I think I de-trained my squat a bit, going to try and reset.

[WCSteppe]

Well, 2 weeks later and I am on course to squat 470x3x5 today, hopefully followed by 475x3x5 on Saturday; so much for a de-trained squat. I squatted 455 and 460 two weeks ago. Last week I squatted 465x3x5. I realized that my "safety pins" are probably not that safe: I have the rope ones, and realized that the height of those is very difficult to control, as is the movement of the bar if it gets set down on them. So I ordered metal pins for the rack, and in the meantime I will workout at the public gym until they are delivered.

Thanks for everyone's feedback and telling me to just add weight to the bar. Good advice.

[Jason Donaldson]

Well done, WC - both at doing and at learning.

When you say "rope ones", you mean the strap safeties that are so in vogue, for some reason?