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New weights!! New high!

bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/02/20, 01:07 PM Thought I would post this here too, did 110 lb. dumbbell bench presses for the first time ever this morning, not only one but 2 sets after my normal sets! Talk about stoked...is there anything cooler than moving new heavy weight!:cool: -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/02/20, 02:10 PM That is awesome! It is great lifting something heavier than ever before.:cool:
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/02/20, 03:17 PM bb1fit you are the man!! as always :big_smile: -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2004/02/20, 03:18 PM Awesome bb1; just awesome!:dumbbell:
Ogun Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	2004/02/21, 02:04 PM Are you talking about 110 in each hand? Crikey! I'm happy to get two sets at 55 (for the day, not AFTER any others)! How long have you been stuck on the plateau before 110? Congrats
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/02/26, 12:58 PM I hit two sets of 10 with 150 last Tuesday on the DB Bench. That was a PR for me.
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/02/26, 02:00 PM I am almost half way there I hit a set of four with 50lbs in each hand with the dumbells lol -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/26, 05:57 PM *cries* i can barely bench 40lb dumbbells
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/26, 05:58 PM well i can, but not without a spotter...there is this one point i can BARELY get past even with a spotter...then i get about 2 maybe 3 reps with the 40 and im DONE. lol.
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/02/26, 07:25 PM I have this really nasty sticky spot just a few inches from ym chest that keeps me down. A spotter would be nice to get thru that. -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/26, 07:27 PM yeah...my "stick point" as i call it, is right when im pushing up for the first time...my friend has to really freakin help me. After that first one, i can lower down (all the way up to the stick point) and i can do like 3 reps... but what would i do without a spotter?
dhurt55 Posts: 93 Joined: 2004/01/02	2004/02/26, 09:12 PM congrats bb1! Lifting new weight is always awesome! I remember when i got the 100s!! Talk about stoked!!!:dumbbell: -------------- "Without Pains, there come no Gains" -Benjamin Franklin
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/02/27, 09:05 AM If your sticking point is right on your chest then the weight is too heavy. If the sticking point is 2-8 inches off your chest then try close-grip board press with 1-4 2x4's stacked on top of each other. Speed bench also helps. It teaches you how to accelerate through the sticking point.
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/02/27, 09:50 AM Thanks gatormade my sticky spot it 2-8 inches off my chest I will have to try your ideas. - Mike -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/27, 02:14 PM yeah same here, thanks mang
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2004/02/28, 11:53 AM Man, that's awesome bb1fit! At first I thought it said you benched 110 for the first time and I started to feel sorry for you :laugh:, but 110 in each hand is quite an accomplishment, congratulations. -------------- I firmly believe that any man\'s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi \"Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.\" H. L. Hunt