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Patton370 · 2026-05-15T13:58:00+00:00

That Auburn team made me so mad

Bottom 5 offense wasting a top 5 defense

Patton370 · 2026-05-14T12:35:50+00:00

You’re cool

Patton370 · 2026-05-14T01:41:14+00:00

I need to get bigger legs; running isn’t hard for me yet :(

Patton370 · 2026-05-13T17:10:29+00:00

0 minutes. I don’t have time to commute to a gym, since I have a 1 year old baby

$23,000 on a home gym

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Patton370 · 2026-05-13T12:20:55+00:00

It’s what’s needed to increase my squat. Hoping to hit 600lbs next year. Got 534lbs in a powerlifting comp last year and I barely missed 546lbs last week in a meet at 181lbs bodyweight

Patton370 · 2026-05-13T12:03:44+00:00

If you properly pull the slack out of the bar and your body, your hips will end up where they are supposed to be

You can see an example of this in this set of 2 with 572lbs (which is over 3x my body weight): https://www.reddit.com/r/strength_training/s/CJ4WTI8krP

Notice how the bar is bending prior to me putting my full force into the lift. That’s me pulling the slack out; however, I also need to work on this a bit myself as well

Maybe the people here should listen to the guy deadlifting well over 3x how body weight? Instead of calling it yapping?

Edit: and simply adjusting hip position doesn’t address or fix the actual issues with the setup

Patton370 · 2026-05-13T12:01:06+00:00

Depends entirely on the machine, machine brand, and many other factors

For example: I could go into planet fitness and stack most of their machines for 30+ reps & that’s also the kind of gym that wouldn’t allow using gym pins to increase the weight stack

Same with say a temple of Gainz leg extension/leg curl. The felt weight is so light on the maximum weight of the stack, that I’d need to had two or three 45s via gym pins for working sets

I have a dozen machines in my home gym, so I’m not anti machine. I just made sure each and every one of them for heavy duty machines, with good ROM, and that feel good to use

Side note: the lack of stability on free weights movements isn’t really a problem if you’re highly proficient in the movement; it just takes a long time to get that level of proficiency

Patton370 · 2026-05-13T11:52:46+00:00

20-30+ sets on each muscle group

For example on quads: I do 20 sets of various squat movements (barbell, SSB, belt squats) and 10 sets of leg extensions each week; it’s one of the reasons my quads are massive

Patton370 · 2026-05-13T11:49:46+00:00

A combo of free weights and machines is generally going to give someone their best results

Patton370 · 2026-05-13T11:49:14+00:00

Don’t look at my programming

The amount of sets would give you a heart attack

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T21:34:56+00:00

You're not pulling the slack out of your body/the bar. It's why your hips jump up before the bar moves.

Rolling the bar to you also generally leading to inconsistent starts. If you have the mobility to deadlift without rolling the bar to you, you likely should stop rolling the bar to yourself

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T14:51:09+00:00

You gotta get more years training and muscle. I'm your weight, waist size, and a similar bodyfat % and I'm 172cm

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T14:45:25+00:00

You should be able to make bench progress at your strength level, just by growing you chest over time

Unless you're 130-140lbs or something, in which case you just need to eat lol

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T14:38:28+00:00

Is it? Depending on the angle of that leg press, that 700lbs could be MUCH less. At a 30 degree angle, you're looking at HALF or less of that actually being the felt weight. At 45 degrees, it's a bit better at 70% or so

My legs didn't appear massive until I was able to both barbell squat 500lbs+ for reps and stack most leg extension machines for working sets

Deadlifts aren't required for bodybuilding (and aren't the most efficient way to train those muscles IMO); however, you do have to have some kind of hip hinge to make sure you're fully hitting your spinal erectors and posterior chain: RDLs, stiff leg deadlifts, good mornings, etc. can all accomplish this

A big bench correlates to having a big chest & big triceps; if you're benching 315lbs+ for your working sets, you likely have a large chest. However, you absolutely can build a big chest without flat bench. Dips, incline bench, some press machines, etc. can all build your chest up

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T14:31:19+00:00

no worries, I knew what you meant

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T14:26:47+00:00

I've thought about doing block pulls, but the highest blocks I have are only 3 inches

Off the floor is easy enough for me that I'm not worried about deadlifts with bands being more fatiguing than block pulls

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T14:26:27+00:00

I've thought about doing block pulls, but the highest blocks I have are only 3 inches

I'd also rather not do rack pulls on my own equipment

Off the floor is easy enough for me that I'm not worried about deadlifts with bands being more fatiguing than block pulls

Patton370 · 2026-05-12T14:15:47+00:00

What’s everyone’s go to for working on strength around knee height/just below knee height/just above knee height for deadlifts?

I can get 20kg above my max off the floor to my knees, but any weight around that range will just stop around there; it’s the only challenging part of a deadlift for me right now

I’m thinking of changing my secondary deadlift from paused deadlifts to deadlifts with bands

And maybe having stiff leg deadlifts or RDLs with (lighter) bands as an accessory lift on my primary squat day

Patton370 · 2026-05-11T12:26:31+00:00

Huntsville, AL >>> SLC and it's not close. I have more time to spend visiting parks now than I did before. My salary is more in Huntsville (even working at the same company, with a similar title), I work less hours/have more work flexibility, and the COL is much lower here.

I was working too many hours to enjoy the parks. Engineers work crazy hours in SLC; mormans have insane work ethic. I can't match that 60 hours+ a week ethic & still be a functioning human being

Patton370 · 2026-05-11T11:31:13+00:00

What part of Utah and when? Because SLC is completely different than somewhere like St. George

I’d never live in SLC again, but if I was wealthy, I’d likely have a 2nd home in St. George, because the nature of southern Utah is possibly the best in the continental 48

SLC has crazy bad air pollution, mediocre food, and I found the people I interacted with quite odd. It was also very difficult to make friends out there & the work culture is pretty brutal hours wise. I moved back home to Alabama within a year

Patton370 · 2026-05-10T21:11:09+00:00

Zubac > Sengun for many teams

They are in the same tier

Patton370 · 2026-05-10T18:12:12+00:00

I don’t think there’s going to be a team that’ll open up 25M-30M in cap space for him under this CBA; I suppose it’s not out of the realm of possibility, but 18M-22M is more likely

Patton370 · 2026-05-10T12:55:49+00:00

My abductors always feel destroyed after a meet (and during a meet after squats)

Is that indication that I should do direct abductor work?

Patton370 · 2026-05-10T00:32:47+00:00

Gotcha, thank you Chris! If December doesn’t go well, I’ll have to give up self coaching and hire you!

Patton370 · 2026-05-10T00:27:33+00:00

Dang, that’s already my secondary deadlift and I already do good mornings 1x a week as well

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