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Tom Platz 500lb 227.5kg squat for 23 reps <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DjtVvYk1HWw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

by Mike Sirani Safety squat bar benefits: 1. It saves your shoulders. If you've spent a lot of time training the bench, squat, and overhead press, you know that the cumulative effect takes a toll on your shoulders. And while the back squat isn't an upper body exercise, locking your shoulder...

Don't Look Up When You Squat by Paul Carter Your high school coach or crappy personal trainer was wrong. Your neck can't be cranked backwards when you squat, nor can you be looking straight down. The ideal position is with the head pushed slightly back and the chin slightly tucked. Slightly...

The Goblet Squat Test by Dr John Rusin 25 Goblet Squats with 50% Bodyweight Before you graduate to barbell squats, you should be able to goblet squat to parallel using a dumbbell or kettlebell for 25 unbroken reps. It's a test of relative strength, which means it'll show you whether or not...

Many training principles preach the tune “you’re only as strong as your weakest link”. While this is true and focus does need to be put on bringing up weaknesses, the big picture as a strength athlete is to make the competition movement as strong as possible. I see it everywhere about how in...

If you have been in the gym for years, you at some point have heard some one somewhere on a leg press machine say "Oh I squatted a thousand pounds in high school"! Well ladys and gentleman meet the only man in the world that will be able to say that when he's full grown! That young man is Joseph...

Some of the men that had the greatest impact on bodybuilding never won a Mr. Olympia title. You all know Flex Wheeler, Kevin Levrone, and Shawn Ray – three of the best physiques the 1990’s produced and every bit as respected as Dorian and Ronnie. In the 1980’s, Rich Gaspari and Lee Labrada were...

Posted from fitnessandpower This is how deep you should go. Squats have gained a bad rep for being knee killers mostly because too many people are ignorant and neglect their personal physical limitations or never make the effort to learn how to squat...

Often a good training partner is a good friend, or will become one. I met my last training buddy when I changed gyms, I knew him from a powerlifting team we both competed in. For many years he came to my house with his car to pick me up for our work-outs. When one us of us didn’t feel well or...

Hafiz Verdiyev from Azerbaijan totalled 1020 kg (2,248 lbs) at the WPC Worlds 2016 in Baton Rouge, USA. In the 100kg category Single Ply division his lifts were: Squat 390 kg. Bench Press 285 kg ( New WPC WR). Deadlift 345 ( New WPC WR). Total 1020 kg ( New WPC WR). (859 lb squat, 628 lb...

York Barbell Hall of Famer Rickey Dale Crain Rickey Dale Crain has won multiple world championships, broken hundreds of records, and been a part of one of the most successful powerlifting families in the history of the sport. He was a 2000 inductee to the Powerlifting Hall of Fame, five time...

After almost 40 years in the fitness and sports performance areas, it is still the simple things that elude most people in their quest for results. Intensity is and always will be the key for those who have a training age from which to cope with the severity of workouts that will garner the best...

Here the program; Reg Park Power Program Schedule 1 - To be performed 3x/week for 5 weeks before continuing onto Schedule 2 Back Squat - 5x5 Deadlift - 5x1, working up to a top weight (Only performed on Day 3) Beginners should do 1x5 Bench Press - 5x5 Power Clean - 8x2 Standing Press - 5x5...

It’s time to put aside the bullshit and get under the bar. Ready? Who cares if you’re ready – it’s time to squat! <ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit...

Squatting aint easy, or everyone would be doing it! Lets face it, Most of us can generally place an exercise or muscle group to any day of the week and it wold hold true for 85% of all gym rats! Monday = Chest & Triceps , bench press & pushdowns Wednesday = Back & Biceps, Pulls and Curls...

This is how I pull. https://www.t-nation.com/training/brand-new-way-to-deadlift

What do you guys think? Before I got hurt I would squat at least once a month and my quads were a strong bodypart. It's been over 3 years and I've done some really intense quad training, but there is no doubt my quads are considerably smaller... It's getting to the point where I'm actually a...

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The USPA Single Ply Powerlifting Event is being held at the Orange County Convention in Orlando, FL on April 29th & 30th. Brett will be lifting on Friday (the 29th). This Training Footage is from 9 Weeks out to 2 Weeks out from the USPA Single Ply Powerlifting event at the Europa Games 2016 in...

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