TMB Weightlifting Thread: Learn to Swim

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  1. Joystick Izzy

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  2. Capstone 88

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    The rule is absolutely asinine, not well defined, and will lead to way worse performances. Not to mention the reasoning for the rule. If they wanted to change something just mandate the entire hand must be inside the ring.
     
  3. Where Eagles Dare

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    Elbow below shoulder blade seems pretty straight forward similar to squat depth measurement.

    The way ppl benched is beyond stupid
     
  4. Capstone 88

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    They took advantage of their leverages. Should people with short arms and barrel chests have to do something to lengthen their bench ROM? Should long arm deadlifters have to pull from a deficit? Should short legged people have to squat to the floor?
     
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    Why aren't you making the same excuses for squating?

    Contorting your body so you can move the bar 3 inches is stupid. That's not lifting
     
  6. Gunners

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    Are there prominent lifters out there without crazy arches that don’t meet that standard?
     
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    Not horrendous but eliminates 3-4 inches of depth/true ROM

     
  8. Where Eagles Dare

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    And the ROM is the sticking point for me. This isn't a position to get stronger in a lift, it's effectively doing a quarter squat version of a bench press that everyone would shit all over someone squating that way.
     
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  9. One Two

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    I really just hope the IPF adds strict curls
     
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  10. Capstone 88

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    Very short people don’t have to squat the bar as far. They can also move their stance out and cut that ROM even further. It’s the exact same thing. If your argument is “I just personally don’t like it” then say that, but don’t claim it’s good For anything other than your own opinion. This isn’t an aesthetic lifting contest it’s powerlifting. Move the most weight to the competition standard.
     
  11. Gunners

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    I just wanna see some examples of people’s dimensions screwing them. Every example I’ve seen affects the super flexible and I don’t feel for them.
     
  12. Where Eagles Dare

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    Yes and contortions of your back to lift your sternum 4 inches off the bench to reduce ROM is deemed "not to standard"
     
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  13. Capstone 88

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    There isn’t any language in the rule book about this. It’ll still be to standard. People will still have big arches they’ll just move their grips in to hit “depth”
     
  14. Capstone 88

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    Almost every elite bencher has a relatively shitty deadlift because of their super short arms. Joe Sullivan can’t hang on to a deadlift because he has the tiniest fattest hands in PL
     
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  15. Gunners

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    Was only saying as far as this new rule is concerned and if there’s actually a physical deficiency to be able to get depth. Taking away the Sean Noriega bench pressers seems like a good thing.
     
  16. Gunners

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    Jesus might be the most impressive lifter out there not named John Haack

     
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  17. Capstone 88

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    Sean can’t even win a national title. Idk why people think this is some insane advantage. Outside of some very light women or men, who I admittedly don’t keep up with, no one with a huge arch is winning anything
     
  18. Bricktop the white

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    flexbar worked wonders for me. highly recommend.
     
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  19. Where Eagles Dare

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    :laugh:

     
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  20. bigjrock

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    Your words hurt.
     
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  21. One Two

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  22. HOOSINSC

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    pretty clever for him
     
  23. Gunners

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    Probably the funniest thing he’s done but social media will kill this planet
     
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  24. HOOSINSC

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    i just saw online that Bill Pearl died this week. decades ago when i was getting my first gains i wore out the pages in Arnold’s encyclopedia of bodybuilding about the history of bodybuilding. Pearl stood out to me then and had a physique that was a much more realistic goal than the freak shows of the early 00’s. RIP
     
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  25. pperc

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    Workout / lifting glove recommendation?
     
  26. One Two

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    You looking for straps/wraps or just something to keep from getting callouses?
     
  27. Hoss Bonaventure

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    I wouldn’t get workout gloves. Better off with something like this if you’re just wanting to not get calluses. I have iron made straps, but I just use the Shiek ones with the Velcro wrist wrap now. I don’t deadlift anymore and the Shieks are just more comfortable.
    https://www.versagripps.com/product...Eb6x2XO2bp8tAzJBxnkF8pzkmmQXyFCBoCMGwQAvD_BwE
     
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  28. pperc

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    thanks guys. Yea, just for callouses and to help with grip for things like pull-ups since my bar is just a piece of steel.
     
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    Like Hoss said full on gloves might make your hands more comfortable but it might negatively impact your workout.
     
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  30. Hoss Bonaventure

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    Yeah those versa grip ones are what you want. There’s all kinds of them out there but those are good. Gloves slip around when you’re lifting and you end up having to try and hang onto the glove especially when you get to sweating.
     
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  32. pperc

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    It’s not a sweat issue. The steel bar compresses my skin between my fingers and palm which is hindering my work out
     
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  33. pperc

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    Will get them thanks
     
  34. Hoss Bonaventure

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    You can use them either way on the pull-up bar. You can put the material on your palm and use it to grip it or wrap it around the backside of the bar and use them that way for a better grip and it works more like a strap. I’ve never owned any but I’ve worked out in them and they’re nice.
     
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  35. One Two

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    Death, taxes, and waking up yelling in the middle of the night with a hamstring cramp after a big deadlift session.
     
  36. Frankie Carbone

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    Get some potatoes in the diet. More potassium than nanners
     
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  37. Where Eagles Dare

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    Your hands are natural gloves. a few rips will toughen them right up
     
  38. Capstone 88

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    USPA Pro this weekend should be fun
     
  39. Gunners

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    Looks like 200/246, what a monster

     
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  40. Capstone 88

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    Haack just hit 600 at USPA Pro Raw
     
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  41. Gunners

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    Watching Sam Rice and just thinking, she would absolutely beat my ass in a fight
     
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  42. Gunners

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    Holy shit Jamal, Derek isn’t gonna be chirping for a while

    1003 pull and at like 2320 total
     
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  43. Capstone 88

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    You would be very wrong on that first part :laugh:
     
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  44. HOOSINSC

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  45. Gunners

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    saw that, not convinced it’s a real beef but Jamal seemed on a mission and killed it

    Still get rid of kabuki bar
     
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  46. Capstone 88

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    This is so fucking awesome.
     
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  47. bigjrock

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    Take all the likes.
     
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  48. Capstone 88

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    10 weeks out. Will I be able to bench a PR? Stay tuned.
     
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