brad gillingham squat and deadlift program

It also focuses on the largest muscle group of the human body, the legs/butt. The SS program focuses greatly on the Squat and rightly so as you said its the single exercise that works basically the entire body. I'm curious as to if/when it actually is ever needed or if people just use it for an 'edge.'ģ. I know there are 100's of threads on this forum about belts, and 100's of debates on when someone should purchase one.

A belt however is a very realistic item to utilize for support and continued strengthening of the core. For me, I will probably never get to that point as I want to go as far as my genetic potential will allow without aids. I'm not saying I am considering buying a single ply suit. I recognize genetic potential as being part of pulling impressive lifts, but where do people reach the point of 'needing' these items to continue moving forward in lifting? I see a lot of big impressive lifts being done but at the same time those people are wearing belts, single ply suits, the works to make it happen. I know people may flame me for asking this question, but I'm asking because I want to know if heavy lifts, ie 600, 700, or even 800lbs on Deads, Squats, etc. I recognize that from reading some of the articles that steroids were used by competitors to reach greater weight and it was not found to be wrong, unethical, or cheating. I do apologize as this is a somewhat personal question and one you may be unwilling to answer (or have already answered) but I am not trying to discredit in any way or raise a debate. When you competed were you taking steroids or any performance enchancing drugs to reach those weights for competition or did you just pound of the beef and milk as recommended to us? Rip, I have three questions I was hoping you would address to finally resolve them and allow me to move on to other topics to mentally disect.ġ.

Brad gillingham squat and deadlift program