Recent content by Molten

Buy pinks and greens. If you have the money, I think it's cheapest to buy a complete set...assuming you'll work up to the blues later on.

I get the same problem with arm soreness, and it is from culmulative stress of heavy sq, dl, etc. My solution is not doing speed bench (if you're into westside) and wear elbow support during squats and bench. This will allow your arm to heal.

That kid is fucking cool!

Find someone that knows shirts to help you put it on...even if you have to road trip somewhere to get good advice. Post your chest/shoulder measurements and bwt, and the size shirt you got and we can guesstimate if it's about the right size. Don't be discouraged yet...it takes some time to...

Solidj55, post your measurements and what size they quoted you. The hard thing about a shirt is that you need to see it on the lifter to know for certain if it's sized correctly, but we can guestimate from the stats. Some things to look for when you try it on: The shirt should be tight...

My first sled was simple and cheap. A wooden pallett, a rope, and some wt. on top. Cost $0. Now we have a nice metal welded plate...and it's not much different. Force is force, just put less wt. on a shitty sled, or more wt. on a good sled.

The shirt will mess with your form so start light and have a spotter. After you put it on, be sure to let it heat up for 5 or 10 minutes. Also aim lower on your chest than your normal spot. Do most of your training touch and go, trying to be explosive through the lockout. There's no need to...

Are you guys powerlifters? Screw dumbell flys for chest strength! Try floor presses and presses off the pins in the rack. Floor presses work your particular sticking point well. Lay on the floor in the rack, bring the bar down until the back of your tri's rest on the floor, pause for a split...

Heavy close grip bench helped my tricep strength a lot. Close grip for me is index finger just next to the smooth part of the bar. Great post Hannibal. I haven't seen that dumbell movement FYI my training partner worked up on the JM presses and it boosted his bench...he did 405x2 close grip...

Juice Junkie, I would suggest competing at 220 for your first few meets. Powerlifting is about the maximum strength in a weight class. 230 is sort of no mans land...heavy 220 but light 242. You'll be going up against guys that (probably) weighed over 250 until the week of the meet.

Sounds like you have an inbalance between your hips or spinal erectors. Add some hip and lower back work to your routine. Wide stance and narrow stance good mornings helped my stability in the squat tremedously. So I suggest those. My left leg is dominant in heavy squats due to old quad...

Always lots of opinions on DL. I do lots of DL variations for powerlifting and the key is to try everything more than once and you'll know where you feel the different exercises the most. I've done every lift mentioned in this thread and more, each for several weeks, trying to improve my max...

Jay, how much halo (and how long) would you recommend for PL?

Bump for tips on tweaking your squat suit. I've only used stock suits, including the hardcore suit.

I agree with Madcow1. If you want maximum back stimulation then go conventional. If you want more back work than that, go conventional off of a platform. For you powerlifters...don't convince yourself that your a sumo DL'r too soon. I've seen several lifters that were convinced they were...