3 plates = 275lbs for around 5/6 reps.

If I see someone reppin 275 I give them respect

Shoulder mobility. There’s nothing about the dip movement that inherently should cause pain. Just like Olympic lifters can hold 400+lbs in a snatch grip with the weight behind their heads, or gymnasts can practically dislocate their shoulders, etc.

Our joints can become accustomed to force production at end-ranges in all planes, you just have to work up to allowing the tissues to accommodate the positions.




My suggestion would be start by just being able to do a full, ATG dip, paused. Go all the way down, as far as range allows, and just hold it. You don’t even have to come back up, just stretch it out for a few weeks.

It will take a few weeks for it to adapt.

Then add weight:

People still care about benchpress? Such a chit lift.

Bench press is everything

stop coping

I like it, the weaker people are, the better

whats fun about seeing someone smaller than you lifting more weight?
but yeah depends on the motivation, I was short/small and started lifting for football like 15 years ago, when your max bench was pretty much all the bros cared about.
I couldn't curl 40's but I could bench over 315 easy with like 13 inch arms at like 170 with no abs... got my dink hard when I was about to bench people's maxes as a warmup, and people would ask if I needed a spot because that's a lot of weight...
Now I prefer DB press and OHP, I can DB press 100's for 15+ reps, but 185 on bench hurts

The funny thing about this thread is how some of you are busy watching others so closely.
I could understand if they were in leggings with a sexy ass or a fantastic body but what random Broccoli heads lift or regular dudes,, nahhh.
Headphones, check, a energizing song, check, drink, check, psyching myself up, check.