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What's the best explanation for why each decade of the 20th century had its own cultural vibe, but the last 20-25 years feel like a big undifferentiated blob?

Putting the barbell down without dropping it is part of the deadlift

My gym is replacing a couple of squat racks with smith machines, so every time I walk by I'm gonna do a land acknowledgement that the smith machines sit on stolen squat rack land.

Preworkout is a scam

What you think will happen after you bench 225 vs what actually happens

We’ve never been so back

Why do people think this? If I can put down 705 pounds, you can put down whatever you’re pulling instead of dropping it.

I’m not the strongest guy in the world but 150x10 incline DB bench without going to failure is half decent. You don’t need to drop the dumbbells either.

YEAH BUDDY

Conventional deadlifts have absolutely nothing to do with building muscle according to Very Smart People On The Internet, which is why the only man in human history strong enough to deadlift 505KG just happens to be one of the largest, most muscular men in history as well.

If you can't: -Press 135 -Bench 225 -Squat 315 -Deadlift 405 You don't need to: -Do a 5 day bro split with 4-8 exercises for each bodypart -Focus on optimal isolation or targeting or angles -Worry about regional hypertrophy You just need to focus on the basics.

76 year old Ric Flair just ended all whiny cringe claims about risk to reward ratio on deadlifts forever

The combination of one-size-fits-all maximum grip width and absurd arching that powerlifting allowed for decades, led to where now lots of people associate bench press with a party trick instead of basic upper body development. Sad!

Even if the anti barbell squat guys were theoretically proven right*, I’d still squat because you can’t replicate with a smith, hack, pendulum, or leg press any of what Platz so passionately describes here

What's the best explanation for why each decade of the 20th century had its own cultural vibe, but the last 20-25 years feel like a big undifferentiated blob?

Putting the barbell down without dropping it is part of the deadlift

Preworkout is a scam

The combination of one-size-fits-all maximum grip width and absurd arching that powerlifting allowed for decades, led to where now lots of people associate bench press with a party trick instead of basic upper body development. Sad!

I’m not the strongest guy in the world but 150x10 incline DB bench without going to failure is half decent. You don’t need to drop the dumbbells either.

Who else?

How do you explain to the typical fizeek bro that the guy on the right is one of the best coaches in history and the guy on the left (who looks like AI tbh, but regardless) is doing retarded slop that won’t help anyone accomplish anything?

No my man. You just need to stop doing that bro-split that you don’t benefit much from yet, and do a basic barbell-based linear progression.

Kirk Karwoski squatted 800x5 at a bodyweight of around 275 lbs, wearing naught but a belt, back in 1994. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a better set of five by anyone in the world. Til now. Jesus Olivares with 887x5 here. Now Jesus also weighs around 400 lbs vs Kirk’s 275, so I’ll let you be the judge of which is more impressive. But this is insane.

Why do people think this? If I can put down 705 pounds, you can put down whatever you’re pulling instead of dropping it.

Even if the anti barbell squat guys were theoretically proven right*, I’d still squat because you can’t replicate with a smith, hack, pendulum, or leg press any of what Platz so passionately describes here

My gym is replacing a couple of squat racks with smith machines, so every time I walk by I'm gonna do a land acknowledgement that the smith machines sit on stolen squat rack land.

BIGGEST MALE CANON EVENTS: -Squatting 405 -Benching 315 -Deadlifting 500 -Pressing 225 -Power Cleaning 225 -10 bodyweight chins -Weighing over 200 lbs -Becoming the fat and pink man you were born to be

We’ve never been so back

Conventional deadlifts have absolutely nothing to do with building muscle according to Very Smart People On The Internet, which is why the only man in human history strong enough to deadlift 505KG just happens to be one of the largest, most muscular men in history as well.