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    The only two stretches you need

    IMO PL has a faily low demand on flexibility and you should be striving for better, as far as long-term injury prevention, comfort and posture E.g being able to hit good oly lifting positions like an upright calf on hammies squat, front squat shelf position and full range overhead. Most people...
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    Nate David 820lb squat @220lb

    ok people that was a bit of a troll (oly lifting fan here). That squat is definitely to parallel and a rather impressive feat of strength. Are we happy now?
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    Nate David 820lb squat @220lb

    I said if you want to lift maximum poundage, do that. I personally prefer full depth olympic squats (hence why I lift girly-man weights :p).
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    Belts

    I squat olympic style and wearing a belt down the bottom seemed to put me out of position, or pinch me painfully, and to a lesser extent on DL. Never tried maxing with a belt as it I didn't even feel like I was moving correctly. Perhaps I would have learnt to use it with more persistence, but...
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    rebuilding squat/deadlift form

    Do olympic style squats to FULL depth. Not only will you have great mobility, but learn to move with an upright/straight torso which is much easier on your lower back. Get a pair of oly lifting shoes. This was my experience after an L4/L5 herniation. My poundages suck though, if you want to...
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    Nate David 820lb squat @220lb

    high squat no care.
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    fasted comps

    Nope have nothing to do with energy levels, they aren't a stimulant. But they do have catabolism sparing properties with negligible calorie value, which is quite useful for people who trained fasted or are dieting down - there seems to be reasonable research on this. Either way, a tub of...
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    fasted comps

    I do the majority of my training fasted. Havn't noticed any difference in strength for fasted vs fed, but I prefer to train fasted when possible just because I generally feel quite focused and energetic fasted. The only comp I've done to date was fasted. I pretty much hit the numbers I was...
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    Overhead press thread

    I thought I'll add for a large part of my training career I rarely did ohp, and it was weak as piss. Bringing my ohp up closer to where it should be broke my very frustrating bench plateau. From that I learn that if you have a glaring weakness in a particular lift, bringing it up will tend to...
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    Real Basic Powerlifting question

    Also people can squat high with more poundage, but a deadlift you can't really cheat.
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    European Weightlifting Championships on Foxtel Eurosport from 9 April

    Thanks dude, will try to catch it!
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    body proportions and hitting squat depth

    slight typo there...edited like it never happened. Really? What's stupid about a full depth squat? IMO it looks far more impressive to the general sporting public, and is a better expression of athletic prowess. I reckon most people would be impressed by a video of an elite oly lifter doing a...
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    Stan Efferding Breaks 2300!

    Fucking animal but come on he's clearly squatting high.... disappointing seeing Ed Coan is the one passing it too.
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    body proportions and hitting squat depth

    No one gives a fuck, but here's my opinion. - A squat that isn't hammies on calves is not a fucking squat, it's a partial squat. Squatting to just parallel is a half squat. - What the fuck is it vids of with high squats being passed in comps, especially equipped. Looks fucking retarded to an...
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    Recent Internet Drama

    I think speed work often works well for novice/intermediate lifters, simply because even IF there is no real physiological training effect, the result is technique development through lots of extra reps. Advanced lifters I have no clue because I'm not there. Personally I do 'speed work', but...
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    Dave Hoff totals 2960

    Am I the only one that thinks equipped lifting is fucking retarded? A bunch of fat dudes trying to fit into as tight as possible suits so it can do as much of the work as possible. Also come on that squat was not even close to parallel. But trying to discount this guy's awesome strength, but...
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    Nike Romaleos 2 stock?

    Ironedge doesn't have my size (US 9.5-10). Anyone else sell/stock them in Aus? What about the Addidas Adipower?
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    Overpronation+Squats etc

    I have fairly flat feet. Seems as long as knees dont come in, my feet don't collapse too badly. Probably why squatting oly style quite narrow feels more natural?
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    The PB Thread

    This week's training PBs@81-82kg: - Olympic squat 142.5kg - booyah! Missed it at a comp last year and in training, so a bit of a mental barrier. - Olympic front squat - 105kg x 3 - Paused Bench - 105kg - Incline Bench - 92.5kg
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    How heavy is heavy for DB wrist curls?

    I jerk off
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