Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Snatch, C&J: Post your best videos

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  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Nice @Hornsby ! Nice to see this thread isn't dead yet.
  • mhatrerajesh141
    mhatrerajesh141 Posts: 3 Member
    Seems Great workout Hornsby !!
    For Newbie Builders you can also have a look, its great piece of article http://www.musclestyles.com/exercise-of-the-week-incline-bench-press/
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Awesome work! @Hornsby
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    This one is going to haunt me until I get the chance to redeem myself. 90kg/198lb up above my sticking point and then my lats cramped up and I lost the lift :neutral:

  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Thanks guys. Gotta get this thread going again!
  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    I haven't done anything worthy lately, just some simple 5x5 stuff.
  • echohansen
    echohansen Posts: 15 Member
    edited March 2016
    These are my best lifts to date:

    405 lbs. Squat:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sfo2Ix7g5o

    My best bench press is 305 lbs, but I didn't get any video of it, so all I have this on of this one at 255 lbs.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knet-jY89aU

    525 lbs. deadlift:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Br0QGjsJpE
    (Now that wasn't pretty.)

    goddamn that dead
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    I've moved into low bar squats and have opened my stance up in hopes to reach depth easier. Here's a double at 405lbs (3 sets).

    I hope to squat at least 3x week for the next few weeks to get shoulders, wrists, and hips accustomed to the new setup. Does that sound wise?

  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    ^^^ sounds like a good plan. I'm currently squatting 3x week just to bring squats up. Only issue is cumulative fatigue in the joints. I'll back down in a couple more weeks to 2x week.
  • 12by311
    12by311 Posts: 1,716 Member
    Just lurking on this thread a bit. :)
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Same as @piperdown44 nothing all that worthy. I've transitioned into a somewhat lighter weight routine and more running leading up to my Spartan Race at the end of April. Then I'm doing the 20rep squat program as previously discussed. Here's a couple from the last few weeks though all at 180lb BW.

    160# x 20 reps
    https://youtu.be/OBPUY5g4HNs
    385# DL
    https://youtu.be/fEhEqiR6x50
    pegboard climb
    https://youtu.be/tw6dk1FcDxs

    Triceps were burning after the peg board and the 385# DL is pretty close to max for me right now I think. The 20rep squats are light, but I'm just trying to get prepared mentally for when I start the real program, and not have my legs to tired for my long runs.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    edited March 2016
    Sorry I've been absent. After that 200lb Atlas Stone lift I bruised the cartlidge on my upper chest and have been feeling miserable since then. Three days later I got in a car accident: car totaled. I am not at full strength and can't bench and deadlifting is a cranky, evil jerk, but that doesn't mean I can't train and collect some PRs along the way.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2NvhR0vIqw
    295x13 top set, somewhere near 80% TM and a rep PR +2. I didn't want to train this morning, but going for rep PRs gave me the motivation I needed.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuEzDjDBu-U
    FSLS: last set of the day. 225x20, somewhere near 60% TM and a rep PR +5. Dear lord, I blame @McCloud33 for this one. :p

    While I am injured all I can do is squat and push press and bicep curls. (Yawn.) While I am injured I am running the last cycle of 531, but the pain is decreasing daily, I hope to be back to 100% in a week or two.

  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    haha...you're welcome @nakedraygun , but I can't take all the credit. Show some love to @JoRocka too as she just finished her program up.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    haha...you're welcome @nakedraygun , but I can't take all the credit. Show some love to @JoRocka too as she just finished her program up.
    You can run, but you can't hide. @JoRocka

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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Damn, sorry for the issues you are dealing with @nakedraygun . Wishing you a speedy recovery.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Damn, sorry for the issues you are dealing with @nakedraygun . Wishing you a speedy recovery.

    Hey thanks @Hornsby ! Appreciate it! I sent a follow your way on IG. Look forward to seeing more of your lifts and thanks for injecting life back in this thread.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Got the request. Thanks!

  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    So this is going to get posted over in my 20rep squat thread too, but @nakedraygun and the fact that I felt good this morning inspired me to go heavier and push myself. Here's 20 rep squat of 225 @ 180lbs...This is probably about 75% of my training max right now.
    https://youtu.be/Kh4P2X97wiM

    I also had DL's today and went for a heavy single, but it wasn't happening after the 20 rep squat. I might have been able to get it up, but I would have had to seriously compromise on form and run the risk of screwing up my back. Here's my fail at 405#
    https://youtu.be/zXO9r7RU2P4
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    Damn skippy @McCloud33. For me 225 lbs was around 60% and I weight what, like 212 on average. Nicely done.
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Thanks for the kind words, but I'm still years away from being on your level.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    haha...you're welcome @nakedraygun , but I can't take all the credit. Show some love to @JoRocka too as she just finished her program up.

    awwww thanks!!!!

    PS_ I"m quite happy I'm done- I actually attempted 200 again on Wednesday (was supposed to be Thursday to allow for more rest- but the scheduling gods did not allow)- So- Fail again on 13- I'm at a significant deficit and wasn't recovered- I'm debating giving it one more shot on Saturday- which will be 3 full days of recovery and some food.
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    haha...you're welcome @nakedraygun , but I can't take all the credit. Show some love to @JoRocka too as she just finished her program up.
    You can run, but you can't hide. @JoRocka

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    =)

    Nicely done on the PR+5 though. 225 is beastly- maybe in another year or two I can push my 20 rep squat up closer to 2 plates!!!

    In the mean time- here's the first of the two attempts at 200 pounds- don't think I shared it here.
    Buried on rep 14.
    https://youtu.be/ayEP-f6m98I

    I have realized when I get tired- I get shifty- when I repeated this on Wednesday I was able to stick the first 5-6 reps then after that ever 2-3 reps I wanted to readjust.
    SO.MUCH.SHIFTING.

    I'm still working out my foot placement- PT people wanted me to bring my toes a little more forward- but I kind of don't like it. it's just making me shifty. OH well. I'll get there.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    edited April 2016
    JoRocka wrote: »
    Nicely done on the PR+5 though. 225 is beastly- maybe in another year or two I can push my 20 rep squat up closer to 2 plates!!!
    Moment of truth, I wanted to push 20 reps on the 295 squat, and I could have grinded -- I know I could -- but my chest injury made me think twice. Its just that tendency when squatting fatigued where it becomes too easy to resort to a good morning squat and I didn't want to go there. 225 was a contrition on my part.

    Still... thanks though!
    JoRocka wrote: »
    In the mean time- here's the first of the two attempts at 200 pounds- don't think I shared it here. Buried on rep 14.
    https://youtu.be/ayEP-f6m98I

    I have realized when I get tired- I get shifty- when I repeated this on Wednesday I was able to stick the first 5-6 reps then after that ever 2-3 reps I wanted to readjust.
    SO.MUCH.SHIFTING.

    I'm still working out my foot placement- PT people wanted me to bring my toes a little more forward- but I kind of don't like it. it's just making me shifty. OH well. I'll get there.
    Yeah I see what you mean about foot shift, but you got your heels screwed down as you progressed throughout the set. I find that at lower weights I have more difficulty in my set-up, but when I approach the heavier stuff, my set-up dials right in quicker. Mental thing.

    Nice way to grind it out in case!
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    Thanks for the kind words, but I'm still years away from being on your level.
    Let's hope not @McCloud33 , because by then you'll be 45 yrs old and put out to pasture like me.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    @nakedraygun Yeppers- fatigue for me is also very goodmorningey- the struggle is real. Probably wise with the chest to not push it. Sorry about the car accident- and super glad you're okay (mostly)

    I've been shifting around with bar placement as well- which has surprisingly helped. Glad to see heel improvement- it's something again- TOTALLY with you- at low weights I get really squirrely and forward on it. Happy to be seeing improvement.

    I'm much happier at anything over 165- I just don't feel super stable- and god- a bar only squat- it looks like I'm a total newb LOL
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    JoRocka wrote: »
    @nakedraygun Yeppers- fatigue for me is also very goodmorningey- the struggle is real. Probably wise with the chest to not push it. Sorry about the car accident- and super glad you're okay (mostly)
    Thank you! I appreciate it! Worst part of this is I can't do my program. Training and my routine surrounding it really helps my general mood. No one was hurt in the car accident and I am so relieved that my kindergartener wasn't in the car when it happened. Everything in the front seat landed in her car seat.

    I'm just a whiney old maid I guess lol.
    JoRocka wrote: »
    I've been shifting around with bar placement as well- which has surprisingly helped. Glad to see heel improvement- it's something again- TOTALLY with you- at low weights I get really squirrely and forward on it. Happy to be seeing improvement.

    I'm much happier at anything over 165- I just don't feel super stable- and god- a bar only squat- it looks like I'm a total newb LOL
    You might be at the point -- or close to it -- with all the relatively new adjustments that you just need to bang out a lot of sets to dial it in dead nuts.
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    Thanks for the kind words, but I'm still years away from being on your level.
    Let's hope not @McCloud33 , because by then you'll be 45 yrs old and put out to pasture like me.

    I think it will be before I'm 45 lol (only turning 34 this year). I haven't even been lifting for two full years yet. I never TOUCHED heavy weights until July 2014. The most I had done before that was with p90x, so nothing really heavy...maybe 50-60lb dumbbells at the most. I've come a long way in a short amount of time and just trying to keep it going when the progress slower. At this point, if I can add 10-15lbs to my main lifts in a year, I'll be happy I think. I'm hoping this 20 rep squat will give me a boost for sure though.
  • nicolemarie999
    nicolemarie999 Posts: 91 Member
    edited April 2016
    Impressive y'all
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    So- a quality (and funny) bench video for all of us who give a *kitten* about these things.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QcESCtiz1M

    @Willbenchforcupcakes how do you feel this aligns with all the work you've done?
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    @JoRocka - I had to stop watching halfway through - I can only handle so much Mark Bell. But overall, fantastic information for those who just don't have access to an in person or online bench coach.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    So this is going to get posted over in my 20rep squat thread too, but @nakedraygun and the fact that I felt good this morning inspired me to go heavier and push myself. Here's 20 rep squat of 225 @ 180lbs...This is probably about 75% of my training max right now.
    https://youtu.be/Kh4P2X97wiM

    I also had DL's today and went for a heavy single, but it wasn't happening after the 20 rep squat. I might have been able to get it up, but I would have had to seriously compromise on form and run the risk of screwing up my back. Here's my fail at 405#
    https://youtu.be/zXO9r7RU2P4

    Dude wicked job. I'm 180lbs BW right now as well and my best would be 225x10 if I really pushed it. Looks like that 20 rep squat is really working for you!