Background: Poster bhanks (
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=106117) was challenged by poster webstar (
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=23174 ) on the former’s claim of completing a set of 15 reps of squats with a 225-lb barbell. To support the claim, bhanks posted the video below (Exhibit A) that appears to show only 13 reps:
An investigative team led by myself was charged with looking into this discrepancy, and are now prepared to report our conclusions.
Methods: the evidence (Exhibit A) was investigated extensively, and interviews were conducted with various stakeholders in the matter.
Conclusions: Firstly, the investigation concludes the video evidence clearly shows only 13 of the claimed 15 reps. All evident reps were counted despite concerns from some stakeholders on the depth of the eccentric phase. The video creator’s concern over their history of vaping and claims of lateral compartment knee arthrosis as confounders were deemed immaterial to the investigation.
Secondly, the investigation concludes that the video creator knowingly titled the video incorrectly (“225x15”) in a vainglorious attempt to support their claim, assuming no one would watch the whole video. However, the video garnered immediate concern from stakeholders due to its overall length of one minute, four seconds suggesting an unusually fast cadence of reps while allowing for time to start and stop the recording aparatus (the video creator must do this themself since they are a friendless loser) and time to unrack and rerack the weight.
Thirdly, all stakeholders were in agreement that a bodyweight squat for 13 reps is, quote, “embarrasingly weak” given the video creator’s history of steroid abuse and claimed duration of and commitment to serious training.
This matter is now closed.