Watch the video and follow these instructions to film your lifts for a formcheck.

Working on setting my knees early and sitting back more. Going to start using TUBOW, but wanted to see what people thought.

https://reddit.com/link/1v2z4xa/video/z4wf0z6axneh1/player

Wanted to start practicing these. It's probably early, but the clean interests me, so I will play with it at home. Felt incredibly awkward. Then again, I couldn't feel much but Texas heat and the bar welding itself to my hands.

Probably should have stuck with the empty bar until I stopped pulling with the arms.

36M, 6’4”, 207lbs

I’m 8 weeks into my first time running the NLP. My deadlift has gone from 110kg (242lbs) to 162.5kg (357.5lbs) in that time. At this point it’s heavy enough that I’ve pulled back to deadlifting only once per week, doing weighted chins the other days.

162.5kg on Monday felt like I was right at my limit. Unfortunately I didn’t film it so I can’t be sure, but I felt like maybe there was some very slight hitching on my last rep - it was definitely a real grind in the top half of the rep.

My question is when should I be thinking about switching to rack pulls and halting deadlifts, rather than continuing with the deadlift and eventually (probably sooner rather than later) starting to miss reps? At this point I’m planning to just add another 2.5kg to the bar next week and see how it goes. That said, the consistent advice here seems to be to make programming changes before missing reps (at least for the lower body lifts), but equally I don’t want to make the mistake of switching things up too early. Do I just keep adding weight at this point or make changes now?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Didn’t get a lot of feedback on my last post so posting my latest squat again. My main concern is the potential knee slide at the bottom. Is this a big concern? Also appreciate any feedback on anything else.

3x5x172/170 ~ 370 RPE 8

Intermediate. Just some small squat PR. Squats feel fine for first time in ages. Wanted 175 and a bit higher bench but couldn’t sleep much yesterday with the World Cup 😆

Last year I did 4x4x175 maxing out before peaking to a 200 squat double. Maybe I’m close. Feel free to critique anything but my shirt hehe.

Hello people of the internet,
I am proud to say I think I have just dialed in and found my deadlift technique. Note this is not a form check post, it’s a fluff post.

“Why don’t you wear a belt?”
I’ve been training for so long without one that it’s so uncomfortable for me to wear one. Truth be told I do a mountain of core work (back extensions & Ab exercises) and have learned to just brace with my natural belt (my core muscles).

Form check, especially hip position.

34M, 6’4”, 250 lbs., sufficiently bald, insufficiently strong.

I just cannot get 370x5. This is my second attempt after only getting 4 reps last workout. I know it’s probably a recovery issue and I’ve missed a few training days over the last month, but it’s startling how easily I raced through the weights up to 370 and now just hit a wall.

I have super long femurs and really tight hamstrings, so I find it harder to get into low back extension with my hips any higher. What do y’all think?

8 weeks in. Doing a slow bulk. 6’3” 220. Started at 215. Doing a PPL split Monday, Wednesday, Friday and one of the weekend days. I do not skip leg day or go out of rotation. Squat is barely progressing, to the point where my bench has surpassed it. Oddly enough, they started on the same level. Can’t figure what’s going on. Squats are fucking hard for me. I’ve watched dozens of videos and read about form on here. But having a stronger bench than squat after 2 months is frankly embarrassing. Anyone else have this problem?

Starting:
Squat 135 final set x 6
Bench 135 final set x 6

Now:
Squat 165 final set x 6
Bench 185 final set x 6

Still working on my front squats. I really enjoy doing them for some reason, but the weight still shifts onto my arms on the way up and j can’t figure out how to fix it. Looking at the video, I can see that my hips rise before my chest, and that my back angle therefore flattens a little, which probably explains the issue, but I can’t figure out how to avoid that happening. Any cues I can work with? Any other suggestions?

Intermediate. Week 2 primary deads. 3x4. Last week I missed the last set due to bad positioning and maybe rushing the setup. I was a bit worried before today but moved well. I used to struggle so much with deads :)

Not a PR. Next week is.

Based on the feed back from the last check I posted, I was trying to work on keeping my chest out, hitting depth and not changing my back angle on the way up.

I attached a video of my 2nd and 3rd set of 5. Second set definitely moved a lot better than the third. I think I might still be changing my back angle a little bit on some reps. I think I did a better job of hitting depth atleast my hip crease seemed to be below the top of the knee

https://imgur.com/a/wwZfEiP

This is 5 reps at 375lbs. When I'm actually doing the squats it 'feels' like I'm at or below parallel at the bottom, but now that I'm actually watching a video I can't really seem to tell. Not sure if this is fine and I should keep loading, or if I need to dial down the weight and focus on maintaining depth.

Being that I have had trouble staying over mid foot and get on my toes, I’ve come across people recommending against squat shoes for taller people. Explained below. I get knee pain with heavier sets and believe getting off my toes will fix this

Weightlifting shoes put your ankle into slight plantarflexion with the raised heel. That allows more forward knee travel and a more upright torso, which is why they’re so popular for squats. However, if you already have a tendency to shift your center of pressure forward, the heel lift can make that habit more noticeable.

This is the clip of the way I squat. Can you tell me what I do wrong or not?

BW: 66 KG (145.5 lbs)

Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)

Squat: 365lb. Proud of myself for grinding through it, can’t help be disappointed as I remember hitting this for a triple at the peak of my bulk. I am cutting quite aggressively and I know that doesn’t lend itself well to strength, but I’ve been trying (and evidently failing) to preserve as much strength as possible.

Bench: 230lb. This is weird because it didn’t look or feel like max effort, but I failed 235. Again disappointing as I was hitting 250-260 during the bulk, but I know bench usually falls off a cliff during a cut

Deadlift: 405- usually this weight isn’t too difficult for me, but I think the squat grind tuckered me out. Unfortunately, I think I see some hitching and I understand if this disqualifys me. Let me know what you guys think. White lights?

I realize this is the wrong angle for a proper form check. I took this at another angle for more of a niche form check to see if I’m doing anything that might be triggering pain.

First set is 3 reps @ 295 lbs. Second set is 4 reps @ 265. Currently following HLM as suggested by Shnur. Heavy day is 1x3 at 100% then 3x4 at 90%.

I have nagging, persistent pain where my low back meets my upper glute. It’s only really on the left side. This has been happening for a couple of months. The pain does not occur during my squats or deadlifts. It’s mostly when I wake up in the morning the next few days after. It’s also when I’m laying in bed and twist as if I’m sleeping on one side and roll over to the other. Sitting for long periods of time is another thing that sometimes causes it to flare up. Though today I did heavy squat + heavy deadlift session, then drove a 3 hour car ride. No pain really after that.

Walking and swimming makes a lot of the pain go away (I swim 2x per week). Sleeping with a thin pillow between my legs helps. A few months ago I removed my foam mattress topper which seemed to help also (mattress + topper was overall too soft). I wonder if even after that my mattress is still too soft and not supportive enough…

Is there anything funky I’m doing with my form that might cause pain on the left side? I noticed on the heavy set my stance looked a little wide. On the following back off sets I brought my left leg in a bit.

Wondering if anyone experienced with this sort of issue might weigh in.

Hey everyone,

TLDR: Just asking for advice what features you think would be fun or not in a powerlifting manager game. If you don't care about that, you don't need to read any of that.

I was not sure where to ask, and I remember I used to read here and it's not so harshly moderated like bigger subs. So I hope that is okay.

I'm a powerlifting enthusiast and solo developer working on a hobby project: a Powerlifting Manager / simulation game.

The goal is to create something that sits somewhere between a deep sports manager game (like a football manager) and a simpler management game. I want it to be realistic and detailed enough that people who actually train and compete in powerlifting can appreciate it, while still being accessible to people who just enjoy management games.

I'm currently past the very early prototype stage. The basic gameplay loop is working:

Athletes train

Weeks are simulated

Athletes compete in meets

I have also implemented some of the surrounding systems:

Tracking competition results and athlete history

Individual athlete profiles

A simple finance system

So I'm slowly getting closer to the parts that make a management game interesting: building careers, making decisions, managing athletes, and seeing them progress over time.

At this point, I would really like input from people who actually know the sport, because there are probably many details I would not think of as someone developing from the outside.

What would make a Powerlifting Manager feel authentic to you?

Some things I would love opinions on:

What information would you want to see on an athlete profile?

(Training history, injuries, meet results, PR progression, bodyweight changes, equipment, etc.)

What decisions should a manager/coach be able to make?

(Programming, competition selection, athlete development, finances, recruiting, etc.)

What parts of real powerlifting are interesting enough to simulate?

What would be realistic but actually boring as a gameplay mechanic?

Where is the right balance between realism and fun?

I have my own ideas for the direction I want to take the game, but I intentionally don't want to influence the discussion too much. I'm more interested in hearing what actual lifters would expect from something like this.

One topic I am still undecided about is doping/PEDs.

Since the game is about progressing from amateur lifters toward the highest levels of competition, this is something I have been thinking about. In real strength sports, PED use is obviously a complicated and controversial topic, and unlike some sports it has a very direct impact on performance numbers.

I think it could potentially create interesting gameplay decisions, but I also don't want it to come across as making fun of the sport or reducing powerlifting to just that one topic. I remember there was an old Football manager game where you could have your player on PEDs as a feature and that was very well received amongst gamers (Anstoß Gold 2).

Possible approaches:

Include it as a realistic but optional career decision.

Have separate natural and enhanced divisions.

Leave it out entirely.

I would especially like to hear opinions from people who compete: would this add realism, or would it hurt the experience?

I would also like to occasionally ask the community for feedback during development (for example, realistic athlete generation, competition structures, rules, etc.).

Thanks for reading! I would really appreciate any thoughts from people who actually train and compete.

So, this was my AMRAP set with 115 kg. It's getting pretty heavy for me now, and I'm wondering if you guys see anything in my technique that I might be missing.

By the way, I had knee pain after this training session, right at the front of my knee, just below the kneecap. It even hurt later that evening when I was just lying on the sofa. Today I dont have much pain. So that's why I think that something is wrong with my squat.

Thanks in advance!