>Martinez gravitated toward powerlifting exercises—squats, deadlifts and bench presses—but the emotional and mental gains drew him in more than the physical transformation. Clinical depression had long led him to drink, but weightlifting alleviated both his condition and his desire to self-medicate. “It was like I was rewiring my nervous system,” Martinez says of lifting. “You never have a clearer sensation of willpower than when you’re on your last rep of your last set of heavy squats. Will I give up and be crushed by this weight on my back? Or will I tap into a heretofore unused reservoir of willpower and try harder?” At his best, he could squat 335 pounds, bench 200 and deadlift 280.
>squat 335 >bench 200 >deadlift 280 Kek those numbers are so shit that even I can lift more. Does this mean I am swole by normie standards?
James Stewart
You're a hulk
William Moore
what a fucking loser
Jonathan Peterson
>leftists should be bigger than Republicans to deter would-be attackers Lmao good luck
Connor Miller
this is not going to gain traction. too many nu males and landwhales on the left to welcome these people. also, you can hardly call it powerlifting with those numbers.
Wyatt Morgan
This will never work. Guys who lift statistically gravitate towards the Right.
Evan Butler
280 lbs DL at 217 BW HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Grayson Cooper
i'm 130 lbs dyel as fuck and i can diddly 230
what a joke
Joseph Cooper
I lift so I can protect migrants from the "tolerant" right.
Too many rightys think that just because migrants touch or harass "their" women that they have the right to cause migrants physical harm. When will they learn that it is just part of their culture and to just be more accepting?
Evan Evans
>Deadlift 280 That's what, 135kg? I weigh 70kg and have been lifting for 5 months and I already can do that Jesus, antifa is a joke
John Foster
>bench 200 >deadlift 280 What I'm a twink an I deadlift more than that
Ryder Carter
>squat 335 pounds, bench 200 and deadlift 280. >normies consider this impressive
Jackson Johnson
Genocide when?
Elijah Ortiz
Jesus Christ those numbers are complete shit kek. I have better stats at 180 lb bw.
Jayden Nguyen
Neo-nazis watch out, I'm the strongfat HULK on the left
James Ramirez
Reposting from last thread.
Evan Flores
>routine to get good at fighting Stop lifting weights and go to an MMA class
Anthony Jackson
LMAO
>yeah I think left-wingers are stronger >no actually studies have shown tha-... >strength is opressive and doesn't matter anyways
Colton Nguyen
Take up boxing. Skill is what matters in a fight.
Aaron Powell
Holy shit what a cutie, so glad I voted for him
Logan Sanders
How do Canadians live with this
Parker Wright
...
Camden Morgan
I am so fucking glad I live in eastern Europe where we just discriminate and beat these animals.
I'd rather be poor than this shit.
Ryder Morgan
How to break you wrist in a single punch: The Gif
Ryder Scott
I'm sure the "nazis" are trembling in fear.
Chase Phillips
It's literally plebeddit.
Josiah Anderson
He's literally a fatty sucking it up for the photo lmao
Juan Martinez
>At his best, he could squat 335 pounds, bench 200 and deadlift 280. >''''''powerlifter''''
WHAT.
Liam Reed
OP, you are probably a troll. But in the slim chance that you are not, do not post here regarding #swoleleft you are just chumming the waters here at /fit and will not end up getting any real advice.
Ethan Harris
I'm not exaggerating or shit posting when I say I could fuck up every person in that picture at the same time.
How pathetic.
Asher Morgan
>thinking powerlifting can make you a better fighter try boxing classes
Joseph Howard
What the fuck are you talking about?
Sebastian Mitchell
>At his best, he could squat 335 pounds, bench 200 and deadlift 280.
Oh good lord the internet will give anyone a soapbox these days
Julian Lewis
>cant even bench his bodyweight
Kayden Bailey
Lmao these mental gymnastics and then the we're all equal and valuable as human beings. I've turned my back to /pol/ but you can't make this shit up
Andrew Edwards
Let's name them, Veeky Forums
>far left: baby-faced basher >purple shirt on left: mr steal-your-means of reproduction (doesn't know he's getting cucked by baby-face) >bagged fag hag
Jayden James
>The comments section
Wow managed to prove we're more autistic than the article.
I mean, fuck socialists, but I think it's cool if anyone is getting into powerlifting.
Josiah Barnes
>deadlift 280 This is a joke right
Lincoln Hill
>I think it's cool if anyone is getting into powerlifting.
>getting into powerlifting to beat up imaginary boogeymen that haven't been politically relevant in over half a century
Josiah Sanders
yeah I agree it's dumb, but its about as dumb as lifting for girls
Hunter Richardson
I'm in my second week of lifting and i can almost deadlift this, I weigh 80kg am i am the right track? Or is he a bad rolemodel?
Jayden Cook
They exist though
Dominic Davis
>getting into powerlifting I'd argue he's using the label while not doing actual powerlifting training. The stats are too shit for over a year of training
Cameron Cooper
>powerlifting >cool
It's literally a "sport" for people who can't into Oly or Strongman, and don't have the genetics and discipline for Bodybuilding.
Alexander Peterson
How is poland dealing with the crisis? Serious question.
Mason Sanchez
Those fatceps though. The only people that will be intimidated by this 25%bf starting strength fag are 15 year olds.
William Cooper
Show me one single study, because where I live the complete opposite is true. Where I live the right wingers wear camo and have guts
Sebastian Reyes
nazis exist and they get punched at rallies and cry about it on twitter
i like powerlifting so your words cant hurt me
yeah. and I bet he'll never compete because they dont hand out participation medals
Ryan Adams
>nazis exist and they get punched at rallies and cry about it on twitter
James Anderson
Lifting in any form isn't a sport. It's for people who aren't talented enough to play real ones.
Leo Lopez
>having any view not FAR to the left >now means being a nazi Truly, Spengler was right all along.
Jaxson Powell
I don't know, I'm not Polish, though I like the country.
The Polish are pretty redpilled so they're doing okay, I guess. I doubt any of these savages want to go there since they can't live off wellfare there.
Henry Foster
Eh, not saying the """"""militant""""" left aren't a buncha idiots too.
I get you're trying to troll me, but socialism is actually a principle of the extreme left/Authoritarian state. The extreme right/Libertarian state is the opposite. We have this weird Extreme Right/Authoritarian state thing goin on that people call neo-nazis; they suck p bad
David Lopez
which one are you in this photo?
Noah Ortiz
How do they expect to keep physically fit people in retarded left wing ideologies outside of blue hells like LA? Lifting is what helps you realize that faggots want to tear you down and society with them because they're impotent and then become something like a Nationalist Libertarian or Ancap.
Chase Wright
His squat and deadlift are backwards, so we know his squat form must be half reps.
>200 lb bench at 217lbs bodyweight.
He couldn't even bench his bodyweight. These are the stats of an average guy, not some impressive lifter. What a joke.
Also, he has a happy face on his chest.
Andrew Hernandez
ok ill change what i said?
"Nazis exist and they fuckin suck"
Parker Taylor
this
Luis Ross
fucking cringe can we fucking keep politics out of lifting
Joshua Collins
No you missed his point, your leftist heros "punched" a nasty neo-nazi, instead of running and crying on twitter like you claim the neo-nazis stabbed the fuck out of the smelly leftists.
Michael Young
You have no idea what you're talking about and you're stupid
Jaxson Harris
You suck as well, cock that is.
Ayden Myers
yeah this argument I get. He shouldn't be offering to "train" people. I like that he's helping more people et into strength training, but he shouldnt be putting himself in a position of authoirty cause he don't know shit.
Jacob Sanchez
no I actually do know a lot about what im talking and ur stupid
ur move stupid
i suckd ur dads cock and swallowed ur brothers theyll never get to tell people how they should live now does that make u mad?
Wyatt Richardson
>Nazis exist
They don't though. It's not a actual organized political movement that threatens anyone, it's a angsty subculture of LARPers.
Elijah Diaz
Why are you replying to my post, cuck?
Alexander Nelson
Polishbro here. What crisis? No immigrant crisis here. Migrants have 2 choices here - starve or go to work. So they just run from Poland into Germany etc.
Jacob Turner
Based poland, so hazardous people comming from a literal "war zone" are like nah fuck this.
Austin Ross
On top of that, the article said that he lost all his willpower when Trump won. He says he just quit and drank for a couple months, so his current numbers aren't even the numbers listed in the article.
So, we have a guy with mediocre numbers (at his best), no willpower, terrible form, who deceives himself (squat is probably half reps), and this guy... This guy says he is teaching people!?!
How can he be so unaware in the age of the Internet?
Logan Carter
cuz ur qute when your mad
Asher Gomez
This pretty much confirms liberals are a bunch of low-testosterone pussies.
Xavier Garcia
Yeah it really is like this. Life here is not easy. But it breed some strong and really interesting people.
Asher Harris
God all the cancer in that post
Bentley White
>How can he be so unaware in the age of the Internet? Because most of the Internet is a hugbox. On Veeky Forums people will tell you you're a dyel and that your form sucks even if you're actually decent; on reddit and sites like it people won't judge you harshly even when they should do you walk around thinking you're the shit. It's why I come here despite the edgy teenage wannabe neo-nazis: the fact that Veeky Forums sucks is it's appeal.
Brandon Moore
My god what a limp wristed faggot
Henry Hill
All I ever hear about poland is how hard life is there, but it cant all be bad can it? Can it?
Adam Lewis
Everytime i posted pic of me on /fit or any story everyone was pretty based.
On reddit theres just huge circlejerk. Some no gains auschwitz dude post picture and they comment on great progress when theres none. I dont get it. It just breed delusion. This guy goes to party after posting on reddit, wearing fucking bane costume thinking hes rocking it and everyone just laugh at him.
Or all those fat cows losing 2kg in 2 months. Wow progress. I lose more kilograms after taking huge shit when i drink too much coffee.
Wyatt Fisher
>Trudeau
Xavier Barnes
It depends. If you re smart then you prospect. If you re dumb and lazy then you are nobody. Problem here is when you make mistakes and go down its hard to go up again because goverment give you zero social help.
You can always go to Germany, UK (even post brexit), France and make better living while working less.
There are some regions in Poland where its really fucking hard - no jobs, no future. But its people fault they stay there and simply are living like that. You can pack things and go to warsaw to find better job. Like i did.
In short - its same as everywhere else but instead making lets say 10$ per hour you make 2$ per hour while gas and food is more expensive than in coutries you make those 10$. Its pretty fucked up.
Also alcoholism and drug addiction is strong in this country. It destroy many young people.
Nathaniel White
...
Nicholas Martin
Most of us are really poor for western yuropean standards but it's not that bad. We can afford anything we need most of the time. Can't spend thousands of dollars on smartphones and shit, getting a decent car takes a lot of time if you don't work abroad but who cares. Just having a job (getting one might be tricky tho) is enough for you to live happily unless having expensive shit is what makes you happy. I'm a uni student and by working at holidays and with a little help from my parents I can eat big, go to gym and party weekly without much problems.
Although if you came here from the west, it probably would feel pretty rough at the start.
Landon Johnson
elliot rodger 2
Levi Russell
>tfw cruising through life on pleb mode. >tfw will never be able to tell my kids of the strugles in homeland >tfw my biggest concerns are not picking things and putting them down good
Christopher Reyes
>Notion of 'equality'
I don't think we should help these people.
Jaxson King
Reality is going to kick the fucking door in hard when these people lose their privilege to bitch about privilege.
William Adams
I think they should be physically removed from society
Elijah Bailey
>Lifting = good at fighting
Ah yes, that old meme.
Daniel White
picking things and putting them down is very important to keep mind straight in Poland. As i told you before - this country breed strong people but it has severe alcohol and drug problem. Thats why its very important to have passion that does not mix with party life - like gym.
Pic is me last month. 194cm @ 101,5kg 6''3 @ 223lbs
Polish cousine like pierogi, schabowy really makes you grow
Christian Morgan
194cm is 6'4"
Juan Jenkins
neck yourself
Kevin James
Denial of Reality 3x10
Angel Jackson
Oh. Good for me, then
Bentley Butler
...
Jaxon Clark
Top kek
Tyler Myers
>when you write an article in order to dispel a myth/stereotype but only end up reinforcing it