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@jayaraj I use reverse hack squats and leg press instead, as my knees simply aren’t reliable enough to progress on squats (as in, one week they’re fine, the next they’re crunching, popping, clicking)

@jayaraj I absolutely hate barbell rows, purely because my ability to hip hinge is non-existent. My back is decent. Probably because I have really good mind-muscle connection in my upper back.

@kutnikoffs You’re hard

@brandim Remember that’s just me though, and I’m stronger on DBs than Barbells

@brandim For reference, I max out at 35kg dumbells for 3-4 reps. Never attempted a 1RM due to not having a spot. I would guess 37.5kg

@gator6343 Probably the bar plus 15 a side? I can’t remember

@awoods88 Until it becomes unmanageable mentally & restricts my life - I’m not and never will be a professional, so once I’m getting into 1500 and below a day, I have to back off personally

@catinherhat I enjoy life, and lift intermittently. I deserve half-decent results, if I gave 100%, I’d get more out of it - so you see me complaining

@seekingrighteousness Yeah, what about it? I’m not a strength athlete, and barbell Bench has never been a main exercise, I’ve always preferred dumbells (for which i use 35kg)

@buggins Yeah. Working sets would be more like 85x5

@jake_dufner Also I’m 5’9 and about 88kg

@jake_dufner I hit a 90x1 very cleanly about 2 weeks ago. That gave me the confidence to. Basically a gym instructor spotted me & I asked him whether he thought I could hit 100 and he said yeah

@sagirl Nothing to be embarrassed about, I was hitting a 3.5 plate deadlift inside of a year. We’re all built differently

@dottiec Ain’t nothing but a peanut

@greyowl That’s what I did, I started using dumbells only (I used a mix of DBS and machines before) and focused on going up the pairs. Started on 22.5kg dumbells at the start of this year, can do 35x5 now, or a set of 10 with 30s

@greyowl 100% - I’m certain I could’ve done it sooner had i trained with a partner

@prinsess27 I’ve always used dumbells, i found them easier to progress on, considering it’s easier to quickly pick up the next pair

@johnab You’ll do it man, don’t give up!!

Finally hit a 100kg/225lb bench press - I feel like this is a landmark moment for a lot of natural lifters and my time was today 🙌🏻🎉 Side note - it doesn’t matter if it takes 6 weeks, 6 months, 6 years or even longer - it took me about 7/8 years of intermittent lifting to get to this...

@786man Legs, pure fatigue afterwards. I always do Push, Pull, Rest, Legs, Rest, repeat