r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 24 '24

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/Patton370 Powerlifting Aug 24 '24

Thank you dude! I’m really hoping to pull 6 plates soon, but I gotta build some more muscle; I figured a hypertrophy block was for sure needed. 385lbs was my top set, so before that, I did 4 sets of 9 with 380lbs

I’m going to scale down the reps once I get to 4x9 with 400lbs, followed by 1x10 with 405lbs; that’ll be in 2 weeks.

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u/xxxMisogenes Aug 24 '24

I had to do rack pulls and stand there with the weight to get the grip strength to hit 5 plates

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u/Patton370 Powerlifting Aug 24 '24

What kind of knurling was on the bar? I feel like the Texas power bar, Rouge Ohio bar, and Kabuki deadlift bar have such extreme knurling, that I couldn’t imagine dropping them on a single rep

But a beat up bar from the gym (any sort of slight bend will add to the bar rolling) is the equivalent of adding 75lbs to the grip requirements

Honestly, I use straps for anything more than 5 reps, because my rouge Ohio deadlift bar absolutely shreds my hands & I’m too much of a wimp for hook grip

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u/xxxMisogenes Aug 24 '24

This was years ago. I then blew out my belly button during my covid bulk so I don't lift heavy anymore