Just tshirt, shorts and appropriate shoes, some of us dont use trainers, we use specific shoes.

Going barefoot is the last thing a trainee should do. deadlifting is an exception because you want to mimic deadlifting in deadlift slippers.

Barefoot during squats is dangerous, gives you an odd arch on your foot etc etc.

Yuanwu, I've used a D2xs, D3xs, D2Hs, D2h. IMO Canon and Nikon, its just a matter of preference.

@pizzaboy, dude, you have too many shoes, time to let go your do win shoe and let this poor soul squat in proper shoes already.hahaha with a bargain of course and a free dinner

This post has been edited by shanecross: Sep 28 2009, 07:44 AM

HOORAY FOR MR CUTLER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jay Cutler my hero !

Squatting in Chucks or anything similar are fine, but it also depends on how your stance is during squatting. Some may require WL shoes. Try not to squat in spongy sneakers, it gives you zero stability even though I squat in sneakers for the timebeing because I'm dead broke and I can't buy a proper shoe. You always want the little punch when you squat.

This post has been edited by shanecross: Sep 28 2009, 09:42 PM

Pretty good , as long as the heels are hard , good enough. even colorado boots are awesome. ahah

Did you put baby oil or something on your body? Its so shiny...

So you saying pizzaboy is as cheap as eggs? ...

Technically thats coaching, not training with you? .hahah

Not necessarily you will loose body fat, but you will koyak orgasm! GO SPAM !

I am as arrogant as a man can be, but I don't worship a 200lbs bodybuilder, I admire their dedication. To worship a 200lbs bodybuilder is like being a full time co#ksucker.

This post has been edited by shanecross: Oct 12 2009, 04:50 PM

And the Best Moderator Award goes to....no one. The worst member of HNF Award goes to....no one.

I can't blame newbies for asking, after all this is a forum. Some people just don't know where to start. Its up to people who know their stuff to either help these poor souls or just let them rot and get gangrene all over their testicles. BUT starting threads like "I want to get thin, can anyone tell me how" is a big NO, that just shows your ignorance. Let's all work ourselves towards a change. Let's start helping people who deserve help and also help people who don't know the proper way to ask help and lets make this a better place or in this case a better section of Lowyat.net to surf in. If no one wants to do it and everyone wants to keep their "vast" of knowledge with them, we might as well PM the higher-ups of the forum and shut this pathetically half dead spam paradise section of the forum.

Let's all keep passing the baton and who knows we might just produce some good powerlifters, olympic lifters or even credible bodybuilders from this pool of noobs.



I can't believe I said all this....

That is a PL bench, well at least thats how PL'ers here bench

This post has been edited by shanecross: Oct 13 2009, 12:17 PM

425lbs man's pack whut????

Fail? How defined did you expect to get in 3 months?

Why not bulk? more mass? then cut?

Missed a 200,got a double on 190 @ 71kg bodyweight. My shoe sucks, I need something more decent. Its like squatting on sponge. I'd probably get more punch with a WL shoe.

This post has been edited by shanecross: Nov 2 2009, 02:05 PM

I can't post a vid because it will link to my youtube profile, there are nude videos of me in it

Use your wraps, make sure you wrap it as tight as you can till you feel like your knee is about to come off. The knee wraps im using is a 20yr old knee wrap, it has lost its tightness and stuff. I might be able to get more punch if i use the new APT Strangulators knee wraps.

I think Pizzaboy made a clear picture on Powerlifting. In Australia, Powerlifting is a dying sport. you don't see as much participation as you can get in the early 90's etc. Kids these days prefer to go to the pub and drink their arse of and then go home with a major headache the next morning. It isn't the hardcore mentality that Powerliting isn't the number 1 sport anywhere you go. PL has been related to drug usage etc etc. But if we look at the bigger picture of sports generally, none of them are decent anyway (in terms of drugs etc). I said this earlier, all sports are drug tested, but not drug free.

The usage of a suit, bench shirt etc, is mainly for protection when you go heavier. PL concentrates alot on strength so you tend to push the weights up as you go. Eg; a super tight suit will tighten your posterior chain so that your back will have the arch throughout the movement (tightness). In the World Championship every year, you can see coaches around the world fit their athletes with SUPER tight suits and super tight wraps to the extend where the athletes couldn't even walk, they need to be carried to the platform. Some even have to cut the suit out after a comp because its too tight to take it off. Putting on a suit is already a b**ch. I'd say this, RAW powerlifters might look stronger, but that doesn't mean that Equipped powerlifters are 100% relying on equipments. We don't train equipped all the time, most of the time its strap down in a training suit .

The fact that powerlifters are often regarded as fat people is another common scene. I don't see why one couldn't get decently lean with PL. But of course, you need to eat big, pack up some big muscles and then try not to go crazy on burgers etc. There are lean powerlifters. It is all about the diet. Well of course we only have a handful of Super-Ripped guys,other than that, they are just commonly lean.

I'd love to see Malaysia getting affiliated by the IPF one day. Hopefully that will happen once I complete whatever I'm doing here and return back home and arrange something. We are equally capable of anyone else. Oh and when you look at score sheets, usually the Russians or the Scandinavian country athletes are on the top 3. No surprise because, the scene is huge there and the gap between these jokers and other athletes are massive they become not worth looking at, god knows what crap are they on, but like I said there is nothing we can do, they passed the drug test though they have some funky stuff running through their blood.

Most importantly , Powerlifting is about achieving a goal and being a better person in terms of discipline, dedication etc. A man without limbs would die for tendonitis , a paralyzed man would kill for sore hips. Nothing hardcore about that but it simply is to tell that , no sport on man's land is going to be easy; oly lifting, powerlifting, bodybuilidng, soccer etc .

This post has been edited by shanecross: Oct 24 2009, 06:14 AM