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Title: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on December 28, 2014, 07:56:04 PM: I'm going to post about fitness stuff here. General progression, not every single workout.

2014/12/25-28 @127#
Deadlift: 255x1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ci4Xwwpm1k) (2x BW!)
Bench: 115x6 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFLEZuAGSts)
Squat: 220x5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq_qt2rEY3A)
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on January 03, 2015, 08:21:07 AM: Hit 250x1 Squat and 125x1 Bench Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Haven't tested in a while and wanted to see where I was for 1 RMs.
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on January 17, 2015, 09:35:02 PM: I signed up for a power lifting meet in April. Man, this means I need to actually keep lifting.
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Post by: Mike on January 17, 2015, 10:39:35 PM: Which lifts?
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on January 19, 2015, 04:27:20 AM: Standard powerlifting meet, so squat/bench/dead. My bench is too low to do a push/pull or just a bench anyway.
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: Mike on January 19, 2015, 11:18:02 AM: meh bench. Good luck
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on January 19, 2015, 05:17:25 PM: Exactly.
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Post by: jkim on March 21, 2015, 01:39:43 PM: 2015/03/16-19 @121#
Deadlift: 265x1
Bench: 130x1
Squat: 250x1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skizt9YHMdw)

The squat isn't technically a new PR, but now it's officially 2x BW, so that's pretty cool. Meet is in a month. I'm 99% sure I'm going to sign up for another meet in August but will shoot for the 52kg weight class.
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on April 28, 2015, 02:14:35 PM: Since I've been posting it just about everywhere, I got a new squat PR. And came in 2nd in my weight class.

http://youtu.be/ek9LRSeGLDc
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Post by: Mike on April 28, 2015, 04:25:13 PM: Awesome!
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Post by: KnuckleBuckett on April 28, 2015, 05:33:28 PM: +1
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Post by: kermi3 on April 28, 2015, 06:51:18 PM: Bad. Ass
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Post by: Mike on April 28, 2015, 11:28:21 PM: Got around to watching the video. I find the idea of spotters kinda funny. If I'm gonna drop the bar on a back squat you really don't want to be there.
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: Betazep on May 01, 2015, 02:06:36 PM: The only problem with picking up weights is that they are heavy. :)
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on May 03, 2015, 06:30:14 PM: Quote from: Mike on April 28, 2015, 11:28:21 PM
Got around to watching the video. I find the idea of spotters kinda funny. If I'm gonna drop the bar on a back squat you really don't want to be there.
This is a PL meet. You are not supposed to bail at all and can get DQ'd for doing so.
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: Mike on May 03, 2015, 09:46:22 PM: <serious> so what happens if you fail? Are you suppose to just hold until the spotters can grab it? That sounds dangerous as fuck
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on May 05, 2015, 09:21:14 AM: No, your spotters are supposed to help lift up once there's downward movement in the squat and bench. Good spotters are very attentive. Downward movement for either is cause for a red light anyway.
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on May 05, 2015, 09:35:15 AM: https://youtu.be/PZJAI-Tyex8?t=1m36s
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Post by: jkim on October 21, 2015, 09:49:16 PM: Wow, I didn't realize I didn't update this since my first meet.

In August, I competed in a state meet and improved my total by 17.5kg at a while dropping weight into the 52kg class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifmswlb_jvw

Last week I improved to a 315 kg total with a little left in the tank, still in the 52kg class at the National meet for the federation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Qps0FBWjI
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: Jake on October 22, 2015, 04:52:05 PM: Jen, that's some impressive stuff right there.

I was told that arching your back like you do which bench pressing is not good for your back - but it was bro talk at the gym not supported by anything. What do you think?
Title: Re: Jen's thread
Post by: jkim on October 28, 2015, 04:39:06 PM: Pretty much this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enRx1X7dQRI

I don't care if you arch or not, but if someone tells me I'm wrong I know they're not competitively lifting. Personally, arching a little helps me engage my lats more which protects my shoulders. It does not bother my back.

The funny thing is, my arch is kind of terribly unimpressive compared to others'. One thing I will note is that some people arch in a way to drive their body up and minimize ROM instead of using the leg drive to push parallel to the bench. Doesn't look very pretty, and it probably isn't so great for development of pure strength, but powerlifting is not always about pure strength on competition day.