Strength Training PR's - Brag About Your Success

New PR last night! Finally doing 185lbs deadlifts. :glasses:

I have never done a 1 rep max but every winter i do strength training because im a Shot Putter so i dont train heavy during the summer so last winter i was at my strongest i've ever been hopefully ill be able to take it a bit further when this season ends.

Bench Press 6 x 160KG (352lbs) just rechecked my training log it was 4 reps with 2 forced reps

Squat 6 x 200KG (440lbs)

Deadlift 6 x 300KG (using wrist straps) (661lbs)

Shrugs 6 x 300KG (using wrist straps) (661lbs)

I forgot - Monday was deadlifts day. My working set was 5@215. Every single rep felt like work and it was really awesome. I finished my workout with 5 sets of cleans (3 with the bar, one @55, one @65). This was my first attempt at doing cleans and they were a little awkward but still felt pretty badass (even with the light weight). Got my heart rate up to finish off my workout.

YouTube coach burgener for cleans. IMO he teaches it very well form wise

I watched his and a couple of others. Did lots of form practice before I actually did the sets.

New PR last night! Finally doing 185lbs deadlifts. :glasses:

Nice work!!

Yesterday was my first deadlift day since last Monday (skipped this Monday due to schedule issues). I was kind of nervous with the pulled muscle in my elbow/forearm (pronator teres it seems, from where the pain is) from last Monday's deadlifts...so my first working set was WEAK. I struggled to even get the same 4 reps at 315lbs that I got last week...but it wasn't a strength issue. No clear focus was the problem I think...as there was no pain...but I could feel the 'potential' for pain/injury lol. My first and second 10% deload sets (275lbs and 245lbs respectively) were smooth. I attempted bodyweight chin ups...but didn't complete even 1 before cancelling that due to the same issue...though with those, there was actual pain. Rows went smooth, though I did a 5x5 format rather than reverse pyramid...to keep the weight lower in consideration of my forearm.

I really hate injuries...so I want to say that even though I know we all preach form, and try to maintain the best form we can...never once can we let it slip (particularly not in the higher weights of course). If you have to, think about/visualize the entire lift over and over and over before actually lifting it. What I am certain I did was engaged my left biceps on a reverse grip deadlift. It didn't matter that I know not to do that...it was an instinctive thing that simply slipped through due to the fact that I didn't visualize the lift before beginning.

/lame

I'm trying to catch up to Nataliaho

I did 80kg squats x 8 tonight.

I don't think my form was perfect for the last 2 but I'm working on it! Pushing out PB's every time I work with my trainer.

Wow, those are great numbers!! You'll have me before you know it!!

I really think working out with a trainer makes such a difference. They just have a much better guage on what is actually possible, when we might think that 50kg is our max just because it seems like heaps!

ha, still 6 reps is pretty awesome!!

Is anyone doing overhead squats? I have so much trouble balancing with that. It has to be an arm or flexibility thing cause I have no issue with front and back squats.

Nope, but since watching all the olympic weightlifting, I'm thinking about getting started on either the clean and jerk or the snatch.

Is anyone doing overhead squats? I have so much trouble balancing with that. It has to be an arm or flexibility thing cause I have no issue with front and back squats.

Nope, but since watching all the olympic weightlifting, I'm thinking about getting started on either the clean and jerk or the snatch.

I have such a mental block or something with snatches. I think the most I ever did was 75lb power snatch at the gym, but today I could barely do 63 (I have a 15kg bar at home so the numbers are always odd). I was trying to do some overhead squats for reps so I have to snatch the bar to get it up. I just ended up doing my metcon with 53lbs since I know I can get that up easily.

Something about getting under the bar just scares me with the snatch i think. When I do the c&j its more controlled so it isn't so tough to get it up.

Another funny thing to add is that one time 75lb snatch was my only 1rm over head squat. I can't get the bar over my head to do any more

Is anyone doing overhead squats? I have so much trouble balancing with that. It has to be an arm or flexibility thing cause I have no issue with front and back squats.

Nope, but since watching all the olympic weightlifting, I'm thinking about getting started on either the clean and jerk or the snatch.

I have such a mental block or something with snatches. I think the most I ever did was 75lb power snatch at the gym, but today I could barely do 63 (I have a 15kg bar at home so the numbers are always odd). I was trying to do some overhead squats for reps so I have to snatch the bar to get it up. I just ended up doing my metcon with 53lbs since I know I can get that up easily.

Something about getting under the bar just scares me with the snatch i think. When I do the c&j its more controlled so it isn't so tough to get it up.

This is pretty much my experience with snatches too. They are definately against our human nature. My max is about 95lb now, but I was stuck at about 75lb for ages. We do lots of different drills that really helped with it, but I can't for the life of me think what they are. If I remember I will post.

I have actually always liked OH squats for some reason. I think its just that they always force me to hold a really perfect position, whereas a back squat I naturally end up doing too much of a good morning.

Yeah the part about good form on that is definitely true. I feel like I have to almost talk myself through it to keep everything tight.

I use to have that same mental block on cleans but I got over that much faster. I would come up too slow and crash the bar on my collar bones instead of catching it higher up.

I'm no Atlas, but I am fairly proud of the following:

Dumbbell Bench Press - 78lb dumbbells, 8 rep set (I have plate adjustables, the handles are 3lbs each)

Barbell Bench - 205lb current max, able to do 175 6-7 times

Chest Flys (machine) - 235lb current max (dumbbells are obviously a lot lighter, I usually use 35s on an 8 rep set)

45 degree Leg Press - 710lbs, 4 rep set

45 degree Leg Press station, using it for calf presses - 890lbs, 6 rep set

Plated Hyperextensions - did an 8 rep set holding 115lbs, I felt that was pretty solid at the time

Is anyone doing overhead squats? I have so much trouble balancing with that. It has to be an arm or flexibility thing cause I have no issue with front and back squats.

These are so awkward for me. Definitely a flexibility issue. I can't stand up from a body weight squat with my arms straight overhead. I practiced with a foam roller between my hands, and even that was tough. I've done squats with dumbbells with one arm down and one overhead. More doable but still awkward.

12 chinups at 118 lbs. I only use dumbbells
for strength training 3x's a week. Looking for
bench press now. Can't wait to see what I can
lift.

Height--6'0
Weight--193lb
Bench--200x3
Squat--300x2 (most proud of this PR)
Deadlift--325x2
BB Row--175x3
Overhead Press--125x3