Squatting for records

[Velkar182]

I tried something new this past 18 months and it seems to have made the difference. When I trained in my competition squat suit I never went below parallel in an attempt to preserve the elasticity of the suit at that part of the range of motion. When I was training below parallel, I used my designated practice suit or just did it raw. Has anyone ever done this? I imagine I had to have put an extra 30 some pounds on my equipped squat.

[Squatman51]

i never tried it but it may be a good idea..... when i first got my suit which was given to me and wore before, i had trouble even getting to parallel but by meet time it was very easy to break parallel in it... i may have got more weight but i still went 3 for 3 on squat so i was happy with that

[Doc.Sust]

not sure if it is a good idea or bad, the only way i would try this was if my practice and meet suit were the exact same size and style. therefore you would learn the natural groove of the suit while using the practice suit and still keep your meet suit strong and already know the "round about" groove of the meet suit

[Velkar182]

Well not breaking parallel, but working out with the suit and going down to parallel will still teach you the groove. I just meant that when training the range of motion lower than parallel, either use a similar suit that you can practice in or go raw, or do both. I like to train raw alot. When I was working with my Z-suit (my practice suit) I would hit all of my triples. Then I would go with the Hardcore (competition suit) and go parallel or less than an inche above, and hit singles. I am almost of the mind that I should by a new suit every other meet, but that is to expense for a college bum like me.
Anyways, I hit 655 for a triple in the Z-suit (which was tough...I suck at trips for some reason). Then I hit 730 with the Hard core and I was pretty sure that as tough as this was, I would be aiming for 775 by meet time. The reality was that I sat good and deep with 740, but I barely broke parallel and exploded up easily (but called on depth). Then I went 780 (called on depth, which was bs) and finally 812 felt good, and I got three lights...miraculously. The Hardcore was really good in its stopping power at the bottom. Now if only I could get my Leviathan to work efficiently!

[RJstrong]

what's the problem with your leviathan? finding a groove or hitting depth? just curious because the thought of going canvas has been crossing my mind.

[kdawg21]

hmmmmmmm

[RJstrong]

hmmmmmmm

another quality powerlifting post... with all your experience one would think you would have more to offer???

[Velkar182]

Definitely finding the groove. It feels like it is changing my stance a bunch, but I know it is predominantly used by wide squatters. Honestly I might not be experience enough for it. I was told I should play with denim before canvas. The other thing is that the fit might not be quite right.