Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I started at about that same weight 3 years ago. All it takes is time and patience. You'll get there and beyond.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Man, I wish I could do 315. Most I can do is 125. I mean I can do 10 reps 3 times, but that isnt impressive.

Everyone has to start somewhere. Keep grinding.

I would....If I could get the squat rack!!!!

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I would....If I could get the squat rack!!!!

Just sparta kick some moussed up sissy on the bench press, and let them know a real man is about to lift!!

Then his Frat bros come and throw me out the 2nd story window off the cliff

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Then his Frat bros come and throw me out the 2nd story window off the cliff

So....

Go before they're up.

Im kidding, I get squats in quite a bit, just not every workout and its a bummer. especially when I have to workout late in the day because 7am classes. But I get them in 3 times a week.

As a former power lifter, this is exactly how i herniated L4-5, and L5-S1. I'm now lining up surgery to fix an injury that happened 13 years ago which ended a law enforcement (my dream since a kid) and amateur MMA career just as both were getting off the ground.


Be careful. If you are straining that much for a maximum single lift to figure out your target zones, you should have a spotter.

I remember when i was young and invincible and ignored all the good advice i got from other serious lifters. This should be a wake up call : if that left hand barbell landed on a hand or halfway down your foot instead of on the floor like it did, you'd be a partial amputee right now (fingers, toes is what i mean).


Anywho... glad you're okay. Sorry if this came off preachy. Seen way too many people get really permanently fethed up working out in not the smartest ways they should. Use a spotter next time for max lift attempts. It's for exactly this reason you should do so!

 cincydooley wrote:

So wait, there are instances where you catch. But only specific ones? So my statement was right, as I indicated BOTH in my statement; catching and helping.

No, and I honestly have no idea how you arrived at that conclusion on the basis of my comments.

 cincydooley wrote:

Gee Golly, are you sure? What would happen? Would they push it into the neck of the lifter? Dur whodathunk!

Why are you being so defensive?

 cincydooley wrote:

Sure, if you say so. Or you just bail on the lift, which is really easy to do on a front squat. Only reason it didn't happen here is because Trex blacked out.

No, it happened because he thought SRM would be a cool thing to film without spotters.

 trexmeyer wrote:
I started at about that same weight 3 years ago. All it takes is time and patience. You'll get there and beyond.

True enough, though nutrition is also critical.