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    #32
    Wood
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭Wood


    Are there any PL organisations that allow the use of wrist straps, as i ****ed up my hand a few months ago and grip strength is still a major issue


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    #33
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    Wood wrote: »
    Are there any PL organisations that allow the use of wrist straps, as i ****ed up my hand a few months ago and grip strength is still a major issue

    Most Feds allow wrist wraps for squat, bench & deadlift.

    Idfpa & IPO allow them for all three lifts anyway.

    GPC didn't allow them for squatting in the raw section at the worlds but they were allowed at nationals.


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    #34
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    Wood wrote: »
    Are there any PL organisations that allow the use of wrist straps, as i ****ed up my hand a few months ago and grip strength is still a major issue


    I don't think so buddy.
    You'll have to get your hand better.
    Straps are often allowed in strongman competitions, and I might be wrong, but I have never seen them used in anything from PL Competitions.


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    #35
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    Yeah, never mind my post. Was half asleep when I read it and saw wraps instead of straps.
    d'Oracle has it right there


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    #36
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    What is supersetting? :o


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    #37
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    What is supersetting? :o

    Do a set of one exercise, then immediately on finishing that set, do a set of another. You have just supersetted two exercises.


    E.g. 5 reps of bench press then get up and do 3 pullups.
    That is doing a set of benchpresses and a set of pullups as a superset.


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    #38
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    d'Oracle wrote: »
    Do a set of one exercise, then immediately on finishing that set, do a set of another. You have just supersetted two exercises.


    E.g. 5 reps of bench press then get up and do 3 pullups.
    That is doing a set of benchpresses and a set of pullups as a superset.

    Ooooooh, okay... I do that all the time, for convenience sakes more than anything. Thanks!


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    #39
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    What is supersetting? :o

    As d'Oracle said, it's doing one exercise immediately followed by another.

    The norm being to train one muscle group & then hitting its antagonist.
    Biceps Curls followed by triceps extensions for example.

    Tri setting would be doing three exercises in a row.

    A drop set is starting with x weight on
    The bar, doing a set number of reps, taking away 10-20% & reposing to almost failure, take away another 10-20% and repeat ( sometimes until an empty bar is reached)


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    #40
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Liam Henners257 wrote: »
    As d'Oracle said, it's doing one exercise immediately followed by another.

    The norm being to train one muscle group & then hitting its antagonist.
    Biceps Curls followed by triceps extensions for example.

    Tri setting would be doing three exercises in a row.

    A drop set is starting with x weight on
    The bar, doing a set number of reps, taking away 10-20% & reposing to almost failure, take away another 10-20% and repeat ( sometimes until an empty bar is reached)

    Cheers!

    Can you tell me the benefits of drop sets and how heavy (%-wise) you'd typically start. I'm sure the first part is pretty obvious but I don't like assuming too much in this.


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    #41
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »


    Cheers!

    Can you tell me the benefits of drop sets and how heavy (%-wise) you'd typically start. I'm sure the first part is pretty obvious but I don't like assuming too much in this.


    It's a bodybuilding style of lifting and gives a "pump".
    You could/should start with a weight you can get 8-12 reps of.
    Take bench press, if 1RM is 100kg, I'd probably start with 80kg, do 8-12 reps, drop to 60kg, do 8-12 reps, drop to 40kg, 8-12 reps & drop to 20kg for 8-12 reps.

    But its not something I'm overly familiar with.


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    #42
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Cool! I might try that out on my next repetition day and see how it feels. :)


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    #43
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Just incase anyone missed it cos it's pinned at the top of the forum, here's Powerlifting Equipment - A Beginners Guide


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    #44
    banshee_bones
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    Liam Henners257 wrote: »

    Rumble roller is $69 on lifting large & €74 on physiosupplies.ie

    WANT.

    But not that awful yoke you bought the last day! :p


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    #45
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    banshee_bones wrote: »
    Liam Henners257 wrote: »

    Rumble roller is $69 on lifting large & €74 on physiosupplies.ie

    WANT.

    But not that awful yoke you bought the last day! :p


    That awful yoke wasn't ordered!
    I ordered 3 normal rumble rollers & got 2 cx normal & 1 x extra firm.

    It's outrageous how sore rolling the ITB on the extra firm roller is.


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    #46
    banshee_bones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,160 ✭✭✭✭banshee_bones


    I was referring to the extra firm rumble roller as the awful yoke! I felt sore just looking at it!


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    #47
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    banshee_bones wrote: »
    I was referring to the extra firm rumble roller as the awful yoke! I felt sore just looking at it!


    Yeah, I got the reference!
    I was just saying it wasn't what I ordered & I'm in two minds now whether to send it back & get a normal one.

    It's onrail sore in a good way!


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    #48
    itsallaboutheL
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    Pity they didn't send you a squat :pac:


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    #49
    Nervous Wreck
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    Best thing to wear on my feet for deadlifting? Options are socks, cons or oly shoes (when I get them)...


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    #50
    the drifter
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    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    Best thing to wear on my feet for deadlifting? Options are socks, cons or oly shoes (when I get them)...

    cons....


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    #51
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    Best thing to wear on my feet for deadlifting? Options are socks, cons or oly shoes (when I get them)...

    Socks > cons > oly shoes


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    #52
    Nervous Wreck
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    Cheers lads. :)


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    #53
    COH
    Registered Users Posts: 7,159 ✭✭✭COH


    socks


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    #54
    token
    Registered Users Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭token


    In powerlifting comp presume you have to wear shoes of some description?


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    #55
    _JOE_
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭_JOE_


    Deadlifting slippers...


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    #56
    ray jay
    Registered Users Posts: 881 ✭✭✭ray jay


    Is a decent level of conditioning necessary before starting German volume training? I haven't done anything very aerobic in since last year so I'm half expecting to fall apart after a few sets.


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    #57
    daveyc21
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭daveyc21


    ray jay wrote: »
    Is a decent level of conditioning necessary before starting German volume training? I haven't done anything very aerobic in since last year so I'm half expecting to fall apart after a few sets.

    Aerobic won't really help its your anaerobic threshold that you will be testing with volume training. I would look at how much volume you have been doing up to now as well as how technically good you are in the lifts. If your technique is poor on rep one set one. It is going to be very bad on the 10th rep of the 10th set. Best of luck!


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    #58
    Mauricmo
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭Mauricmo


    Whats the best way to work up to your 1RM?

    For squat if that makes a difference.


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    #59
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Mauricmo wrote: »
    Whats the best way to work up to your 1RM?

    For squat if that makes a difference.

    What sorta weight do you think it'll be?


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    #60
    Mauricmo
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭Mauricmo


    Hanley wrote: »
    What sorta weight do you think it'll be?
    Somewhere between 140-150kg....I hope.


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    #61
    Hanley
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    Mauricmo wrote: »
    Somewhere between 140-150kg....I hope.

    60 2x5
    80 x3
    100 x1
    120 x1
    130 x1
    140 x1
    145-150 x1 depending on how 140 went

    3-5+ minutes of recovery from 120 on. Take 10 minutes after 140 if you want.


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