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March 12, 2012

Max Effort Squats and Deads 2-28-2012 | RetroPL

Commentary videos are back! This session was recorded before our trip to the Arnold. Lots of deadlifts and some squats into chains.

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March 10, 2012

Best Advice - Jim Hoskinson | RetroPL

There are two kinds of pain...which one do you want?

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March 9, 2012

Best Advice - Stan Efferding | RetroPL

What one change helped Stan take his raw squat to the World Record level?

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March 8, 2012

Best Advice - Dave Hoff | RetroPL

Which legendary powerlifter gave Dave this advice?

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March 7, 2012

Westside in the Cage @ 2012 Arnold | RetroPL

Westside benching in the Animal Cage. Does it get any better than that? Includes Jay Fry's 725 lb 1 board and Dave Hoff's 875 lb 2 board and 945 lb 1 board.

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March 7, 2012

Best Advice - Matt Kroczaleski | RetroPL

What do you do when people doubt what you can accomplish? Matt has an answer.

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March 6, 2012

Sling Shot Muscle Ups?

Can you use a Sling Shot for ring work?

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March 6, 2012

Best Advice - Sam Byrd | RetroPL

What's the best advice you ever received? First of a casual series of one question interviews with people from the strength community.

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March 6, 2012

Sam Byrd Squats 635 with NO HANDS in The Cage | Arnold Classic Expo 2012 | RetroPL

Raw squat record holder and bodybuilder Sam Byrd squats with no belt, no wraps, and NO HANDS in the Cage.

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March 5, 2012

Allen Baria on How to Build a Big Raw Bench Press | RetroPL

Sling Shot Challenge winner Allen Baria talks about how he started building his huge 650 raw bench press.

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March 4, 2012

Uncut -- Mike Tuchscher 716 lb WR Squat at the Arnold | RetroPL

Mike squats a new WR on Friday, March 2, 2012 at the USAPL Raw Challenge at the Arnold.

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March 3, 2012

Dave Hoff in the Cage 945 lbs 1 Board Press | Retro PL

Dave Hoff and the Westside guys in the Animal Cage. I was trying hard to stay out of the way of the live stream cam, so I was stuck with the camera on one side of Dave's face for a while. This one was too good to wait to get…

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Feb. 29, 2012

Getting Energy from a Bomb | RetroPL

Mark Bell breaks down his recent meet. What went right, what went wrong and what to take forward into the next time around.

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Feb. 28, 2012

Dynamic Squats 2-25-2012 | RetroPL

Buffalo bar squats against bands with Robot, Austin, Cove and Damon.

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Feb. 27, 2012

Max Squats 2-25-2012 | RetroPL

GBuff, Spence, Reilly and Matt doing Thompson style max effort squats.

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Feb. 27, 2012

Jesse Burdick 804 Deadlift @ 275 | RetroPL

Jesse competed deadlift only at the February 26, 2012 SPF Super Training Open. This version includes commentary by Mark Bell.

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Feb. 27, 2012

Max Aita 705 Raw Squat at 220 | RetroPL

Former Olympic lifter Max Aita squats 666 lbs and 705 lbs in this video from the SPF Super Training Open on February 26, 2012.

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Feb. 26, 2012

Jesse Burdick 804 Deadlift @ 275 | RetroPL

Jesse competed deadlift only at the February 26, 2012 SPF Super Training Open.

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Feb. 25, 2012

Bench Night 2-23-2012 | RetroPL

Mostly a shirt session (Robot, Damon, Big Jim) with some raw benches from Treston and Tim.

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Feb. 25, 2012

Bench and Assistance 2-19-2012 | RetroPL

Speed and shirted benches and some assistance work.

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Feb. 24, 2012

Max Squats 2-21-2012 | RetroPL

Highlights: Cara and Damon try the dip. Nice SSB squats from Robot and Janet.

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Feb. 20, 2012

Dynamic Squats 2-18-2012 | RetroPL

This next session (part 2 of 2-18) is all dynamic squats against bands. .

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Feb. 20, 2012

Squat (and Pull) Day 2-18-2012 | RetroPL

Some Thompson style max effort, some dynamic squats and some pulls.

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Feb. 18, 2012

Max Benches 2-16-2012 | RetroPL

Raw, Sling Shot and shirted benches.

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