I just find the lift to be really hard to do recently, have no idea why :(

hmm were abouts the same, ive been on 85's for past 2 months now.. ill try 90's tomo, see if I can do it.

Shoulder pin presses will concentrate on that point of the lift I believe.

:pokerface:

I think I'm going to start doing some front squats so I can get the flexibility to catch the bar in the right position while I do power cleans :D

any suggestions to help increase barbell bench press strength?
i was going real steady from 225 to 275 increasing the weight by 5lbs every week with about 4 reps on about 4-5 sets but now it seems like i've plateaued. Once i hit 280 i can only do 1 or 2 reps..
eating habits have barely changed, if anything i've been eating more & been having a lot more rest

maybe lay off the BB and switch em up with DB presses?

Pin press
Tricep lockouts ^^^

hit ur triceps hard, work on getting ur incline bp up, shoulders

PRESS

T NATION | Get Your Press Up!

Hit dem triceps hard with close grip bench and weighted dips.

Keep in mind the stronger you get, the harder it will be to see gains. You can't expect to keep adding 5lbs to your bench every week. But don't get discouraged and keep at it.

Skinny input on DAA? broscience? actually work?

man. are you my gym twin? my dumbell shoulder press tops out at 85s too. i think ive done 90s a couple times in the past.

Last year around this time I was exactly like you.

No chest, no shoulders...lats and back were touch and go.

Took almost 8 months for me to get back to where I was.

Forget popping pills and fighting through it because it won't work.

Time to rest + physio + modify your lifts to prevent re-injuring / re-aggravating.

I know somebody that is on daa stacked with a test booster, no real change looks the same it is just bro science dont waste your money on it

in on Rotator Cuff Problems Crew.



get on dat der SierraSil time 4 per day come back in 2 weeks tell me how awesome your shoulders feel. :thumbs:

^ seirrasil was pretty broscience.... overdosing on fishoils helped for me

Sierrasil is expensive ehhhh?

finally pulled 3 plates dl for 1 rep, also first time using a belt.
used mixed grip, now my goal is to pull 3 plates for 5 double overhand no belt

pr of 275 x 4 on double overhand no belt



back in september i pulled 95lbs lol :okay:

Seems to be more than broscience

The role and molecular mechanism of D... [Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2009] - PubMed - NCBI

3g a day, with meals. Be sure to cycle!

Regarding hotong's friend, remember you still need to TRAIN and EAT and SLEEP. Just taking test boosters alone isn't going to do anything but give you bacne and hair loss.

got 20 days until my 1st year at the gym is over, hopefully ill get that 3 plate squat too

might be going to a powerlifting competition just to see whats up

:troll:

which one?

didnt you actually have an decent injury? more than likely all that helped was time to heal.

British Columbia Powerlifting Association

not set yet, but a buddy from school told me he knows one of the organizers and they're trying to put one together sometime in the fall

i looked at the records for the sub-juniors 66kg class and no records were set
i found that they reset all the records from before 2011 because of weight class changes, but the old records, in the 67.5kg class that they used to have for sub-juniors were 364lbs squat, 187lb bench, and 408lbs deadlift
http://bcpowerlifting.ca/records/BC%...an.01,2011.pdf
im kind of close to those numbers so i'm just going to try and see how these competitions go, but i really don't expect to win :badpokerface:

never really bothered looking for any competitions, what other ones are there? i'll probably go watch them, but not compete in them unless the others are around the same strength, don't want to get demolished lol

never done em, will try them on tuesday

i had cut back on working bi's & tri's just cuz i had been focusing on compound lifts, will definitely be hittin them hard again

the barbell looked at me & called me a pussy :okay:

thanks for the help guys!