Airborne's Quest to PowerLifting (and whatever he's on ATM)
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jimbuick
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AZMIDLYF
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AB that is crazy weight bubba. Like BDCC said: I would not even want to unrack that b!tch. I do have some questions though. Lol Does your coach have your stance that wide or do you just do it there? Reason I am asking is two fold. You say your groin area is bothering you so this plays into that and I also noticed that your knees caved slightly on the lift. I am not your coach but I would bring your feet in slightly to see if things feel better.
LiveToLift
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jimbuick said:
Not if you turn sigs on...
Airborne42
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Yea he wants my feet a lil wider. I have a problem with my knees straying inward. It's nothin to serious I'm working on strengthenin my hip flexors as well. I'm a work in progress. Thank you tho I Will see bout a lil bit inner stance. Sometimes I'm just so pumped I get even wider haha
AZMIDLYF
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I know this is all new bubba and to be starting where you are is insane. You need to slow things down and practice the same set up routine everytime. This way it becomes instinct and no variations happen. You also need to really practice pushing outward with your knees and hips. Time and practice will pay off here. The groin pain worries me though. I just watched a vid of Kabuki going down in a lot of pain in a meet while squatting. Not pretty.
Airborne42
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I saw that too... **** was nuts. It's just stretching I warm up with 225 for reps, deep squats. Also the yoga instructor is stretching me 3 times a week. I know your concerns are as mine. I'm working on it forsure! Thank you GB
boosted5038
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so here's my question. why not take off 2 or 3 plates and continue going all the way to parallel or even ass to grass? that sh*t looked waaay heavy for you. looked to be a 1/4 squat at best. and i'm not being a d*ck here. legit question.
R3ACTION
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boosted5038 said:so here's my question. why not take off 2 or 3 plates and continue going all the way to parallel or even ass to grass? that sh*t looked waaay heavy for you. looked to be a 1/4 squat at best. and i'm not being a d*ck here. legit question.
Damn you don't get it do you?
Danb2285
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boosted5038 said:so here's my question. why not take off 2 or 3 plates and continue going all the way to parallel or even ass to grass? that sh*t looked waaay heavy for you. looked to be a 1/4 squat at best. and i'm not being a d*ck here. legit question.
I'm no PL'er so don't quote me but I would think its more or less to get your CNS and muscles used to feeling 600 lbs lol
Airborne42
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so here's my question. why not take off 2 or 3 plates and continue going all the way to parallel or even ass to grass? that sh*t looked waaay heavy for you. looked to be a 1/4 squat at best. and i'm not being a d*ck here. legit question.
Are you serious right now? That was light haha was very slow and no hesitation to come back up. Sets before below par... They kept gettin worse. This is barely over parallel thank u tho ;-) can you even unrack it? With all these wink faces you throw at me it kinda feels like you want me which creeps me out which in reality that's sexual harassment.
boosted5038
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no wink. it was a smile. why you gotta bring gay sh*t into this? i have no doubt i could un rack it. getting it back up from parallel whole nother story. why you getting defensive? i'm just going by what i see. not being a d*ck.
Airborne42
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It's ok man! Have a good day!
Airborne42
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Lmao
technique88
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Actually if you put a dildo on the ground in pretty sure boosted would be able to get a$$ to mouth I mean a$$ to grass with that weight. Pure motivation for him 
boosted5038
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Nice.. Here comes the ****ot Cavalry..Actually if you put a dildo on the ground in pretty sure boosted would be able to get a$$ to mouth I mean a$$ to grass with that weight. Pure motivation for him
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I'd give her a spot!!
Spaniard
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so here's my question. why not take off 2 or 3 plates and continue going all the way to parallel or even ass to grass? that sh*t looked waaay heavy for you. looked to be a 1/4 squat at best. and i'm not being a d*ck here. legit question.
Actually if you put a dildo on the ground in pretty sure boosted would be able to get a$$ to mouth I mean a$$ to grass with that weight. Pure motivation for him
Actually legit question... The dildo thing absolutely uncalled for. Boosted didn't say hey AB suck my d I c K, he asked a question.
I can see after all his BS why you would be defensive but don't be. You have a pl'ing coach he wouldn't be setting you up for failure so just keep lifting and don't worry about boosted asking about why you don't deload and go lower.
What did you expect him to do? Tell you good job and give you a hug? Don't sweat the small **** bro keep lifting
- Valdez
technique88
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Danb2285 said:
Haha I couldn't resist bro! I held back for too long.
Valdez, now that you mention it, yes maybe a little strong but I have sat back and quietly observed for a while. If this kid was respectful and has been participating in the manner AM preaches I'd say he would have been giving constructive criticism. Unfortunately, he has been very rude and to one of AM's most respected members. Given his previous history in this thread that comment was directed as a insult. Many newbs and many experiences people use this thread as inspiration and a great learning experience, boosted as continually bee polluting it with garbage. Yes, I just did too by being crude but in no way does this kid deserve a defense. I can bet you if he brought this garbage to a mods thread he would be deleted. AB is a great member and brings a lot of great knowledge to this forum, he does not deserve some troll hanging around in his thread.
That being said, I do apologize to anyone I may have offended.
Frank Reynolds
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No offense brotha but that was WAY above parallel. Parallel is the crease of your hip breaking your knees.
I gotta agree with the Troll on this one. You may have sunk the 7 sets prior but that was FAR above parallel. And This happens when you get tired, no big deal. I would just film your first set or two when you film so we get to see your form in its truest fashion.
Now let me just say this again to make it clear. I am not judging your previous sets(I didn't see them), your strength level, etc. I am just calling that lift, right there. So please don't take it the wrong way. Any of my training partners would give it to me straight as well. That is how we make changes.
Anyway it moved quick for sure, and partial or not that is a lot of weight. So good job. Plus you haven't even been Pl'ng long. You have a TON of potential.
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jimbuick
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Airborne42
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Fair enough
boosted5038
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No offense brotha but that was WAY above parallel. Parallel is the crease of your hip breaking your knees.
I gotta agree with the Troll on this one. You may have sunk the 7 sets prior but that was FAR above parallel. And This happens when you get tired, no big deal. I would just film your first set or two when you film so we get to see your form in its truest fashion.
Now let me just say this again to make it clear. I am not judging your previous sets(I didn't see them), your strength level, etc. I am just calling that lift, right there. So please don't take it the wrong way. Any of my training partners would give it to me straight as well. That is how we make changes.
Anyway it moved quick for sure, and partial or not that is a lot of weight. So good job. Plus you haven't even been Pl'ng long. You have a TON of potential.
Careful frank, these ankle biting chihuahuas might turn on you.
Randoja
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Careful frank, these ankle biting chihuahuas might turn on you.
Nah Frank is knowledgeable and respectful. You are just a douche bag. I doubt he will get the same response as you. Most people don't like your ***gotry.
technique88
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Randoja said:
Like I said if coming from a respectful member it is constructive criticism, coming from someone like boosted it is just said out of disrespect.
Spaniard
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So ignore him... Ab is going to keep lifting and eating. He knows you guys have his back so move on dude. No sweat man, nbd, life goes on...
Put that bench vid up AB really stoked to see your form. I MAY enter a police and fire tournament in April for bp. I've been talking and working with frank on it but am looking forward to your form.
- Valdez
Put that bench vid up AB really stoked to see your form. I MAY enter a police and fire tournament in April for bp. I've been talking and working with frank on it but am looking forward to your form.
- Valdez
Inarius
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I agree with AZ here. I had some issues with my hips/groin before and moving my stance in closer definitely helps. It will also help prevent your knees from collapsing in... On that note... I found that this article had a ton of great information that helped my raw squat. I really like the part where he talks about strengthening your hips with band work... Check it out.
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Airborne42
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Hell yea thank you brother!
msrider
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Ignore the Troll AB! Ur Brothers support you. I don't think AB's coach is gunna steer him wrong. I know and all his bro's know that when he does his first competition he's gunna go paralel, so if your one whose just gunna continue to discourage the big man, Get the Hell out of his Thread. Please!
Were here for AB, not u Troll!
If you havnt noticed AB post have went down eversense Boosted started running his mouth. I follow AB, and don't want this negativity bull**** interupting him or me, cause I'm trying to learn. Thanks!
Were here for AB, not u Troll!
If you havnt noticed AB post have went down eversense Boosted started running his mouth. I follow AB, and don't want this negativity bull**** interupting him or me, cause I'm trying to learn. Thanks!
Airborne42
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Gonna pass out! Catch some Rogue Zs to pin some elixer.
Don't do anything I wouldn't do :-D
Don't do anything I wouldn't do :-D
Inarius
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In this picture of you, you can also see your knees collapsing in. I find that I am strongest when my knee is over my foot/ankle. In the picture you can see where your knees are collapsed in and you are in kind of an awkward position where your knees are inside of your ankles. Moving your stance in a bit will activate your quads more but it will also help to keep things aligned properly or alternatively... you could work on strengthening your hips, taking a little bit of a wider stance, and driving your knees out so they remain out and aligned with your feet.
bean5er
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Strong lift AB, I'm interested in seeing ur earlier sets as well.
I'm having the same problem with the groin area. I switched back to my wide stance because I kept hurting my back with the narrow stance. Back is fine now but last morning session I had I had like a tearing/tight feeling in my rt groin. I did 7 sets and then 4 sets of leg press before it warmed up. I'm also going ALL the way down now per you and others advice.
I'm having the same problem with the groin area. I switched back to my wide stance because I kept hurting my back with the narrow stance. Back is fine now but last morning session I had I had like a tearing/tight feeling in my rt groin. I did 7 sets and then 4 sets of leg press before it warmed up. I'm also going ALL the way down now per you and others advice.
LizKing531
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OK - my perhaps dumb question - How far is "all the way down"?
Recently I've been going to the bottom far enough that I can almost "relax" or settle in at the bottom, if you will, in an effort to work out the depth - I've never been very good with squats, so I've been trying to hit it hard - Am I going too far?
bmftisftw
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i agree with this..also i find that if i place my feet out \/ something like that (obviously not the exaggerated, it helps my form out ALOT) As what everyone else said, im pretty sure your coach is going to have the right solution for you mane
Frank Reynolds
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I like to think about "spreading the floor" which helps with the knees from coming in. I tend to prefer a wider stance these days.
bean5er
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LizKing531 said:
Not a dumb question bud. On all but my last two heavier sets I go almost down to that "catcher" position. This is pretty natural since I caught in baseball through college, the last two sets are at paralel or a tax lower, my problem now is flexibility mainly hips. I just started yoga and stretching, I also checked my ego and haven't gone above 275 yet, but I'm trying to do this the right way now.
LizKing531
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Thanks man- I just recently upgraded my equipment and now.have a decent squat rack.... I'd been getting by with heavy hack squats. Back squats were previously used more as a finisher, as there's only so much weight I can get from the floor to my back...so I had been taking those as low as possible, but wasn't sure if I should continue that low.
boosted5038
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another ankle biting chihuahua. you and several others on here need to go have your estrogen levels checked. cry baby little b*tches. yes frank is knowledgeable. i'd also be willing to bet if he said he could dead lift 700lbs he wouldn't put up a video struggling with 650 with a coach pulling up on the bar for him either. just sayin'. no telling what the bench press vid will bring after seeing that dead lift and 1/4 squat.