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Your lifts always look like you had more in ya. They come up quick.

50 and still lifting heavy *kitten* and wearing super hero shirts.

50 and still lift heavy, still wear super hero shirts,lol.

Good luck, cool posting a few minutes before event. Going after a 400 lb. bench in about an hour myself. Lil bit nervous, which is good.

Love it that you jumped up mad on the 2nd lift, just like a true lifter.

50 yrs old, any older heavy lifters still around or am I the last monter?

Wraps or hook grip for shrugs.

Wraps or hook grip.

Okay, I'm game, 330 lbs 5X5

A lot but not enough.

Just lift...I know, I know, eat a snickers bar Z.

Looks like you were thinking about another rep on the 515. Looks like you had another too.

I've been doing PT exercises for rotator cuff since the surgery. I see people using light plates waving them around and think that's not enough. I use a cable machine to hit all angles to strengthen both rotators. Looks like with the plates they're just loosening it up.

Remember we are not doctors. That being said, I had a lot of popping in my left shoulder. Eventually tore all the tendons in the shoulder. Had them repaired 3 years ago, feels better now. Got all my strength back and then some. My popping was from calcium build up and he smoothed that out. That was my case.

Got 9 reps with 315lbs on flat bench Saturday, got halfway up on the 10th. Disappointed, was hoping for 10-12 reps.

Dips, tricep press down machine, nose busters, overhead tricep extention etc. Pullovers, straight bar and DB. Hit 9 reps with 315 on bench yesterday bombed on 10th halfway up. Disappointed. ..

We joke around at the gym about working major body parts, legs,chest, and back. We always throw tri's in there too,lol.

I still do heavy inclines( 345 max a couple of weeks ago), OHP sets of 10 most of the time with maxes every 6 weeks.

I was a shoulder bencher back in the day because my arms were so long. Now after I've had rotator cuff surgery I'm a tricep bencher. Check your form, it may not be your routine.

In the beginning bench moves up every week as you get to heavier lifts of what your BW can handle you have to strengthen other muscles to get it going again. I would love to bench over 500 again but being 50 years old the percentage is low. But that's what I'm striving for. What works for one lifter may not work for…

Even back in the day I wouldn't bench 3 times a week, I was power lifting not crossfit,lol. At 34, I had a heavy day and a med.heavy day. Heavy day was warm up to a max, drop 20 lbs each set but add 2 reps. Medium heavy was 5X5 with what ever I could get for 5X5, I do inclines the same way, then incline DB presses. Lots of…

I do DB pullovers perpendicular to with arms slightly bent up to 125#. Straight bar you have to lock you feet under the bench with arms 90 degree bent, I go up to 155# mostly.

Lay long ways on a bench, arms bent 90 degrees, pullovers from the floor to the chest. Heavy, you need someone to hand you the bar from the floor while standing behind you.

Find the weakest part of your each lift and overload that range in the rep. Back in the day we did rack lockouts. Just doing the 3 lifts will only get you so far then progression slows to a stop.

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If I'm on the incline by myself doing heavy sets, I might take a little longer between sets because there is no partner to fill in and it just seems like I'm hogging the incline. Plus heavier sets require more time between sets. Luckily there are 4 incline benches and 4 flat where I workout and I don't mind people working…

The straight bar pullovers with arms bent 90 degrees. Sets of 115,135,155 and 185. But you're right, make sure you get a lift off the floor. These pullovers kicked my bench up a notch.

You were flagged cuz you melted a snowflake, they were offended.

Snowflake did it...

Get swole and strong and they'll vacate with a pee puddle trail behind them. JMHSAO