BB Hacks: I understand this is mainly a BB'ing site and not a power BB'ing or PL'ing site. Most people here have a passion for training to encourage muscle size and strength. And to do this they follow the general rules of training, either at a commerical gym or at home. And they pretty much read the same BB'ing mag and watch the Pro workout videos and try to gain more information from those. Now just about every commerical gym has it's Big Fish in a small pond types. Guy's who stand above the rest in size and power. This is the usual way strength and development is gage, on a personal level, by most people who come to this site. But we must keep in mind that they are a Big Fish in a small pond.
These is another element of lifting, where weights that may be unbelieveabe to most people, who come to this site, are used on a regular bases in normal workouts, by men with very serious intent. Their not sweept away by perfect form, full ROM , etc. They want to get huge and strong beyond belief. They do not want to look pretty like a lot of BB'er do. They want the look of raw power and mass, where they really do have to walk sideways through a normal size door. Those Big Fish from the commerical gyms would have a hard time matching most of the weight used in some workouts. Let's just say that I workout in such an environent. A converted three car garage, with limited memership, that has all the heavy equipment. Three power racks, three 9ft lifting bars, thick handled BB/DB, extra reinforced bench's (including inclines/dipping bars) & squat 'A' frame, etc.
Given all this, a 535 BB Hack is not out of the question, when I and a few other guy's match or lift more than that in regular workouts. I know a couple of high school kids who handle over 400lbs in training with BB Hacks. I've done 800lb+ for partials on a power rack, so it's not all that. People here do not understand how strong or massive they could be until they begin training that way. I'm not that large compaired to some of the guy's I train with (wide body...6'2, 238...lean and holding a 36" ,ab showing, waist. But a lot of my lifts are on par with theirs. The thing is, most people here have not be exposed to some of the heavy duty, take no prisoner's, style gym's. True BB'ing & lifting should not be judged by most of the commerical spa's or fitness centers. Good Luck.
