BruteForce: Power Overwhelming

[BendtheBar]

Nice little session Brute. Deads and OHP are one of my favorite pairs.

[Off Road]

Strong pulls Brute. Short session, I like that focus

[BigJosh]

Nice Pull/Push session. Those are some big deadlift singles!

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Nice little session Brute. Deads and OHP are one of my favorite pairs.

Thanks BtB. I'm liking matching OHP with deads better than bench. After deads, my back is often too tired to make a good platform to bench off of, so this is working well.

Originally Posted by Off Road

Strong pulls Brute. Short session, I like that focus

Thanks OR!

Originally Posted by BigJosh

Nice Pull/Push session. Those are some big deadlift singles!

Thanks Josh. Can't wait until I'm doing clustered singles with 5 plates!

[bruteforce]

Lifted with some guys from my gym who are into power lifting tonight. The ring leader wasn't around, but had a pretty good time. Squats tonight, but they seemed pretty high to me. On the other hand, I got used to some heavy weight on my back and using a belt.

Squat
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5 - PR
275 x 3 - PR

At this point, we moved the pins up and the squats were a bit high. I need to video them to see how high though.

3/4 squats
225 x 5
245 x 4
Add belt
275 x 3
315 x 2
355 x 1

Good time, hopefully I can convert them to full squats. As it is, I'll run my usual program in the mornings and lift with them at night when I can.

[mab54]

Some really strong squat PRs brute, and pretty cool you get to work with a powerlifting group.

[PrimalBeard]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Lifted with some guys from my gym who are into power lifting tonight. The ring leader wasn't around, but had a pretty good time. Squats tonight, but they seemed pretty high to me. On the other hand, I got used to some heavy weight on my back and using a belt.

Squat
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5 - PR
275 x 3 - PR

At this point, we moved the pins up and the squats were a bit high. I need to video them to see how high though.

3/4 squats
225 x 5
245 x 4
Add belt
275 x 3
315 x 2
355 x 1

Good time, hopefully I can convert them to full squats. As it is, I'll run my usual program in the mornings and lift with them at night when I can.

Damn fine.

How'd the belt feel?

[BendtheBar]

Lifted with some guys from my gym who are into power lifting tonight. The ring leader wasn't around, but had a pretty good time. Squats tonight, but they seemed pretty high to me. On the other hand, I got used to some heavy weight on my back and using a belt.

Even if high for you that probably means legal depth.

Congrats Brute!

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by mab54

Some really strong squat PRs brute, and pretty cool you get to work with a powerlifting group.

Thanks Mab! It was a great time, hitting shoulders and arms with them tomorrow night.

Originally Posted by PrimalBeard

Damn fine.

How'd the belt feel?

Belt felt friggen awesome. I finally understand what people are talking about when they say "brace your abs". I feel like I have 405 easy in my at this height with a belt.

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Even if high for you that probably means legal depth.

Congrats Brute!

Thanks btb! Loads of fun tonight, we'll see how medium squat day goes tomorrow.

[PrimalBeard]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Belt felt friggen awesome. I finally understand what people are talking about when they say "brace your abs". I feel like I have 405 easy in my at this height with a belt.

Is there any way I can replicate that, or at least emulate the ab bracing without the belt? Any tips there would be appreciated!