The Paralysing Nature of Weightlifting 

them: You want to do some squats and bench? me: You don't want to squat and bench. them: I don't want to squat and bench. me: You want to go home and rethink your PRs. them: I want to go home and rethink my PRs.

never bro 👀😂

Youre a power lifter, you don't have enough time between sets to have friends

Surely powerlifting is the dark side, you need less patience for learning technique, less flexibility, and (generally speaking) there is less stigma around being on gear

Saw this comment and expected Putin in the video... But wasn't disappointed with what I saw instead

@Verre Bois Right but without a strong general foundation, your specialization only amounts to such.

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@@HkFinn83 I do have a coach bud. We do GPP cycles. Read the question, putting strain on your body with running will decrease your performance during training session. Are you saying that making yourself tired by running is optimal for creating new pr clean and jerks and snatches?

@@HkFinn83 all humans have a finite amount of work their bodies can do in a day and by allocating resources towards one means you take it from another. Being fit and doing cardio work like running during your specific sport work cycles are different.

@@joshventura8193 Absolutely if you're and Olympic level athlete then yes it would be important to cycle your gpp around competition events. For the rest of the planet, do you need to be that highly focused? I have a weightlifting comp in 2 weeks then Nationals in 6, I still do 2 x 2.5km swim blocks each week and will up to Nationals with the week before just focused on peaking (so no swims) I find the activity from swimming to be beneficial to recovery from the lifting. Sure running marathons and Oly lifts are going to compromise each other but there is a happy place where one can benefit the other...my 2c only.

@@edw9623 yeah that’s a good point. My coach tests my broad jump ever week to measure my fatigue and explosiveness week to week. When I ran during the week I had obvious decreases. Do you not get this from swimming? I don’t think going for bike rides had as big of an impact for me as running did.

@@edw9623 do you think you could have better performances in competition if you spent less time swimming?

Calm down a minute sir, sitting with low hips in the bottom position is in a relaxed state, holding them at parallel is in a state of contraction which is uncomfortable with for individuals with weak legs.

@@sikastrength I AM calm! what do you mean! haha ... but to hear that pulling from a low hip start feels "great" for us with longer femurs and therefore weak legs, well that was screaming for a correction! but even - like you say - barely sitting in a relaxed state also feels uncomfortable, for us; you end up being all projected forward, in order not to fall back. Put it this way: if your femurs are longer, your tibias are shorter in comparison; you foot does not reach to under your ass. so you have to bend forward to stay in equilibrium. and with a shorter torso (in proportion) you have to be at a greater angle, too, with your back almost parallel to the ground! understand?