Riding the Line Between BBing & PLing

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[quote]TheDon12 wrote:
I just finished watching your old video and your new one. Your physique definitely has made a change and you’re really strong. Good shit[/quote]

when i competed in bodybuilding i never competed over 200lbs. when i got into powerlifting i quickly shot up to 240 and my strength increased quickly. unfortunately i fell into the trap of thinking the heavier i got the stronger i would also get. there is definitely a point of diminishing returns in that respect. i pushed my weight up to 290 at one point. i’m only 5’9". i’ve been slowly dropping that back down and have been hovering around the 250-255 mark for awhile. my goal this summer is to get it down to 240. the hard part is doing so while still continuing to get stronger. losing weight is easy. getting stronger at the same time is pretty hard.

thanks for the positive comment.

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I just thought of this but since you’re dropping weight have you hit a 2x bodyweight bench yet?

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[quote]trav123456 wrote:
I just thought of this but since you’re dropping weight have you hit a 2x bodyweight bench yet?[/quote]

i’ve hit it plenty of times in the gym and have it in competition as well. i hit 510 at 250 in a meet last year. a couple months ago i maxed on bench in the gym and hit 520 at 245.

now my sights are on hitting 3 x bw on deadlift.

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[quote]maraudermeat wrote:

[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
What are your best lifts? Strong stuff as always from you.[/quote]

best competition lifts or gym lifts?? what lifts are we talking about?

thanks hoss.
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Both would be cool, if you don’t mind.

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[quote]maraudermeat wrote:

[quote]trav123456 wrote:
I just thought of this but since you’re dropping weight have you hit a 2x bodyweight bench yet?[/quote]

i’ve hit it plenty of times in the gym and have it in competition as well. i hit 510 at 250 in a meet last year. a couple months ago i maxed on bench in the gym and hit 520 at 245.

now my sights are on hitting 3 x bw on deadlift.
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Nice, I thought you might have already. That’s a pretty awesome accomplishment

3xbw dead would be sick!