With the increase in my OHP, and my incline I'm expecting big results on bench in a few days.
squatted 485 sunday, took off monday. Gonna do some chest/triceps today. Feelin kinda tired but oh wellBig dog !!
So Ive been training consistently and heavy for years, and its something that I dont hide my passion for. Its also just pretty obvious just looking at me that I lift a lot, and thats been the case since I got big into it sixish years ago. So having said that I know things have been going well lately because the amount of comments or compliments Ive gotten from people in my life lately has shown that theres definitely been a bit of a level up physique wise, especially considering that Im pretty much at the same weight Ive always been at. Im not entirely sure whats caused it, whether its just Ive done well avoiding injury (aside from the recent arm) and have been able to progress more meaningfully, or if its just been something more long term. But whatever it is Ill take it :)
Deciding on when to take my rest day this week,
Currently on and getting PR's every time on lateral dumbell raises. Up to 45x3 now, 25's feel like 10's now.
Back to 365 on squat. I failed on it, but I hit 360. So moving forward my one rep will be at least 365. Which I probably will hit on my next day, assuming my gains are staying the same. Looking at a 260x8, 280x5, 310x3, 365x1 for my next splits.
Excited for incline bench tomorrow. I want to temper my expectations, but I expect to atleast be able to hit 235.
And update on my dunking goal. I've gained 4 inches on my vert so far. Pretty good stuff. No where close to dunking, but still didn't expect that much progress on that either.
lets see that 240 today
What's your guys max reps for a body weight bench? I'm 150lbs, and I did 17 @ 142.5, so I'm extrapolating to something like 15 reps.
What is your target weight for the bulk soro?
dont take this the wrong way, but your deadlift always surprises me considering it in comparison with your other lifts. Why do you think the stuff like your bench and squats seem to be higher in terms of proportion?
Different subject. i met a girl at the gym probably six months ago who was instant gym crush status. Total smokeshow, super fun, all around my type. We hit it off pretty quickly, but eventually she came in with a guy who turned out to be her husband. Regardless when we were in the gym together we were pretty inseparable, but never took it outside the gym. Our schedules started to change and we went from daily lifting with or around each other to just never seeing each other.
I saw her today at the gym for the first time in months which I thought was great, as we had formed a nice gym friendship. She was being much flirtier than usual (and she was already pretty flirty in the past), and I noticed that the ring was gone. She said she wanted to try to lift with me more moving forward and offered me her number and all that
sadly, as lovely as that would be, Im dating someone already, and Ill just be honest to yall its disappointing because as much as I like the new girl Im with, gym crush girl is one of those people who makes me feel like a 22 year old in heat again but at the bare minimum Im just glad to have a good friend around again
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I set up a home gym late last year that I've been using pretty regularly. It includes a bench and a couple dumbbell trees, going up to 25 pound dumbbells. But when I bought them, my supplier was missing a few increments in weights so I was missing some sizes. IE one tree had 15 pounds, 17.5, 22.5 and 25 pounds, but missing the 20 pound. The other just had 5 pound and 10 pound, but didn't have the 2.5 / 7.5 / 12.5. I finally went and picked them up ( turns out at this level its actually 3 pound, 8 pound, and 12, they don't start 2.5 increments till 17.5 I guess...)
So I've basically just been stuck at 10 pounds for everything that I do. I've been contemplating if I should just make the jump to 15 pounds. Like on my dumbbell bench press, I can do 20 reps for 3 sets pretty damn easily with 10 pounds. 15 pounds shouldn't be a big jump. In all my previous exercise attempts, doing barbell stuff always felt pretty trivial to make 10 pound jumps, so a 5 pound jump should be no big deal
So I finally made the switch to the new 12 pounds. I am shook by much heavier and difficult these are. I can't believe it. The difference is so small, yet they feel way heavier. 9 rep sets are very doable but I'm definitely feeling the strain. If I had jumped to 15 pounds I guess I just would have exploded.
Yeah, my bench is nuts. Especially considering I'm not doing nearly as much chest work as I used to do. My flat bench day is actually more focused on triceps more than my actual chest, my incline chest day is definitely more chest focused tho.
Out of my 8 workout days, I only have 4 sets dedicated to flat bench. The three I do tomorrow, and the one max rep I do at the end of my incline work. I did focus a lot of energy on bench press earlier in my lifting days, nowadays it's more about my legs and back. I've actually thrown out dumbell flat press completely in favor of rotator cuff strengthening. Which I think it partially the reason my bench press is going nuts. I don't have any shoulder pain/hinge pain any more at all, and my rotator cuff is starting to be able to handle a lot of weight stress.
Gonna do some bench tomorrow. Looking at a 235x5, 250x3, 275x1.