years I’ve been doing it has granted me so much. Just remember truly how dysfunctional humans are compared to, perhaps, the leopard. That’s really enough to sum up my point, granted your argument isn’t really an argument considering we’re essentially on the same page lol. [/quote]
That bipedal life.[/quote]
But wouldn’t a monopedal life be even more dysfunctional?
[quote]BCpowder wrote:
Don’t get me wrong now, I am all for mobility. I think there is a time and place for different modalities but I also think it is possible to develop dependency on “mobilizing” (for lack of a better term).
If you’re one of those people who can’t even squat the bar without intensive stretching, SMR, rolling, flossing, or whatever else first, there are probably some major underlying problems which should be addressed. One should be fixing those issues to improve the baseline rather than doing a bunch of crap for relief just so you feel ok enough to do a workout. I’m reminded of people I work with who pop Ibuprofen like Tic-Tacs. They HAVE to take a painkiller or they will get migraines and can’t function, etc. Getting regular migraines isn’t the real problem here, that should not be normal!
Through my own bro-sciencitific findings, I personally believe that if you put yourself in natural and biomechanically correct positions through a ful range of motion, and do it often, you should not need to be spending hours on end doing this stuff just to function. I’ve never seen a leopard use a foam roller. [/quote]
I agree with everything you said, but your last statement regarding the leopard. A rebuttal for that would be the instance of which front squats are corrective in nature. That’s somewhat true, but doing front squats once or twice a week isn’t going to correct kypthosis of the upper back. The reason that person would be kyphotic would be due to poor daily habits. A leopard literally CAN’T have a dysfunctional lifestyle. It’s just not possible. So the notion of never seeing a leopard foam roll is silly. You would stretch muscles of the pec minor heavily and also deal with issues in the hips to help balance the chain. There was a point where I could not squat the bar without falling on my toes. I can do that now, and in fact, I can do that with just my bodyweight on a whim. Stretching just helps shit work properly I guess lol. My body is fucked up and so is most peoples. I lifted for years without it and the years I’ve been doing it has granted me so much. Just remember truly how dysfunctional humans are compared to, perhaps, the leopard. That’s really enough to sum up my point, granted your argument isn’t really an argument considering we’re essentially on the same page lol. [/quote]
That bipedal life.[/quote]
LOL, it takes me a second just to understand your vague and simple statements. I’m like…WTF DID HE SAY. Then I’m like “o. very cul…k.”
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Particle harmonics, my friend.
[quote]BCpowder wrote:
Don’t get me wrong now, I am all for mobility. I think there is a time and place for different modalities but I also think it is possible to develop dependency on “mobilizing” (for lack of a better term).
If you’re one of those people who can’t even squat the bar without intensive stretching, SMR, rolling, flossing, or whatever else first, there are probably some major underlying problems which should be addressed. One should be fixing those issues to improve the baseline rather than doing a bunch of crap for relief just so you feel ok enough to do a workout. I’m reminded of people I work with who pop Ibuprofen like Tic-Tacs. They HAVE to take a painkiller or they will get migraines and can’t function, etc. Getting regular migraines isn’t the real problem here, that should not be normal!
Through my own bro-sciencitific findings, I personally believe that if you put yourself in natural and biomechanically correct positions through a ful range of motion, and do it often, you should not need to be spending hours on end doing this stuff just to function. I’ve never seen a leopard use a foam roller. [/quote]
I agree with everything you said, but your last statement regarding the leopard. A rebuttal for that would be the instance of which front squats are corrective in nature. That’s somewhat true, but doing front squats once or twice a week isn’t going to correct kypthosis of the upper back. The reason that person would be kyphotic would be due to poor daily habits. A leopard literally CAN’T have a dysfunctional lifestyle. It’s just not possible. So the notion of never seeing a leopard foam roll is silly. You would stretch muscles of the pec minor heavily and also deal with issues in the hips to help balance the chain. There was a point where I could not squat the bar without falling on my toes. I can do that now, and in fact, I can do that with just my bodyweight on a whim. Stretching just helps shit work properly I guess lol. My body is fucked up and so is most peoples. I lifted for years without it and the years I’ve been doing it has granted me so much. Just remember truly how dysfunctional humans are compared to, perhaps, the leopard. That’s really enough to sum up my point, granted your argument isn’t really an argument considering we’re essentially on the same page lol. [/quote]
That bipedal life.[/quote]
But wouldn’t a monopedal life be even more dysfunctional? ;)[/quote]
I’m a triped myself. Can’t relate at all.
WTF IS FOAM ROLLING DOG. THEY DO THAT AT CURVES?I ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT COMPETING IN THOSE RACES WHERE YOU RUN ON ALL FOURS. I FEEL AS THOUGH A TAI HOOKER WOULD SMOKE ME THO. TRIPED LOLS/
You better start doing some impressive shit around here, or some more impressive, I should say, because I just had one of my rants, and used you, your log, and your training as an example :0 so now you got to live up to it, just tired of hereing kids say they can’t get anywhere. When they’re not trying to ‘’ adapt or die ‘’ and you happen to be a pretty good example of said principal, so don’t cough a lung, and make me look like an ass, or more of an ass, I should say, LOL
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Kuh-kuh-kuh Chris. I didn’t even know you had a meet coming up. What’s the goal with this one, besides icomeifuckshitupileave?[/quote]
500
525
550
Also to get a pic with Steve Goggins.
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Mostly to get a pic with Steve Goggins.
[quote]AnytimeJake wrote:
You better start doing some impressive shit around here, or some more impressive, I should say, because I just had one of my rants, and used you, your log, and your training as an example :0 so now you got to live up to it, just tired of hereing kids say they can’t get anywhere. When they’re not trying to ‘’ adapt or die ‘’ and you happen to be a pretty good example of said principal, so don’t cough a lung, and make me look like an ass, or more of an ass, I should say, LOL[/quote]
I appreciate that very much man. I can assure you I’ll keep training hard and often for the foreseeable future.
Well the meet went okay. Opened at 225kg. Hit my second easily at 240kg/530lbs for a 30lb meet PR! I got 250kg/550lbs about halfway up and then gravity doubled or something I dunno. Just got stuck and couldn’t lock it out. Might could have gotten it if I’d gotten my mind right, but I’m not sure. Physically I was feeling as good as ever so no excuses.
Was an amazingly fun time though. I’ll post pictures and vids later. We met Vince Urbank. That is one scary looking full bearded 6’6" 300lb man. He’s extremely nice though. His 909lb pull got red lighted for all the shaking I guess, but imo it was a good lift, and by far the biggest pull I’ve ever seen in person. They had to manually lift up the ends of the barbell in addition to using the deadlift jack to load all the plates, because the bar was bent so much the ends didn’t even come off the ground.
We also met Orlando Green, super nice guy as well. He pulled around 840lbs at a bodyweight of 242. Quincy he uses the EXACT same form as you. He warms up though. Warm up plz.
Steve Goggins was a very nice, down to earth fella in person. Was a real pleasure to meet him. We also met this man whom you probably haven’t heard of named Tee “Skinny Man” Meyers. He competed single ply, but he freakin pulled 711 @ 198 at the age of like 56! Also of note he is literally the funniest person alive. He was cracking up everybody at the meet.
Hopefully I can go again next year, Steve said he wants to keep growing it and make it an annual thing on his birthday.
