Promoted from weak turdling to just weak :)

[BFGUITAR]

My record bench was 190. Last week I could BARELY get 185. There is this guy I see at the gym every so often, one of the few who knows what they are doing. I think hes pretty active on T-Nation. But anyways, I told him whats been goin on and he basically says I cant leave till I hit a PR (joke of course). I remember seeing here that before you hit your one rep max its good to warm up but not nearly as close to your one rep max. I never really did this and would bench maybe 15 pounds less than my old one rep max. I warmed up to 155x1 and than tried 197.5. It flew up EASY. I surprised myself. I than tried for a 205. Its came up with some difficulty but I hit it.

Finally passed the 200 mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My current lifts are as follows:

Bench: 205
Squat: 250
Dead: 320

For a nice total of 775, about 75 pounds more than 1.5 months ago.

Westside rules

[waynedang]

good job! Now on to 225+

[RedSpikeyThing]

nice work! You can't leave the Toronto meet until you hit a PR

[Cirino83]

congrats. PR are awesome. 225 next up. LOL @ weak turdling.

[nhlfan]

you're seeing great gains. Congrats.

[Ockhams_Razor]

good to hear, congrats bro

[mickyjune26]

Awesome job man. Maybe you could start an online journal with "weak turdling" in the title. THat would be memorable.

[Sidior]

Fantastic work bro!

[garjagan]

Nice work. keep at it.

[deeder]

That's awesome man! Breaking barriers is always a good feeling!

[fpr]

How long did it take you to achieve these goals? i.e. how long you been lifting for?

My record bench was 190. Last week I could BARELY get 185. There is this guy I see at the gym every so often, one of the few who knows what they are doing. I think hes pretty active on T-Nation. But anyways, I told him whats been goin on and he basically says I cant leave till I hit a PR (joke of course). I remember seeing here that before you hit your one rep max its good to warm up but not nearly as close to your one rep max. I never really did this and would bench maybe 15 pounds less than my old one rep max. I warmed up to 155x1 and than tried 197.5. It flew up EASY. I surprised myself. I than tried for a 205. Its came up with some difficulty but I hit it.

Finally passed the 200 mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My current lifts are as follows:

Bench: 205
Squat: 250
Dead: 320

For a nice total of 775, about 75 pounds more than 1.5 months ago.

Westside rules

[chris mason]

I agree, great job!

[BFGUITAR]

How long did it take you to achieve these goals? i.e. how long you been lifting for?

Its been about one and a half years. I started at the worst point possible. Most people are stronger after so much time lifting.

BTW I hit a new deadlift and squat PR today.

New squat: 255 (kinda half assed, gonna do it again)
New deadlift: 340!!!!!!!!!! Beat my old record by 20 pounds. I think I could have gone for more but I was tired after squatting.

[zztoproadster]

congrats, man. good job.

p.s. the guy a few posts ago was dead on; Westside Rules.

[Chickenlegs]

Its been about one and a half years. I started at the worst point possible. Most people are stronger after so much time lifting.

BTW I hit a new deadlift and squat PR today.

New squat: 255 (kinda half assed, gonna do it again)
New deadlift: 340!!!!!!!!!! Beat my old record by 20 pounds. I think I could have gone for more but I was tired after squatting.

You're good for a 360 dead if you do it before squatting. Nice job.

[mickyjune26]

awesome job man. Just keep lifting and eating hard!

[ZenMonkey]

how long have you been doing westside?

[BFGUITAR]

1.5 months.

[North]

nice progress bf, i just started westside too.