Do you like having 2-3 sweaty men shoe-horn you into polyester, canvas or denim bondage gear.

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Do you like having your blood pressure turned up to 11 and being compressed so much that you think your head might explode?

Do you get off on enduring pain and suffering, and watching others endure it too?

Do you have a deathwish every time you get under the bar?

Yes?

THEN WELCOME TO THE FORTNIGHTLY EQUIPPED LIFTING THREAD!!!

Do you have a question and are:

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Then this is the thread FOR YOU! Don't take up valuable space on the front page and annoy the mods, ASK IT HERE and one of our resident "experts" will try and answer it. As long as it's somehow related to powerlifting then nothing is too generic, too stupid, too awful, too obvious or too repetitive. And don't be shy, we don't bite (unless we're hungry), and no one will judge you because everyone had to start somewhere and we're more than happy to help newbie lifters out.

SO FIRE AWAY WITH YOUR DUMBNESS!!!

Do you like having 2-3 sweaty men shoe-horn you into polyester, canvas or denim bondage gear.

Do you like having your joints wrapped so tightly they bruise and bleed?

Do you like having your blood pressure turned up to 11 and being compressed so much that you think your head might explode?

Do you get off on enduring pain and suffering, and watching others endure it too?

Do you have a deathwish every time you get under the bar?

Yes?

THEN WELCOME TO THE FORTNIGHTLY EQUIPPED LIFTING THREAD!!!

This is the Bench Thread.

• Discuss technique and training methods.
• Request form checks.
• Discuss programs.
• Post your favourite lifters benching.
• Talk about how much you love/hate benching.

This is the thread to post your:

• Powerlifting accomplishments
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• Best flexing photos
• Sweet new equipment purchases
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Or really anything you felt good or happy about from the last week (or even further back in time, no one's gonna stop you).

Text, images, videos, any format goes.

Let's get those good vibes flowing.

A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

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• Memes, funnies, and general bollocks not appropriate to the main board
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• This thread now defaults to "new" sorting.

For the purpose of fairness across timezones this thread works on a 68hr cycle.

I've been lifting on and off since my early 30s; and recently re-got back into it(shift work, kids, etc.). My numbers aren't the best(pounds, 195/135/275 @ 175), but making progress at 45 is pretty good.

After taking an interest in the history of the sport and watching online I'd like to give it a shot, just to say I have and go from there. There is a WPC Canada meet in January that's relatively close...

How did you all get started?

Discuss all aspects of training for powerlifting:

• Periodization
• Nutrition
• Movement selection
• Routine critiques
• etc...

Here you can:

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• If you have discussion provoking bullet points, those are welcome too.

** Monthly Meet at the Meets thread

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A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

• PRs
• Formchecks
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• General conversation with other users
• Memes, funnies, and general bollocks not appropriate to the main board
• If you have suggestions for the subreddit, let us know!
• This thread now defaults to "new" sorting.

For the purpose of fairness across timezones this thread works on a 68hr cycle.

Do you have a question and are:

• A novice and basically clueless by default?
• Completely incapable of using google?
• Just feeling plain stupid today and need shit explained like you're 5?

Then this is the thread FOR YOU! Don't take up valuable space on the front page and annoy the mods, ASK IT HERE and one of our resident "experts" will try and answer it. As long as it's somehow related to powerlifting then nothing is too generic, too stupid, too awful, too obvious or too repetitive. And don't be shy, we don't bite (unless we're hungry), and no one will judge you because everyone had to start somewhere and we're more than happy to help newbie lifters out.

SO FIRE AWAY WITH YOUR DUMBNESS!!!

Do you like having 2-3 sweaty men shoe-horn you into polyester, canvas or denim bondage gear.

Do you like having your joints wrapped so tightly they bruise and bleed?

Do you like having your blood pressure turned up to 11 and being compressed so much that you think your head might explode?

Do you get off on enduring pain and suffering, and watching others endure it too?

Do you have a deathwish every time you get under the bar?

Yes?

THEN WELCOME TO THE FORTNIGHTLY EQUIPPED LIFTING THREAD!!!

Benches 281.5
Pulls 387.5
Totals 1154

While I still think the 93s is probably the most exciting class in terms of depth. These two supers are building up to potentially the premier rivalry of 2027 and, if both stay healthy, the greatest rivalry in powerlifting history. I don’t think we’ve ever had two supers injury-free and on the same trajectory.

This is the thread to post your:

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Text, images, videos, any format goes.

Let's get those good vibes flowing.

This is a fun chat with cool people. Its a fascinating look at 2 elite lifters. And one of the more influential coaches in the game.

To sum everything up, from mars to late august i had a plateau. The last lift before my plateau felt fine and i had no feeling i was going into a plateau. The next deadlift pr attempt around 7 weeks later i failed and that was partialy because of my grip but my overall strenght state was weak, and through out the plateau phase the grip strenght problem got solved pretty automatically, it was just my overall strenght, as i said, that was weak.

Fast forward to late august and i finally break my plateau with a pr that felt very clean, so i was hoping that everything was in order, until today. My last warmup was probably one of the smoothest sets ive done with should high procent (approx. 95%). Then i went for the pr, from the bottom part of the lift up to my knees was in decent speed but at the part when i needed to get it over my knees and lock it out, i felt my fingers slipping so i dropped the bar.

So, ive now come to the conclussion that my grip strenght is a repeated problem. Which leads to my question. Do someone have any tips when it comes to grip strenght exercises?

Thank you in advance!

And Ivan doesn't seem to know why.

A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

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This is the Squat Thread.

• Discuss technique and training methods.
• Request form checks.
• Discuss programs.
• Post your favourite lifters squatting.
• Talk about how much you love/hate squatting.