Have you retired from powerlifting yet? If not, when? What are you doing post retirement? Too many injuries. Just like my personal retirement from powerlifting, let's treat this as our metaphorical retirement thread before ending it for good. Let's hit our last RPE 11.5 for one final thread. Bump limit optional.
>>77216389Every square except second row far left, second row far right, and third row far right
>>7721638932, i just maintain a 3pl8 squat/2pl8 bench now. Good enough for me. Mogs 99% of people that will ever step foot in a gym
Unlocked 275kg (606lbs) squat today feel very much not retired
>>77216402You're mediocre and arrogant
>>77216692Im based and youre gay
>>77216402THERE IS ROOM TO IMPROVE,TO GROW,>>77216680GOOD,STRONG,
Pullups 135lbs at 196lbs, what can I do to help in the top ROM of the pullups
>>77216843Also did 150lbs at the same weight with the same issue
Stinky Norman khan is being emitted
>>77216843>>77216846pretty good bait
>>77216989What’s the bait?
height: 172cmweight: 204.6scent: nonemusic: squat 4x4 345 1x1 405sumo hold 4x30secdeadlift 5x4 135lat raise 2x8 25GHR 3x8Not bad today a little sluggish. Week 4 so next week will be deload (just zone 2 and light stretching). Next two blocks will be peaking so should be good. Legs are feeling good, low back is not where I want to it to be though. Got about two meets left in me. Too visible now though so I might not compete. Will keep lifting though. The problem is I feel way better getting about 3 hours of exercise in a day and not training for 1-rep max is not very fun. I thought I was done about 3 years ago now, but it was just not doing any cardio catching up to me. Feel better than I ever have, although I am slightly weaker right now. Doing no cardio or conditioning for like 14 years will do that for you. Will keep posting my log if the general is still here until late this year. Rehab should be done by then.>>77216680Good shit, I hope to be near there by the end of the year>>77216846Not bad, I believe something with your scapula is off, I would lower the weight and practice depending on how high you are trying to go. Some people just want their chin over the bar, others get closer to touching their chest. Up to you I guess unless you are planning on competing in streetlifting where they are very specific.
>bench pr>abductors sore next dayWtf
>>77216843High rep partials?
>>77216843>Pullup
>>77216389Can any kind anon spoon feed me a bit. Can you tell me who Louie is talking about, who is Simon? And is his version of TM legit? Should it be done xLUxLUx
>>77217214If it wasn't a pullup what was it?
>>77216402lol big fish small pond?
>>77217808Small fish small pond
height: 172cmweight: 202.8scent: nonemusic: bench 1x4 295leg extension 2x4 140false grip hold 1x10secpull-up 2x4nordic curl eccentric 3x5secDid not get a lot of sleep yesterday, so I had to cut everything so I can train the later today + work and the rest of weeks training. >>77216402>>77217808I have only seen one person squat around 275 this year not to depth. An early 40s construction guy benched 315 once and hurt his shoulder. I have not seen anyone do more than 8 dips or 8 pullups in a row. I think there are still two guys around who can pull 550+. The same gym used to have like 15 guys who could pull more than 495, squat over 385, bench 285etc. At one point there was 4 800lb deadlifters. Now its nothing. Covid + noobs filming all the time + price increases caused all the regulars to switch gyms or get a homegym. Something happened where no one knows how to train even if they don't care about powerlifting. Might just be my gym though.
>>77218006Are you the new Bobby?
>>77216389Retired powershitter here, ~1500 total => ~700 (0/315/405)Tore my patellar tendon squatting back in 2024, went from 210 to 175, started seriously training arms/delts/calves since I was all torso and things with 14" arms and calves. Anyways, does anybody have any info on what happened to Bobby? Checked the archive and openpowerlifting and it looks like he hasn't competed in years and he apparently stopped posting
>>77218307hello sean (fake numbers)I have a direct connection to bloobert. I know all the current boblore.
>>77218307He cut about 50% of his blobby mass. He is now a lean chad
>>77218307>stopped posting
>>77218307he bench presses more than every woman alive now
>>77218911WITH NO TESTICLES AND TITS,IT IS A SHE,WITH A BEARD
height: 172cmweight: 206scent: nonemusic: squat 2x2 385 1x1 455 1x2 405false grip hold 4x10secback extension 1x1 315hip flexor 1x1 70Woke up a little late today, but otherwise not too bad. Worked up to a single squatting to test it out. Weak, but no knee or glute pain so thats good. Going to start peaking after this next week off for about 8 weeks then shift to offseason programming. Want to start wearing sleeves and a belt again by the end of the year. Been over a year since I have touched either. >>77218132No I started posting here around a decade or so ago, took a break from posting and came back to bobby, sean, and someone else being talked about all the time. Most of the trips I remembered are not dumb and left years ago.
>>77216843Your elbow flexors, and shoulder extensors need strengthening, brotha.Your elbow needs to be able to flex more if you want to continue your motion from the stopping point we can observe in your sample. Your shoulder also fails to continue extending. Based on this confluence of factors, my scientific opinion is you're dealing with nonlocal correlations here that require greater proximal strength in these specific sites, rather than a holistic demand across the board for moar.
>>77218132yep
>>77220556>Based on this confluence of factors, my scientific opinion is you're dealing with nonlocal correlations here that require greater proximal strength in these specific sites, rather than a holistic demand across the board for moar.Just wanted to quickly expand on this while it's still in (cache) memory. It's pretty clear from the footage that your back and proximal system is powerful enough to move this weight + sustain the motion, but your distal aspect (arms + shoulder extensors) is what fails because it lacks the strength to support the motion when they have to takeover from the scapular base.
>>77220504figgy he's a bitch
>>77216389225 strict ohp falls next week. so stoked for it
>>77220504Nah you're new.
>>77216389Physically Fortified – Strength – W1D6Hotel gym session. Slight adjustment to exercise order due to equipment setup and availability. Overall nothing notable, just worked through the plan.Chest-supported dumbbell rows were done for 3 sets of 6 at RPE 7, 8, and 9 using 60, 75, and 85 lbs. Execution was fine, though doing both arms simultaneously felt less stable than expected. May switch to one-arm variation next time or return to seal rows, which tend to feel more consistent.Farmer’s walks with Fat Gripz were completed for 2 sets of 30 seconds at RPE 6 and 8 using 45 and 60 lbs. Grip was the limiting factor as usual. Lack of chalk made it harder to push intensity, but it was acceptable given the setting.Tried a machine chest press for a single rep max at 230 lbs. The movement pattern felt somewhat awkward and not very comparable to standard pressing. Included mainly out of convenience rather than programming intent.Wide-grip lat pulldowns were done for 3 sets of 12 at RPE 7, 8, and 9 using 60, 80, and 90 lbs. Nothing unusual here. Decent contraction and typical fatigue progression.Cable flyes were performed for 3 sets of 12 at 30, 35, and 42.5 lbs. Stack increments were uneven, making it slightly harder to match intended RPE. Likely that 40 lbs would have aligned better with the target effort.Seated dumbbell curls were completed for 3 sets of 5 at 35, 45, and 55 lbs. These felt appropriately challenging by the final set without breaking form.Session was completed without issues. No major takeaways.
