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210kg DL achieved yesterday! :D

The A/C has packing in so the bar was slippy as hell, even with chalk the grip was hard to hold onto... I'm loathed to do it, but might try some straps. Still raw though i.e. no belt.

Squats and bench I'm still not progressing really. Even though my front squats are getting stronger and my repping is becoming more solid I'm just not able to push up more than 170 :/ Bench well I just need to build up more strength the 140 is still a heck of a struggle.
 
Clark, where are you failing on bench?

Coming off your chest or about half way up in the lift? If it's about half way you need to hit the tricep work hard. Perhaps switch to close grip benching for a week weeks.
 
I find I have a struggle around mid rep. The bottom part of the rep is easy, and the top part to lock out is easy but there's 2 inches in the middle and it really is only about 2 inches that often cause me issues.
 
I've stopped trying to push as much as I can each session. It wasn't really helping me achieve my goal or increasing lean mass. Everytime I went into the gym I'd be fixed on pushing as much as I could on bench press, deadlifts etc. It's extremely taxing, and resulted in me burning out after months of lifting.

My new approach has been to drop the weight down and concentrate on hitting 10 really good reps, for 3 sets, each exercise. By doing a lower weight I'm now able to squeeze each rep more and really feel the weight. Whereas before I was so focused on pushing big weights that it held me back.

I have officially left my ego at the door.

I'm happy to say I'm feeling great and starting to see the benefits of this new way of training. I can't say I'll miss it.
 
I still like to ego lift, but I like you prefer to concentrate on the sort of 5-10 rep range for general work outs, again really hitting the muscles and controlling the ROM as much as I can. Doing 1RMs do help develop strength which ultimately I want because it helps to go with the look!
 
I've never done 1RM. The most I've done is 140kg for 4 reps on bench press, or 200 for 2 reps deadlift. I'm not training my legs currently due to knees.
 
Freefaller said:
I find I have a struggle around mid rep. The bottom part of the rep is easy, and the top part to lock out is easy but there's 2 inches in the middle and it really is only about 2 inches that often cause me issues.
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Try board presses
http://www.criticalbench.com/board-press.htm
Position it so that the bar hits the boards around your sticking point.

Also train to be more explosive from the chest, use a lower weight and practice really firing off the chest. This should help you to speed the bar through your sticking point when you go back to the heavier weights.
 
broken big toe: playing football barefoot with my boy, kicked the floor.. hard!
acute tendonitis (forearm / wrist): been coming for a while i think, doing dips bw+20kg (150kg) seems to have been the killer though

been on pain killers for last 6 days and have a metal supported wrist strap on for same period. sucks :/
 
The worst thing is, i cant do anything from home, so no bodyweight exercises!
no pressups, no bw squats etc :<

cant even goto the gym and do cardio as my toe starts hurting or my foot hurts because i try to not put pressure on the toe! pooness :/
 
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