Kyle Keough Squats w/ Wraps 460x4 (06/17/13)

I wanted a fifth rep, but it just didn't happen this time. The self-appointed spotter meant well; it wasn't his fault I failed. 460x4 is at least a four-rep PR for me.

[mgarozzo]

Thats awesome, would be awesome to hear your insight on the topic!

[whiteb]

Good point of view man. i would be pissed that he could have messed my focus up, but it's great to know there are people that want to help, even when you don't need it lol.

[KyleKeough]

In the grand scheme of things, it won't negatively affect my training. You just have to accept that conditions won't always be perfect, and some things are out of your control.

[rhoads]

I like how you just casually dump the bar

[KyleKeough]

I will do this. You definitely don't get much out of yours, but this isn't unheard of--I've amazed a couple of training partners after putting my wraps on them and discovering that their max doesn't jump much. Everyone thinks I have magic wraps that "give" me a lot of pounds, but wrapped squatting is its own skill, and I'll address this stuff in a video over the weekend.

[KyleKeough]

It rolled forward on me, so I just went with it; at that point, there's no fighting it.

[KyleKeough]

It happens--it's a by-product of training around a lot of people. You just try to control your environment as best you can and hope for the best.

[mgarozzo]

clearly you get a lot out of your wraps, could you do a tutorial video on how you wrap your knees and also what you do to get the most out of them? mental cues, stance/foot placement etc. I will be competing in Nov and wraps are allowed but I get hardly anything out of them. For example my best no wrap squat is 440 and only 450 with them (i am using inzer yellow gripper knee wraps which seem like they should help a lot, they have a cast like feeling when on).

[KyleKeough]

lol, yes, I suppose so. His heart was in the right place though, so I told him it was no problem afterwards. If people mean well and screw up, I try to give them a break.

[KyleKeough]

He didn't, no, but I explained to him after that I was fine because I had them set. He said he was just making sure I didn't get hurt. In his mind, he was helping. Honestly, it's not a big deal to me--most of the time, it's people acting like jerks who screw me up, so this is nice by comparison.

[garthwhelan]

People really do that, huh? I'm glad I've only gotten a surprise spot on a negative.

[tigerak]

He started creeping at the 0:55 mark, terrible. Does he know the purpose of safety pins?