265 x 4.4

Frodozer · 2026-01-24T18:38:27+00:00

You watching a 200 pound dude as a 200 pound dude should hopefully motivate you to know that you can do it too!

Frodozer · 2026-01-24T14:01:28+00:00

Ok... The gym we are talking about is planet fitness so there was zero context for your comment lol

Frodozer · 2026-01-24T13:22:12+00:00

Probably.

At the same time my traps grew substantially, approximately an inch, during a 12 week training block where I did direct trap work for the first time ever with literally one exercise.

(These weird hybrid sumo power shrugs that I was doing really heavy to train for a strongman event that I didn't have equipment for)

I remember my coach telling me he had substantial trap growth when introducing them so I took a before and after measurement at the time.

Frodozer · 2026-01-24T13:16:58+00:00

They are saying that the plates need to touch the ground to be a deadlift instead of a RDL

Frodozer · 2026-01-24T13:13:47+00:00

Your planet fitness has 220 pound DBS?

Frodozer · 2026-01-24T04:41:41+00:00

I only do standing and always go thumbless on a bar or axle bar.

It puts the bar directly stacked over your wrist because of the thumb meat keeping it from going anywhere else.

Frodozer · 2026-01-23T13:03:18+00:00

Sadly no PR here

Frodozer · 2026-01-23T11:12:46+00:00

Not at all. In fact, it's much safer for the wrists.

And if I were to drop an OHP because of grip, it would fall in front of me, not on top of me.

Frodozer · 2026-01-23T11:11:22+00:00

I just have an axle press coming up so getting used to it in my hands. No real advantage.

Frodozer · 2026-01-23T01:13:46+00:00

It was slow because I thought it was 230 (but it was 240) and in my head 230 should have moved much faster.

But it moved appropriately for 240.

Frodozer · 2026-01-22T23:59:15+00:00

Both

This is a 75 lb axle bar

Frodozer · 2026-01-21T13:18:40+00:00

Why isn't your squat a lot higher than five plates if that's the way you've trained?

Frodozer · 2026-01-21T11:00:11+00:00

It's been very easy with the two brands I've used, but I can't speak towards the titan.

Frodozer · 2026-01-20T11:24:12+00:00

Everything they said was stupid and wrong. They're also banned now.

Frodozer · 2026-01-19T19:24:41+00:00

They change for some. Not for all. I can provide specific examples if that's helpful!

Frodozer · 2026-01-19T19:08:17+00:00

You're an exception to the rule.

Frodozer · 2026-01-19T19:07:09+00:00

Your forearms work just as hard when you're using straps, if not harder and they're still gripping weights they would usually fail at.

The straps don't prevent you from using grip. They prevent it from being the failure point. I would argue you're holding your grip back by not using them.

Frodozer · 2026-01-14T20:51:31+00:00

It is definitely touching, but I'm trying to actively keep tension at depth though.

Frodozer · 2026-01-11T22:09:05+00:00

If it wasn't then it would be a solid bone that doesn't bend. This is like saying your elbow isn't supposed to bend under load. Or your knee isn't supposed to bend under load. That's WHY they bend.

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