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| » 305kg paused squat PB (Go to post) | 29-09-2016 @ 03:28 | ||
The_Lone_Wolf said:Tom, Firstly, excellent lift that looks superb as always. Secondly, what sort of training plan do you follow? Purely on instinct, or do you go in with pre planned numbers etc? A bit of both. I tend to set myself weekly targets, and then just pick them off when I feel good for them throughout the week. Targets are worked out backwards from REALISTIC competition goals. It's quite simple really, but also too "complicated" to go over the whole decision making process in one post, without lengthy discussion and analysis of the particular lifter and his strengths and weaknesses. | |||
| » 305kg paused squat PB (Go to post) | 29-09-2016 @ 03:25 | ||
AdamT said:Best lifter in the UK! Nothing else to really add lol Very kind of you to say, but I'd make an argument for Stephen Manuel after he just took 2 IPF open world records! | |||
| » using knee wraps (Go to post) | 28-09-2016 @ 00:26 | ||
newhybrid said:SBD wraps are s**t. Are they really? I don't know anyone else who's used them, but I'm a little surprised/disappointed to hear that | |||
| » 305kg paused squat PB (Go to post) | 24-09-2016 @ 12:20 | ||
scruffmcbuff said:Nice lifting Tom. looked effortless! Thanks! It was very hard lol. 310 at a push I think | |||
| » 305kg paused squat PB (Go to post) | 24-09-2016 @ 10:47 | ||
20kg up on my previous PB, pleased with this  Time to get back in wraps in prep for my next comp now...Cheers! | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 18-09-2016 @ 04:30 | ||
Fatpete said: Personally, I am never really happy with my own depth and I do try to go as low as I can, sometimes it's low enough and sometimes it isn't. My lack of depth is down to two things - I am old and fat. As a matter of curiosity, if there were technical changes you could make that would allow you to reach a depth that you are happy with, would you be willing to explore those, or would you stubbornly stick with what you believe to be right and hide behind your age and weight? For example, a higher bar position almost universally allows better depth to be achieved, but from previous conversations I am left feeling like you wouldn't entertain such an idea. I would take some interest in exploring whether or not your issues truly were due to being "old and fat" with no possible way to work around them. | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 18-09-2016 @ 04:19 | ||
Fatpete said: Now you're getting weird Tom. I have never self refereed. It can't be done. I never know if I have passed or failed a squat until someone tells me. Personally, I am never really happy with my own depth and I do try to go as low as I can, sometimes it's low enough and sometimes it isn't. My comp squats do have a high pass rate though. My lack of depth is down to two things - I am old and fat. Two things that you have no experience of. But feel free to take the piss anyway. I thought you might have appreciated that the unreasonable criticism of your squats that get passed within the stated rules was a light hearted reaction to your criticism of someone else's squat which would deserve to be passed within the rules also, but it would appear by the defensive stance you have taken that you didn't quite "get it". | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 18-09-2016 @ 04:08 | ||
Fatpete said: No, I don't think that he intended to do anything other than put the bar back in the racks. Then, by the very definition of the rule which you are using as grounds to possibly red light the lift, you are admitting that no breach has been made. | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 14-09-2016 @ 17:31 | ||
Wayne_Cowdrey said: I don't think stating that you think a lifter failed on a technicality belittles the display of strength on display. I've seen a few log presses by Z that I don't think should have been passed. I still massively respect the displays of strength. I don't personally class this squat as a failure though. When there is absolutely no acknowledgement whatsoever of anything positive about the lift, and the only thing you mention is the inane reason why you would class the lift as a failure, it's difficult to interpret the intention as anything but belittling. | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 14-09-2016 @ 16:25 | ||
Post Edited: 14.09.2016 @ 16:25 PM by Tom_Martin matthewvc said: gay abandon lol | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 14-09-2016 @ 15:09 | ||
Wayne_Cowdrey said:I like Fatpete's attitude towards powerlifting and the concept of there being a 'correct' way of doing things based upon gentlemanly etiquette I don't think belittling someones achievements based on your own crackpot interpretation of a rule is very gentlemanly | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 14-09-2016 @ 14:31 | ||
AdamT said: Pete's judging your next comp. Perhaps, but not from one of the 3 refs chairs he isn't. | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 14-09-2016 @ 14:24 | ||
AdamT said:If Pete was ref, you would have to dig a hole in the ground to reach depth and wait till he's finished his tea, for the rack command. Just a wee joke Pete, but you're firm lol Which is interesting, considering the depth he himself squats to and deems to be acceptable. | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 14-09-2016 @ 14:16 | ||
Post Edited: 14.09.2016 @ 14:29 PM by Tom_Martin "Bona fide" - From the Latin bona fide (“in good faith”)"In good faith - This is often thought to require sincere, honest intentions or belief, regardless of the outcome of an action. "Attempt" - Make an effort to achieve or complete Do you honestly, Pete, HONESTLY believe he intended to do anything but place the bar back in the rack regardless of what his feet did or didn't do? The implication that he did not intend to put the bar in the rack would suggest that by tipping forwards, he hoped he would smash his face into the floor with 500kg on his back. I would like to think even the most unreasonable of characters would safely presume this NOT to be the case. | |||
| » 500kg single ply squat (Go to post) | 14-09-2016 @ 14:16 | ||
Fatpete said: Technically I would argue that's a fail. The lifter has to make a bona fide attempt to re-rack the bar, it could be argued that just letting your feet remain exactly where they are and just falling forward doesn't count. Did he know exactly what he was doing or did he just get lucky ? I really enjoy disagreeing with you and am grateful for the chance to do so again. It's a good job you're not a ref though....oh......s**t | |||