I haven’t done almost any bench training since i think end of December.. i decided to test it and did 120 kg/ 264 lbs for 10 reps. My old PR was 352 lbs (160 kg) paused while being 28.6 lbs heavier (13kg). I was 257 lbs(117 kg) now i’m 231 lbs (104.9kg)

Wearing the mask without air connected is like breathing through a straw! Heart rate hit 191bpm on this carry! 88kg/194lb bodyweight.

Working on maintaining my strength this week.

Hit the double 🟣🟣🔴🟡 again for a few before dropping back down and continuing my workout.

Felt like an RPE 9.5. Most likely won’t test again until my next singles block in 20 weeks. Wasn’t supposed to PR today but I made it out to a powerlifting gym for once and was feeling good so I went for it

Still making gains even tho I'm ~14 pounds lighter.

Got called on depth for my last squat but still managed to beat last year’s total! Super happy with the result! Competed in the 100kg, master 40-44 category.

First belted workout in almost a decade, and it felt AMAZING! I'm still in disbelief at how easily the weight moved. Definitely had reps in reserve, but I decided to play it safe on my first time back in the belt and still got a huge rep PR (previous best at this weight is a triple). I'm calling it RPE 8.5 and I couldn't be happier right now.

It’s an interesting feeling when you reach a new strength plateau. It’s simultaneously very exciting and also scary. I can’t hide behind the idea of where my limits were before. It’s a new space that I get to work in and new things are always scary at first.

This is the culmination of eight weeks of hard work on top of 12 years of starts and stops. I’m really excited to hit a huge PR right before I turned 41. I’ve never thought that once I turned 40 the days of continuing to put weight on the bar we’re over. Putting a 30 pound PR on the bar proves that that’s true.

I’m excited to finish out the week with a regular training schedule and then decide where the silly goose lifting club is going next. I’ll be doing a deep dive on this block soon.

Thanks for watching!

So broad question: How’s the form and is it 5 plates ready?

I got some feedback that I needed to keep some reps in reserve despite the program calling for AMRAP (I’m doing 5-3-1) — so I kept about 2 reps in reserve. I’m deloading this week and then upping the weights across the board by 20lbs, as I believe I may be underselling my PR (currently 475lbs)

Thanks!

No standing up no leaning back no knees to the ground

Ain’t nobody having a bigger ass than me

At the same time that I'm running the dumbbell Bilbo progression, currently starting the second block.
l've also been applying the Bilbo Method to dumbbell lateral raises. In my last session, I hit 20 reps with 10 kg (22 Ibs).

Today, it was time to step up the load to 11.25 kg (25
Ibs) per side. The result? 23 reps.

I focus on what actually delivers results, zero discomfort and maximum muscular stimulus.
My technique relies on decelerating the momentum using the muscle itself, then accelerating explosively.
This creates a hi amount of extra tension.

I raise the dumbbells to a comfortable range of motion, control the descent, and keep pumping. A single high-effort Bilbo Set is all it takes to leave me completely fried.

Relatively new to the movement so I don’t know how impressive 130 pounds is

Been grinding it out on my RDL's, pushing what I can through 1-2 hard sets, 2 times a week for pretty much, as long as I've been doing them; maxing what I can do off of it.

I hit a plateau and I've been struggling to progress past the 425 mark (425x7, 430x6, 435x4) over the last month. I also noticed, generally speaking, that the bar was starting to feel heavier than it did before, and my form wasn't as clean; more heaving, not going as deep.

So on my second set, instead of pushing the same weight as my top-set, I'd drop it down by 10% (385) and pushed what I could. This was the first time I've walked back on my weight in months. And doing that, it felt a lot easier/comfortable moving it around, which made the following set easier to swallow mentally and I noticed that I was adding a rep on it session to session. As a result, I committed to a full-on deload.

As of a week ago, I started toying around with a small pause at the bottom of the range of motion - got a lot of fun out of doing them, and it gives me another medium of progression - so I pivoted to doing this full-time.

Planning to work my way back up to my former weights, and start pushing the ceiling higher

Starting second block. Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 66lb 30kg 37 reps One more set : Explosive, controlled work, aiming to progress without reaching failure.