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Old 03-23-2004, 10:05 PM   #1
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New weight record for Once was fat

Ok today I had a buddy in the gym. It was chest day and I was getting ready to start some decline bb presses and My buddy came over and said oh your working chest today. I asked him do you think I could get two plates each side and he go's well theres only one way to find out. Then I got really nervous staring at 225lbs. I took a quick break and came back to the weights starring at me and I was like hell yeh Im going to do this. I got two reps of 225lbs and had the best workout ever. It was on the smith but I dont care this was HUGE for me at only weighing 170lbs after the fat loss. I felt like superman.

Thats my story. Soon 3 plates will come but not before some long hard work.



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Old 03-23-2004, 10:14 PM   #2
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wtg man

Gonna try for it on a flat bb bench?



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Old 03-23-2004, 10:18 PM   #3
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Good job OWF....3 plates will come in no time.
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Old 03-23-2004, 10:19 PM   #4
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Gonna try for it on a flat bb bench?
Yeh eventually. I train with dumbells for flat bench press for the moment. I figure when I change my routine up I will put the dumbells down and use the bb for flat bench. I would like to get the feeling first before going all out. Thanks for the reply M.



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Good job OWF....3 plates will come in no time.
Thanks Super. Man I love this shit. Lol.



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Old 03-24-2004, 12:15 PM   #6
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It is nice to see strength coming.. isn´t it ?



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Old 03-24-2004, 03:26 PM   #7
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Hey congrats OWF, thats awsome. Now time to crush your new goal of 3 plates, that should be cake for someone with as much determination as you man.



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good job once was, keep up the work, this stuff sure is addictive ain't it?



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Old 03-24-2004, 06:09 PM   #9
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Man, when i hit a new PR in the gym, i feel like a little kid on Christmas day after i opened my presents and got exactly what i wanted, i just walk around smiling all day. The next day sucks though as the happiness wears off, i start thinking "shit now i gotta deadlift 5 plates?!"



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Old 03-24-2004, 07:22 PM   #10
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Man, that is really great!! Congrats!!!



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Yeh eventually. I train with dumbells for flat bench press for the moment. I figure when I change my routine up I will put the dumbells down and use the bb for flat bench. I would like to get the feeling first before going all out. Thanks for the reply M.
Yeah, same here, im using a lot of DB's at the moment.

When you switch to flat BB bench tho, just remember that it'll be disproportionately weaker than your DB work... give it a couple weeks, then try for a PR.



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Old 03-24-2004, 08:51 PM   #12
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congrats man.. i can't wait to get to this situation also!..

what weight on dumb bells do you do?



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Yeah, same here, im using a lot of DB's at the moment.

When you switch to flat BB bench tho, just remember that it'll be disproportionately weaker than your DB work... give it a couple weeks, then try for a PR.
you should do more on barbell then on dumbells



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you should do more on barbell then on dumbells
thats why i said "disproportionately weaker", and not "you'll push less weight"



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Yeah, same here, im using a lot of DB's at the moment.

When you switch to flat BB bench tho, just remember that it'll be disproportionately weaker than your DB work... give it a couple weeks, then try for a PR.
You might be pleasantly surprised. A while ago I hit up 215 about 6 times for my workout with BB bench. Then I got the flu for almost a week. I couldn't lift that week and I felt too sick to eat much food; it really set me back. I lost like 3 reps at that weight and all my lifts went down for my entire body. Since then I have changed up my routine to use dumbells instead of the barbell for my bench.

The other day some friends of mine were over testing their maxes with the benchpress. I decided I would try to see how many times I could hit 225. I hit it 4 times without having done bb bench in many months. This way the day following back day, and the day before back day is chest/shoulder day. I probably could've eeked another rep out under better circumstances.

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Ahh, The feeling of throwing up two big plates for the first time was sweet for me too. Congrats!!

Why did you use a smith machine when you had a spotter (your buddy) there? I hate the smith machine for record lifts because of an injury I got while doing a near record decline press. It tore up my shoulder in a bad way. Might have been only coincidence but I recall hearing other injuries using the smith machine. Something to do with the ROM restrictions. I wouldn't risk a second attempt if I were you.
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