 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another video. My name is silent Mike your host hostess with the most is also known as Mike Fargo To have a little bit of deadlift footage today talk a little bit about competing in the sport of powerlifting and how it differs from other sports Plus, maybe having an exit strategy when to call it when to push it and things of that nature before we hop into the video Ladies and gentlemen, please Give this thing a thumbs up be sure to subscribe we're dropping new videos every Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday First thing in the morning. Look at that tushy Those poor shorts just get and eat up like a Christmas turkey buffet I guess he prime rib on Christmas, but some people might eat turkey I guess you don't really go to a buffet on Christmas, but it's the first thing that came to my mind A tweet came out from my boy Johnny Candido probably a couple months ago But it's something that's been on my mind a lot recently I did a another video that's coming out soon talking about why I compete or why I don't compete I also made a post on instagram silent mike with 2k is talking about why I don't compete Or why I don't love to compete And basically johnny said In the tweet that powerlifting is unlike other sports one because you don't get paid and no one cares what you do two There is no exit forced upon you when you played basketball soccer baseball volleyball Golf whatever it might be as a kid At some point at the top of the game whether for some people it's eighth grade some people It's junior varsity some people's varsity some people's college or the professional level at some point It's somebody else telling you you're not good enough. Your career has now ended. You're not picked for this team You didn't make the cut in this tournament. You didn't make this national local county Block cold the sack squad And so now you will no longer play the sport where in powerlifting That never ends If you pay your hundred dollars to be part of whatever federation and you pay your 150 dollars to enter in a meet you can compete however whenever you want Um, and that's all good and dandy. That's that's the beauty of powerlifting It's the beauty and the curse of powerlifting that you can compete forever technically But our bodies and our minds if you're a competitive person That may not be the healthiest thing now powerlifting is healthy Before you guys start bashing me my game you see any powerlifting is going to help everybody and it does But if you start to take it too serious and at a competitive highly competitive level Your body can break down and will break down, you know, I've been squat bench and deadlift with the pure goal of adding pounds to the bar for About 10 years and my body's hurting my body's hurting as many of you guys out there that compete or train real seriously um can also relate to so Um The extra strategy for me is difficult because I am competitive even though I don't love to compete The competition in my mind is is what I did last week what I did last month when I did Five years ago. I always want to be stronger. I always want to look a little bit better I always want to lift more weight in the gym reps or or one rep max But I have to be able to disconnect my mind from that One if I want to lift live my best life hashtag fitspo But that's the truth, you know, I want to feel good And I think there's a there's a certain amount of dose of squat bench dead heavy Still getting strong. Maybe with some variation That is there and for the last Year or so rehabbing my back and dealing with those issues Dropping the weight getting back down to 198 pounds, which I hit this morning Cheers in the chat cheers in the comments below first time below 200 pounds in a couple years I've reached those goals And and my other goal was step back on the platform and hit some of the best numbers I've ever hit But I got a little bit consumed with that and that's kind of what my instagram post was Having an exit strategy in my head was I'm going to show out one or two last meets And then and then grab princess peach and ride off into the sunset on my barebacked horse like the stallion but I need I need to stop being so extreme in my mind where Yes, I do think my body needs a break from squat bench dead I'll probably move into more unilateral stuff. Maybe trap bar. Maybe even machines I'm already belt squatting But maybe some leg press some hack squat some things I have a little bit more fun with get my heartbeat up Get a workout in a 45 minutes nice nice little pump in the quads I want to do sprints again. I want to do some cycling again I want to try a little bit of a variety Physically and mentally But I guess what I'm saying is I don't have to just shut it off I do think it's good to have a general idea to switch gears here and there or know when you're going to push or not Um, I am getting older by no means old and I know powerlifting age You know Mid 30s late 30s even 40s into your 50s. If you stay healthy, you could probably be your strongest But being my strongest isn't necessarily My overall goal of my life being my best is and that means making myself happy and helping those around me To be healthier or be happier. Um, so for me Not saying I'm I'm I'm putting up the squat shoes I'm not hanging up the squat shoes and hanging up the uh inzer belt But what I'm saying is that I I will switch gears and I need to chill out in my mind that Any potential could happen. I could I could go right back and compete every six months like I used to I could go right back and compete every five years or I could never compete again Uh, and and it's all up to me and the choice is fine any way I go. Um, You know, I wish I could blame it on social media And I wish I could blame it on you guys, but it's not you guys I don't have that much social pressure to compete or lift to be honest I I have social pressure and pressure from you guys to to put out good content Um to to to be interactive and to put out consistent content But the the competing pressure is just uh 100 internal for me. I have A past of competing. I have a past of being a little bit obsessed I have a past of uh being a little bit addicted to sport and victory and winning All I do is wean wean wean. Mr. DJ Khaled said Um, so all that pressure I know is coming from the inside of me And that's why I have these constant conversations in my head Uh, and now obviously because of this voiceover you guys get a look into my head my insane head That's running around back and forth back and forth. But um, that's just a tweet that that really, you know Sparked a lot of thought in me because uh, I know those are true and I know that to be true that you can't Compete in powerlifting forever. I mean, I guess you can but you can't be at a high level And you can't continue to push yourself forever that you have to make your exit strategy And that's a little bit with everything you do in life Uh, you know, it's it sucks and it's kind of dumb to say but Relationships come and go friendships come and go jobs come and go Activities and hobbies come and go and it's okay to let them come It's okay to let them go and it's okay if they never come back But it's also okay if they do come back again Um, if you guys see tugging a little bit heavy today, this was uh, just before the rv trip Be sure to check back on those vlogs. I think you guys will really enjoy them a lot of fun with the barbara gate homies barp and geo So I worked up to about 635 which moved a lot slower than I'd like. Um But we'll figure that out. We're still tweaking things I took a little bit of break after that because of the trip and travel and work But but everything's grooving okay, you know I'm trying not to put too much pressure on just one lift at one competition I'm just going to go and try to have a good time. Have some fun with the homies if I pull mid sixes We'll call it a win because that's the best I've ever done at 198 technically. So it is what it is If we do more we do more and we show out on the internets Get all the likes and right off into the sunset again with princess peach and my italian stallion bear backed Um, I do appreciate you guys for listening to me ramble. Uh, it helps to get my thoughts out there I don't journal. I don't like to read Uh and in a way this youtube channel both in the gym and out now with all the vlogs is my way to journal to you guys It's my way to vent. It's my way to spread my thoughts, uh, as well as the podcast Let's plug away while we're there mom's boys podcast every tuesday and friday If you guys are into some comedy uh into hop topics or just random conversation Me and oh marisa started podcasts, uh, and also I've been twitching my face off silent m1 kke It's in the description below. I've been on twitch multiple times a week for long streams We're talking five to nine hour streams hanging with you guys and the feedback has absolutely been awesome So, uh hit 635 for a nice little single Not the best then I think I hit this 545 for a couple triples Yvonne is messing up in the background. Shout out to evan for being my boy. Uh, even though his warrior is about to lose I appreciate him Taking all my jokes this whole trip and also helping me film this thing But so then I hit 545 I think for two or three triples and then I think I dropped it down 495 for a set of five Uh, I just want to get my normal amount of volume, uh, which on this day is a heavy-ish single With some drop sets of three to five But I got this extra 545 in because I knew I was going to take time off. Oh, that's 635 Buddy a little slow. I guess looking back on it was a little faster than I thought Um, that is 635, right? Yeah, if it in my head, it was so slow Uh, I don't know why but now looking back a week later. That's see that's how my mind plays dude My mind's playing tricks on me. I believe that's a hip hop song google it. Um, for some reason it felt like it was a max But uh looking back here is decent. So then we dropped to the 545 triples My other day, um is kind of a technique day or maybe some of you guys might call it a typical speed day Except it's heavier. I do use submaximal loads, but I'm using anywhere from 475 to maybe even 585 towards the end Of this thing for a bunch of singles doubles and triples And my goal for there is really just greasing the groove getting used to the singles doubles The lower rep range and just banging them out where this day Is my more strength day. I'm getting something heavy in my hands And then I'm getting the volume to back it up. So getting that fatigue a little bit higher And then we'll slowly let it dissipate moving into the meat and hopefully the loads will go up Overall feels really good. The competition I believe is in july at barbara brigade I think it's open to the public. There may be a dorothy Uh, but feel free come out and kick it if you want to say what's up say what's up But probably do it after I pull because I'll probably have headphones on and be in the zone a little bit Again, I appreciate you all all you guys for listening to me ramble. I appreciate you for the support here mama's boys podcast support and feedback has been insane my instagram and now my twitch We had a really fun stream last night. So that thing's slowly growing and we're having a good time Onward and upward my friends. Here's the 500 for five Form feels locked in back feels decent considering Um having my underhand on my right side, which is my more painful side has been helping The side I tweak more often because I have a little bit less of that helicopter action I can stay a little bit more even. Nadim is really impressed by this 495 as you guys can see He's a big sumo polar fan. He doesn't even mind that it may be cheating. That's amazing I just saw this footage for the first time. What a dickhead appreciate you guys new video coming out Tuesday thursday saturday sunday salamak. I'm out