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PR Friday
Post your weight lifted, gained, and number of females that you know who can toss “men” around.

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We like 70’s Big readers to get strong. Then we like 70’s Big readers to compete. In something. Well, the Highland Games is an option. Gant competed at one last year, and he’s getting ready to do another this year.

Gant is primarily a judo player these days, but has competed in a lot of stuff (I don’t know, ask him). I have videos of him squatting and pressing from this past week (he’s on the 5/3/1 program) as well as a video of him throwing a shot in preparation of the Highland Games competition he’ll be doing, which cannot be included in this website. Make the comparison between his squat, press, and put and report back to us whether you think the strength movements are going to help his throwing or not.

You’ll notice Gant is squatting with a shim under his left foot. He’s got some pelvic problems that require constant adjustment. When squatting on a shim, the imbalance makes it easy for the lifter to drift onto their toes, and you’ll see that a bit here. Oh, and after talking, Gant and I are of the opinion that these squats do look high, but also of the opinion that lots of squats on video look high. He’s a little high on a few, and that’s why I try to yell about it.

Funky left elbow/shoulder thing on the last rep of the presses. You’ll see Gant’s displeasure. I also don’t recommend trying to coach and film at the same time. I like my unnecessary “speed” cue in the middle (it’s a good cue if the lifter is doing touch and go, but he wasn’t, and I guess I blurted it out).

Edit: This is actually 195 for reps.

Putting it to practice throwing the shot. Oh, and yes, Gant realizes he won’t be throwing a shot in the Highland Games.

Note: I’ll do something about the narrow width of the site later (I don’t know how to do it myself).

80 thoughts on “Video Comparison”

  2. We all want to know how far that shot went.

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    That one went 34-35′. I didn’t put the tape to it because it was raining, and I was getting eaten by mosquitos (hence the socks pulled up). It’s not a great mark for a 16′ standing put, but it helps me groove for the stones.

    -Gant

    I’m gonna add in and say those fucking mosquitoes were out of control.

    –Justin

  3. Justin,

    Is that shoulder elbow thing that you observed something that you see often? Cos It happens to me sometimes toward the end of a press workout.

    Also, any chance you could put that slow motion camera to a really good squat? I have recently realised that I have for some time had a very poor understanding of the whole “don’t lift the chest/ Drive the hips up” cue.

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    It could be a number of things. On a lifter with no prior injuries and no postural or structural issues, it usually indicates a muscular imbalance. That’s easy to diagnose and fix.

    I have separated, dislocated (several times) and torn ligaments in my right shoulder. I have separated and dislocated my left shoulder. I separated my left shoulder two years ago in a judo match and partially tore my teres minor (one of the rotator cuff) last summer. So I don’t have a clean slate. There’s no fixing it, either.

    This issue manifests when I’m doing a 5 rep max or higher rep work.

    I have slight hip sway (horizontal) in my AMRAP sets on 531. It’s not a dip like in a push press because the knees don’t bend. Instead, I have more layback at the start and I snap my head a bit more to “think” explosiveness.

    -Gant

    It’s essentially old school pressing. Gant’s all fucked up. Most Americans would barely be able to cook breakfast with half of the shit he’s had go wrong with his shoulders.

    I’ve seen mild goofy things in younger lifters, but they usually dissipate with time or good cuing.

    –Justin

  8. Edumacation PR

    I’m graduating from college today with two diplomas. My first one was a relatively useless Rec & leisure diploma but I’m very proud of my second diploma for Sports Conditioning. It’s a very legit program where the emphasis is on learning the olympic lifts, power lifts and plyometrics for coaching stronger more explosive athletes. My professor/coach convinced ten guys from the program including me to compete in a weightlifting competition this spring in Toronto.

    We learned a bit about some sport specific stuff like cone drills that could be applied to certain sports but every week we had sessions learning snatch, C&J, squats, pulls and pressing. The class was given oppourtunities to apply for and take certification for coaching competitive lifters. It was beautiful, I would do it again just to earn a superfluous diploma.

    I like your professor. I don’t know of any similar programs in the states. Chime in if you can, audience.

    –Justin

  9. Fianlly deadlifted 8 wheels, and im just under the 200lb bodyweight at 196lb
    I already starting to feel like a real man
    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLmrZU0haY[/url]

  13. Coaching PR

    I was very excited to receive my Starting Strength Coach certificate in the mail this week! I attended the seminar a few weeks ago in Montclair, NJ and we just got our results back. I guess I can “officially” coach people now :)

    You definitely have some credibility. Congrats.

    –Justin

  18. Wendler 5/3/1
    Big PR’s this week
    Previous weight less than 200
    Monday 203.5 lbs!
    Thursday 204.6 lbs!

    DL 320×10 (DL 1RM began at 355 before 5/3/1)
    Estimated 1RM 425!

    Squat later today will post follow-ups

  19. Only PRs this week:

    Back Squat – 299# 5×5
    Bench press – 209# 5×5

    And we just added the new R3 WestSide rack from Rogue Fitness to the facility. Awesome piece of equipment, especially for the price. Rock solid. Rip Racks would’ve just been too cost prohibitive.

    Rip Racks meaning the plans on his site for a welder to make? How much were the racks you bought?

    –Justin

  20. PR’s this week, 70 lb wieghted pullup.

    Back Squat, 3×5 at 260.

    Testing xfit football total Monday and hoping for 1150. 6’0″ 205

  21. @markus_2002
    nice one mate, that sounds like a sweet course!

    6″, 75-80ish kg I think, 24yo, M

    DL 1×5 @ 90kg (not too hard, reckon I can smash out the ton next time easy)

    Disappointment PR – was thiiiis close to being able to order a set of bumpers this week (even got the green light from the missus) and then the stupid Army decide to short pay me about $400 this month. Cheers for that. *sigh*

  25. 6’1 225 pounds

    Squat: 225
    Bench: 150
    Press: 100
    Dead: 225

    Just learned how to lift about a month ago at wfac thanks to Justin. Site shows I have tons of room for improvement which is definitely a good thing.

    Learned on wednesday that rest days are meant for rest. Went and had a training session with my wrestling students and did 200 free squats to warmup (when I started 350 was the requirement three times a week along with 300 pushups and 400 situps)… apparently doing that in between days that I squat was a bad idea as my body is making me pay for it.

    Was gonna ask this on the supplement log but figured it would be appropriate here. I have a fish allergy (shrimp, freshwater and sea food) so Im incredibly leary of taking fish oil tabs… is there an alternative to this. Ive also developed some sort of whey/egg protein intolerance as anytime I attempt to down either substance I either throw it up, get bloated or have long visits to the toilet that end in painful ways. Also anyone reading this in WF I have a big ass tub of chocolate monster milk whey protein that is now useless thanks to my bodys hate for whey so its for free to the first claimer. Im assuming I should just quit being a pussy and eat more meat as my protein sources? Or is there another form of protein powder not named soy i could attempt to down?

    Hmmm, didn’t realize it was still giving you fits. The only thing you can try, unless you did this (I think you were gonna do it with the milk) was to just take a little bit, and build it up over time. Be conservative with it. Get enough fiber in. And don’t take the fish oil. Do some research with that, but you could always write Robb Wolf to see if he can give suggestions.

    –Justin

  27. 6’2, 232, 48

    Weight PR – 232, was 210 in January
    BS – 270 5×3 (had a mental barrier at around 250, but once passed that, weight going up consistently. Started backing off on Wednesdays, so Mon and Fri are the heavy Linear Progression heavy days…this has helped a lot.)
    BP on Wed – 240 5×3
    Press – 157 5×3

  28. Oh forgot:

    DL on Wed = 335 for 5 reps, got past a sticking point and weight going up

    I’m a big fan of this Linear Progression program. In January I couldn’t squat a regulation depth single at 225, could barely pull 225 DL and had a BP single max of 195.

    This program works even for a 48 yo.

  29. FINALLY have some PR’s to report. They might not seem like much, but I’ve been fighting shoulder problems for the past 3 years, and these are HUGE to me. 3×5 press @ 162.2, 3×5 bench @ 235. Bodyweight down to 242. Hoping to continue linear progression on these for awhile and get them up to respectable numbers, but I’m just stoked to have broken past previous barriers.

    Gant, great vids, especially like the shot.

  30. A power clean question. I have a tendancy to pull early with my arms; besides clean pulls are there other drills I can work on to elimiate this?

    Thanks for any tips

    If you have an arm pulling problem, I wouldn’t really have you mess with clean pulls right now. You need a coach. Until then, think about keeping your elbows straight until you are in the air.

    –Justin

  32. Bench 255 x 5, 5, 4
    Again missed that last rep. :( Thinking I will try one more time on Sat. and deload if I don’t get it. Slow and steady.

    Press 172 x 5 x 3

    Squat 410 x 5 x 3

    BW 254.5

    Deadlift 415 x 5
    I’ve got some weird pain similar to when I separated my shoulder a few years back so I’ll be watching that as I warm up the deads next week… but at least the hamstring/calf feels better.

    Did you alternate your grip? The shoulder that hurts, was that the side that had the supinated forearm?

    –Justin

  34. @Jacob…

    Are you goin to compete in the meet in Spring on July 10? I go back and forth daily on whether or not I’m gonna do it…

    Hope to post some PRs following my Intensity day workout here in a couple of hours…

  37. Female,age 35, 5’3″ 196.6 lbs
    Finished up squats today with 2 reps of 245 lbs and deadlifts with 2 reps of 265 lbs. 20 lbs over previous PR on squats and 40 lbs more on deadlift.
    Men tossed around: 1

    also finally have plans to do a PL meet in December and a bench only meet in June through virtualmeet.net
    Have a great weekend everyone!

  38. male 23years 6’4 220lbs

    1st week on GOMAD and already up 8 pounds! Ive been following the 70s big eating principles and am just blowing up, fuck 6 packs.

    squat 245x5x3 (easy goin)
    Press 145x5x3 (these were rugged, I need micro plates)
    Deadlift 365×10 (Anyone think I should do a 40 lb jump or should I just stay patient with my 20’s?)

  39. @ Justin – I do use a mixed grip but the pain is on the left which was overhand. For some reason I prefer to supinate my right hand to my left even though I am right-handed. I swear I remember reading something in SS that people usually like to flip their non-dominant hand around but it just feels weird when I do that. Before I hurt my leg I was doing 450 – 455 and would switch the grip around every couple reps. Since I’ve been working back up with lighter weights I haven’t been doing that… maybe I should start. I’ll see what happens… next week’s lifting will be all messed up with the holiday anyway so I might just end up giving it an extra week of rest.

  41. PRs
    Squat – 360×3
    DL – 385×3
    BP – 260×3

    A couple weeks out from first PL meet and not close to where I wanted to be but will have fun regardless…

  42. Dont think we’d discussed it Justin as I havent seen a lot of you lately. Milk is pretty easy to down and on days after I dead I always feel the need to eat a lot so with work schedule not permitting a lot of free eat time I try to down as much milk as possible. Ill try that with the eggs and whey on days off from work but cant afford to feel like my stomachs ballooning out on me on work days. I just know I need to up my protein intake so anyway to do so will be beneficial

  43. WannaBBurly – I’m in the same boat as you, flipping back and forth. I haven’t been able to train my squat or dead in awhile due to a weird back injury…if I can get over that pretty quickly, I still want to compete, but at this point, I’m just not sure. I am hoping to at least go and handle a buddy of mine who will be competing for the first time. You should definitely enter if you don’t have a real good excuse.

  44. Justin,

    The Rip Racks would’ve cost me between $900 and $1000 per rack to make. I live in ripoff New England. It was actually the cost of getting the pin setting holes drilled. Almost $400 just for that alone. The R3 WestSide racks from Rogue were $775 shipped to the door. All welded except for the pull-up bar system on top. Thing’s a beast! Well worth every penny. I’ll do a product review on the website tomorrow.

  46. Nice numbers everyone! Can’t wait till mine are a touch more respectable : (

    @Randy T.
    Think yourself lucky mate. You reckon New England’s bad? Try buying decent gear in Australia! The vast majority of stuff is just shit and when you can find good stuff it’s priced through the roof. Think nearly double what you guys would pay for bars and plates – and forget about free shipping!

  47. Pr DL 405×1 nothing else to report, thought for sure I had a hernia thankfully it was just a trauma that caused a lot of swelling.

    Still sucked heh.

  48. In response to markus_2002’s post about his education…

    I went to Cal. State Fullerton as a Kinesiology major and had a great experience. I know Rip has expressed his hate for most programs but this one was nothing like he describes.

    My emphasis was in Strength and Conditioning. I learned all about running a strength room, Olympic lifting, and tons about training athletes. I had classes like exercise physiology, bio mechanics, strength and conditioning , motor control and learning, etc. I learned a ton of practical things and I would recommend their program to anyone interested in pursuing an education or career in the Strength Field.

    PR- BW= 191
    DL= 5x1x390

  50. Sounds pretty dope Brian. One major thing my program lacked was the facility management and running a weight room so I’m jealous of that. We had a pair of theory classes as well though with anatomy, the basics of energy systems and etc.

    Unfortunately our nutrition class was delivered from outside the program and it was based on Canada’s Food Guide which is shite. Our professor/coach pretty much told the whole class to pass the nurtrition exam and then forget everything we learned and do our own reading on the subject.

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