Ellis

guess Ill see you there then and we'll be competing against each other, prosuming your staying 125 class?

big pete

yeah, bout 123k at the mo, but ive gotta tidy the diet up so i doubt il put any more weight on!

itll be good to go against you! what sort of total you aiming for? if i dont get ****ed up from the SM comp in 3 weeks, itll be...

350-370k squat
225k bench
330k dead

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Ellis

I never like to predict what I'm going to hit as I hate predicting with the poss of ****ing up and until I have a session or 2 with suits on Im not to sure.

If you hit those lifts you will have the edge over me but I asure you ill be pushing you and Mark Grithis all the way.

It'll make for an exciting day.

Mr fixit

You should always give extra support to the knees with this weight, ongoing tension within the knees will pay back ten fold in years to come. I have had many people needing treatment and in some cases surgery to correct knee wear.

chris jenkins

I have squated raw and squated heavy with equipment. Your knee's will take a pounding if you squat raw all the time with heavy weight. I like to think that the Inzer wraps are keeping me lifting longer.

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paulo

any of you guys had or know of any lumber back injuries and been able to make serious come back post injury??

MXD

I squat raw, I'm a 75k lifter I just did a 150 5*5 about 1" below //.
When I lift equipped (rapps) I find the add about 20k to my lift.

Benito

Interesting stuff. Heard that before that knee wraps add some poundage to your squat but wasn't quite so sure about them as a training aid. I'm probably a little ignorant in -terms of powerlifting equipment. I've watched some of your lifts Chris and I must say they are very impressive. What weight class do you compete in?Also, liked your post on squat technique some very good pointers there. It can be lost at times that PLing is\n't just brute force. Also, will you generally train in a squat suit, raw, or a bit both.

Porky Pie

Yes - I've had back surgery for slipped disks. Was in hospital in 99' and then had another bad flare up in 04' with the same injury. Mainly differed siatic pain in the glute and leg, no localised pain in the back itself.

I lost three years training out with these two injuries. I'm lifting and am reasonably competitive again (350kgs squat @110kgs).

Saying that, I think I've been a mixture of both lucky and stupid. The best advice I'd give from my experience is to be very conservative and take your time but also to be persistant and completely ignore medical advice.

paulo

thanks for reply mate -i appreciate it

chris jenkins

Hi bro, well thank you very much..

I'm in the 90kg class at the moment but hoping to move up to 100kg... I feel that if you compete in a suit you should really do a lot of training in the kit. The groove you hit on the squat is different to that of a raw squat. I would say in defence though that its a good idea to get as strong as possible raw first then work in the equipment. I have done a lot of raw training over the last few month's. I bench to a pb or near my max raw then put my shirt on and keep working, closer to a show I will put my shirt on a lot sooner.

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