At least I hope so...:-)

:-) after hitting submit I thought of that.

I haven't learned chit.



:-) :-) :-)

you and Gerry are in the non learning side. :-) I was curious though to see a response from you on the bench thing. I do think that benching is more for show and chest pounding though :-)

BTW I am always learning but it is because of my many mistakes

I am in a whole different lifting mode than the powerlifters. I concentrate more on the incline bench than flats, as the flats seem to bother my shoulders more. Not as interested in maximum strength for a single rep as I am in strength for higher reps, but I have the utmost respect for what powerlifters do.

I will have to keep an eye out for that, hurt shoulders suck when doing lifting. I guess I prefer efficiency with most things however that may be.

For my goals, the incline movement is definitely more efficient. :-)

one more week of therapy and we will see :-)

Fingers crossed. :-)

Grazie fratello, it is still very weak but that only leaves room for big gains :-)

Do you do decline also? Gotta work the lower pec too.:-)

I don't like the decline position, Chris, so I do weighted dips and other movements that work my lower pecs.

Good day in the gym :-) ... until I got yelled at and was too mad to keep going. :-)

Box squats to below parallel: 185 x 3 x 10
Rack walk-outs: 315 x 1 x 3; 315 x 3 x 1, 315 x 5 x 1 (just feeling the weight)
Stiff legged deads: 225 x 8 x 3; 275 x 6 x 2
Leg press: 8p x 10; 10p x 7; 12p x 5 (this is when I got yelled at)
Box jumps (18"): 10, 7 (and this is when I realized I was too mad, unfocused, and would hurt myself)

I do my leg presses with a full range of motion. I bottom out to the safety, under control ... but I hit the safety stop, which lets me know it's time to go back up. Got yelled at for doing that today. "The equipment isn't made for that." Whatever ... it's a Hammer Strength leg press! It's made for a lot more than that!

Effin' gym. :-) :-) :-)

sorry to hear Dokk...I figured getting yelled at would have made you pump harder!

I've got a 13 mile training run today and i need to motivate myself enough to do it faster. I do not want to be on the treadmill all farkin evening. :-)
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It just made me mad ... and I think it's generally a bad idea to lift when you're actually mad because I lose focus and it's then easier to make a mistake.

Same here Tom, id rather do 100 dips than one decline press

The flat Bench bothers a lot of people. I think there are a few different reason for this, rather than the actual movement itself.

I *wish* I could do 100 dips. :-) Hell ... I wish I could do one at body weight. :-)

Dip Machine to the rescue!!! Dont feel bad Prof. After I took a long time off from working out I couldnt do a pull up or a dip.

Squat till your shorts get tight!
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Should have asked him to hold your towel...

Sorry I have been absent from the thread, been stupid busy...