The T-Nation Challenge(s)

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[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Weights are too light with dead and squat. Videos of people doing 6,000 reps of a fucking warm up weight are boring. I’d rather see someone go red in the face to grind out 3 heavy reps than some dude rep 195lbs 1,600 times.

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Really? A 1.5xBW squat is going to be a decent weight for reps. Probably not going to get too many reps with that weight.[/quote]

They were just BW when I posted that.

And it’s more the pulling. A BW pull for me is literally 15lbs from my first warm up set…

EDIT: they are still BW, I’m talking about the actual thread in the log section, to clarify.

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^^oh shit! I didn’t even see that. Yeah BW squats and DLs are weak as shit

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[quote]gregron wrote:
^^oh shit! I didn’t even see that. Yeah BW squats and DLs are weak as shit[/quote]

Yeah even I can do a crap load of reps at that!

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Weights are too light with dead and squat. Videos of people doing 6,000 reps of a fucking warm up weight are boring. I’d rather see someone go red in the face to grind out 3 heavy reps than some dude rep 195lbs 1,600 times.

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Really? A 1.5xBW squat is going to be a decent weight for reps. Probably not going to get too many reps with that weight.[/quote]

They were just BW when I posted that.

And it’s more the pulling. A BW pull for me is literally 15lbs from my first warm up set…

EDIT: they are still BW, I’m talking about the actual thread in the log section, to clarify.[/quote]

Having only 2 minutes should change things a bit. Pretty heavy speed set.

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What kind of idiot wants to run a 1/2 Marathon at 250lbs?!?!?

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oh, yeah…me.

December 18th…mark your calendars. Wear black on the 19th.

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I’m challenging myself :

By 9th January (9 months since I started training seriously)

I’m aiming for 5 reps :

Deadlift = 1.75x BW
Squat = 1.50x BW
Bench Press = BW

I don’t care about e-medals or whatever, just doing this to push myself even more to accomplish that goal.

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[quote]usaffirefighter wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Weights are too light with dead and squat. Videos of people doing 6,000 reps of a fucking warm up weight are boring. I’d rather see someone go red in the face to grind out 3 heavy reps than some dude rep 195lbs 1,600 times.

[/quote]

Really? A 1.5xBW squat is going to be a decent weight for reps. Probably not going to get too many reps with that weight.[/quote]

They were just BW when I posted that.

And it’s more the pulling. A BW pull for me is literally 15lbs from my first warm up set…

EDIT: they are still BW, I’m talking about the actual thread in the log section, to clarify.[/quote]

Having only 2 minutes should change things a bit. Pretty heavy speed set.[/quote]

Hey, whatever float people’s boat. I’m just saying I find the possibility of watching some 185lbs dude rep out a plate and a quarter boring as shit.

Just my opinion.

BW is literally my first warm up set. I don’t care how many reps I can do in 2 mins lol, why would I ever want to do max reps with my first warm up set?

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]usaffirefighter wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Weights are too light with dead and squat. Videos of people doing 6,000 reps of a fucking warm up weight are boring. I’d rather see someone go red in the face to grind out 3 heavy reps than some dude rep 195lbs 1,600 times.

[/quote]

Really? A 1.5xBW squat is going to be a decent weight for reps. Probably not going to get too many reps with that weight.[/quote]

They were just BW when I posted that.

And it’s more the pulling. A BW pull for me is literally 15lbs from my first warm up set…

EDIT: they are still BW, I’m talking about the actual thread in the log section, to clarify.[/quote]

Having only 2 minutes should change things a bit. Pretty heavy speed set.[/quote]

Hey, whatever float people’s boat. I’m just saying I find the possibility of watching some 185lbs dude rep out a plate and a quarter boring as shit.

Just my opinion.

BW is literally my first warm up set. I don’t care how many reps I can do in 2 mins lol, why would I ever want to do max reps with my first warm up set? [/quote]

Agreed. I think the challenge (if we even need one) should simply be 3RM’s for Squat, Bench, and DL. These weight should be determined by BW, probably equal to or great than 1.5. BW.

Seriously though, do why do we even need this? Everyone on this site has different goals, and it seems illogical to have one challenge to try to fit all of them.

I think Maz is just trying to procrastinate, instead of just getting in the gym and getting it done.

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[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]usaffirefighter wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Weights are too light with dead and squat. Videos of people doing 6,000 reps of a fucking warm up weight are boring. I’d rather see someone go red in the face to grind out 3 heavy reps than some dude rep 195lbs 1,600 times.

[/quote]

Really? A 1.5xBW squat is going to be a decent weight for reps. Probably not going to get too many reps with that weight.[/quote]

They were just BW when I posted that.

And it’s more the pulling. A BW pull for me is literally 15lbs from my first warm up set…

EDIT: they are still BW, I’m talking about the actual thread in the log section, to clarify.[/quote]

Having only 2 minutes should change things a bit. Pretty heavy speed set.[/quote]

Hey, whatever float people’s boat. I’m just saying I find the possibility of watching some 185lbs dude rep out a plate and a quarter boring as shit.

Just my opinion.

BW is literally my first warm up set. I don’t care how many reps I can do in 2 mins lol, why would I ever want to do max reps with my first warm up set? [/quote]

Agreed. I think the challenge (if we even need one) should simply be 3RM’s for Squat, Bench, and DL. These weight should be determined by BW, probably equal to or great than 1.5. BW.

Seriously though, do why do we even need this? Everyone on this site has different goals, and it seems illogical to have one challenge to try to fit all of them.

I think Maz is just trying to procrastinate, instead of just getting in the gym and getting it done.[/quote]

I don’t get what im procrastinating for? What has this thread got to do with me putting something off?

i already workout 6x a week.

I just thought it would be a fun idea to have a little friendly competition around here.

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[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]usaffirefighter wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Weights are too light with dead and squat. Videos of people doing 6,000 reps of a fucking warm up weight are boring. I’d rather see someone go red in the face to grind out 3 heavy reps than some dude rep 195lbs 1,600 times.

[/quote]

Really? A 1.5xBW squat is going to be a decent weight for reps. Probably not going to get too many reps with that weight.[/quote]

They were just BW when I posted that.

And it’s more the pulling. A BW pull for me is literally 15lbs from my first warm up set…

EDIT: they are still BW, I’m talking about the actual thread in the log section, to clarify.[/quote]

Having only 2 minutes should change things a bit. Pretty heavy speed set.[/quote]

Hey, whatever float people’s boat. I’m just saying I find the possibility of watching some 185lbs dude rep out a plate and a quarter boring as shit.

Just my opinion.

BW is literally my first warm up set. I don’t care how many reps I can do in 2 mins lol, why would I ever want to do max reps with my first warm up set? [/quote]

Agreed. I think the challenge (if we even need one) should simply be 3RM’s for Squat, Bench, and DL. These weight should be determined by BW, probably equal to or great than 1.5. BW.

Seriously though, do why do we even need this? Everyone on this site has different goals, and it seems illogical to have one challenge to try to fit all of them.

I think Maz is just trying to procrastinate, instead of just getting in the gym and getting it done.[/quote]

Don’t compete. End of.

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fubar already. par for the course around here.

i guess if it doesn’t sell a supplement…

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
fubar already. par for the course around here.

i guess if it doesn’t sell a supplement…[/quote]

Sorry BG, was not my intention just fucking around with DF and Ink.

But your Falcon thread was awesome and went off well.

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THIS THREAD NEEDS MORE PICTURES OF FAT WOMEN

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
fubar already. par for the course around here.

i guess if it doesn’t sell a supplement…[/quote]

I think there just needs to be more focused discussion before establishing the logs.

The goals of the “board” was not even worked out.

I am far more likely to see who can move heavy weight than who can move light weight rapidly. I do not appear to be the only one with this opinion.

Anything less than 2 x bw for DLs is not interesting. 2.5 x and 3 x bw are more interesting.
1.5 x bw for squats, alright, but 2 x bw and up is better.
Eh, do not care about bench press. But 1.25 could be a starting point.
Still would like to see clean and press.

Time is an element as well that I do not believe has been fully explored. Two minutes for light weight, but with big weight I think that is too short. I would rather see cluster sets of heavy than rapid sets of light. There are the option of how many ______ in x time. But also there is doing ________ of x in the shortest time. There is max number with some maximal time limit between reps (like 30 secs). And then there is just max weight.

I think strength should top conditioning as the events are decided.

I also do not know why there are submission time limits. You are either at the top or not.

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I keep thinking of this:

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[quote]Tex Ag wrote:
I am far more likely to see who can move heavy weight than who can move light weight rapidly. I do not appear to be the only one with this opinion.

Anything less than 2 x bw for DLs is not interesting. 2.5 x and 3 x bw are more interesting.
1.5 x bw for squats, alright, but 2 x bw and up is better.
Eh, do not care about bench press. But 1.25 could be a starting point.
Still would like to see clean and press.
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x2. This isn’t crossfit.

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Will be monitoring these challenges with interest.

ps,

inb4 Alpha and H4M show up and clean house.

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[quote]pushharder wrote:

Ditto.

(Not meaning in any shape, form or fashion am I trying to turn this into a Crossfit controversy with the following)

Example: I’ve been catching some of the Crossfit comps on ESPN recently. The folks competing there deserve to be admired for their achievements - no question about it.

But if it ever came down to choosing to watch (or participate if you will) between Xfit and WSM (World’s Strongest Man) I’d go with WSM in a heartbeat.

Summation: high rep stuff is boring.

Doesn’t mean it shouldn’t/couldn’t be included in this lil proposition y’all got going here but if it is the primary emphasis…meh.[/quote]

but if you get into max lifts, you’re opening a can of worms:

there is already PL and strongman.
you open up every lift to technicality and scrutiny
equipment
weight of person
etc.

and some of you need to get over yourselves. they do 1.5 bwt deadlift comps at PL meets from time to time and it in no way shape or form does it mimic crossfit. they do max rep bench press at nfl combine…does not look like cross fit. most of you can’t do 20 rep squats with decent weight and we’re worried about this turning into crossfit? (this is not directed to you per se Push).

anyway, i’ve already lost interest. meh

it had potential. it’s going nowhere though.