My post about Lewis (who benched 445 and squatted 650 this past week) inspired AC to do a write up about his friend and training partner Dustin. The following was written by AC.
My friend Taylor Ray got me a job at one of the local bars named RumRunners early Summer last year. I was walking around introducing myself and someone brought to my attention that I hadn’t met Dustin yet. I looked to the other side of the bar and all I saw was a back as wide as a door frame. He turned around and I introduced myself to him and in a deep southern voice Dustin replied “Niiice ta meet ya A.C.” His bear paw engulfed my hand as we introduced ourselves. Standing at 6’1 weighing around 260 pounds Dustin is certainly an intimidating southern gentleman.
He leapt from the ground in a superman gesture to catch these birds
Dustin knew I competed in powerlifting and he began to show some interest. Before our Christmas Break (early December until mid January) Dustin asked if he could start squatting and lifting heavy with me. He came from a Baseball background and had some collegiate playing time so I knew he would have some athletic prowess. Dustin warmed up and quickly learned and hit his first squat set across with 245. Every following set only looked better and easier. Keep in mind that he as not squatted in over 5 years.
Editor’s Note: When you teach new people to squat on a regular basis, especially when they haven’t squatted in a few years, they rarely get up above 185 or even 225 on the first day. It’s not that they can’t; it’s because form is important with the low bar back squat and a coach should hold the lifter back to reinforce the technique (along with other reasons, but I digress).
High-Fiving Dustin can be scary
We train together at 180 Fitness down here at Georgia Southern University. He is currently squatting 375 for his sets across and pressing 180 for three sets of five WITH EASE. Although he is not on a strict program such as novice or TM he is certainly making progress fast. He shows great potential and he lifts with passion and desire. I can proudly say that I train WITH Dustin. He is a great friend and one strong SONOFABITCH. Oh, and Dustin claims he can do a back-flip from a standing position. I haven’t seen it , but I will get a video of it soon.
Here is a video of him squatting 375 (shitty cell phone quality).
Editor’s note: That set is very fucking easy. It’s not overly impressive internet material, but the dude is gonna be very strong very soon.
Fuck me! looks like he’s barely breaking a sweat with that 375, for christ’s sake!
Dustin’s obviously a pretty strong dude, but isn’t that World’s Strongest Redneck title already held by this guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK9eybE35E
Uh oh, sounds like we need Jerry Springer to settle this dispute!
Got a TM question. On the HI/LV, typically the Friday workout, most everything I read is really specific to say a single 5RM set, but when they talk about 1RM, 2RM, or 3RM then never say how many sets. Is it still one set, or can you do multiple sets in this range and still mantain ‘low volume’. Thanks.
I like programming triples. Then if it’s doubles or singles, it could be anywhere between 1 and 5 sets, whether they be descending, ascending, or sets across. More on this soon via posts.
–Justin
@sapper09
I never get tired of those videos. “That’s a tree joke I just made up…if you was a arborist you’d think that was real funny.”
In other news, fuck all these “genetically gifted” assholes making us all look bad. Feels bad, man.
AC, do you have any more videos in the works? its been a while.
Saw this at the gym this morning. It is nice to see that they aren’t just doing Mr. SMU pageants anymore.
http://tinyurl.com/45n2kdd
Thanks for answering my question last week. Appreciate the info you gave out.
Saw a guy on Friday who looked and ate like he barbell trained heavy and was wearing denim overalls. That is 70s Big right there I think.
i enjoy the feelsbadman, jake briskin.
de-load week also feels bad, man.
Is it just me, or does Dustin need to go several inches deep on those Squats (particularly the early ones)?
Oh, and btw, to any of those guys who responded to my post about 1.5 weeks ago about my mom asking me to go to the doc about supplements and weight lifting…I just got back. I was told that everything I take is ok, but that I shouldn’t take more than 1 scoop of whey protein each day, and that having more 50 g will give me kidney issues. Regarding the actual lifting…oh boy. He told me to avoid increasing weight too much and focus on increasing reps. He actually used the example of lifting 5 lbs 200 times vs lifting 200 lbs once. I’m not fucking kidding.
It’s definitely just you. It’s hard to see the depth on some because that safety bar is hindering the view. His acetabulum is below his patella on everyone of those. He is also a massive individual and that sometimes can make it hard to tell.
–A.C.
I’ll reiterate the point that big hips and thighs make it hard to see depth, specifically in filmed sets (and especially so in shitty quality film, such as a cell phone). Domjo must be perfect all the time, like me.
–Justin
@domjo54
Dude, that is fucking gold! He’s got a point, though – what’s the difference between lifting 5lb 100 times and 500lb once? You’re doing the same amount of work, so it should have the same effect. Right?! Lol
Sorry mate, hopefully this doctor/strength training expert’s advice won’t hamper your training too much. Gotta love a concerned parent :)
@Jake B
Yeah man, I’m sick of it, too. These genetic outliers making us look bad all the time (mind you, a 12 year old girl would prob make me look bad, but still…)
I say, fuck them, man – we are beautiful and unique snowflakes! Haha
Gotcha, I guess his size just makes it difficult to determine, like you guys said.
And yes, I’m perfect…why does this surprise you?
Those are some great looking quackers! Any idea where they were taken?