I knew that, but I knew it was a painful subject for him and didn’t want to call him out. But it’s totally cool that you did, lol.
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You getting soft in your older years?
The real question is what are you doing on my lawn.
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Haha nah don’t listen to them @dagill2 (or yourself) go for the 70 and grind it my man!
Because its 70kg. I don’t bother with a belt for upper body lifts, it doesn’t feel necessary.
I was thinking my grip looked a bit narrow. Would that be different ways of going about the same thing?
I think I can probably do that. I’ll start practising next press session.
I get far too much grief for my choice of trousers on this log. Makes me want to dig out my santa mankini just to put a stop to it.
I’m confident I’ve got 67.5kg in me. If I’d gone in fresh, fed and healthy, I reckon 70kg is there too but I’m not too worried about testing either soon.
You’ll get your grind soon enough man. That 80kg isn’t going up smoothly.
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I think you just asked @alex_uk out on a date? Judgement free.
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I’m gonna wait until he replies before I laugh that off as a joke.
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Awkward silence…
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Wait what… you failed though! The overhead press is pretty much the lift after squat that benefits the most from a belt.
Maybe? I am not sure. Would have to see.
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Lucky I didn’t just compliment your quads on another thread too. That would have made it super awkward
Haha yea totally, to be fair I posted a near nude photo of myself online, from what little I’ve seen of Instagram that makes me fair game for all manner of unsolicited lewdness!
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Fun fact: the origin of the lifting belt was SPECIFICALLY for lifting weights overhead. It’s inclusion for squats and deads is fairly recent historically.
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Shit, get a room you two.
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Just use the belt already!
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@T3hPwnisher @ChickenLittle @Koestrizer @Cyrrex alright, I’ll wear a belt, but if this makes my lifts go up, that’s all your fault.
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Don’t think my observations have much merit, but I third that there seems to be a lack of tightness/upper back involvement. I think you would have had the rep otherwise. The angle and darkness make it a bit difficult to judge though
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Feedbacks a gift, so thank you
Mate watching that press fail I feel like you were going to fail that right from the start. You looked at the bar for ages and then when you unracked it I didn’t see or feel and intensity. For a 1rm overhead you need to attack it. Is that doesn’t mean rush the press like @alex_uk did last week. But you need to grab the bar with purpose get tight on the unrack, engage the lats and a little lean back before the press helps. I think you have 70 in you right now if you approach it differently.
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Must believe
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Yeah, definitely psyched myself out on that one
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