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post 1655354433 01-31-2022, 12:41 PM
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Lifting goals?

You guys got any goals you're working towards? PRs you're chasing or anything? What motivates you to lift currently?
post 1655355223 01-31-2022, 12:52 PM
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just trying to sorta work through and rehab my left hip/glute to get back at pre-covid numbers. not even sure what brought it about. gyms closed for me for like 7 months back in nov 2020, was bored so started to run 2-3 miles 5x a week. come back to the gym, slowly work up over a few weeks then as I got heavier I felt a really tightness going on there that told me I probably shouldn't push it. fast forward to January it's still there but isn't as bad but noticeable. going to go to a different PT. repping low-mid 300s on deadlifts for sets of 6 where I was doing so for high 300s/low 400s.

trying to do this while cutting slightly, so far I have been able to maintain and even increase strength slightly on some lifts which is good. currently weighing around 182-185 lbs on any given day.
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I just wanna get swoler and leaner
I'm back, bitches!
post 1655355513 01-31-2022, 12:56 PM
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Get back to where my lower back doesn't hurt.

At 36, with multiple sports injuries, 6'6" blah blah......Im more concerned with functionality than putting up any numbers.

I've pulled 640
I've squatted 440
I've benched 365

Currently NOWHERE near that and don't care at all. If I can pull 315 (not from a lack of strength, but more from pain) It's a good day. lulz.
post 1655355683 01-31-2022, 12:58 PM
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bombing everythin via high volume approach,used to be singles-doubles on everything.
1st goal to 20x5pl,dl.reached pm 5pl in 2015 .current 320x10x5 sets.
2nd goal clean and strict overhead 2plate, current pr 162
3rd goal bench 225x20 , current 170x15x5sets
4th goal shouldering 350 sandbag , current pr 240
just bettering myself.
post 1655355763 01-31-2022, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted By sooby⏩
just trying to sorta work through and rehab my left hip/glute to get back at pre-covid numbers. not even sure what brought it about. gyms closed for me for like 7 months back in nov 2020, was bored so started to run 2-3 miles 5x a week. come back to the gym, slowly work up over a few weeks then as I got heavier I felt a really tightness going on there that told me I probably shouldn't push it. fast forward to January it's still there but isn't as bad but noticeable. going to go to a different PT. repping mid low-mid 300s on deadlifts for sets of 6 where I was doing so for high 300s/low 400s.

trying to do this while cutting slightly, so far I have been able to maintain and even increase strength slightly on some lifts which is good. currently weighing around 182-185 lbs on any given day.
At least you were smart about it. My back was feeling chit and I pushed it anyway and ended up snapcity. I just started getting back into doing front squats after like 2 months.
Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
I just wanna get swoler and leaner
Same
Originally Posted By bsmit107⏩
Get back to where my lower back doesn't hurt.

At 36, with multiple sports injuries, 6'6" blah blah......Im more concerned with functionality than putting up any numbers.

I've pulled 640
I've squatted 440
I've benched 365

Currently NOWHERE near that and don't care at all. If I can pull 315 (not from a lack of strength, but more from pain) It's a good day. lulz.
sheeeit. That sucks.
post 1655356153 01-31-2022, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted By puristhndrwrth⏩
bombing everythin via high volume approach,used to be singles-doubles on everything.
1st goal to 20x5pl,dl.reached pm 5pl in 2015 .current 320x10x5 sets.
2nd goal clean and strict overhead 2plate, current pr 162
3rd goal bench 225x20 , current 170x15x5sets
4th goal shouldering 350 sandbag , current pr 240
just bettering myself.
brutal. I did that with squat for a while. Quads got juicy.
post 1655356713 01-31-2022, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
brutal. I did that with squat for a while. Quads got juicy.
very taxing,feels drained after full session.reminds me wrestling days
post 1655356743 01-31-2022, 01:17 PM
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Just to maintain tbh. Happy with physique and starting to care less about my performance.

I feel like I reached my limit. Time to enjoy the "end game" lol.
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post 1655356883 01-31-2022, 01:21 PM
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225 incline bench for 8 reps - currently at 205 x 8

20 pull ups - currently at 17

225lb squat for 15 reps - currently at 225 x 8 (lol)

Maybe in 4 months
post 1655356923 01-31-2022, 01:22 PM
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I would like to hit 6 plates on the safety bar with a wedge.

Then I got a couple goals on the hack squat.

Most of my goals are short term progressive overload goals.
post 1655357023 01-31-2022, 01:24 PM
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Not injure my right arm (shoulder and elbow) any further.
Increase leg size.
post 1655357633 01-31-2022, 01:33 PM
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Nothing too srs for lifting goals for me right now. Currently running SS-esque program just to build back strength, but my priorities are hitting enough quad volume to help my knee heal, taking pressing easy and working on shoulder mobility, getting leaner, and bringing up my poverty BB curl.

If/when my body gets to a very stable state, priorities will be getting pressing strength back and then working more on my arms while lean bulking. Used to bench 240x8, but after injuries and weight loss, that's 185 for 8. OHP is similarly fukt :/
post 1655357743 01-31-2022, 01:35 PM
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Been hyper focusing on seeing how far I can take bench. Always sucked at pressing movements. Currently at 245 for 2 reps. Wondering if it's even possible for someone like me to ever hit 3 plates?
post 1655357823 01-31-2022, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted By Loochi⏩
Just to maintain tbh. Happy with physique and starting to care less about my performance.

I feel like I reached my limit. Time to enjoy the "end game" lol.
I'm also feeling like I'm near my limit. Going to the darkside soon so I can keep it going for a few more years.
Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad⏩
225 incline bench for 8 reps - currently at 205 x 8

20 pull ups - currently at 17

225lb squat for 15 reps - currently at 225 x 8 (lol)

Maybe in 4 months
You got that
Originally Posted By SmashinYoungVag⏩
I would like to hit 6 plates on the safety bar with a wedge.

Then I got a couple goals on the hack squat.

Most of my goals are short term progressive overload goals.
Damn that's beast. I wish my gym had a safety bar. Too cheap to pay 50 a month to join a powerlifting gym
Originally Posted By Cser⏩
Not injure my right arm (shoulder and elbow) any further.
Increase leg size.
Injuries are the most demotivating thing ever.
post 1655357883 01-31-2022, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted By bsmit107⏩
Get back to where my lower back doesn't hurt.

At 36, with multiple sports injuries, 6'6" blah blah......Im more concerned with functionality than putting up any numbers.

I've pulled 640
I've squatted 440
I've benched 365

Currently NOWHERE near that and don't care at all. If I can pull 315 (not from a lack of strength, but more from pain) It's a good day. lulz.
Exact same situation I'm in except I'm 4 inches shorter and a year older. I've got a terrible back and 7 good fingers lol. I'm just trying to maintain
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post 1655357963 01-31-2022, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted By legbroke⏩
Nothing too srs for lifting goals for me right now. Currently running SS-esque program just to build back strength, but my priorities are hitting enough quad volume to help my knee heal, taking pressing easy and working on shoulder mobility, getting leaner, and bringing up my poverty BB curl.

If/when my body gets to a very stable state, priorities will be getting pressing strength back and then working more on my arms while lean bulking. Used to bench 240x8, but after injuries and weight loss, that's 185 for 8. OHP is similarly fukt :/
dang. Yeah knee pain is a bitch.
Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
Been hyper focusing on seeing how far I can take bench. Always sucked at pressing movements. Currently at 245 for 2 reps. Wondering if it's even possible for someone like me to ever hit 3 plates?
I was never great at benching either despite it being my favorite lift. Seemed the only way I got better at it was by bloating up hard.
post 1655358003 01-31-2022, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
Been hyper focusing on seeing how far I can take bench. Always sucked at pressing movements. Currently at 245 for 2 reps. Wondering if it's even possible for someone like me to ever hit 3 plates?
it is brah. however you have to be willing to gain weight, practice singles with maybe 230-235 lbs to get used to the heavy weights. to be fair I think I'm in the same boat as you lol. I can probably do 225 for 6 reps atm but also nursing a right shoulder which I kinda went full retard on with machines. gonna stick with free weights for upper body for now on so my shoulders are free to move along their natural groove srs.
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post 1655358333 01-31-2022, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
I'm also feeling like I'm near my limit. Going to the darkside soon so I can keep it going for a few more years.
Yeah I always lol at people who say there is no natty limit. Brb they look the same and their #s in the gym fall into range

Good luck to you going to the dark side. I've had mild thoughts about it but nah f it. Look forward to the results
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Originally Posted By Loochi⏩
Yeah I always lol at people who say there is no natty limit. Brb they look the same and their #s in the gym fall into range

Good luck to you going to the dark side. I've had mild thoughts about it but nah f it. Look forward to the results
No doubt I could make more natty gains but the amount of effort required for 1-2lbs of muscle probably not worth it.
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405 bench this year

or 315x10

my squat and deadlift are trash now though
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Originally Posted By TBO1313⏩
Exact same situation I'm in except I'm 4 inches shorter and a year older. I've got a terrible back and 7 good fingers lol. I'm just trying to maintain
dang what happened?
Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
405 bench this year

or 315x10

my squat and deadlift are trash now though
What are you at now?
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Weighted pull ups +100lbs for 10 reps.

OHP 225 x 3

Squat 405 x 10.

I don't really go for 1 rep max goals.
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Be a sick kunt. Srs
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
dang what happened?

My back is a mixture of sports injuries, car wrecks and psoriatic arthritis.

My right thumb only has about half the range of motion of my left because I cut something in it punching through a glass window when I was 13, I don't have any fascia left in my right pinky because it's been broken and dislocated so many times and my right index finger has nerve damage because I nearly cut it off with a utility knife. It's been about 8 months since the index finger incident and I'm getting some feeling back in it now so it might heal up 100% and bring me back to 8 fingers
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
I'm also feeling like I'm near my limit. Going to the darkside soon so I can keep it going for a few more years.
There comes a point where you realize natty lifting becomes cycle of
-cut and lose strength/muscle
-Be unhappy with being weak and small
-Then bulk and regain strength/muscle but gain no more strength than you had before
-rinse and repeat

I want to believe so bad that there's no natty limit.
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Originally Posted By thebrainiac⏩
Weighted pull ups +100lbs for 10 reps.

OHP 225 x 3

Squat 405 x 10.

I don't really go for 1 rep max goals.
are you close to those?
Originally Posted By fishnbrah⏩
Be a sick kunt. Srs
looks like you made it
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
are you close to those?



looks like you made it
Was very close to them before injury 1.5 years ago. Stopped lifting and lost all gains.

Right now

Pull ups - +80 pounds for 10 reps

OHP - 205 x 2 (this lift is so impossible to gain strength on, I'm fighting tooth and nail just to get back the strength I had on it before)

Squats - 375 x 10 (goal I feel most confident in getting to since my injury was an upper body one).

Once/if I achieve these, I will go into the horizontal press/horizontal pull goals.
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Originally Posted By TBO1313⏩
My back is a mixture of sports injuries, car wrecks and psoriatic arthritis.

My right thumb only has about half the range of motion of my left because I cut something in it punching through a glass window when I was 13, I don't have any fascia left in my right pinky because it's been broken and dislocated so many times and my right index finger has nerve damage because I nearly cut it off with a utility knife. It's been about 8 months since the index finger incident and I'm getting some feeling back in it now so it might heal up 100% and bring me back to 8 fingers
You're an azzhole to your hands.
I'm back, bitches!
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Originally Posted By thebrainiac⏩
There comes a point where you realize natty lifting becomes cycle of
-cut and lose strength/muscle
-Be unhappy with being weak and small
-Then bulk and regain strength/muscle but gain no more strength than you had before
-rinse and repeat

I want to believe so bad that there's no natty limit.
spun my wheels for over a year doing that. throw in a few minor injuries and the result is no gains and a lot of wasted effort.
Originally Posted By thebrainiac⏩
Was very close to them before injury 1.5 years ago. Stopped lifting and lost all gains.

Right now

Pull ups - +80 pounds for 10 reps

OHP - 205 x 2 (this lift is so impossible to gain strength on, I'm fighting tooth and nail just to get back the strength I had on it before)

Squats - 375 x 10 (goal I feel most confident in getting to since my injury was an upper body one).
I actually hit 205x2 on ohp as well before just ditching it. No I just do smith machine shoulder press.
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