Well, let me start off by saying I was very very glad to read about the first few encouraging and comforting posts on how to avoid making the mistake I made. However, the consecutive posts just seem C.R.U.E.L. Accusing me a L.I.A.R. when all that has happened is true and no B.S. What happened to compassion??
In any case, I weight 72kg, workout at home, have a barbell, using 10kg plates (because no fitness shops in where I live is selling anything heavier). I packed on 3 x 10kg plates onto each side of the barbell. I don’t have a bench, not because I cannot afford it, but because my room is small and I cannot afford any space to put in a bench, much less a power cage. I have thoughts of moving, but my stupid house is still in progress (dun get me started on how frustrated I am with my developer) so till I get my house, I am stuck with my room, my limited space and limited equipment.
For those who have questions on how I complete my floor press:
I set up the barbells and use wooden stools as stands. Wooden stools. You’ve R.E.A.D. them correctly. Go ahead. Laugh, balk. You think if I had the proper access to the proper equipment and gym, I would be using them? I improvised the best I could. So, when I lift the barbell onto the stools, I get under the barbell, hands on the barbell. I lift off the stools, press down and then up. Complete the sets, and set them onto the stools again. Maybe it is the wrong approach, but like I said, I improvised the best way I could.
When the U.N.F.O.R.T.U.N.A.T.E happened, I had my elbows touch the floor, but I just could not push up to the stands. Hence, I chose to slowly let them down and put the bar on my chest/rib cage. I panicked and I tried to reduce the weight on the barbell before pushing it off.
Is that C.L.E.A.R. enough for you guys?
I guess, like some of you said, I should N.E.V.E.R have posted this in the first place. I thought I could get advice, comments, pointers to steer me the right way. Instead, I got mocked. I don’t need your humiliation to make my day.