The biggest thing there (with increasing the weight) is getting over your fear of dropping it or getting stuck.
I don't use those weight clips just incase I get caught(which I have been) . Then I can just tilt the weight off.
I remember once I had 235lbs (this isn't even that heavy)on the decline and the very first lift up my hand slipped off the bar and the weight came crashing down on my chest and ended up on my neck....
That was the scariest feeling I have ever had. But so much addreneline pumping through me that it didn't hurt. More like
Now I use chalk, just incase.
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