Lift things up and put them down.

[DeafIdiotGod]

Anyone got any strategies for improving bench press performance? My other lifts are either at or near their current goals but bench is noticeably lagging behind.

More often than I'd like, I lower the bar down and just can't get it back up without help when I'm trying for a higher weight.

[ptozzi]

[brlmski]

#1 way to break any plateau is to increase volume. aka bench more

[DeafIdiotGod]

I've been doing a lot of close armed push ups each day to keep my chest active. My routine is Greskull LP so it's bench every other workout, reckon I should stick it into each workout to speed it up? The rest days should be enough to recover I think.


My other muscle groups I'm pretty sure are fine since all my other lifts are ahead. I think my chest is just behind since I wasn't pushing it as hard time n the past.

[brlmski]

what do your amrap sets look like?

[DeafIdiotGod]

On my last successful bench session (2 bench days ago) I got out 7 on the final set so I thought I was in a good place to up the weight, apparently not. I think I'll just do bench every workout for a bit and see where that takes me.

Also I upped my Deadlift yesterday while getting hyped up on NLDW so I might stick that on while doing it too.

[UnwashedMolasses]

[mofaux]

[adiabatic]

[Cowboy]

Started doing pushups and situps

20+5 in the morning/50

Those first 3 days of pushups hurt soooo bad, but when I finished i'd be really pumped and like flex at myself and stuff lol it was fun

Day 4 I did 25, so awesome.

gonna see if I can hit 30 by Sunday.

Honestly excited for pushups every night.

[bels]

Gotta start wearing gym clothes to work to cut down on the amount of time I spend getting changed every day. Please recommend ideas for gym gear that is cool enough for me to wear at work.

Surely now is the time if any for me to buy a lonsdale tracksuit

[donut_milk]

Being on a cut blows. Though, I'm starting to see more clear definition in my mid-section and arms.

Also, anyone here climb or boulder? I started climbing again and forgot how much fun/terrifying it is. I guess this helps with the arm definition as well.

[Prince of Scandinavia]

I'm really loving getting big and everything is going great. Still doing a steady linear progression with Madcow's workout plan. But I'm starting to not fit any clothes I used to before. In the start I took it as a good sign, but now when I'm out buying clothes, I can't really find anything that fits. I used to be a small where it fit a bit loose on me, now a small is way too tight, but medium shirts and jackets have too wide shoulders and too long arms. When it comes to pants my calves seem to be too big for most slim pants. I used to be 30/32 and now I need to get some wide legged jeans so my calves don't stick out and the pant doesn't drape from my calves down. But now I can't find any slim or skinny jeans that does this and might go over to tapered jogging pants like represent clothings biker jeans.. Any tips for how to find clothes now when you are too big for one size and too small for another? Besides trying it out in stores of course.

[bels]

I booked some PT sessions. How can I tell if my PT is a joker or worth it?

[JonjoShelvey]

Idk how it is in LONDON but here in AMERICA most PTs are jokers. If u just wanna get "fit" pt is fine I guess(could learn it all online4 free) but if you wanna powerlift/Olympic lift u want a coach.

[bels]

The PT is a semi professional arm wrestler

[bels]

The pt has sent me a training plan that contains three different types of bench press on one day

[JonjoShelvey]

post the plan and ur goals here ill tell u if it's dumb or not

[bels]

[odradek]

seems like a fine split and none of the movements are goofy weird things, though legs and chest is kind of nontraditional and deadlift followed immediately by romanian deadlift is a new one. it looks like the big 4 with accessory work built around them, which isn't really something you need a personal trainer for. i assume that third number is rest time, not weight, otherwise some stuff is seriously fucked up. if i were to make changes, i'd add squats on day 1, maybe front squats instead of back squats (DO MORE SQUATS I'M AN INTERNET GYM WARRIOR) and i personally like doing more shoulder volume stuff, so day one you might add/alternate shoulder side and front rows, inverted iron crosses, and some shoulder cable stuff. if you want to fuck your day up, add in some lunges on day 3 and some tricep extensions or skull crushers on day 2 after the chest work. you'll live.

[JonjoShelvey]

Honestly it's extremely weird. box jumps??? Not sure wh he wants you to do flat close grip dumbell press. So much rowing. It's a pretty strange assortment of excercises In a similarly strange order.

Trying it out isn't a bad idea but something like chest/back arms/delts legs would be better if u just wanna get swole. If you wanna get sorta strong first I'd run starting strength till u get 200lb bench 300 squat 400 deadlift (~4-6 months if you do it right)

[teck]

Took a free intro class at Marcelo Garcia's BJJ academy. it was fun everyone was super duper nice. the only thing is since they thought i was a complete noob we went thru the ultra basics of grappling -- break falls, shrimping, arm bar. it was good to get back on the mat but i didn't get to roll which bummed me out.

gonna check out fabio clemente's school too and see how that goes.

[bels]

I like how the BJJ people sound like hairdressers but I guess probably don't look like hairdressers. (NTTAWT)

1 plate squat today hurray.

[mahi-mahi]

Got a 175 for 6 reps (bench) and 155 deadlift today

[mahi-mahi]

Yo i tried the 205 deadlift for 3 reps and I now have a new PR. Next stop: 225. Thanks dude!

[mahi-mahi]

Update have got 3 plate DL and a 2 plate bench

[brlmski]

if you have a 2 plate bench you can definitely do more than 3 plates on dl

[teck]

been doing brazilian jj for about idk 6 weeks now? only going twice a week. that first month my god i was in crazy pain. now im still in pain but im just used to it.

i got a small cauliflower ear thing on one ear. i thought it would be cool to have one but then i got it and was like "omg this sucks! im deformed!". fortunately i drained it and its not noticeable unless i point it out.

because BJJ is super duper expensive, i canceled my other membership. i'll do HIIT sessions on my non-BJJ days to keep up cardio.

i always think about what you said before about curls being good for elbow health. i got some weird elbow thing (i think actually got it from being a desk jockey rather than any sport) and now i miss being able to do some good old bro curls.

[JonjoShelvey]

Teck ur now authorized to be a real life goth NINJA

[teck]

in the future, nike will make a dry fit business suit

you'll wear a single compression body suit underneath technical wool to class

woven, sweat-wicking garments augmented with ballistic plates will be the norm

Show me your dopest workout clothes.