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Simply amazing stuff Timo. How tall are you? By the way your middle finger Deadlift video is unreal!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=c5gEAM7C2JM

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Let me start by saying for every penny’s worth I’ve spent learning about PED, I’ve spent 100$ worth on training and diet. What little bit I know may contradict Dan’s statement: You cannot take any steroid, get tested, and pass the test. This is impossible, unless you wait a long, long time for it to clear your system.
According to what I’ve READ, many of the former Communist countries used nasal inhaled steroids that were “in and out” in 15 minutes. HIGHLY androgenic/toxic but impossible to detect. Remember I ADMITTEDLY know almost next to nothing and realize I am probably wrong. I’m curious if this is BS or truth. Dan?

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Thanks Chad for clearing that up. Thanks RB for warning me about Howling Mad Murdock!! The only time I let myself press out on a Snatch is on this type:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=d1XcZ4MsMCU

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So, it’s O.K. to ‘press out’ a One-Arm Snatch? Was this allowed when it was one of the contested Olympic Lifts? Were some of the older records as set by Hackenschmidt, Rigoulot et. al. done with a press out? I practice these as I practice the two arm version, no pressing out allowed. For me, a ‘press out’ is an unsuccessful lift.
Here’s Rigoulot doing a One Arm Snatch among other lifts. I don’t see much of a press out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=twOrN3J4cW0

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Yes, a joke of that CALIPER would be worthy of this conversation.

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Well, i guess that’s the long and the short of it.

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You must not be very tall.

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How ’bout a long winded reply?
Yeah the, “let’s compare what I do to everyone else’s what they can do” thinking is the most unfair way to treat yourself. This whole lifting thing is sooo much more than HOW MUCH you lift. How much desire do you have? Enough to make sacrifices to get better? What’s better? More weight? Yes and no.
Can you sacrifice some weight on the bar right now to clean up that technique that you know ain’t quite right? Can you start making sure you get those 8 or 9 hours of sleep EVERY NIGHT to help recovery? Can you stretch some while watching TV? Hell, stretch during the commercials, you won’t miss a thing.
Can you decide to make yourself better? I just listed 3 things that will help you lift more without actually trying to lift more.
Speaking of lifting more, does a World Record show how much desire and sacrifice went with it? Nope.
Case in point: By the time I trained the Middle Finger Deadlift 5 times I was breaking the WR in my wt class by 25lbs. I almost SKIPPED that workout!! Dead tired after a 10+ hour workday. Didn’t want to do nothing. Told my self to just work some technique on this lift, get a good groove. My goal was not to break my PR by 44lbs. As I warmed up, the weight just kept going up. Nailed the easiest 300lb lift. Got up to 344 and made my self stop there. 5 workouts is NOT alot of desire and sacrifice. I’m proud of the lift but I’m not looking through my training notebook and seeing years of progression, mistakes, injuries, setback ,plateaus and breakthroughs.
My overhead(dis)ability is just the opposite. In 5 years of competitive Strongman, I think I’ve NOT bombed on the overhead event TWICE!! I’m surprised they let me compete. Teenagers blow by me. I have fought like hell for every 10 lbs. I add to my overhead lifts. I’m sure that to those who see me fail year after year, I must look like an idiot. What they don’t know is I’ve learned more about me and my training in the past 5 years than I have in the previous 20. The mental toughness I’ve learned is hard to describe. With my overhead lifting, I AM able to look back in my training notebook and see years of progression, mistakes, injuries, setback ,plateaus and breakthroughs. More important than seeing that I lift more weight, I see how much BETTER of a person and of a lifter I’ve become. If you worry about being better the big weights come.
Competitions are fun, they give me goals to shoot towards. They give me a chance to commune with the other silly folks who like to lift heavy things. Competitions are NEVER about beating anybody, except me. I know my desire. I know my sacrifices. The only person I care to impress is myself. Any other way would be unfair.

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Yep, lifted a massive 99lbs. These were so hard to do it was stupid.
Are the heels allowed to touch the floor at any point during the lift? I wasn’t sure so I didn’t let them touch.
I have another video from the back that I’m having trouble loading. It clearly shows the hands touching.
Believe it or not, though my knees are tired, my upper back is fried. That grip puts your entire traps in a super/peak contracted position. The soreness/swelling is comparable to a Kelly Snatch.
I think it helps to grab the bar with the knees pointed down/touching the floor. This helps you get the bar close to your hips. Use your glutes like a Scott bench to wrist curl the weight up AS YOU PULL YOUR KNEES BACK UP to a pointed forward/thighs parallel to floor position.
There is NO leverage at the start of the lift. I imagine you’ll gain big knee strength from these. What would be harder? A one -legged version? OUCH!!
BTW- I can (oddly enough) Kelly Snatch MORE than I can Hack Lift!!

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Didn’t John pass out attempting to clean Apollon’s axle?? I think he C&J’d it on his 3rd try. What’d he weigh, 200lbs?? INSANE

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Maybe until they try it??
How many bodyweight Bent Pressers have there been?

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Al, I believe it was in an old Muscle Builder/Power magazine. Trying to find it. Will post when I find it.

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Cuz’ though I don’t mind keeping abreast of new lifts in the USAWA, I ain’t wearing no damn bikini top!!

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I’ve been lifting close to 30 years(wow, that was hard to write). I’ve slightly bent my first Olympic style bar from a Weider 310lb set I got as a Sophmore in High School. I just got my first gym membership in forever. Most of my training has been at home so, if I bent a bar, I’m the one who had to pony up for a new one. ALL the bars at the gym are bent so I lug my own in then lug ’em back out when I’m done. I’m fairly disciplined with my bars. I was brought up with, “if you can’t/won’t take care of what you already have, you definitely won’t take care of something upscale!”
I NEVER leave my bars loaded on a rack/bench or even on the floor. Guy a couple of doors down had his 315lbs proudly loaded and for sale on some bench uprights for 2+weeks. I could’ve used it as a cambered squat bar.
In Olympic lifting, the plates from 55kgs down to 22kgs are the same height. This distributes the pressure of the weight = much less stress on the bar. If you don’t have this set up(I do not), try to use 45’s of SAME height. I’ve got a bunch of various brands of 45’s and they DO vary. Any and all heavy pulls require same height plates to spread out that pressure.
Rack pulls will put ALOT of stress on the bar. How many plates per side does it take to START a bend in your bar? Step back a few feet and get down to bar level with you eyes, you may be surprised. Remember, as you do set after set, the weight keeps going up. How long are you resting ‘tween those sets? Pulls off blocks means you start with the bar straight and the pressure on the blocks.
Keeping the sleeves rotating smoothly will reduce binding and reduce torque on the bar and your WRIST!! Heavy rack pulls with stuck sleeves will bend a bar for good in a few sets. WD-40 rocks for this.
Just some thoughts that I think matter as much as the quality of the bar. I have an IWF approved Werksan bar that I use on ALL lifts that aren’t in the rack. I don’t want the bar on pins or hooks that will wear down the knurling. Once I get blocks high enough, I’ll do squats with it. It’s guaranteed for life and I plan on getting some life out of it. With 5 roller bearings on each end it SURE rolls quite nicely. I hope this helps. Good luck!

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Rainbow Bend: Take your temp every morning as SOON as you awake. After a week or two, you’ll have a good idea what is your normal temperature upon awaking. When you diet(specifically a calorie reduction diet) your metabolism goes up = internal body temp goes up. Temp will spike when diet is having the most effect(burning most fat). As your thyroid grows stale of the diet, your temp will drift back toward normal. I can’t remember if it is your T3 or T4 that gets depleted. A cheat meal of a pretty good size tends to ‘kickstart’ your thyroid again. Results vary from needing to do this once every 4-7 days. Right back to the diet for the next meal. Temp next time SHOULD be back up. Some may need 2 cheat meals or could get the same result with a smaller cheat meal(what’s the fun in that?). I would err on having the cheat meal SOONER vs later. To wait ‘one more day’ is going to be minimal as far as fat loss is concerned. Get the cheat meal in and get your metabolism back up. The body temp let’s you know where your at. In addition to this, I made sure to check my progress once a week. If I was leaner, I’d add a tablespoon of ground Flax seed to my daily intake to replace lost fat. More fat in the diet = the less my body fought my fat loss efforts.
This worked well for me back in 2006. Went from 223 lbs to 197 lbs in ’bout 6 weeks. Averaged 4.33lbs/week. Lost a bit too much too soon but, I learned ALOT.
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