I think you can afford to. You have some really impressive numbers.
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Off day yesterday. I seem to have fallen into a pattern of two days off a week, which is a bit unusual for me. Huh. Anyway, still moving forward deliberately without a plan. Well, some basic rules, one of which is that I will stop benching twice a week and combine decline/incline on the same day. Less focus on 1RM and more focus on 5RMs, 3RMs, etc.
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Decline Barbell Bench Press
- 40 kg x 8 reps
- 60 kg x 6 reps
- 80 kg x 5 reps
- 90 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 2 reps
- 110 kg x 2 reps
- 120 kg x 6 reps
- 130 kg x 1 reps
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Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 30 kg x 8 reps
- 40 kg x 8 reps
- 50 kg x 8 reps
- 60 kg x 6 reps
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 90 kg x 2 reps
- 100 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 12 reps
- 60 kg x 15 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 2 reps
- 5 reps
6 for 120 was tough, ass really coming up on the last two reps (I blame physics). Getting tired by the time I got to the topset on inclines, so that was not very special. Felt like good work all in all. Did a short, slow run as well.
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Well that is because I am an idiot, duh.
You may be an idiot, but your idiot way of looking at lifting makes more sense than all the non-idiots out there.
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I thought the same thing. Idk what I weigh right now but I know Iām not pressing it. Probably 205 or so
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You say that, and yet I see your pressing numbers and I use it as fuel, you bastard. You and @OTHSteve, a pox on both of you!
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And yet, still no sales on my ebook.
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Now Iām gonna have to go for a 1rm on press. If I beat yours or hit 1.03bw Iāll post it, if notā¦ maybe I forgot to try
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I expect you can press my current max.
What is your current max? I see the 85kg for 1 but I donāt think thatās your max
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It is my current max, I am afraid, and not improving anytime soon it would appear.
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Well, I do have 8 kilos on you assuming youāre still at 82 kilos, so your 1RM may be better by BW% right now, I donāt know. I havenāt tested it in a while. Iām going to try 3x185# on a joker set on Wednesday, so Iāll see how that goesā¦ 
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Easy deadlifts today. Just doing whatever feels right. 200 today moved as well as 180 last week.
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Barbell Deadlift
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 100 kg x 5 reps
- 140 kg x 3 reps
- 160 kg x 2 reps
- 180 kg x 1 reps
- 200 kg x 1 reps
- 140 kg x 6 reps
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Ab Wheel (standing)
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
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Upright Cable Row
- 50 lb x 12 reps
- 50 lb x 12 reps
- 50 lb x 12 reps
- 50 lb x 12 reps
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Dumbbell Bicep Curl
- 10 kg x 10 reps
- 10 kg x 10 reps
- 10 kg x 10 reps
- 10 kg x 10 reps
- 10 kg x 10 reps
Did some bro stuff as well, then a quick go at the stationary bike.
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Squats. Not sure if I will keep up doing this every 4 days or so, probably not. Going to experiment using a 531 BBB rep scheme using Week 3 weights, but heavier than usualā¦which means I will try to rep heavier weights with the goal of finding weights I CANNOT hit for 10 or more. Which is usually the reverse of what I usually do. So that is what the below looks like, opted not to do all the backoff sets this time. Sorta lost count on the topset, so I am a little unsure if it was actually 8.
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Barbell Squat
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 85 kg x 5 reps
- 105 kg x 5 reps
- 120 kg x 3 reps
- 135 kg x 8 reps
- 85 kg x 10 reps
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Pull-Up
- 5 reps
- 6 reps
- 7 reps
- 8 reps
- 12 reps
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Barbell Bench Press
- 20 kg x 4 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 90 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 7 reps
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Lat Pulldown
- 105 lb x 12 reps
- 105 lb x 12 reps
- 105 lb x 12 reps
Also hilariously gave the flat bench a go for the first time inā¦a very long time. Had some time to kill. It just reconfirmed why I hate it. Shoulder hated it, back hated it, hips started cramping, all the usual fun. What a stupid lift.
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I know you do incline and decline, so thereās definitely carryover from those and the overhead work, but itās still cool that you can do this when you almost never flat bench
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I think I could probably hit it for 10 if I had to. I mean, it should be at least a little better than my incline.
So now you have to now that you said it.
Your incline really is great. Iām sure someone else here has asked before, but what angle do you use?
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Nope! You seemed to skip over the parts where I hate it and it causes me injuries.
The one I use is not adjustable, so if the internet is to be believed then it is probably 45 degrees. That looks about right by my eyeball estimate.
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I know, I know. It seems like bench is not friends with a lot of peopleās shoulders. I have never had issues, but itās definitely the lift I value least. I sometimes debate dropping it entirely for overhead stuff to see what happens.
Nice, probably carries over to overhead nicely as well.
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Well, that is the idea, but it hasnāt been. It did last year, although I was a bit heavier. My total pushing volume has likely been too high, so I am going to tone it down a little and see if that helps.