decline doesn’t count its like the sumo of bench press. :LOL
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Nah, wide grip bench is the sumo of bench press. Declines are…well it is definitely cheating, but not sure what to call it.
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The secret is to use wide grip, then create a big enough arch that the lift is essentially a decline 
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Which is exactly why I roll my eyes a little when flat benchers call it out. The local guys at my gym who are really good flat benchers have a ROM that is roughly the same was mine, sometimes even smaller. Plus they have some leg drive.
Decline is easier. By somewhere around 5 to 10%, and even then only with practice. But it is far kinder to my shoulders, and doesn’t make my body want to cramp up like flat bench.
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Looks about right 
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You don’t compete, and you’re still stronger than most of the guys on here. I don’t think anyone seriously doubts your strength, but if we didn’t rag on you a little, we’d have to actually talk training and that’s usually pretty dull.
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I’ve never been more attracted to you than I am right now, mate.
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That’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me.
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Get a room, you two!
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Don’t you think for a minute that we won’t!
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Bit of a weird one today. Tired as balls from poor sleep, and Monday is normally press day. I really should change days, I am always fucking tired on Mondays.
On the other hand I have been on a little bit of a roll lately, so I went after 85. It wasn’t a perfect rep, but just good enough to count. Thought I would try 87 just to see how close it was, and failed it twice. Which is of course humiliating. Oh well, might need a few weeks to get there. My BW is still only a bit above 81, so I am pretty fine with these gains.
Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
- 35 kg x 5 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 47 kg x 5 reps
- 55 kg x 3 reps
- 65 kg x 3 reps
- 72 kg x 1 reps
- 80 kg x 1 reps
- 85 kg x 1 reps (joker)
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
The fails left me pretty worn out, so the backoff sets were balls. No time for anything else today.
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18 days since last check-in on the goals, may as well update.
Deadlift 195, current is 205. Still don’t care.
Squat 160, current is 155. Almost there.
Decline 135, current 135. May as well set it for 140, yikes, that shit scary.
Incline 110, and I hit that the other day. Let’s go 115.
Press 85, hit that today. 87 is hopefully next, but feels a mile away.
Push Press 110, current is 105. Nothing changed here, have not really gone after it.
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Mate your bench is strong for your bodyweight as is your overhead. 135 dec and 110 inc is no joke. And I don’t even want to talk about 85 overhead. I have added overhead work back in for the next 6 weeks just so you can feel even better about yours. LOL
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Mate, the best thing about your pressing is when you take vids of it.
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maybe if I am going for a heavy grinder I will set up the camera (said the bishop!!)
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Deadlifts on the menu today. Bumped TM up to 190, mostly just to drive the weight up for the warmup and backoff sets. Ended up doubling the topset, which I really need to not do at this weight. Stupid deadlifts. Because of math and rounding, the backoff sets increased by 10 whole kilo, so that was a good challenge at the end.
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Barbell Deadlift
- 75 kg x 5 reps
- 95 kg x 5 reps
- 115 kg x 5 reps
- 135 kg x 3 reps
- 150 kg x 3 reps
- 170 kg x 1 reps
- 190 kg x 2 reps
- 135 kg x 8 reps
- 135 kg x 8 reps
- 135 kg x 8 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 1 reps
- 3 reps
- 6 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
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Ab Wheel (standing)
- 5 reps
- 1 reps
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Incline Day. Objectively looking good on paper, but it all felt like heavy ass bullshit today. No doubt because of deadlifts yesterday or something. The 4 reps on the topset were done in self-defense, and the backoff sets were also just crummy…but of course, they were way heavier than they needed to be.
Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 42.5 kg x 5 reps
- 52.5 kg x 5 reps
- 62.5 kg x 5 reps
- 72.5 kg x 3 reps
- 85 kg x 3 reps
- 95 kg x 1 reps
- 105 kg x 4 reps
- 95 kg x 8 reps
- 85 kg x 8 reps
- 75 kg x 8 reps
Did a bunch of curls and also some stationary bike as well.
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i almost can’t believe how strong you are. work ethics or genetics, either way it’s impressive.
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Well, there is always the secret third possibility that I am just completely full of crap.
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