Symmetric strength thread
>tfw 5 months in and i still bench 35 kilos (including the fucking bar)
Symmetric strength thread
David Gonzalez
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Josiah King
Why don't you just bench more
Sebastian Peterson
I try but i can never hit the same reps with more weight.
My press is equal to my fucking bench
Benjamin Kelly
Reckon you need a form check. Are you any better with dumbbells?
Bentley Lopez
are you the guy who refuses to eat for lean gains
Luis Green
Everytime i use them i just feel like I'm gonna snap and i can't call for a spotter since i'm mostly alone at my gym
No
Justin Taylor
Don't understand why you'd be more confident putting a barbell over your neck unspotted than using dumbbells desu. Do you do any other chest exercises?
Logan Walker
I guess it's all psychological, i only do this exercise considering i'm doing a full body routine
Julian Jackson
Okay well then my recommendation is to hit chest more, do dumbbell press, incline press, dips, flies. That will help, as will eating more. I bet if you went and put an extra 5lbs on the bar you could lift it still, it might all be in your head
Logan Harris
>dips
Doing these let me push through my bench plateau. Also try microloading the bar every time you lift, OP.
>tfw haven't squatted in 2 months due to an injury
Dominic Lopez
Four months in. Went from strength score 35 to 62.7. 140lbs 5'7.
Score: 62.7
Intermediate
SQUAT: 64.3 [INTERMEDIATE]
FLOOR PULL: 70.9 [INTERMEDIATE]
HORIZONTAL PRESS: 50.4 [NOVICE]
VERTICAL PRESS: 61.4 [INTERMEDIATE]
PULL-UP / ROW: 66.3 [INTERMEDIATE]
ESTIMATED ONE REP MAXES
Back Squat: 102.5 kg[Intermediate]
Deadlift: 130 kg[Intermediate]
Bench Press: 60 kg[Novice]
Overhead Press: 47.5 kg[Intermediate]
Chin-up: 27.5 kg added[Intermediate]
Pull-up: 15 kg added[Novice]
Michael King
Retraining after 2 years of hospitalizations JUSTING my progress.
Started lifting again April 16, having no problems adding weight so far.
Stats:
>5'9 156.4ibs
>Squat: 180x5
>Deadlift: 190x5
>Bench: 135x16 (retarded reps cause me and friends doing competition)
>OHP: 75x5
>Pendlay Row: 95x5
Hunter Morris
My little sister started last week and she hit 30kg for a single. She's gonna outlift you soon OP
Luke Perry
5'10 230lbs
Squat: 275x8
Deadlift: 345x7
Bench: 195x5
OHP: 135x3
P row: 185x3
Lucas Edwards
muh knee injury and shoulder impingement
I still hate squats though
James Barnes
if we are /fat/ should we input our ideal body weight instead?
Isaac Parker
Are you doing anything to fix your shoulder impingement?
Isaiah Thomas
The whole point of this site is relative strength
A fatty is going to have an easier time pulling 4pl8 than
James Thomas
besides lifting with proper form lots of stretching
I find dead hangs help a lot
I go from wide grip to narrow for 30 seconds each time
also mah man jefff
youtube.com
it's almost gone
Evan Parker
>>tfw 5 months in and i still bench 35 kilos (including the fucking bar)
stop larping! you are benching 2pl8 and i know it.
Ayden Myers
5'11, 170
Squat: 265 x 8 (in my defense I almost never half squat so testing it is hard)
Dead: 465
OHP: 155 x 3 (I thought this was good but apparently not)
Dip: 90lbs, 260 total for 9
Pull up: 55 added, 225 for 10
And I have a six pack now after cutting a bit. Am I made it?
Ian Phillips
>35kg bench after 5 months
Never gonna make it
Nicholas Morris
1 year into it, im heading into green mode!
Adrian Adams
4 years in, but I’m 41 years old and messed up my shoulder around November.
Matthew Torres
2 years in. These one rep maxes are very optimistic. I can deadlift 180kg for 1 rep easily but when I tried 190kg I could only get it up to my knees. Maybe on a better day I could get it. No way I could get that bench though.
Chase Morgan
What is that site/app?
Bentley Watson
just be consistent OP. these thigns take time, but they build and build.
this is my 3.5 year results. I've had a tendon injury for 10 months and deadlifted 1 month ago and barely managed that. my lower body strength is embarrassing in proportion to upper body. and yes i am a manlet, 5'9.
Kevin Lewis
>symmetric strength thread
Gee I wouldn't know
Andrew Foster
This but unironically, not even talking as an user from Jow Forums, I mean it as a person. Your program is fucked up
Bentley Perez
Are you fucking sloots/Are you in a stable loving relationship?
If one answer is yes then congratulations
Carson Richardson
why does the app say you’re so weak with those kind of lifts? 135x16 is pretty damn good for that bodyweight
Cooper Ross
Picked up some weights for the first time in 6 years about 2 weeks ago.
My left knee is dodgy as fuck these days so I'm weary about heavy squats. Is there a good alternative?
Ethan Walker
What mode is this Jow Forums?
Ayden Jones
do bodyweight squats and lunges. You can take steps to strengthen your knee before you decide to squat big
Levi White
Luigi mode
Juan Morales
>tfw I found the Power Stone
Hunter Bell
5’8
173lb
OHP 120x5
Bench 255x5
Squat 260x5
Deadlift 310x5
Pendlay row 150x5
Jonathan Ward
>imagine training legs lol
Dominic Wilson
t. chicken legs
Lmaooooo
Juan Fisher
MANLET DETECTED
Lucas Jones
>1520lb weighted dip
>subpar
Jack Martin
Not sure about chins, bet I could do better today. But I'm forever a benchlet, halp
Blake Nguyen
Could be worse, going for 1/2/3/4 for reps this summer.
6'1
182
OHP 150x5
BP 210x1 fml
SQ 310x5
DL 330x5
Dominic Sanchez
>be me 16 months ago, first time ever touching a weight
>can bench 65kg for 5 @68kg, struggle w/ deadlifting 75kg for 5
>now
>can deadlift 220kg for 3 beltless
>struggle to bench 100kg for 3
what the fuck I thought I was gonna be a bench chad, not a power incel.
basically every single one of my lifts has btfo'd my bench.
Evan Powell
How the fuck can you bench that much without ever doing anything
Asher Perez
>no longer subpar
hell yeah making progress
Squat: 155x3
Deadlift: 235x3
Bench: 150x3
OHP: 100x3
Pull up: 10 w/ 30 lb assist
Kayden Turner
I am the literal new years resolutiner who decided to stick around
Connor Robinson
How come your calves got rated?
I do all the same lifts but mine stay grey
Brayden Cox
SUB-PAR! SUB-PAR!
Isaiah Jones
filled in other lifts as well.
push press enables calves i think
Luis Price
thx senpai
Tyler Cooper
>tfw finally green shoulders
Noah Stewart
just hit the three month mark
Asher Ward
I don't know. My arms are pretty average in length. but the point was, when I started out my bench suggested I was sorta going places and now it's subpar. I guess initial lifts and "trainability" aren't that correlated.
David Bennett
Do you have a spotter/capable gym buddy?
Have them check your form, most likely something off there.
Nathaniel Harris
Afraid of press-mode
Julian Kelly
>Dip-subpar
>pull-up-subpar
>squat-subpar
It's like you either have to be gandalf wearing a fucking balrog on your belt or you're absolute shit
Oliver Sanchez
>caught ya mirin
Colton Sullivan
I've been lifting for a year and I bench 40kg including the bar, but in my defense I'm young and I had really bad bicep tendonitis for a long time that made me train pecs alot less than j should have been because I didn't know how to fix it.But now that I do I think I should be making all kinds of gains within the next year
Angel Green
How young are we talking about and what are the other stats
Austin Allen
If youve actually tested your 1RM then put those in you fucking retard
Grayson Martinez
You'd think this doesn't look so bad...
Tyler Rivera
...but then you look at the numbers.
Kayden Bell
Time to cut user
Henry Richardson
Fml
24 YO
181cm
86kg
5 years lifting on and off, 18 months semi-seriously (boozing every week for the whole time)
Currently cutting so lifts down but no excuse for poor lifts
Tl;dr, don't binge drink and eat fast food.
Can't wait for graduation to get away from student lifestyle.
Nicholas Garcia
175 cm, 73 kg, I don't see why cutting would help.
Caleb Rivera
My bad, i thought you were talking aesthetic wise in your first post
Nicholas Robinson
No, it's just that while my other lifts may seem somewhat respectable, my bench press is awful in comparison.
Chase Peterson
As long as your chest doesn't look like shit it's all good famalam
David Jackson
ive been also training for around 5 months under constant calorie deficit because im a fat fuck and need to lose weight. i can bench 80. started from 40.
Carter Nelson
Let's just say it doesn't look quite as bad as it used to.
Parker Peterson
My right knee used to be fucky and hurt occasionally. When I would do heavy squats, it would occasionally shoot inwards. I fixed this by lowering the weight and squatting low bar.
Don't be worried about hurting your knees. Have someone form check you or take a video of yourself squatting and post it so your form can be checked. Proper form squats won't hurt your knees. If anything, your knees will hurt less because of the strengthened ligaments and tendons, along with the added muscle