Just wow 🤯 500kg total with 62kg bodyweight, what incredible strength and willpower 💪 Commentator: "That woman is an absolute tiger!"
Isa trains at my gym, I'm thrilled and really happy for her. Congratulations! 👏
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZxjfzwllQ5g?feature=shared&t=2565 (Timestamp 42:45)
The 2025 World Open Classic Powerlifting Championships is taking place from June 8 to 15, 2025 in #Chemnitz, Germany.
Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/@Olympics
Did day 1 today.
The additional volume is manageable - 5/3/1 reps + 5 additional 5-rep sets at the first set's load - and makes for a total of 40+ reps per compound lift in each cycle's week 1 (2 per program day). That's more than double the volume of #gzclp 's T1s, and about 20% more than its T2s.
The weight will go up, and the volume will go down slightly in week 2 and 3 of the program's repeating cycle, but should overall still be significantly higher that what I did for the last 10 months - good!
The 3 assistance exercises I picked from the pull/push/core categories are still focusing on arms. I feel noticeably stronger after the past month of arm specialization, but the size isn't even close to where I'd like it to be. It's hard for tall people with super long arms, I guess, but I'm sure they'll get there at some point.
Hey, strength training friends, I have questions:
Squats and deadlifts target major leg muscles like the quads, hamstrings, and glutes, promoting muscular hypertrophy and strength gains.
Read more 👉 https://coach.org.uk/are-squats-and-deadlifts-sufficient-for-leg-training/
Unboxing Joelheiras De Powerlifting da SBD Vermelha e Laranja + Comparação https://youtu.be/yxlowJ8LiXg?si=NX9h6N0sWhIqBDt9 🎬📦🏋️♂️ #Joelheiras #Unboxing #Powerlifting #SBD
https://youtube.com/shorts/fbyWVtEufsI?si=bZ0sacR9uofJulsY
MJF's 1035 lbs Squat: Is This Even Humanly Possible?
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I've been exhausted from training as I reached the end of the current block. I told myself that my back is tired. Feels tight/sore. Don't push myself today. I even said I wasn't gonna being my belt or chalk so I'm not tempted to push.
I didn't listen. I brought my belt. My chalk. I pushed. I hurt my god damn back. Now I'm walking around like Quasimodo over here.
Hope it's not too bad. Feels like I'll be fine in a couple of days. Luckily I'm going on vacation next week so I'll be resting for a bit.
Liftosaur is a pretty great tool, I'm getting into it these days as #gzclp and the usefulness of the matching spreadsheets is nearing its end.
I like the "code first" approach to programming (as in: defining a training program), and it's all free and open source. Folks can even treat their training plans like they do their dotfiles - tracked in git, shared with others, maintained collaboratively.
Can't quite believe that there's no mention of it anywhere here, 0 results for #liftosaur.
Anyway, check out https://www.liftosaur.com if you're curious.
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New #powerlifting program started. Took 2 weeks off after my meet.
It's funny that my back started giving "signals" that only occur when I stop training. But at the same time, I have to ease back into training, or I will blow out my back.
It's a fine line, really.
Coached someone on a #powerlifting meet yesterday. Almost everything that could go wrong, went wrong. It stressed me out. In the end she did get a total, qualified for Dutch nationals and got best lifter of all women. With what, for her, was an extremely shitty meet. (S 175, B 90, D 220, in kg of course. She is a top 3 Dutch lifter, btw)
To top it off, she got selected for doping control. That was a first for her and me. Was interesting to see that protocol play out.
#squat day today: the plan was 6x2@105kg, but I only managed 1 proper set - had to bail out of the 2nd set (thank you, power rack safety bars!), deload, and continue with 100kg.
1 week left on cycle 2 of #gzclp, then doing a month of arm specialization, while keeping the big lifts on maintenance mode and deciding what long term program to tackle next.
In #deadlift news, on Monday I managed 5x142.5 kg (314 lb) @ RPE ~7, which was so straightforward I had absolutely no DOMS the next day.
Then this morning, feeling a bit off, I managed 3x162.5 kg (358 lb) @ RPE ~8, which I _really_ wanted to go to all out on to get a proper rep max.
It feels great to be making consistent progress again; I want that 180 kg (397 lb) 1RM but I want it to be a given, so I’m not going to rush.
My gym has changed continuously since I started there in January 2023, but the #powerlifting area in a quiet corner was the one constant. A single DL platform, and comp bench and squat racks. (There are other benches and power cages, but these are really nice.)
Today I walked in and the inevitable had happened—the PL area has been merged with the weightlifting platform, and crammed into about half the space it had before.
I’m really disappointed; it’s going to take a while to get used to it.
Last month, Sahyuri Lalime (Sahy) from Belgium smashed her first World Record at the European Open Classic Powerlifting Championship in Málaga, Spain! 💪🌱
She set a new World Record in the Squat for the M1 63kg division with an incredible 182.5kg lift – nearly three times her body weight! 😲🔥
Even more impressively, Sahy broke 11 records at the competition, including the M1 European record for total across all lifts. Absolute powerhouse!
A committed vegan for around ten years (and vegetarian for 12 before that), Sahy’s decision to stop eating animals stems from deep compassion:
“[It is] based purely on not wanting to kill animals. Having experienced the trauma of losing my mother when I was kid, I became very sensitive to death and didn’t want to take part in bringing that type of pain and suffering to others.”
🌟 Congratulations Sahy on this epic performance – we can't wait to see what you conquer next!
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Had a great morning workout today and brought my squat up to 100kg.
5x2, then a last set of 3 to squeeze out every last bit of strength left - it was tough, but manageable. Also, the 2nd exercise of the big 4 to reach 100kg, after 10 months of training.
Satisfied with my progress, considering I had to start over with squats around December, due to pain from bad form (made it to 95kg back then, but got hip pain).
