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Bench Press stuck at 150
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:04 PM Author: trip hunting ground It took me fucking hell to get from 130 to 150 and I can't seem to get much more.
Squat 225 comfortably and 285 max |
Date: September 21st, 2022 8:07 PM Author: vibrant public bath Eat more, I'm a genetic dumpster and I got bodyweight for reps (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209162) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:09 PM Author: trip hunting ground My main focus is running and cycling. Legs love the cross training, but arms are still skinny fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209168) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:09 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat I find this incomprehensible.
I was able to easily bench 185 when I was like 16 and weighted like 160.
When I stopped lifting entirely for well over a year because of COVID + kids, I was able to bench 225 my second time back in the gym. At 170 lbs.
You must have fucked neurology. Did you net play any sports or do any physical activities as a kid?
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:10 PM Author: trip hunting ground Varsity sports. I'm tall and skinny as fuck above my nipples. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209171) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:12 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat You must have narrow shoulders as well. Guys with narrow shoulders are shockingly weak becuse it fucks their leverages.
I also think you must not know how to activate all possible muscles while lifting.
Do you feel that you're activating your lats when you bench? Do you have any kind of arch? Are your forearms perpendicular to the ground at the bottom of your lift?
How much can you OHP? |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:13 PM Author: trip hunting ground ~125 OHP for five reps (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209183) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:16 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat That doesn't make any sense.
You really must not know how to bench.
Watch a shit load of youtube videos, and start from scratch with low weight, high volume focussing on form and activating your whole upper body.
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:21 PM Author: trip hunting ground I don't work out with a buddy so I don't get too close to failure. I guess I just need to get a spotter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209231) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:23 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat That's stupid. The only risk of benching it dropping it on your neck. If you can't complete the last rep, just push the bar down to your lap, sit up and put the bar on the ground. If if you can't do that, just dump the weights.
Also, no need to train that close to failure to get strong. |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:26 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat Wait wait wait -- what varsity sports?
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:29 PM Author: trip hunting ground cross country and basketball (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209261) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:29 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat Well there we go. Two gay sports. (Yes, basketball is a gay non-contact sport -- even though black guys are good at it)
If you grew up playing, Football, Hockey and LAX you'd be benching 225 without having to train. |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:31 PM Author: trip hunting ground I'll race you to the next town over, faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209272) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:32 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat You're actually lucky.
I almost certain I have CTE. |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:11 PM Author: razzmatazz senate blood rage m or f? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209172) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:16 PM Author: Judgmental range hominid It’s pretty good for a female. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209208) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:12 PM Author: Hilarious half-breed if you aren't taking creatine, step 1 is to take creatine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209175) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:13 PM Author: cowardly galvanic giraffe Cr. Every single day. Don't worry about loading or cycling. Just take it every day regardless of what you're doing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209182) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:15 PM Author: swashbuckling stage It won't make that dramatic of a difference right away but creatine use is CR. For general health not just weightlifting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209199) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:31 PM Author: exciting circlehead creatine will rape your hair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209629) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2022 1:03 AM Author: Rough-skinned theatre love of her life what hair? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45210982) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:12 PM Author: swashbuckling stage Need a lot more info to give you an assessment: height, weight, BF% (can use measurements or give a rough estimate based on pictures), current daily calorie intake, macros breakdown, sleep quality, drug/alcohol use, volume/programming, form quality, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209178) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:15 PM Author: trip hunting ground 6'4", 205
2200 calories/day, sober, great sleep
But my focus is endurance sports. I run about 30 miles/week and ideally get 50 miles cycle/week. |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:16 PM Author: swashbuckling stage Just keep trying to hit 155 and deloading consistently to break through then. Not going to make serious gains quickly if you're adding that much cycling to hamper recovery. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209211) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:17 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat You must be eating more than that. I'm 6'0" 173 right now and I eat about 3,000 calories a day to maintain at 173. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209213) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:25 PM Author: trip hunting ground I'm guessing our proportions are very different. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209249) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:18 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat Also -- the good news is that you're tall -- so the rest of this shit barely matters. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209218) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:26 PM Author: transparent people who are hurt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209255) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:16 PM Author: nudist mentally impaired cuckold Try adding some weight and do less reps (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209202) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:16 PM Author: trip hunting ground Strong Lifts got me here, but i think I've outgrown it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209209) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:19 PM Author: nudist mentally impaired cuckold Benching isn't fun if you have long arms. My fat as fuck high school friend has short arms and never exercises, but will randomly bench 250 as a joke when he's drunk and someone left the weights on (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209224) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:22 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat Long arms matters, but 90% of the guys who blame a bad bench on long arms are simply weak regardless of whether the long arms are taking 15% off their bench. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209234) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:23 PM Author: nudist mentally impaired cuckold It's a chicken and the egg thing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209239) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:25 PM Author: Cream abode kitty cat Good point.
A big part of the reason I consistently lifted from age 15 all thr way until COVID was that when I first started, I was immediately stronger than everyone except for a few really big guys.
If I was embarrasingly weak, I may never have kept on doing it after I didnt need to for sports.
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:23 PM Author: hideous embarrassed to the bone business firm boltzmann If you can't bench more than 150 maybe focus on something else like embroidery (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209235) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 8:26 PM Author: nudist mentally impaired cuckold Allen Iverson had a 6'6" wingspan and hated working out. Aaron Mckie repped 300 pounds for some reason. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209254) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:04 PM Author: self-absorbed vermilion locale Ethiopian? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209454) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:14 PM Author: trip hunting ground Mesomorphically? Maybe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209508) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:17 PM Author: Umber zombie-like antidepressant drug gas station i'm also real lanky, like it sounds like you are. i've always found dumbbell bench to be so much more satisfying and less risk of injury. it just feels like i'm able to achieve the desired movement on db's, whereas with barbell bench, idk maybe my shoulders or chest are shaped in a way that's less than ideal. if you want to continue to try flat, i'd try bands/chains/or a spotter to put stress at different parts of the lift (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209529) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:36 PM Author: aphrodisiac stead how many pushups can you do? do you do dips? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209659) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:37 PM Author: trip hunting ground In a single set? 40 or so. Edit: I dunno, maybe 30
I do three sets of 10 dips a week. |
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Date: September 22nd, 2022 11:40 AM Author: Federal mad-dog skullcap black woman 3 sets per week is arguably below maintenance volume. Are you doing enough chest work to grow? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45212451) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:38 PM Author: carmine yapping national security agency party of the first part Don’t listen to the haters ITT. 150kg is a very respectable bench. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209676) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:39 PM Author: trip hunting ground Thanks, brother! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209682) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Curious henna meetinghouse troll (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209696) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 9:42 PM Author: trip hunting ground I wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45209704) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 11:19 PM Author: Cobalt theater Are you in 7th grade? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45210316) |
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Date: September 21st, 2022 11:20 PM Author: Turquoise Market Dysfunction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45210325) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2022 12:58 AM Author: Contagious orchid set Just eat raw beef that's been soaking in unpasteurized goat milk for 2-3 days while wearing a weighted vest that mounts a red light machine pointed at your nape in between spraying deer musk on your perineum and thinking about dropshipping businesses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45210948) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2022 9:13 AM Author: trip hunting ground *becomes millionaire* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45211629) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2022 9:34 AM Author: Vigorous olive forum scourge upon the earth Dumbbells. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5196841&forum_id=2#45211693) |