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Any strength fanatics out there?

carmstrong1012
carmstrong1012 Posts: 19 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I consider myself a competitive powerlifter, but I'm interested in all strength/power sports. I'm thinking of starting strongman soon. I've also done a few mud runs.

Anybody share similar interests?

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  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    Haven't competed yet but train for powerlifting (gotta get my squats up). Not a lot of comps where I live. Now the other small forum I belong to is nothing but powerlifting competitors. They hit several throughout the year but mostly on the east coast.
  • carmstrong1012
    carmstrong1012 Posts: 19 Member
    You shouldn't worry about your lifts now. Just compete and get the experience.
  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    carmstrong1012 wrote: »
    You shouldn't worry about your lifts now. Just compete and get the experience.

    I know. A couple factors have stopped me. One not a lot around here without traveling for hours and needing to stay overnight and two, seems I'm traveling for work when they do hold them.
    I am looking around though and seeing which ones would fit into my schedule.

  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    Different area of strength but I'm a body weight strength fanatic IE I do 800-1000 pull ups a week, deep squat box jumps, push ups at every angle/width you can think of and I love swinging/jumping from bar to bar on jungle gyms..
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Bench specialist checking in. Looking forward to returning to full power mid next year, but until then, bench it is.
  • carmstrong1012
    carmstrong1012 Posts: 19 Member
    @Iron_Miss_Canada Sweet. So, How much ya bench?
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    carmstrong1012 wrote: »
    @Iron_Miss_Canada Sweet. So, How much ya bench?

    82.5kg gym, 81 proven on the platform. Been working all my percentages off of a 90kg Max the last month and nailing everything. Including a sweet pin press double with 75% rom at 90kg on Monday. Currently begging for a max test but my coaches aren't biting.
  • carmstrong1012
    carmstrong1012 Posts: 19 Member
    @Iron_Miss_Canada That is an impressive bench. It sounds like you're confident enough to get it, but coaches usually know best.
  • armylife
    armylife Posts: 196 Member
    I was an Olympic lifter for a while and have switched to powerlifting (though I still squat the Olympic lifting way).
  • carmstrong1012
    carmstrong1012 Posts: 19 Member
    @armylife I would enjoy Olympic lifting. The only thing that prevents me from doing so is the lack of facilities and coaches in my area.
  • supadux
    supadux Posts: 6 Member
    I've done a good amount of strength work in the past, but I'm cutting back to a lean 90-92kg so I can enter the <94kg bracket for oly lifting.

    Really love a good heavy deadlift and squat, but now my goal is less about size and more about CNS based strength for sports performance; really excited to start next year!

    What numbers are you guys all squatting raw at the moment?

  • armylife
    armylife Posts: 196 Member
    carmstrong1012 wrote: »
    @armylife I would enjoy Olympic lifting. The only thing that prevents me from doing so is the lack of facilities and coaches in my area.

    Yea I started and spent the first two years lifting on my own, it stunted my growth in the beginning. There is a natural limit to how well you can refine your own form through watching videos. After I found some good partners and a good coach my numbers jumped. I had lifted for quite a few years before starting Olympic lifting, but that was my first foray into pure strength/power work.
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