unrealistic goals

[stomps]

ok so right now i weigh 165 in the morning after i use the bathroom. My goal is to be able to 1rm 350 on bench press and 450 on squats. Do you guys think this is possible at this weight.

 

[biggerandbetter]

there are some powerlifters able to do that. but they have skill, perfect form and alot of tren lol also if you weigh 165 on stage as a bodybuilder and are fairly short chances are you can do both of thoughs lifts.

im guessing that you however posess none of these atributes, so no it is not possible for you. sowwy

 

[dennis]

ok so right now i weigh 165 in the morning after i use the bathroom. My goal is to be able to 1rm 350 on bench press and 450 on squats. Do you guys think this is possible at this weight.

Stomps,unless you compete in strongman or power lifting then forget about numbers.How much you bench or squat does not mean crap to a body builder.I am currently at 158 lbs and only max bench 250 ish,I usually only squat with 250.At 47 years old I am ready to walk on stage and win....

 

[porky little keg]

We have a drug free lifter on our team who weighs in around 175-180#

Without his squat suit or bench shirt he has squatted 617 for 3 reps, and benched 390.

In his suit he's squatted 940 in the gym and over 850 in a meet.... benches over 600 too.

His nutrition is fucking perfect, he has one of the best powerlifting teams in the world helping him, and he trains 100% balls out.


But if he can do that drug free, you can hit your goals for sure.......

 

[stomps]

damn porky he must be a animal. And Dennis i was thinking about going to a powerlifting meet that they have in my area in like november. Porky if you have any good routines could you pm it to me.

 

[stomps]

Thanks for the post guys its good to see people actually respond

 

[Samue]

What are your lifts now? It is possible, just might take a lot of hard work!

 

[stomps]

last time i maxed

bench 315x1
squat 385x4 havent maxed till i get a good belt

my lifts have gone down slightly cause diet has been shit lately and havent been in the gym as much as i should cause ive been super busy. But gonna start hitting it like i should again

 

[porky little keg]

damn porky he must be a animal. And Dennis i was thinking about going to a powerlifting meet that they have in my area in like november. Porky if you have any good routines could you pm it to me.

I'll just post it up here in case anyone else wants to know....

My team follows a basic powerlifting split. Nothing fancy and pretty old-school. Bt our methods have made a number of world champions, and we have current world, national, and state champs lifting with us now.

The basic outline for a week:

Saturday is the big one. We squat and deadlift. Nothing more than 5 reps for warming up, one or two reps for heavier sets. To handle heavy weights you have to handle heavy weights. I've seen guys who can deadlift 605 for 5 reps but can't pull 650 once..... to lift heavy you have to lift heavy.

Some guys do light assistance and flushing work on Sunday, 5-10 rep leg press, some barbell rows, light triceps work and sled pulls and pushes.

Tuesday we bench..... flat bench. We do lots of work off of boards ( google this if you don't know what this is) mostly in the 2-board range, although we do touch the chest every workout with something.

Some guys go in Wed. as well for speed work. Using ~50% of a max weight or less and working on moving the weight as fast as possible. Sometimes we pull standing on blocks or do reverse band squats or deadlift ( again, youtube or google this)

We all either cycle our weeks so that one week is all heavy work in the 3 competition lifts and the next week is light with more accessory work for a 2-week wave, or we do 3-week waves where week one is heavy singles, week two is medium weight, maybe for reps and with assistance work, and the third week is light with barely any assistance work.

Both my 181 buddy I mentioned above and myself work 3-week waves.

The biggest change in training is that you have to get over the body part split that we all start with thanks to flex magazine or whatever you read while starting out..... powerlifters train the lifts, not bodyparts. All work is designed to get stronger in the 3 competition lifts ( or to recover from training)....... cardio is fine, and most powerlifters who compete on the level I'm at other than some super heavy weight guys are in good shape..... so powerlifting doesn't mean big guts and 5 chins. There are lots of good lifters who look just as jacked as any bodybuilder.... and although it's harder on your joints to be too lean and handling huge weights there are lots of top guys with visible abs.....

definitely go to any local meets you can find and start talking to people, most lifters are really cool about inviting guys in to train with them and could help out a lot.

 

[stomps]

Thanks for the advice Porkys will for sure give it a try