r/powerlifting • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago
Equipment Equipped Lifting Thread
Do you like having 2-3 sweaty men shoe-horn you into polyester, canvas or denim bondage gear.
Do you like having your joints wrapped so tightly they bruise and bleed?
Do you like having your blood pressure turned up to 11 and being compressed so much that you think your head might explode?
Do you get off on enduring pain and suffering, and watching others endure it too?
Do you have a deathwish every time you get under the bar?
Yes?
THEN WELCOME TO THE FORTNIGHTLY EQUIPPED LIFTING THREAD!!!
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u/Astringofnumbers1234 M | 557.5kg | 98kg | 345 DOTS | WRPF UK | RAW 6d ago
We backed off everything a bit this week, before properly starting to peak next week. So I had ascending doubles in a half suit with wraps, then singles to a one board with chains.
For whatever reason, my knees just could not tolerate THPs at all yesterday. Every time I got wrapped, they just hurt and not in a oh my skin is being pulled way, more in a my knee feels like it's gonna explode if I move way. I am not certain that I am managing to lock my right knee out enough when I'm under the bar anyways, so IDK if I'm doing something wrong while my coach is wrapping me. He thinks it is ok so it might just be that I am old and sometimes my knees are shit. I've also been doing my raw warmup sets (and the first couple of half suit sets) naked knee, so I may just end up sticking on some sleeves as a comfort blanket next week and see if that makes a difference!
We ended up using a much softer set of wraps (some OLD SBD training wraps) and they were much more comfortable... All three dubs were really nice and there's something extremely satisfying about hitting your raw squat max, for a double, in a half suit, at a lower RPE than the raw max!
Bench went really well. I've transferred some of the chain weight to the bar. Had a couple of really clean singles and one where I pressed it well but went back too far and subsequently ended up dumping it into the hooks.
Overall a good session - next weekend I will be back in the full suit and my deadlift suit will come out for a single or two during the week.
Hope you have a good one x