Official PR Thread

[cookieduster]

I hit 265 x 1 on bench yesterday. My all time high. My previous was 225 lbs and thats when I was a young buck. I take that back...I hit 245 about 7 weeks ago. I've only been back in the gym for about 4 1/2 months but so far I'm happy. I hope to hit 300 by Christmas time.

[verbatimreturned]

295x4 A2G squats...pussy weight I know, but I've never done that before and its amazing that I achieved a PR especially since I'm dieting.

[Kane]

245x1 Flat bench....followed by 225x5 on floor press....Considering my 1RM for bench was 225 not too long ago... And this is only my trial loading week for DFHT!

[0311]

All new, never thought I'd reach PR for arms.

Measurement taken on Thursday by our very own Lafittrainer..19.5", which is +.75 since I started powerlifting 5 weeks ago! The measurement was cold since I only did 3 warmups for box squatting. Another plus for powerlifting.

I tried to take a bodyfat test, but his machine kept fucking up..Probably cause my girth around the waist must've broke it.

EDIT: I'm only doing 3 x 10 of curls twice a week. In my opinion, my arms are growing more because of the heavy emphasis on back and triceps work from powerlifting. Just putting this edit out there so everyone knows that the fastest path to bigger arms isn't doing more curls.

[Eric3237]

Yeah, my first assumption was the triceps, actually.

[fz1]

Ive been messing around in the gym the last few weeks
I benched 325 for a max 1
deadlifting 425 for a max 1 could of got another but i didnt want to over do it
Not to bad im weighing in at 177 right now but very lean

Ill find out on squat tomorrow cant wait

0311 what days are you doing your curls on the me or de days? Are you doing the same excerise and just trying to lift more wieght each time/ Thanks

[verbatimreturned]

Originally Posted by fz1

Ive been messing around in the gym the last few weeks
I benched 325 for a max 1
deadlifting 425 for a max 1 could of got another but i didnt want to over do it
Not to bad im weighing in at 177 right now but very lean

Ill find out on squat tomorrow cant wait

0311 what days are you doing your curls on the me or de days? Are you doing the same excerise and just trying to lift more wieght each time/ Thanks

I'm assuming by those numbers you listed your just messing around for the time being but youve been training for a long time, if not thats damm good work

[0311]

Originally Posted by Fz1

0311 what days are you doing your curls on the me or de days? Are you doing the same excerise and just trying to lift more wieght each time/ Thanks

I do 3 x 10 curls on Both ME and DE BENCH days.

What do you mean same exercises? Are you asking about curls? ME lifts get switched every 2 weeks. One week I do a 5 RM, next I do a 1 RM, then move on. For curls, I keep the same exercises each week. ME Bench day I do standing barbell curls for 3 x 10. DE bench I usually do incline curls for 3 x 10. All my supplemental exercises for the most part remain the same. Sometimes Matt has me interchanging between push presses, strict standing military's, and seated DB presses for my supplemental. Other than that, I'm good to go.

[fz1]

verbatimreturned Yes ive been lifting for some time now just messing around with the single rep range

0311 you answered my question i was asking if you did the same type of curl everytime but know i know. Thanks

I squated a2g today and i got 285 i know its weak but one good way to look at it is theres a ton of room for improvment. Im 6 ft tall.

[Kane]

Put up 265 for 2 reps on Flat Bench today!!!