Homegym MEGA Thread

[deadshot138]

Heavy clubs made my grips in jiu jitsu otherworldly.

 

[cincymma79]

Clydesdale barbell came yesterday. I may have snuck it into the basement undetected. Time will tell. grip is aggressive

 

[Fahcough]

If anyone else was into the goofy lifting. The King Keg on Amazon went on sale from $250 to $140 and a 50% off coupon, so you can grab one for $70. Unsure if it's a 1 time coupon and because I used it - can't see it anymore? I can't make it pop up again, but it applied at checkout.

WOD King Keg

 

[vision1]

If anyone else was into the goofy lifting. The King Keg on Amazon went on sale from $250 to $140 and a 50% off coupon, so you can grab one for $70. Unsure if it's a 1 time coupon and because I used it - can't see it anymore? I can't make it pop up again, but it applied at checkout.

WOD King Keg

Any benefit vs a standard empty keg for like $50?

 

[ChickenBrother]

If anyone else was into the goofy lifting. The King Keg on Amazon went on sale from $250 to $140 and a 50% off coupon, so you can grab one for $70. Unsure if it's a 1 time coupon and because I used it - can't see it anymore? I can't make it pop up again, but it applied at checkout.

WOD King Keg

All these years, I've wondered what training background Bolo's character had in Double Impact. He must have been training with this. And the dedication it must have taken to get this good at full snatching 55 gal oil drums in industrial warehouses in the middle of a fight for no damn reason. FFS he does it 3 times in this scene alone. What a badass.

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[Poon Goon]

Bells of Steel is the first I've seen to rip off this attachment from Darko Lifting. On sale for $60 right now compared to $250 for the one from Darko. I think the original is stainless steel, but that price is still too much for me.

 

[Fahcough]

Any benefit vs a standard empty keg for like $50?

Probably not. Just has a corkscrew on top for loading/ draining really quick. I'm sure there is such an attachment on a standard keg. Just a topper for where the tap screws in. This is a new adventure, so have nothing to compare it too. Except the rubber bands around it that keep the floor safe.

All these years, I've wondered what training background Bolo's character had in Double Impact. He must have been training with this. And the dedication it must have taken to get this good at full snatching 55 gal oil drums in industrial warehouses in the middle of a fight for no damn reason. FFS he does it 3 times in this scene alone. What a badass.

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I can tell you if that drum is full, then it's probably 250lbs or more. Which is like 500lbs barbell lol. I do like that movement, ground to overhead. Gonna give it a try. And lose balance and go backwards into something. This thing does not move like a bag or a bar. Almost like it argues while you're trying to pick it up.

 

[Poon Goon]

Any benefit vs a standard empty keg for like $50?

I’d pay the extra $20 to have it delivered to my door and avoid having to find one

 

[ChickenBrother]

I can tell you if that drum is full, then it's probably 250lbs or more. Which is like 500lbs barbell lol. I do like that movement, ground to overhead. Gonna give it a try. And lose balance and go backwards into something. This thing does not move like a bag or a bar. Almost like it argues while you're trying to pick it up.

According to google, a 55 gal drum full of oil or diesel weighs 443 lbs, which is more than the WR barbell snatch for anyone other than Lasha. Shit an empty drum apparently weighs 48 lbs. Ima stick with barbells for now lol but at some point will probably have to find a proper coach to help me actually full snatch triple digit weights for reps.

 

[vision1]

I’d pay the extra $20 to have it delivered to my door and avoid having to find one

True, I thought it was $140 not $70.
I've been meaning to throw a party so I can keep a keg for over a year now.

 

[Fahcough]

True, I thought it was $140 not $70.
I've been meaning to throw a party so I can keep a keg for over a year now.

Did a keg stand on it yesterday, felt off 4 times trying. Horizontally. Not even a proper one.

 

[Fahcough]

According to google, a 55 gal drum full of oil or diesel weighs 443 lbs, which is more than the WR barbell snatch for anyone other than Lasha. Shit an empty drum apparently weighs 48 lbs. Ima stick with barbells for now lol but at some point will probably have to find a proper coach to help me actually full snatch triple digit weights for reps.

I wish you luck in your adventurous journey. It was becoming more frustrating trying to pick up 75lbs than just grabbing something you could throw back down as hard as you want. Be awesome if you could reteach your shoulders and ankles how to move like children joints again.

 

[ChickenBrother]

I wish you luck in your adventurous journey. It was becoming more frustrating trying to pick up 75lbs than just grabbing something you could throw back down as hard as you want. Be awesome if you could reteach your shoulders and ankles how to move like children joints again.

AGL I'm getting frustrated with my lack of progress on snatch. Looked up my old posts and its been over a year and a half doing them twice/week. Granted as an accessory lift but once I was able to drop into a deep overhead squat (which was over a year ago), thought I'd soon be loading up the bar. But no, I must be missing something in my 3rd pull that turns it into a power snatch if I attempt anything over ~85 lbs.

And according to strengthlevel.com I'm barely into "Beginner" and not even Novice:

Snatch Standards for Men and Women (lb) - Strength Level

Tables of Snatch strength standards for men and women. Find out how strong you are compared to other lifters at your bodyweight.

strengthlevel.com

Apparently their 5 levels are defined as:

Beginner = you fuckin' suck
Novice = you've sucked for at least 6 months and are stronger than 20% of lifters
Intermediate = stronger than 50% of lifters
Advanced = stronger than 80% of lifters
Elite = stronger than 95% of lifters

And it's humbling because with consistent training, I've always made decent progress on other barbell lifts. According to their standards above, I've generally been at intermediate on SBD and was actually advanced in bench until early 40s. But snatch took almost a year just to be able to do the damn lift with an empty bar lol.

 

[Poon Goon]

AGL I'm getting frustrated with my lack of progress on snatch. Looked up my old posts and its been over a year and a half doing them twice/week. Granted as an accessory lift but once I was able to drop into a deep overhead squat (which was over a year ago), thought I'd soon be loading up the bar. But no, I must be missing something in my 3rd pull that turns it into a power snatch if I attempt anything over ~85 lbs.

And according to strengthlevel.com I'm barely into "Beginner" and not even Novice:

Snatch Standards for Men and Women (lb) - Strength Level

Tables of Snatch strength standards for men and women. Find out how strong you are compared to other lifters at your bodyweight.

strengthlevel.com

Apparently their 5 levels are defined as:

Beginner = you fuckin' suck
Novice = you've sucked for at least 6 months and are stronger than 20% of lifters
Intermediate = stronger than 50% of lifters
Advanced = stronger than 80% of lifters
Elite = stronger than 95% of lifters

And it's humbling because with consistent training, I've always made decent progress on other barbell lifts. According to their standards above, I've generally been at intermediate on SBD and was actually advanced in bench until early 40s. But snatch took almost a year just to be able to do the damn lift with an empty bar lol.

Do you record yourself and try to see where you're going wrong? I'd have a hard time believing you'd be classified as a beginner unless people are just reporting bullshit numbers to that site.

I definitely want to believe the site though. Says I'm advanced in bench by bodyweight, but elite if going by age. I choose to go by age and I'm going to make myself a trophy.

 

[Fahcough]

AGL I'm getting frustrated with my lack of progress on snatch. Looked up my old posts and its been over a year and a half doing them twice/week. Granted as an accessory lift but once I was able to drop into a deep overhead squat (which was over a year ago), thought I'd soon be loading up the bar. But no, I must be missing something in my 3rd pull that turns it into a power snatch if I attempt anything over ~85 lbs.

And according to strengthlevel.com I'm barely into "Beginner" and not even Novice:

Snatch Standards for Men and Women (lb) - Strength Level

Tables of Snatch strength standards for men and women. Find out how strong you are compared to other lifters at your bodyweight.

strengthlevel.com

Apparently their 5 levels are defined as:

Beginner = you fuckin' suck
Novice = you've sucked for at least 6 months and are stronger than 20% of lifters
Intermediate = stronger than 50% of lifters
Advanced = stronger than 80% of lifters
Elite = stronger than 95% of lifters

And it's humbling because with consistent training, I've always made decent progress on other barbell lifts. According to their standards above, I've generally been at intermediate on SBD and was actually advanced in bench until early 40s. But snatch took almost a year just to be able to do the damn lift with an empty bar lol.

Its hard to accept your muscle and power is there but technique alone keeps you from lifting featherweight women standard. Watching those 145ers walk up and put 225 overhead like it's a warm up. It moves from the ground to hip to overhead in less than a second with minimal muscling. Guessing you would have to jump in a fuckton of mobility drilling and stretching to make the progress in months. Hard to do that being a weekend warrior and focusing on other goals at same time.
Snatch body is so unassuming too. Some of those big lifters don't even look like they frequent a gym. Like Dozer. dad body and hes putting my DL in the air.

 

[Fahcough]

Insider knowledge because it's not going public until the morning but Freedom Strength strongman bags V3 are restocked. Couple hours to jump on it before they sell out again.
Don't want to look/sound like an advert but if my sig works, that link and code will get you out cheaper.

 

[ChickenBrother]

Do you record yourself and try to see where you're going wrong? I'd have a hard time believing you'd be classified as a beginner unless people are just reporting bullshit numbers to that site.

I definitely want to believe the site though. Says I'm advanced in bench by bodyweight, but elite if going by age. I choose to go by age and I'm going to make myself a trophy.

I think the tables and levels in the site look legit. For every other lift, numbers look representative. But the snatch standards probably don't apply for 'Muricans where fucking no one does snatches. I mean it says the AVERAGE 50th percentile lifter can snatch just under bodyweight and about 30 to 40 lbs more than they OH press? What the actual fuck. Maybe in like France or Russia or something where people eat Royale with Cheese and gym bros do oly lifting instead of powerlifting.

I used to video my snatches and try to make improvements, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong other than that my lift form looks like shit compared to actual oly lifters. I'm like a fat chick who doesn't get on the scale anymore because she doesn't like the number it shows.

Its hard to accept your muscle and power is there but technique alone keeps you from lifting featherweight women standard. Watching those 145ers walk up and put 225 overhead like it's a warm up. It moves from the ground to hip to overhead in less than a second with minimal muscling. Guessing you would have to jump in a fuckton of mobility drilling and stretching to make the progress in months. Hard to do that being a weekend warrior and focusing on other goals at same time.
Snatch body is so unassuming too. Some of those big lifters don't even look like they frequent a gym. Like Dozer. dad body and hes putting my DL in the air.

Yeah I'm lagging on ROM and technique. The fact you're supposed to be able to snatch and C&J more than you OH press makes me realize my form on those lifts is still absolute dogshit.

I need to be warm as shit to even attempt snatches - like I've warmed up, done light squats, front squats, OH squats and have a good sweat going and I've only been doing that twice/week, which is apparently not often enough. That's on top of BJJ 3 x week and I've recently added a wrestling class (since my son started) so even less time to lift now. I'd be open to doing snatches after BJJ some days but I'm usually too spent to be exploding into anything other than the toilet and then a shower.

I think it's like when I turned 40 and shifted lifting emphasis from bench to squats. I had to do them 3 x week to learn and ingrain proper form. Anything less and my form would fall apart between sessions.

 

[Fahcough]

I think the tables and levels in the site look legit. For every other lift, numbers look representative. But the snatch standards probably don't apply for 'Muricans where fucking no one does snatches. I mean it says the AVERAGE 50th percentile lifter can snatch just under bodyweight and about 30 to 40 lbs more than they OH press? What the actual fuck. Maybe in like France or Russia or something where people eat Royale with Cheese and gym bros do oly lifting instead of powerlifting.

I used to video my snatches and try to make improvements, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong other than that my lift form looks like shit compared to actual oly lifters. I'm like a fat chick who doesn't get on the scale anymore because she doesn't like the number it shows.




Yeah I'm lagging on ROM and technique. The fact you're supposed to be able to snatch and C&J more than you OH press makes me realize my form on those lifts is still absolute dogshit.

I need to be warm as shit to even attempt snatches - like I've warmed up, done light squats, front squats, OH squats and have a good sweat going and I've only been doing that twice/week, which is apparently not often enough. That's on top of BJJ 3 x week and I've recently added a wrestling class (since my son started) so even less time to lift now. I'd be open to doing snatches after BJJ some days but I'm usually too spent to be exploding into anything other than the toilet and then a shower.

I think it's like when I turned 40 and shifted lifting emphasis from bench to squats. I had to do them 3 x week to learn and ingrain proper form. Anything less and my form would fall apart between sessions.

You're probably using real life logic on a physical level. Being an educated and critical thinker you can walk into a new task and watch someone do it and pick up on it quick. Shit don't work in the gym. Body does not conform and move the way we watch others do it Snatches and clean muscle ups have been a rage inducing journey. Can watch 10 videos, then go and fail it 9 different ways.

 

[maximus__]

I think the tables and levels in the site look legit. For every other lift, numbers look representative. But the snatch standards probably don't apply for 'Muricans where fucking no one does snatches. I mean it says the AVERAGE 50th percentile lifter can snatch just under bodyweight and about 30 to 40 lbs more than they OH press? What the actual fuck. Maybe in like France or Russia or something where people eat Royale with Cheese and gym bros do oly lifting instead of powerlifting.

I used to video my snatches and try to make improvements, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong other than that my lift form looks like shit compared to actual oly lifters. I'm like a fat chick who doesn't get on the scale anymore because she doesn't like the number it shows.




Yeah I'm lagging on ROM and technique. The fact you're supposed to be able to snatch and C&J more than you OH press makes me realize my form on those lifts is still absolute dogshit.

I need to be warm as shit to even attempt snatches - like I've warmed up, done light squats, front squats, OH squats and have a good sweat going and I've only been doing that twice/week, which is apparently not often enough. That's on top of BJJ 3 x week and I've recently added a wrestling class (since my son started) so even less time to lift now. I'd be open to doing snatches after BJJ some days but I'm usually too spent to be exploding into anything other than the toilet and then a shower.

I think it's like when I turned 40 and shifted lifting emphasis from bench to squats. I had to do them 3 x week to learn and ingrain proper form. Anything less and my form would fall apart between sessions.

Sounds like you might have found your issue with this post. That sounds like a lot of work and then you want to add an explosive movement on top of everything with a high technique demand.

 

[ChickenBrother]

You're probably using real life logic on a physical level. Being an educated and critical thinker you can walk into a new task and watch someone do it and pick up on it quick. Shit don't work in the gym. Body does not conform and move the way we watch others do it Snatches and clean muscle ups have been a rage inducing journey. Can watch 10 videos, then go and fail it 9 different ways.

Lol yeah muscle ups have been my other bugaboo. At least I can do a [crap form] snatch with light weight, but have never hit an unassisted muscle up despite years of trying. On a gravitron pullup/dip station with 20 lbs assistance, I can do 2 or 3 but on rings or a pull up bar even with a false grip and attempting everything like the asshole on youtube, I get stuck at the halfway point for 10 seconds and then have to bail. They should call it a "fly up" instead of a muscle up because there's no damn way you're "muscling" out of the sticking point without momentum unless you're the south park version of Brian Boitano.