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2005/06/07, 09:04 AM
last time i lifted which was thursday the 28th my max was 150-155 i came in today and as part of my workout i put a 45 on each side and managed 8 reps. according to the chart at school and the 1 rep max calculator that means my max should be 170! I only had time to do about 2 maybe 3 sets of bench but afterwards i came back to see how much i could do and i did about 155. im wondering if maybe i was just getting my hopes up.
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2005/06/07, 10:21 AM
sometimes those calculators can misled you. Also you might want to look at your form for the 135 8 reps. the calculator could be right on, but you are doing sloppy reps that will catch up to you later. If you can do 8 reps with a 2 sec pause on your chest, without arching your back or shifting your weight or even your head position you will more than likely be able to do what the calculator says.
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2005/06/07, 01:51 PM
i took a week off and my bench went from 185 to 210-215 and my decline went from 195 to 235.
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2005/06/07, 03:46 PM
well either way its more than i could do before
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2005/06/07, 03:49 PM
i just thought of something could my inability to do the heavy weight but do a lighter weight several times indicate a weakness in a different muscle like maybe my triceps? Maybe my chest is strong enough but my arms arent, or am i just way off
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2005/06/07, 06:33 PM
usualy if you can do more reps.......just means you have more slow twitch fibers.......You just have more muscle endurance.........I have that..........at one time I could bench press 185 almost 20 times......never trained for it...just did it one day?
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2005/06/07, 07:50 PM
not to say that this is the case but....i had a couple of friends that said this...one day he comes in and says he improved by 7 reps on 225....doing 8....then i saw his form...lol....1/4 reps.....
make sure this is not what you're doing....
your form will depend on whether your goal is to increase bench or target chest muscles....the 2 second pause is unncessary unless you're doing 'time holds'...arching your back is a standard powerlifting form(where you arch it and keep it that way throughout the whole set)....so that only thing to look to...is to touch your chest(light tap is ok) and go all the way up....then repeat until failure....
also if you have been overtraining and/or sick then it's very possible that time off has benefited you....people get 'addicted' to working out and end up overtraining....
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