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After doing exclusively paused bench for 2+ months now, holy shit progress.

Up to 225 x 6 paused. Tried TnG last night and hit 245 x 8. Massive PR for me. About doubled my reps @ 245 in that time.

Squatting I'm up to 300 x 6 high bar deep. Going well, still progressing slowly. Lift hasn't plateaued at all but I don't want to push it too fast.


Also, nice squat sam :o

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So I'm nearing the end of my cut. While I don't really have a "before" picture, I do have a comparison of about last month and yesterday.



Much more successful with this cut than my last. This was more of an actual cut.

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How much do you weigh now?

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Up to 270lb for 8 reps on squats (predicted max 335lb)

My squat progress has been ridiculous. It's definitely the lift I'm most genetically predisposed to gain on. Which sucks in some respects; I'd like to be this strong on bench, because bench is by far the biggest dick measurer. Being predisposed to make squat gains is great in other respects though, since it adds so much to your powerlifting total.

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315x5 fuck yeah

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Jesus that makes me jealous. Maybe I'm just not doing it enough.

New goal - go more than twice a week

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do 3x/week and do squats/bench every session. rest 1-5 minutes between sets, leave a few reps "in the tank" every set.

my preferred core lifts are bench, squat, and bent over rows. I prefer bent over rows to deadlifts because squats already work lower back a lot, and bent over rows work most of the muscles that squats don't.

also I don't know if you're the type that does this, but just in case don't pussy out and focus on cardio. everyone does this because weight rooms are so obviously hierarchical in the sense that it's immediately clear when someone is ahead of you, and this causes people to avoid lifting all together so that they can't be bothered by people who lift more than they do.

if you do a bro split you probably are working chest maybe once a week. with this style of workout you work chest 3x/week.

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No, since I've been going I've been focusing less on cardio and more on weights, so I've got that part figured out (not that it's removed entirely). I should be learning more kinds of lifts and exercises though. Ultimately I'd like to find someone to go with, to show me a lot of these properly.

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A lot of us did this with no help either, so I definitely understand. Fortunately you live in a time with a wealth of YouTube videos to show you form. You could even pick up the NSCA's exercise manual for resistance training if you were so inclined -- it's extraordinarily step-by-step.

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Pick up a copy of Starting Strength, 3rd edition. Lots of great information in there. The only thing that I disagree with is the squat technique but honestly technique just improves as you get stronger, because when you are a beginner you are too weak to hold yourself in certain positions, etc.

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Awesome. Thanks for the tips guys. Hopefully I'll be able to post some ascending numbers in here soon!

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Strength Training by the NSCA is also great

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150

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That's ridiculous. We are the same height and I'm not even close to 150. I've lost 10lbs in the last 4 weeks just to get to 167.

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290x8 squat

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175x2 barbell overhead press followed by 145x8.

I weigh 167lbs.

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Very strong pressing man. I miss doing overhead work.

I haven't hit anything half decent numbers wise lately.

370x3 / 230x3 / 360x3 S/B/D last Friday, all really easy. Starting this programming phase kinda light, gonna keep jumping up 5lbs per week on my triples until I hit a double, then I'll add 2.5 per week until I hit a single, then keep adding 1lb per week.

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I attempted a 1 rep max at 185lbs for the overhead press today and failed =(

However, I was able to do 155lbs for 7 reps afterwards. The one rep max calculator has failed me.

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Damn dude, strong as hell for your weight.

My OHP is almost identical and I'm like 195 right now. Was about 160x8 last time I tried it.

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I got a new Bench PR. 240lbs x 3 reps with a ~3 second pause at the bottom. Getting ready for my next meet <3