*Because I Fucking Can.

Jamie Chaos

December 24, 2009

Today, I went into the gym with the intention of doing partial back squats, heavy. I brought my camera in case anything interesting was to happen, and it did. A buddy of mine saw my setup and joked that I was going to overhead press. We laughed about that, and then he said, “No, seriously. Front squats?” At that point, it occurred to me that I had never tried partial front squats, and that they’d certainly be more brutal than partial back squats. I was right. Hours later, my biceps, shoulders, traps, and thighs are still cramping like crazy. These are worth trying, if for no other reason than it’s fun to try new shit, and because you can.

Other people who espouse partials, for those multitudinous naysayers and shit-talkers running amok on the internet:

Paul Anderson
Brooks Kubik
Hermann Goerner
Louie Simmons

… just to name a few. Try ’em, and you’ll see the utility.

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Jamie Chaos

I am a former all-time, all federation world record holder in raw powerlifting at 181lbs, a record I broke just to say fuck you to the internet’s “lifting” community and the powerlifting community at large. Over the last ten years I’ve written over 500 articles on strength training, nutrition, and supplementation, and continue to do so simply to fight the tide of weakness and sadness that currently pervades the scene I’ve called home for the better part of three decades. I’ve got personal trainin certs, BodyPump and BodyCombat certs, a BA in History and East Asian Studies from the University of Arizona, and MBAs from the Vienna University and University of South Carolina on my side, in addition to some sick lifts and a hell of a lot of rage. What the fuck have you got?

20 responses to “*Because I Fucking Can.”

Anonymous

December 24, 2009

Kubiks is both weak and gay as fuck.
Glen MacCharles

December 24, 2009

I've done these before. I like them.
And I ripped a callous off doing deadlift lockouts with 855 today and I'm pissed off.
Justin James

December 24, 2009

Based on your recommendations I started doing partials for a lot of different things last week. Been really liking the squat lockouts, and I hate the bench lockouts, but that's because my bench sucks so bad and needs lots of improvement. I'll have to give this one a try too! I've been doing them at the end of my workouts, and I am a lot more sore and tired when I do a bunch of them as opposed to trying to squeeze one or two more sets of full motions in.

J.Ja
BodyByGamma

December 24, 2009

Fucking sick !
Anonymous

December 24, 2009

Fucking awesome Jamie! Inspired me to do the same today! I hit 745!!! Scariest shit is the swivel that the torso does, saw the same on yours but BRUTAL!

-CnP Hooligan TomFLEX
Anonymous

December 24, 2009

Oh and no belt! Bwahahahahaha!

-CnP Hooligan TomFLEX
Anonymous

December 24, 2009

no,Kubik is not gay and weak as fuck. His bottom position bench with 455lbs is heads and shoulders above half these fags doing belly button benching.
Anonymous

December 25, 2009

Kubik never, ever did a bottom postion bench with 455, and barely scraped out a 400# in a shirt.
Anonymous

December 25, 2009

better watch his power rack video. bar 2 inches from his chest and he does have a shirt on.
Anonymous

December 25, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlc4Tx247eQ
Jamie Lewis

December 25, 2009

As the bench is generally an unimpressive specialization lift in any event, I'm fairly unconcerned with his bench, though that is somewhat disheartening. Dinosaur Training is a seminal work in S&C though, and for that he should be lauded.
Jamie Lewis

December 25, 2009

Oh, and well fucking done, TomFlex! Now, what can we do about the state of your calves…

did I mention you should jump rope wearing a weighted vest? Br00tal on the calves.
Anonymous

December 26, 2009

I count 170kg on that vid in plates.

red ivanko = 25kg x4
black iron plate = 20 kg x2
yellow bumper of that thickness is a composite, and looks like it's a 15kg.

Kubiks is a known embellisher.
Michael Q

December 26, 2009

"The human body can only process x (number given is usually 40, 50 or 60) number grams of protein at a time." Jamie, this is a claim I see bandied around a lot by people, usually bodybuilders. To me, it reeks of BroScience. Is there any validity to this claim or is it a load of wank? On the Weston A Price website, one of the articles talks about the nomadic Mongols eating up to 10 pounds of meat in a sitting. I'm having a hard time believing that 6 meals a day is any better than 3.
Bill Shiffler

December 26, 2009

Good clean fun.
Anonymous

December 31, 2009

you guys are way too into eating and lifting weight. Have you ever heard of running? It's an exercise too you bunch of silly geese. Whatever. I am like 135 and I bench like 155 so I'm technically stronger than most of you. That guy Steve Prefontaine had sex with chicks and he was skinny, thus you are all idiots.
Jamie Lewis

January 2, 2010

Hahahahaha. Running?

As for the broscience, there's never once been a study to support that supposition, which has prevailed in the face of both common sense and a wide array of studies. The most notable study was a recent French study that showed that elderly French women had higher nitrogen retention at 50g of protein/serving than they did at less than that. As for meal frequency, I'd still eat as many meals as possible to ensure your metabolism is running high, but shoot for 40-100g of protein per meal.

Crossfit Bill- you need to check out Irongarmx.net. They're a pack of hilarious assholes who spend way more time alternately lusting after crossfit chicks and mocking crossfitters than they do lifting.
Dray

February 11, 2010

Actually there was a study supporting that…except that they all ate the same food and were on the same training regimen and they never had higher portions or ate over a longer period of time. They also don't explain how they "tracked absorption through the intestines". Clarence Bass is ripped, but some of his sources are retarded.

Also, for the record Brooks Kubik is actually pretty fucking strong and so happens to not train with bench shirts anymore (or for a pretty long while, if you hadn't noticed). If you'd ever read DT you'd realize that he pretty much thinks anyone who does so is a fucking moron these days.

Actually, I'm on the "dino training newsletter" and a recent one was about a guy who trained heavy six days a week into his fourties. Badass.
Luc Lapierre

August 6, 2015

Found a video of the 69kg/152lb world and (former) Olympic champ on OL doing this with 400kg/882lbs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PoiLzYFMqc
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October 15, 2017

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