1000 pound club

oilphins wrote: »

I use to lift really heavy when I was in my 30's and it wasn't worth it because I gave myself a hernia. Not sure how old you are peeps but I would be careful because it is not worth the aggravation with surgery and not being able to ever lift heavy again. I think it gets to a point when your older you can only get to a certain weight before your overdoing it. Not trying to sound like a negative nelly either but unless your a power lifter in competitions, I don't see the point. Bench press is fine but the squats and deadlifts, I just don't quite get it. And if you hurt your back even once, it will never be the same. Good luck to you peeps and hope you stay healthy and injury free.

I think you're in the wrong thread.

nakedraygun wrote: »

Guess this means you'll have to re-enroll back in college.

I would gladly go back in heartbeat. But do I get to be 21 again?

Just wrapped up 1rm week.
Bench: 385 lbs
Squat: 435 lbs
Deadlift: 445 lbs

I weigh somewhere between 212 and 225 depending on day/time/diet/whatever.

colors_fade wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Exactly and some would say that the bench press is by far the more technical lift and the lift with the most risk due to the complexities of the shoulder.
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I agree with this. I just spent the last 8 months patiently reworking my bench press so I can engage my lats on heavy weights. At first, I found it fairly easy to engage my lats on light weights, but as the weight got heavier, I'd revert to my old form and press too much with arms and shoulders. It hasn't been until these last few weeks that I've been able to bench heavier weight (finally over 225) with my lats engaged.

It's still a struggle to get the form right at heavy weight, but I'm way better than I was last year.

So yeah, for me at least, I think the bench is the most technical lift of the big three. To do it right really takes some work. I find it difficult to get my shoulders to squeeze together while my back is on the bench... But it's been worth it to re-work my form.

What has helped my bench tremendously is to do a little rowing before hand. I just grab those bungee tube things and work on engaging the lats and warming up the shoulders. A couple sets of 20 and I am ready to go.

DopeItUp wrote: »

thesupremeforce wrote: »

Just wrapped up 1rm week.
Bench: 385 lbs
Squat: 435 lbs
Deadlift: 445 lbs

I weigh somewhere between 212 and 225 depending on day/time/diet/whatever.

Wow, you might have the closest spread of lifts I've ever seen. 60lbs between all three lifts!

In comparison, my spread is almost 300lbs.

Yeah, I'm weird. It goes way back. Benching was always my "good" lift. I've only been doing traditional deadlifts for a year, so some of that is likely form related and/or psychological (we were pushed to do trap bar dl's for football). That being said, I've only been lifting again for a year, so I'll gladly take having my lifts be back to where they were (or slightly higher) fifteen years ago.

nakedraygun wrote: »

Me too, but as thirty-year old. A young thirty-something and with my present bank account, not my college poverty bank account.

I have four kids and a mortgage, I think I actually had more money back in college than now! lol

This morning I nailed dead nuts 305 lbs bench and a 500 lbs deadlift - Federation legal. Feeling super confident heading into my first meet, a push/pull meet, in two weeks.

So motivating reading this thread. Went through a few months of struggling between nursing and injury and just battling general soreness from not prehabbing/stretching/etc. enough.

Great to see all you guys kicking butt. I've only been back doing legs for 3 weeks, but my plan is in late September early October see where I'm at. I don't expect to be close until some point probably late next year, but its just motivating seeing the iron being moved here!

I wanted to share this. On the 15th, I participated in my first meet and while it wasn't a Federation event and that was only a push/pull (no squat) the weights lifted were real and the prep was real.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any video of the 305 (PR paused) I benched in my last attempt, but here's raw video of my second attempt of 255 lbs paused:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knet-jY89aU

My last deadlift attempt was for 505 lbs -- which was a PR. Here's some crappy raw video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZNa4reZXPw

Overall I did pretty well, placed top 10 in two divisions for both lifts (Open & Master I) and for my deadlift, received gold in Masters I.



I had such a great time finally doing this -- and it only took me twenty plus years to figure out a new sport to participate in and there it was -- underneath my nose all the time. I have another meet planned for the of October -- another push/pull -- and then finally a full Federation meet for January.

If you ever considered about competing but wasn't sure, do it.

@nakedraygun Way to go! Very impressive.

colors_fade wrote: »

Very cool man! I'm attending my first meet in Feb.

Just hit the 1100 club yesterday.

Welcome to the club @colors_fade.

McCloud33 wrote: »

@nakedraygun Way to go! Very impressive.

ovidnine wrote: »

@nakedraygun Awesome job!

@colors_fade Congrats dude!

Thank you @McCloud33 and @ovidnine. I finished my last meet two weeks ago, had a couple two three place finishes in bench and deadlift.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7PYiZUyLuw

Not a PB or PR, but still I'm happy.

ROBOTFOOD wrote: »

Almost! 995 (gym)
300 / 255 / 440
@ 168lb

@ROBOTFOOD Nice! You're where I want to be. Every time I try and drop my body weight down, my lifts suffer too. I just switched over from the SL5x5 program to the Wendler 5/3/1 so we'll see how that goes. Still trying to drop the weight down (was 193, down to 185) while still gaining strength (hopefully at least maintaining)...I guess we'll see how that goes.

Almost done with week two of the switch over to the new regimen and my calculated 1Rmx's put me around 900. I really want to hit 1,000 at sub 170BW.

@McCloud33 I'm on 531 too. But I'm trying to gain weight. I was 190 about 7 wks ago. But I kinda got tired of eating 24/7 and weight dropped. I was doing some cardio too. Cut that and now I got it back to about 174 now. My main goals are to get 500+ dead and 315 bench. Weak in squat so I guess mid -upper 3's.

ROBOTFOOD wrote: »

@McCloud33 I'm on 531 too. But I'm trying to gain weight. I was 190 about 7 wks ago. But I kinda got tired of eating 24/7 and weight dropped. I was doing some cardio too. Cut that and now I got it back to about 174 now. My main goals are to get 500+ dead and 315 bench. Weak in squat so I guess mid -upper 3's.

@ROBOTFOOD Is there a weight that you're trying to accomplish those goals at, or is it just "strength only and to hell with how much I way". I just don't like how I look with the added bodyfat (high teens right now), even though I know I could probably add a lot of strength if I actually ate on a good surplus. It feels like I've got a slower than normal metabolism though...I'm one of those people that looks at food and puts on weight.

I was pushing 1200 before I hurt my shoulders, when I returned to the gym after several weeks' layoff I started my return at half that. Now I'm up to about 900, would love to crack 1k again before the new year.