sweet jesus with something like that i don't think id be risking it haha

it wont move anymore haha...i dont know how much u know about that spine..but there are "hook" looking things on the back of every vertabra that keep them all ontop of eachother so they dont slide forward..and my lowest vertabra ontop of my tailbone has like an elongated "hook" thing and it didnt fuse how it should have at birth...i guess like 1/10 ppl have it but mine is just a really severe case...they said if i can deal with the pain il be fine but i dont like having to deal with it so i prefer not to bother it...butof course i picked two of the baddest things for it...lifting and throwing stuff in track (major twisting)

Ur going to end up blowing out your back :/ My lower back fucking sucks bad too.. I can max bench almost as much as my max deadlift. I max squat way more than my max deadlift. I dont get how some people have like 250 bench and 4xx deadlift. Whenever I get to 250 bench ill have like 300 deadlift if im lucky.

haha i can bench 315 and only deadlift 225 if that tells ya anything...i can rack pull like 435 though...the specialist told me i dont really have to worry about anything serious happening...there is possibility of paralysis occuring but that chance is like .0001%...i have better odds of being paralyzed in a car reck...the only thing i have to worry about is the pain..which iv been dealing with haha

vids for proof please

haha nxt month when i have my 5 4 3 2 1 week again il have my cousin take a video..i just did it this monday..u dont have to believe me if u dont want cuz i dont really care if u do lol...i know i did it lol

i was talking to topic creator but u can put vids too

o lol..my bad..that just came after i posted that last one so i thought u were talking to me..sry lol

had to repost since it wasnt answered haha...

what do you recommend as an alternate to squating...a back docter at Penn State told me I shouldn't squat or deadlift heavy because of a congenital defect i have in my lower back

i do squat atm anyway...but i wont go heavier than 315 because its painful when i do

i am mostly training for explosive power (i throw discus, shot put, and hammer) and i know squats are a big part of leg strength...i really need something i can do other than that...i can leg press but i know that isn't even close to squating in any way

This post was edited by bnrhodes2 on Aug 1 2008 09:27pm

Hey there...

sorry that I didn't notice your post...there was so much stuff from the last 2 pages in relation to the guy calling me fat (lol at 8% bf being fat?) anyway...

the best alternative to squatting is clearly the plate loaded legpress (preferably the hammer-strength version with a 45 degree incline sled and 4 racks for plates...very good, it takes a lot of pressure off the knees and lets gravity work with you, rather than against. Leg pressing really is close to squatting if you do it right and heavy enough! All professional bodybuilders tend to prefer massive leg-pressing over squats because of the lower risk of severe injury with comparable results. Ask Ronnie =)

secondly...because of this, do NOT do deadlifts at all...instead you should really stick to rack pulls and barbell rows (bent over and handle grip)

lastly...the explosive power stuff you were mentioning can be recreated with weights in the form of an explosion up (or out), and a 2 second return. Make sure to control it, but use the explosion method for each rep until failure. I do that 1-2 weeks every few months as a wake-up call to the muscles that become lazy from the usual training.

hope this helps =)