Looked fast!
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5/20 Thursday.
Couldn’t get the energy for anything serious, but throughout the day (worked from home) I knocked out some weekly necessities:
50 chins, all overhand
50 rows at 165lb
Some ezbar curls, which felt like they would rip my elbow tendons out but no MMC - sucked.
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That ‘essential’ workout would put most people on their back my man
You’re a stone cold killer
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The first half of this video addresses dealing with adversity and contains so much truth and rock solid perspective. Good for life, not just training.
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5/21 Friday, Press day.
Last week, [quote=“jdm135, post:634, topic:263785”]
Press numbers, 105lb:
6,6,6,6,5.5,4,4,3,4,3.5
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Crushed it this time. Got all 10 sets, 6 reps, felt so good on the last set I did 7 reps!
After set 9 I was interrupted by a diaper emergency so had a bit of extra rest, which enabled the extra rep.
120 band pullaparts
No time for more.
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Nice work
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Thanks!
So that was this morning. Late this afternoon I was showing the kids how to press with an empty ez-bar and they asked me to press “the big cahuna” which was still loaded with 105lb.
I got it for 8 reps.
110 for 5.
115 for 4.
120 for 1.
125 for 1.
130 for 1 and got a video.
@Cyrrex did you have any technique tips? I think this is the first press video I recorded at this weight. @aldebaran if you are back from your social media sabbatical?
Edit to point out that I failed at a second attempt at this later in the day, and that I failed at a recent attempt at 135 as always; and that i think I fixed the video link.
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That was right up there on the simo scale 
Great pressing!
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5/22 Saturday
Absolutely miserable after a night mostly being up with the baby. Wife and I both.
Forced myself to do something and honestly feel better now!
1 pushup, stand back up
2 pushups, stand back up
3…
…
10 pushups, stand back up
9…
…
1 pushup, stand back up
Less than 8 minutes. Total of 19 down-and-ups and 100 pushups
@ChongLordUno inspired by your kind of thing of course. This ladder is an Alsruhe thing I think.
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No real tips to add, that looks pretty fine to me. Only thing I would say is that when I am going for a max single, I approach the bar with a LOT of air in my chest and stomach and really try to pin my upper arms into my lats. Just really tighten up like crazy with a lot of air. I probably also lean a bit more. You might be doing that already, hard to tell from the video.
Honestly, it will probably be programming tweaks that will help you break through.
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I’m not a good presser by any means, but I honestly think you have 135 already. Maybe it’s at least partially a mental thing.
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In the end I didn’t take much of a sabbatical ahah
Lool that was a nice RPS 7 
I also think it’s more technical rather than anything. Overhead lifts are the easier to screw up by far.
If you look at your vid you can see that you start the press forward and not upwards. indeed like @Cyrrex you should most likely lean back more, but at the hips, not the chest, and press up! It’s a lot of extra energy you lose this way. Plus as a result, your wrist broke a bit more, rending the lift even more inefficient energy-restitution wise.
I also think you could actually do some thoracic spine mobility prior to this, like during your press warm-ups.
But no doubt you’ll do 135 very soon!
Your cleans look better also, the bar is very close to you, so close!
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Nothing to add with regards technical stuff (I suck at pressing) but like others have said you’ve got it already. Personally I find the easiest way to get my head out of the way with OHP is just keep regularly working up to and repping out at higher %s so for you getting to something like 120/125/130 and just repping it out, don’t even think about hitting 135 for a good month or two just keep getting close, soon you’ll be hitting 130 for 5 reps and then 135 won’t be a mental block at all you’ll be smashing that for reps and hitting 145 no problems.
Probably not advice others would give but just my personal experience (take it with a pinch of salt I’m weak!)
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I actually completely agree with this. Make 120 and 125 your absolute bitch. There are plenty of other programming tricks, but getting good at repping a high percent of your max works well. Shoulders recover quickly, the usual rules do not really apply in my experience.
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@Cyrrex @Bagsy @aldebaran @doomyguy @alex_uk thanks for the kind and helpful words!
I’ll try some of the specifics you mentioned.
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Saturday, later:
“Sally” air squats with my daughter. Was so fun I tried Sally pushups lol. Made it to 1:36, so about halfway through. That bottom hold is TOUGH!
Later, 100 swings (unbroken. 50lb)
Felt in glutes and forearms.
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Good going my man.
Conditioning is king
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Another thing I thought about. Are you using false grip on the press? I find that helps with keeping wrists in the right place.
Oh, and a belt? No reason not to use it on max effort presses.
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Yeah man. False grip on the press all the motherfuxking way.
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