Goal: Jacked inner pecs and thunderous biceps

[Cynical Simian]

Now the high reps on dips make sense. I hadn't connected the frequent comments about triceps fatigue on your second pressing exercises and the need for endurance-focused assistance. The lesson, as always: T knows what he's doing.

 

[Protobuilder]

I don't really understand the correlation between bodyweight & flat pressing, unless you just mean eating more = weight, which = easier to get strong. Or do you mean improved leverages from being t3h fat?

 

[Tweakle]

nice work on the PR, 365 for 5 is no joke.. hell, I'm not back there myself yet and I'm far from drug free

PB, grow some boobies and find out for yourself. I think more water helps as there's more intramuscular tension when you lower the weight, and the more well fed you are the more likely you are to blast the weights up. I suck at the flat bench, but when I fattened up to the high 250's I was blowing up 405 for reps with relative ease.

 

[BiggT]

Thanks Tweakle, coming from you thats quite a compliment.

Proto, it is just a leverage thing. I find when I am lighter, I don't feel as solid and stable pressing, and when I get really light (sub-225) it really is unpleasant for me. I have disproportionately long arms and when my frame is less filled out it feels like I have to push the bar about 4 miles on all pressing lifts.

I am feeling beat to hell today, I am gonna lift tomorrow (probably power cleans, jerks from behind the neck, and front squats).

Went to the dentist at 8 AM today for a cleaning, so I figured I'd eat breakfast afterwards and I got up beforehand and just had a whey shake to hold me over...BIG mistake and I almost puked all over the dental hygenist about a dozen times as she was cleaning my teeth, lol....thankfully I held back.

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

hey big guy.... congrats on the PR!! I know that I am pretty pumped to be able to say that my absolute max flat bench is exactly what you warm up with, lol...

And the dentist
I don't care how strong y'all are, most will admit that you're still scared of the drill. I need to go (while I still have dental coverage) and I'm not even looking forward to the cleaning part of it.

 

[BiggT]

hey big guy.... congrats on the PR!! I know that I am pretty pumped to be able to say that my absolute max flat bench is exactly what you warm up with, lol...

And the dentist
I don't care how strong y'all are, most will admit that you're still scared of the drill. I need to go (while I still have dental coverage) and I'm not even looking forward to the cleaning part of it.

The cleaning is the worst, lol.

I lifted today and the workout sucked pretty bad.

Thurs 7/20/06

Overhead Squat (just as a warm-up because I want to get back into squat snatches soon).... 135x 3 sets of 5, too easy actually.

Power Clean: 135x 3 sets of 2, 185x1, 225x1, 245x1, 265x1, 285x1, 295x1, 305x1 (felt like crap, I did one horrendous single at 315, form was off and way too slow, got annoyed and stopped here)

Front Squat: 135x5, 225x5, 275x5, 295x5...Felt like I got hit by a truck, but the low back feels fine though.

Barbell Curl: (I already felt gay at this point, so I thought why not be even gayer)...95x5, 115x5, 130x5, 145x5, 155x5, 135x8 (these were actually the highlight of my night, lol)

I am going to rest up tomorrow, and see how Sat's workout goes before I decide if I should backoff a little or if today was just one of those days.

 

[super_rice]

Biggt, do you have access to a bar that spins to do your cleans? Or are you twice the beast/ogre that I already thought you were by doing cleans with a crappy fitness gym bar?

Congrats on the PR mang

 

[BiggT]

Biggt, do you have access to a bar that spins to do your cleans? Or are you twice the beast/ogre that I already thought you were by doing cleans with a crappy fitness gym bar?

Congrats on the PR mang

No, the bars spin, lol....they aren't the greatest, and sometimes I have to use a Texas Power Bar (still spins though), but thats as beastly as I get.

 

[super_rice]

Ouch cleaning with a powerlifting bar - but hey, it spins!

I learned how to full clean with a powerlifting bar not knowing that it was one. All the skin on my neck coming off should have been a sign

 

[que_66]

So the pr is 365 flat bench press??

I weigh 152.5 and that is 2.39 times my body weight.

Goooooo BiggT!!!!!!!