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post 1522338371 10-12-2017, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted By f00d⏩
You're not giving his name because that chit did not happen. Simple. There is no reason not to give it otherwise. Stop lying.
Fine, whatever.

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Back in high school, benching in the 200s was all the rave, it's when you were considered strong and elite. Dudes going in the 300s and 400s were considered monsters.
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Originally Posted By 300BLK⏩
Back in high school, benching in the 200s was all the rave, it's when you were considered strong and elite. Dudes going in the 300s and 400s were considered monsters.
I remember those dudes. They were always 225lb plus and jacked to the gills and actually had decent form from what i remember.

I never ever got pass 2 and 1/2 plates when i was at my strongest. Not enough dedication on my part since i thought to myself, "Good enough". The worst.
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
Fuuuuk. Waste of mo....time. Waste of time.
Yeah, 200 dollars down the drain. I bounced back pretty quick though. I just haven't stayed consistent over the past few years as I should have been due to life/injuries.

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lol my first 3 plates was done no spotter - silly I know. But I knew I had it easily in the bag, then I kept on going for awhile before I reached my natty strength limit.
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3 plates was pretty easy for me but I'm 240lbs.

4 plates is a struggle but I'm close.

What I did for bench gains was bench twice a week.

1st session I do 3x3 ladders so now would be like 315x3, 335x3, 355x3. When you can finish a ladder add weight the next week.

2nd session 4 days later would be 315xmax. I failed on my 10th rep last week.

Afterwards do other chest/tricepts accessory work.

When I was working towards 315 I was doing the same thing but with 225 as a base.

When I worked up to 225x12 reps 315x1 was pretty easy.
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Originally Posted By ImpressiveGainz⏩
Fine, whatever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Bullitt
Seems like he's 201 not 185, also still no proof. If you had said 405 I might have believed you, but even that is a stretch honestly. There is absolutely no way he power cleaned 515 when the best athletes with the best coaching world wide on gear with the best technique can't do it. GTFO.
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It was never a goal of mine. I don't like setting myself up for failure.
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Originally Posted By WorldWarZ⏩
It was never a goal of mine. I don't like setting myself up for failure.
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315 was a breeze. Hit it for 3x my first try.
455 was my heaviest bench press

Switched to incline bench and dumbbells after that. Flat bench press isn't really a chest exercise, more so it's just a shoulder and tricep workout, and something to brag about.
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Originally Posted By wheynweed⏩
Switched to incline bench and dumbbells after that. Flat bench press isn't really a chest exercise, more so it's just a shoulder and tricep workout, and something to brag about.
lol what? Incline is way more a shoulder exercise than flat bench???
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
Remember when you first started lifting and wanted to bench 3 plates?
When I was a kid all I wanted was to look like I lifted and as a result I kept quitting.

It wasn't until I wanted to get and stay strong that I got consistent. I benched 315 for the first time in my late 30s.
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Originally Posted By f00d⏩
Seems like he's 201 not 185, also still no proof. If you had said 405 I might have believed you, but even that is a stretch honestly. There is absolutely no way he power cleaned 515 when the best athletes with the best coaching world wide on gear with the best technique can't do it. GTFO.
What purpose is served by me making that up? That dude was literally the best lifter I've ever seen in my life. Also, 201 combine numbers...that's like professional wrestling. Add 4" and 40 pounds.
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[QUOTE=f00d;1522375411]Seems like he's 201 not 185, also still no proof. If you had said 405 I might have believed you, but even that is a stretch honestly. There is absolutely no way he power cleaned 515 when the best athletes with the best coaching world wide on gear with the best technique can't do it. GTFO.[/QoUOTE]

This, only the top guys small % can do it, but this dude he knew in college did it right..
post 1522507781 10-13-2017, 01:11 PM
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405 is the real boss fight

Maybe 1/20 of people who hit 315 will hit 405
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
Remember when you first started lifting and wanted to bench 3 plates?
When I first started lifting, I was a twink so I set my sights on 1 plate.. Once I got that, I was on cloud 9 and felt like the biggest man in any room, srs lol. Once I started repping a plate, the feeling was unreal... all the hard work put in, all the research, the suffering (I used to weigh like 130, so I was never hungry and so I had to force myself to eat large amounts to gain weight) finally paid off. Then I set my sights on 185, and once I got that I actually felt a little lost. I think I might've burned myself out tbh, because that's when I stopped working out.

2 years later and I'm getting back into it, and I'm setting my sights on 225 this time around
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When I started I wanted to hit 225, when I did I wanted to hit 315...........then I did......then I wanted 405.......did that too..........now want 500.......

It's a never ending cycle.
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I first hit 315 when I was 39.
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first time I hit 315 was at the gym with a buddy of mine who wanted to just come hang out. had my first ever pwo it was a sample from controlled labs (I wish I remembered the name but it was red)....wow my best was 305 before that. hit 315 then 320 felt pretty amazing. 4 plates keeps beating me though
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I just wanted to bench 100lb

One day the gym owner sum juicy strong kunt took pity on me and taught me to powerlift bench. Tfw you put 10lb on your bench in 1hour.

Ever since then i been trying to bench my bw. Im heavy and it's taken a loong time. Did it last month.

80kg is my dreamer goal. I dont expect to ever bench more than that with my monkey arms
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Originally Posted By melDorado⏩
I just wanted to bench 100lb

One day the gym owner sum juicy strong kunt took pity on me and taught me to powerlift bench. Tfw you put 10lb on your bench in 1hour.

Ever since then i been trying to bench my bw. Im heavy and it's taken a loong time. Did it last month.

80kg is my dreamer goal. I dont expect to ever bench more than that with my monkey arms
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Originally Posted By TommyRO⏩
lol what? Incline is way more a shoulder exercise than flat bench???
Yep, it is.

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I first wanted to start lifting when I seen that video of Ronnie Coleman chest pressing 200lb dumbbells for like 10 reps. At the time I was around 200lbs.. blew my damn mind he was literally pressing my weight in each hand like nothing

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Originally Posted By melDorado⏩
I just wanted to bench 100lb

One day the gym owner sum juicy strong kunt took pity on me and taught me to powerlift bench. Tfw you put 10lb on your bench in 1hour.

Ever since then i been trying to bench my bw. Im heavy and it's taken a loong time. Did it last month.

80kg is my dreamer goal. I dont expect to ever bench more than that with my monkey arms
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Can't get over 2 plates to save my life. I don't know what the deal is. Most I've gotten was 225x4 but any heavier and I go spaghetti.
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Originally Posted By Getter_done⏩
This, only the top guys small % can do it, but this dude he knew in college did it right..
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The closest I got was 300 @ 130lbs in college. Then I got into an accident with perma damage so nowadays I'm struggling to go past 250. 3 plates was definitely a dream goal of mine though.
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