personal best 305 twice.

**someday** · 04-12-2004, 09:47 PM

Just got back from the gym and did my best bench ever first time ever over 300 and got 305 twice....clean. It seems like only yesterday i was struggling to get 125 up twice. Oh yah body weight is 195 so that puts me at 110 pounds over body weight which i think is pretty dang good. Anyone else have any personal bests lately???

**Rickson** · 04-12-2004, 10:02 PM

Congrats! It is always a great feeling to get a personal record. Now you have to push hard for 315.

**Da Bull** · 04-12-2004, 10:44 PM

Congrats bro...very nice lift.

**palequail** · 04-12-2004, 10:53 PM

I know how you feel..Recently I put up 315...I weight 200......It always feels good to be getting stronger...

**BigBull13** · 04-12-2004, 11:55 PM

Congrats bro

**ColdSore** · 04-13-2004, 09:38 AM

hell yeah bro...thats a good lifet...i only wish i could play with 300

**decadbal** · 04-13-2004, 09:48 AM

awesome bro, now start aiming at 400

**inheritmylife** · 04-13-2004, 09:52 AM

I trap bar deadlifted 425 16x a few weeks ago, thought that was pretty nice. I plan to video tape my next big one.

I'm at about 275x3 at 178-180lbs. So, I have a ways to go to 305x2. Great achievement bro.

I remember when I got 200 in high school. Good dang feeling.

Keep it up.

**mass junkie** · 04-13-2004, 10:06 AM

Nice lift.....I remember the day I broke 300 as well

**ChiTownTommy** · 04-13-2004, 10:12 AM

concrates man way to go keep up the good job

**whiteyk** · 04-13-2004, 10:26 AM

good man, thats a solid lift

**ColdSore** · 04-13-2004, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by inheritmylife

I trap bar deadlifted 425 16x a few weeks ago, thought that was pretty nice. I plan to video tape my next big one.

I'm at about 275x3 at 178-180lbs. So, I have a ways to go to 305x2. Great achievement bro.

I remember when I got 200 in high school. Good dang feeling.

Keep it up.

hell yeah...the first time i pushed 2 plates on each side (225) i was pumped as hell...thought i was a tough guy...

425 16x's...**** bro...nice

**inheritmylife** · 04-13-2004, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by ColdStone

hell yeah...the first time i pushed 2 plates on each side (225) i was pumped as hell...thought i was a tough guy...

425 16x's...**** bro...nice

Yeah, 225 was something special too. The first time I ever tried it, I got it 3x. I was proud of myself....

until I remembered my buddy reping it as a sophmore in highschool. Gotta hate those genetic freaks.

**ColdSore** · 04-13-2004, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by inheritmylife

Yeah, 225 was something special too. The first time I ever tried it, I got it 3x. I was proud of myself....

until I remembered my buddy reping it as a sophmore in highschool. Gotta hate those genetic freaks.

yeah we had a guy that was repping 315 his senior year and got scholorship offers to UT and A&M and he turned them down....i saw him a few months agon and i bet he would be struggleing to hit 225 3-4 times

**inheritmylife** · 04-13-2004, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by ColdStone

yeah we had a guy that was repping 315 his senior year and got scholorship offers to UT and A&M and he turned them down....i saw him a few months agon and i bet he would be struggleing to hit 225 3-4 times

I love it when I see that. The guys that used to walk around punking everybody now have a little fear and uncertainty in their eyes when they talk to you...motivating.

**TheDfromGC** · 04-13-2004, 11:23 AM

make sure u got spotter, not too fun when u gotta slide off weights on one side then watch other end of bar violently flip up and have the weights slide off that end, then u get 2 inch deep holes in ur floor....

**samoth** · 04-13-2004, 05:04 PM

Congrats Someday!! Do you primarily do bodybuilding or powerlifting?

Originally Posted by Khull_Khuum

make sure u got spotter, not too fun when u gotta slide off weights on one side then watch other end of bar violently flip up and have the weights slide off that end, then u get 2 inch deep holes in ur floor....

Just flex your abs and 'set' the bar there... push/roll it to your upper quads (having small quads may cause some phallic discomfort here. We will assume you have large quads) , sit up, push/roll the bar to a few inches above knee level, row it up and onto the ground. I've only done this with less than 300lbs on the bar, so I wouldn't suggest this for the heavy pushers.

I now have a rack from EFS, custom for PLing with 0.5 inch hole spacing for the length of the bench movement, so I never have that problem anymore.

I'd be scared to lift without a rack any more... one slight slip of form and that bar ain't getting locked out and racked.

**Phillyboy1** · 04-13-2004, 05:24 PM

congradulations on your 305 push.
i did a new personal best of 390 a couple of weeks ago. im at 188lbs now and i was about around 192lbs or so then, this was about 4 weeks ago

**thegorilla** · 04-13-2004, 07:01 PM

Yeah bro, good job.

I remember 2 plates, 3 plates, 4 plates and .. well, I havent got 5 plates but Im staring at it.

TheInfamousApe

TheGorilla

**Sage** · 04-14-2004, 08:11 PM

i also remember the popular 225 lbs bench. I was on top of the word feelin all invincible, but now i laught at it......

congrats on 305 lbs bench

**bornbad71** · 04-14-2004, 08:16 PM

Very nice lift bro.....always good to see a bro reach a personal best. What weight do you have your goal set at? Continue the hard work and the lifts will keep going up.

**juicehoe** · 04-14-2004, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Sage

i also remember the popular 225 lbs bench. I was on top of the word feelin all invincible, but now i laught at it......

congrats on 305 lbs bench

ah yes the 225bench... i remember in high school the bad ass kids could do that. Funny how times change and thats nothing now

**someday** · 04-14-2004, 11:35 PM

I appreciate all the kind words yall. I've been feeling pretty good the last couple days i guess cuase i consider myself a stronger than average person now. I've been taking the last two days off from the gym cause i hate to push myself that hard and then go back the next day and risk injury of some sort. I'm back in tomarrow though and rarin to go. My goal ultimatly is to be a solid 200 or so, seeing as im 5'9" i figure thats a pretty good weight for my size especially if i could do it around 10% or so, but then again ill get there and want to be 210 then 220 and so on. It never ends.