Shoggoth Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 hour ago, EricMilfeld said: Thank you! Slowly inchin’ that bench forward... Not that freaking slow!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennix Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Lend me some of that bench please! Just so I can get that 150 of my mind xD Impressive lifting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 9 hours ago, Lennix said: Lend me some of that bench please! Just so I can get that 150 of my mind xD Impressive lifting! Thanks a bunch! You’re doing some fine lifting of your own! I suppose we both struggle with the bench. Any half-kilo or rep I can add to my bench feels monumental. I know you’ll get that 150! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennix Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, EricMilfeld said: Thanks a bunch! You’re doing some fine lifting of your own! I suppose we both struggle with the bench. Any half-kilo or rep I can add to my bench feels monumental. I know you’ll get that 150! Thanks! Yea bench is hard -.- I mixed it up now with volume and doing pushups every day I'm not benching 80-110 reps to see if I can get it moving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Lennix said: Thanks! Yea bench is hard -.- I mixed it up now with volume and doing pushups every day I'm not benching 80-110 reps to see if I can get it moving. Other than simply eating more, incorporating some high-rep sets have definitely lit a fire under my bench’s butt. Also, when my shoulders don’t protest, benching twice weekly, as opposed to once, seems to help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennix Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Just now, EricMilfeld said: Other than simply eating more, incorporating some high-rep sets have definitely lit a fire under my bench’s butt. Also, when my shoulders don’t protest, benching twice weekly, as opposed to once, seems to help me. Thats great, I've been benching 3x/week for like 2 years (been lifting for 3). I guess my monkey arms makes it a bit harder but I'm weak aswell. Hope volume does the trick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Lennix said: Thats great, I've been benching 3x/week for like 2 years (been lifting for 3). I guess my monkey arms makes it a bit harder but I'm weak aswell. Hope volume does the trick. Wow, you must recover quickly. No way could I go three times a week. But I do tend to keep the intensity rather high. Have you experimented much with the width of your grip? You probably have all that dialed in after three years... Edited August 16, 2019 by EricMilfeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennix Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, EricMilfeld said: Wow, you must recover quickly. No way could I go three times a week. But I do tend to keep the intensity rather high. Have you experimented much with the width of your grip? You probably have all that dialed in after three years... Bench isn't taxing even at 80-90% alot of people in Sweden bench at 70% >10 sets 4-5 days a week. High frequency is working very good for me in almost every movement. I've experimented abit with it, been using max width and moving in up to 2-3 fingers in, I hardly notice any difference. I know its popular with narrow benchpress in USA so I think it's more of your own preference (could be wrong ofc) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Squat 75x5 75x8 125x5 165x5 187.5x8 (experimented with narrower stance - no bueno) Pauses 175x9 PR!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Lennix said: Bench isn't taxing even at 80-90% alot of people in Sweden bench at 70% >10 sets 4-5 days a week. High frequency is working very good for me in almost every movement. I've experimented abit with it, been using max width and moving in up to 2-3 fingers in, I hardly notice any difference. I know its popular with narrow benchpress in USA so I think it's more of your own preference (could be wrong ofc) I knew volume was King in Sweden, but didn’t realize it was to that extent! Ive always benched maximum width. I’m surprised it still works for me, being that I’m missing a good chunk of my left pec from an old injury. Edited August 16, 2019 by EricMilfeld 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Bench 50x12 70x10 90x7 115x15 PR! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTGlass Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 6:32 PM, EricMilfeld said: Bench 50x12 70x10 90x7 115x15 PR! SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY ??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rinderle Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 7:32 PM, EricMilfeld said: Bench 50x12 70x10 90x7 115x15 PR! Great PR! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 Deadlift 95x10 125x7 175x5 205x2 227.5x10 PR! Total ego lifting today. But I can do a deload next week. This was 7.5 kilos more than I was scheduled to pull, but pulling over 500 pounds for 10 sounded cooler than 485. Supinated Rows 75x5 100x8 Pronated Rows 100x8 Shrugs 175x7 227.5x15 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, Mike Rinderle said: Great PR! Thank you, Sir! Any bench PR I can get tickles me pink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Dammit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Another PR, well done! Smart training training too, do you start with a lower weight after the de-load and work back up to another PR in the next cycle or pick up where you left off before the de-load? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 25 minutes ago, Raymond said: Another PR, well done! Smart training training too, do you start with a lower weight after the de-load and work back up to another PR in the next cycle or pick up where you left off before the de-load? Thank you! Im currently doing three back-to-back mini-cycles of three weeks each. First cycle is 8-10 reps, second is 5-7 reps, and finally 3-5 reps. I take big jumps from week to week. For example, last week I pulled 463x10 and then this week 502x10. The first week I did 429x10. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennix Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 227.5x10 is nuts, well done! How was form on the last reps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rinderle Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 8 hours ago, EricMilfeld said: Deadlift 95x10 125x7 175x5 205x2 227.5x10 PR! Total ego lifting today. But I can do a deload next week. This was 7.5 kilos more than I was scheduled to pull, but pulling over 500 pounds for 10 sounded cooler than 485. Supinated Rows 75x5 100x8 Pronated Rows 100x8 Shrugs 175x7 227.5x15 Holy chit bro! That's awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Lennix said: 227.5x10 is nuts, well done! How was form on the last reps? Form was very good, but looong pauses in the bottom position between reps. And thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 Dumbbell Wrist Curls 58 Pounder Right x2x5 Left x2x5 85 Pounder Right x12 Left x12 Neck Curls 15 kilos x20 30 kilos x30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) Bench 70x5 70x7 90x5 120x5 145x4 PR, but I really wanted 5. Pauses 137.5x 4 PR! Real happy with that one. Hammer Curls 58 Pounder R x5 L x5 85 Pounder R x10 L x10 So I became curious and decided to finally send off a blood sample and get me DNA tested. Turns out I’m only 19% Bench Daddy. I then decided to do a little math and was delighted to discover that if I was pure blood Bench Daddy (thicker bone structure, more distal tendon insertions, and Hobbit arms) my 320x4 bench converts to a 455x4 bench! Very exciting news! Now I can legitimately inform people I’m a 500 bencher. Edited August 22, 2019 by EricMilfeld 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Squat 75x5 75x8 125x5 175x3 205x6 (cut this set short because I didn’t want to work that hard for 2 more reps) Pauses 200x5 PR! Video below 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rinderle Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I got tingles down my leg watching that. I'm pretty sure it was just my sciatica, but nevertheless, incredible set! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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