Powerlifting/Strength Training Thread

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Simpsyla said:
Thanks for the pointers on squat - purely looking to get stronger so will just see what I feel like each session - although my understanding was that powerlifters tend to go lower bar as they find themselves stronger, as you do, so may try and switch more often.

Now benching twice a week - one session 5*5 and the other 3*5, 1*3, 1*8 (set of eight at the same weight as the third set of 5). Doing MadCow and going to give it a go for at least a couple of cycles I think.
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Nah, certainly in the lighter weight classes you see a lot of high bar. Bigger people tend to low bar squat.

Then the lighter people tend to sumo deadlift and bigger people tend to go conventional.

All to do with leverages really.
 


Just had to turn down 2 free tickets to Giants Live at the weekend. Wounded.
 
Any advice for back pain? Been doing the same exercises, so it's not that which has caused it. Could be football, I play once a week. I haven't been able to do nowt for a week now and when I try a few light exercises, the next day it's worse. Starting to do my head in as losing the small shape I was getting.

Its only really pull ups and press ups that I have been doing over the last 3-6 month.
 
hairynaker said:
Any advice for back pain? Been doing the same exercises, so it's not that which has caused it. Could be football, I play once a week. I haven't been able to do nowt for a week now and when I try a few light exercises, the next day it's worse. Starting to do my head in as losing the small shape I was getting.

Its only really pull ups and press ups that I have been doing over the last 3-6 month.
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For me, it took cutting back and resting. I could barely get out of a chair for the best part of 3 years and convinced myself the whole time my weightlifting had no bearing on it...I wrestled the anxiety you have about losing the shape I had worked for. But in the end I bit the bullet, and it actually only took 3-4 weeks and it was as if the last 3 years had never happened. Feel stupid now looking back as you can imagine...I was training every day, on about 30 painkiller tablets a day!

So see the bigger picture. If you've only got a little shape anyway, it won't take long to get it back. Also now that I am pain free, I have actually cut to 2 sessions per week anyway as I love running so much! I stopped doing that when I got injured :lol:

Live & learn!
 
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hairynaker said:
Any advice for back pain? Been doing the same exercises, so it's not that which has caused it. Could be football, I play once a week. I haven't been able to do nowt for a week now and when I try a few light exercises, the next day it's worse. Starting to do my head in as losing the small shape I was getting.

Its only really pull ups and press ups that I have been doing over the last 3-6 month.
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Til you got to the last part I’d have recommended checking your form.

Mine wasn’t great and had back pain til some massive Polish fella at my old gym gave me some tips
 
Charmless Man said:
Everything is going class at the minute. Bench is going from a weakness into a big strength. A few lads at the gym have pointed out an issue with feet position which has given me a much bigger leg drive.

Its class training somewhere where people take the time to offer advice in a really constructive way.
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You'll be benching 50kg now then are you?
 
Charmless Man said:
Turns out I just need solid periods of 4x a week benching to get good at it. Can stand lower frequency with the other two and still progress.
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Do you use leg drive on every rep, just on top sets or just singles or if you're struggling towards the end of a set? I think I've used it successfully a couple of times but just feels very unnatural for me!

Broken my 5 rep max's on each of the big five lifts over the last couple of weeks, chuffed. Another five weeks on this programme (trying to break five rep max every week) and then I'll be trying out my one rep max, excited to see where I land.
 
Simpsyla said:
Do you use leg drive on every rep, just on top sets or just singles or if you're struggling towards the end of a set? I think I've used it successfully a couple of times but just feels very unnatural for me!

Broken my 5 rep max's on each of the big five lifts over the last couple of weeks, chuffed. Another five weeks on this programme (trying to break five rep max every week) and then I'll be trying out my one rep max, excited to see where I land.
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Every rep.

I don't see any value in not using it if you're doing competition bench. You should be in a position where leg drive feels natural anyway tbh. If you aren't it may be that your set up is a bit off.

If I want to remove it altogether do feet up bench or floor press.
 
Sounds like set-up may well be why I'm struggling with bench then, back to watching a few more YouTube videos to try and improve methinks. I see Australianstrengthcoach posted something in the last couple of days so will probably give that a watch. Thanks for the insight.
 
Tweaked my right hammy doing good mornings on Saturday. Squat went fine today, worked up very slowly to a top set of 4 at RPE9.

Might lessen the load on my main deadlift day though. Shoot for an RPE 7-ish.
 
Simpsyla said:
Sounds like set-up may well be why I'm struggling with bench then, back to watching a few more YouTube videos to try and improve methinks. I see Australianstrengthcoach posted something in the last couple of days so will probably give that a watch. Thanks for the insight.
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One other thing - get someone who trains at a similar time as you to start giving you a lift out.

You'd he amazed at the energy you save for your heavy sets.
 

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