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[image] bulldog9899: This is goes way back… the total weight you can dip with ( body weight plus additional weight ) for 5 reps should allow you to Bench a 1Rm of the same amount. Ooh, shit. Time for some math. Last weighted dips I did 8 @ 242lb + 70lb (total 312) Last week I squeezed up a …

Sort of a tangent but I always heard if you can bench 3 reps with a certain weight touch and go you can do a single with competition pause Seemed accurate but if you always pause your reps it might not work the other way (might not be able to get 3 reps touch and go with your best paused single sin…

Overhead squats are the most underutilized lift.

Probably because only like .01% of the population has the mobility to even do them.

[image] jskrabac: only like .01% of the population has the mobility to even do them Really? That low? They are one of my favorite exercises. They’re better than front squats. Although you may have a point - today I dropped my kid off at summer camp and did the Asian squat to give him a hug, a…

I believe so. I honestly think it’s probably 10% of all the people who lift have the mobility to do a proper squat, and of those 10% can do overhead. So maybe 1% of those who actually lift can do them. Then talking the whole population, I’d say .1% at most.

[image] Well_Swung: I always heard if you can bench 3 reps with a certain weight touch and go you can do a single with competition pause I would think this would depend on where your sticking point is in the bench press. The stronger you are at the lockout, the more likely your touch-n-go ben…

I got humbled by a 45lb bar on OH Squats some 3 weeks after hitting 405x3 for back squats. Thought i was strong enough to start with 95lbs. I was wrong. Can confirm mobility insufficient.

[image] Brant_Drake: Which I found wierd. Personally i can believe it is that low. Look at most inactive grown adults and try to get them to do just a regular squat . I think as a whole we take things for granted.

I like it. Strength is measured in time. It takes like 10 seconds to hit a big paused single. So if you want your touch and go number to carry over, your touch and go set needs to take 10 seconds to “work.” So how long does it take everyone to bench a hard 3 reps?

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Brant_Drake December 25, 2025, 3:25pm 668

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