In the fall of this week so like 6 months from now

Is squatting 315 without a belt stupid?

I weigh 168 btw

Not necessarily

But it's probably best to use a belt if you're worried about it

I squat beltless for almost all of my training

Especially if you're doing lowbar you should probably wear a belt above 85%

Depends, do you normally use a belt and what % of your 1rm is it

But I don't use one and have forgotten to tighten my belt for multiple lifts and training beltless has made it fine

I don't ever go above 85% in training either but that's my program

You run conjugate Saxon?

I run Sheiko programs

Fucking Russia

Meddling in our gains

I have been colluding with Russia

I know an old guy with a pacemaker who runs Sheiko. Idk how it hasn’t killed yet

Yeah that doesn't sound safe hahaha

Or maybe it's more safe because he has a robo heart 🤔

315 is my 1RM

I've actually never used a belt

Don't worry about it then

Maybe consider buying one, but I personally like training beltless. Strengthening the body independent of equipment

All belt does is help you brace to create more internal pressure. As long as you’re staying tight you’re good. Also if you get one, I’d recommend getting a quality leather one

Or develop the bloatmaxx keg of peace

13mm or bust

hmmm I'd get a Olympic weightlifting belt

not too much of a crutch and not flimsy either

I’m with Nick, 13mm or bust. My belt is awesome now that it’s really breaking in. No belts for Olympic lifts as I don’t compete weightlifting

But I do love the c&j

Love me some OHpress

And I always use a belt for those, especially if I'm going heavy

OHP is always such a humbling exercise for me. I expect it to be so much easier than it is because of my bench and it never is

my ohp is surprisingly not that shit

compared to my bench atleast

It's taken a lot of practice for me to make my ohp even comparable to my bench

I thought the two would translate to being similar but they're just not

For me, anyway

I can ohp bodyweight but I’m a manlet so

I want 225 ohp

200 would be good enough for me rn

I'm guessing ohp isn't one-handed press

Lol Barbell overhead press

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I just call it military press.

OHP is the same as military press nowadays

Military press used to be with your heels together, hence the term

interesting

submax-beltless-kneesleeved-suicide gripped-standing-barbell overhead press in old ass Nike running shoes is the only way to ohp obviously

Suicide grip=no thumbs?

Yep

For some reason it's popular for bench press

I personally think it's retarded

It's a great way to get your throat crushed if you lose grip

Bulldog grip or nothing

I don’t use it on bench lol. Not trying to break a rib

On overhead press it’s the shit tho

I only use suicide grip on skull crushers

I also lift heavy and butter up my palms

Hook grip on everything even my steering wheel

I wish i knew how to fkn hookgrip

It’s not that hard. Check out Cailer Woolam

on my 480 pull two days ago I felt a pop in my bicep so I’m switching from mixed to hook. Today I hooked 405 for a double and no issues. I’ll link his vid

https://youtu.be/GIG4lgKqwRw

yeah I've watched a bunch of stuff about it but no luck, I'll give it another shot

i just don't feel strong with it, like it doesn't lock

and slips out when i go heavier

Chalk?

nope

don't have any

Ah yeah, get some chalk it’s cheap. If gym doesn’t allow powder then use liquid

home gym 👌

It’s game changer

I’m transitioning to more oly lifts. Anyone have experience competing in Olympic weightlifting?

I compete with the barbell every time I snatch.

I've no experience with competition but I'm somewhat competent with the lifts

My sister competes in Olympic weightlifting

We train together often

I don't have experience competing but I'd definitely say finding a coach is a requirement

My friend is a competitive one but he’s not /our guy/ yet

I want to clean 140kilo

When you lift at a crossfit gym and it's the open.

Got to lift outside as if I'm the idiot.

@Fox yeah CrossFit boxes aren't very accommodating to people not doing their particular course. I have one right next door but they only have 1 hour 2x a day of "open gym" so instead I travel 30 min each way to get to a good barbell gym.

True. I love being apart of the box. I catch a lot of shit for not CrossFiting but I am also know everyone and make great friends doing so.

That first post-conference workout is painful. No more off days!

Haha, if/when we get an IE compound I assume there will be tons of squat racks

All members must preform back squats before continuing with any other exercise.

405 back squat mandatory

All reps are to he counted as "One, Mr. Rippetoe. Two, Mr. Rippetoe."

https://youtu.be/nTC-LarodDA

The dudes in the back talking about my lift as I’m doing it threw me off some. I think I had three more

Dude do you have any knee pain? Looked like they were going way past your toes.

going past your toes ain't the problem, its putting all the pressure through them that is. One can lead to the other tho

Or so I think

My knees feel great tbh. I run all the time too. I normally wear knee sleeves but forgot them back in my dorm in Texas. I’ve always done high bar pause squats like that and no pain. I’m routinely over 2-2.5x bodyweight no issues

Also I’m in weightlifting shoes that have a .75” heel so my ankle flexion angle is probably comparable to those in flat shoes who don’t go over toes

I’ll draw up some fbd of it tomorrow to see what’s good and use my measurements just cause

as long as heels dont come up, going past your toes is A okay