[quote]Racarnus wrote:
ninearms wrote:
Seriously, if you pull 455@150 how on earth do you not have a) traps, or b) balls. If those numbers are correct I cannot comprehend why you’d even contemplate using the girly pad.
I’m sorry you can’t “comprehend” it. It’s not really that difficult. I have heard people mock and riducule people for using the pad. So I tried going without it. It was uncomfortable and caused my arms and hands to tingle. I thought “Why am I doing this? The pad feels better and doesn’t cause this problem.”
So I decided to look into the issue to see if there was any real reason to avoid the pad. If I’m convinced there are benefits, I end up doing things. But I never do things just because one option seems ballsier and another seems pussier. People like me need real reasons. If you’re still unable to “comprehend” perhaps your comprehension problem is more general. [/quote]
So you’re saying that it’s perfectly normal for someone to pull 3xBW and yet still have no traps and cry when something heavy is on their back? You seriously believe that’s normal?
You received a ton of “real reasons”, specifically regarding the position of the bar in relation to your hips and centre of gravity, and your ability to pull the bar down into your traps in order to improve the application of force into the bar, but you continue to ignore them in favour of whining like a baby because everyone’s laughing at you.
Whether his situation is “normal” isn’t an argument I want to be a judge on. But after viewing the video he put up, I’d have to say he seems strong, small, and trapless. So his situation may be different from what the rest of us have seen, but he’s given us decent evidence to support his claims.
And pretty good grip, by the way.
Sure, we could start arguing about whether he locked out or what weight he uses now, but the point remains that he’s strong for his size and is deficient in the size of his trapezius.
Racarnus, if you started consuming more calories, you’d get bigger as well as stronger.
To be fair, I used to power lift when I was in high school. I used to dead lift quite a bit for my weight class(132/148) and my traps were still small compared to everything else.
[quote]ninearms wrote:
Racarnus wrote:
ninearms wrote:
Seriously, if you pull 455@150 how on earth do you not have a) traps, or b) balls. If those numbers are correct I cannot comprehend why you’d even contemplate using the girly pad.
I’m sorry you can’t “comprehend” it. It’s not really that difficult. I have heard people mock and riducule people for using the pad. So I tried going without it. It was uncomfortable and caused my arms and hands to tingle. I thought “Why am I doing this? The pad feels better and doesn’t cause this problem.”
So I decided to look into the issue to see if there was any real reason to avoid the pad. If I’m convinced there are benefits, I end up doing things. But I never do things just because one option seems ballsier and another seems pussier. People like me need real reasons. If you’re still unable to “comprehend” perhaps your comprehension problem is more general.
So you’re saying that it’s perfectly normal for someone to pull 3xBW and yet still have no traps and cry when something heavy is on their back? You seriously believe that’s normal?
You received a ton of “real reasons”, specifically regarding the position of the bar in relation to your hips and centre of gravity, and your ability to pull the bar down into your traps in order to improve the application of force into the bar, but you continue to ignore them in favour of whining like a baby because everyone’s laughing at you.
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Read more carefully. Your imagining things I didn’t write and ignoring things I did. Nowhere did I say anything about “perfectly normal.” I am not normal. Do not read anything into what I write beyond the words written. I say exactly what I mean.
I said I was satisfied with the “real reasons” posted and that I wouldn’t be using the pad anymore, atleast giving the naked bar another shot. I have ignored nothing. You are dense and thickheaded and you contribute nothing. And, you’re jealous. You’re an ass clown. Get out of my thread.
[quote]ninearms wrote:
Jealous of what? Your vagina?[/quote]
It’s a well known principle that poor liars cannot effectively bring themselves to deny accusations and resort to redirection. “Racarnus, I deny that I am jealous of you” would have been more effective. But please, don’t let me discourage you from trying again. (If you can’t don’t worry, you don’t need to prove yourself to me.)
Surely if you are accusing someone of jealousy you need to specify what they’re supposedly jealous of. As you did not, me asking if you meant I was jealous of your vagina was a perfectly valid response. If you meant that I was jealous of you in general, that clearly is not the case seeing as the nasty bar made you cry, which is not something I’d be jealous of.
[quote]ninearms wrote:
Surely if you are accusing someone of jealousy you need to specify what they’re supposedly jealous of. As you did not, me asking if you meant I was jealous of your vagina was a perfectly valid response. If you meant that I was jealous of you in general, that clearly is not the case seeing as the nasty bar made you cry, which is not something I’d be jealous of.[/quote]
Dude, I’m wicked jealous of his vagina, it’s all cute and pink, hell it even talks too! Trust me, it’s Godly, otherwise, why else would we be jealous of him? Surely, him being afraid to Squat isn’t the reason, because that’s just makes him a pussy.
[quote]Racarnus wrote:
ninearms wrote:
Racarnus wrote:
ninearms wrote:
Seriously, if you pull 455@150 how on earth do you not have a) traps, or b) balls. If those numbers are correct I cannot comprehend why you’d even contemplate using the girly pad.
I’m sorry you can’t “comprehend” it. It’s not really that difficult. I have heard people mock and riducule people for using the pad. So I tried going without it. It was uncomfortable and caused my arms and hands to tingle. I thought “Why am I doing this? The pad feels better and doesn’t cause this problem.”
So I decided to look into the issue to see if there was any real reason to avoid the pad. If I’m convinced there are benefits, I end up doing things. But I never do things just because one option seems ballsier and another seems pussier. People like me need real reasons. If you’re still unable to “comprehend” perhaps your comprehension problem is more general.
So you’re saying that it’s perfectly normal for someone to pull 3xBW and yet still have no traps and cry when something heavy is on their back? You seriously believe that’s normal?
You received a ton of “real reasons”, specifically regarding the position of the bar in relation to your hips and centre of gravity, and your ability to pull the bar down into your traps in order to improve the application of force into the bar, but you continue to ignore them in favour of whining like a baby because everyone’s laughing at you.
Read more carefully. Your imagining things I didn’t write and ignoring things I did. Nowhere did I say anything about “perfectly normal.” I am not normal. Do not read anything into what I write beyond the words written. I say exactly what I mean.
I said I was satisfied with the “real reasons” posted and that I wouldn’t be using the pad anymore, atleast giving the naked bar another shot. I have ignored nothing. You are dense and thickheaded and you contribute nothing. And, you’re jealous. You’re an ass clown. Get out of my thread.[/quote]
No, no. He’s not AssClown. That is another poster.
You received some good advice on this thread. I’d take that as a victory.
on a note completely opposite to the theme of this thread, yesterday i was working in on bench with a guy and started talking about squats, then i showed him how to squat.
by the end he was doing 115x10 with pretty good form too! nice and deep, i would say not bad for first try ever.
then i told him to come to T-Nation.
i feel like a missionary for all that is good in life
[quote]Racarnus wrote:
I realize that I am so freaking amazing that it’s hard for you guys to accept. That’s OK. Skepticism is a good thing. You got your requested video before, but I’m not going to be making an updated one for a while.
As for your chart, it’s a joke. I believe I will break 482 before I leave the novice (9 months) category. So far it’s been almost 8.[/quote]
It all makes sense now.
You’ve a major attitude problem man. You need to get over the fact you’ve a decent deadlift and realise you’re not the greatest thing to hit the powerlifting scene in the last 10 years.
You were no closer to locking out that 405 than I would be to locking out 605. So if that’s what you’re 455 looks like then all of a sudden it’s become alot more believable.
Just take the majority of the advice as given. It’s not a personal attack or an attempt to hurt or degrade you. But hey, if you automatically jump to that conclusion then you could have low self esteem issues. It would explain why you’re always on the attack anyway.
Keep working on your deadlift, if you’re patient and work on it it will come. Exact same story with the squats.
wow Racarnus. Stop being a fucking whiny little bitch. Your not the best thing since the barbell. Get off your high horse and man up and just fucking squat. Be humble for once in your life.
[quote]romanaz wrote:
wow Racarnus. Stop being a fucking whiny little bitch. Your not the best thing since the barbell. Get off your high horse and man up and just fucking squat. Be humble for once in your life. [/quote]
Who cares if someone uses the pad or not. Ive seen some little bitches not using the pad and ive seen some pretty big guys using the pad. I can rep 405 with or without the pad, but I prefer to use the pad. It is not like the pad assists with lifting the weight it is just a matter of preference.
