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Originally Posted by Mahou

Lol, I never use clips.

I usually don't either because I've never had this problem before.

Originally Posted by justaguy

How often are you trying to 1rm and what other lifts are you doing for chest? I haven't tried going above 285 in a long time. Would ideally like to get 3 plates before calling my bench good forever but my left shoulder is dangerously tender sometimes from previous injury.

I don't have a set schedule for attempting one rep maxes. My last attempt for bench was on December 20th. Other than bench, the only exercises I do that target chest are flies and weighted dips. I don't currently do incline or decline bench. 3 plates has been my goal for years. The progress since I first hit 275 has been painfully slow. I got my first touch and go rep at 275 on May 13th 2015 and my first paused rep on Feb 7th 2016. Since then my paused PR has only improved by ~20-25lbs (it's unclear if I could get 300, but I'm about 99.9% confident 295 would've happened if the bar was balanced).


Vid of incident I described earlier:

And when the correct weight is on the bar: