What do you bench?

Originally Posted by Trashcan

That's my goal right around the corner also. I'm hoping to land it for the first in a week or 2

Shall we race?

I'll accept this challenge..

I haven't maxed yet, but I've been repping 225 X 10..

z00, I haven't forgotten about you man. I haven't been to the gym in over a week due to moving and work. That video is coming!


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Originally Posted by M3Inline6

z00, I haven't forgotten about you man. I haven't been to the gym in over a week due to moving and work. That video is coming!


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You're getting fat Steve. Prove me wrong.


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Originally Posted by Silversixspeed

I'll accept this challenge..

I haven't maxed yet, but I've been repping 225 X 10..

On a good day i can do that if i really push. Last weekend i got 295x2 but realized when getting that high that my lower back hasn't healed fully yet.

Nonetheless and my excuses aside, nothing is better than some friendly competition to help push us. First 315 pound squat with video proof wins?

I don't know about this coming weekend, but the next weekend at the latest I'll check where i am. There's a few things in my lower body routine that need to be changed

Originally Posted by Trashcan

On a good day i can do that if i really push. Last weekend i got 295x2 but realized when getting that high that my lower back hasn't healed fully yet.

Nonetheless and my excuses aside, nothing is better than some friendly competition to help push us. First 315 pound squat with video proof wins?

Sounds like a plan! Just did 6 sets of 245X5 yesterday. Legs are soooooore!

So I noticed I've been gettin exertion headaches from bench pressing. Started two weeks ago. They hurt like hell. Help?


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Are you breathing properly while you're lifting? Or does it feel like your head it's about to pop at the end of a rep?

My guess is you're holding your breath and creating "pressure" during your lift....

Originally Posted by Trashcan

Are you breathing properly while you're lifting? Or does it feel like your head it's about to pop at the end of a rep?

My guess is you're holding your breath and creating "pressure" during your lift....

definitely breathing properly. i've even been focusing extra hard on breathing properly since the headaches started, but it doesnt help. thye're pretty intense; even this morning, my head still faintly hurts.

Somehow pulled a neck muscle when benching yesterday.. Now it's tough to hold my head up.

Put up 265lbs today, we will call that a natural PR.

I definitely feel I can go a little heavier.

Haven't benched with a barbell in years, other than close-grip bench presses for my tris... But my dumbbell bench press from a couple weeks ago was 100lbs (each hand) for 10 reps.


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Originally Posted by Leezy321

Haven't benched with a barbell in years, other than close-grip bench presses for my tris... But my dumbbell bench press from a couple weeks ago was 100lbs (each hand) for 10 reps.


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It's a good feeling pumping out the 100s isn't it?

I never really do flat db presses. I mix in some db flys on chest day, and dabble with incline presses but don't like them because they seem to hit the shoulders more. You've got me curious now.

The main problem I foresee having with that kind of weight is dropping it safely after I'm done.

Originally Posted by Trashcan

I never really do flat db presses. I mix in some db flys on chest day, and dabble with incline presses but don't like them because they seem to hit the shoulders more. You've got me curious now.

The main problem I foresee having with that kind of weight is dropping it safely after I'm done.

Well the thing I like about DB presses is that it really works ALL the stabilizing muscles in and around your chest / arm. That feels real good.

Originally Posted by Trashcan

I never really do flat db presses. I mix in some db flys on chest day, and dabble with incline presses but don't like them because they seem to hit the shoulders more. You've got me curious now.

The main problem I foresee having with that kind of weight is dropping it safely after I'm done.

If you give out completely, just drop them, but once you completed your set, twist them parallel to your body, lift up your knees, and "swing" up that way so you finish the way you started, with the weights on your knees.