Finally 3 plates benching

[jjchen330ci]

it has bee awhile since I post any progress here......moving, new house, new gyms.....it was difficult to keep up the workout routine.

I have been plateau for the most part of 2015.....finally, everything seems to click lately, largely thanks to few big guys in my new gym to coach me (mostly tell me to man up, LOL)

never though I would bench 3 plates when I start it out 8 years ago, consider I can't even bench 95lbs...

videos a few weeks old, currently pushing 3 reps on 3 plates bench, I have learn that warm up > max weight > drop down and work with 35lbs chain make huge different!!!

still need to clean up the lock out on the dead lift, but I think I can get it clean by the end of year....

Benching 315,

https://youtu.be/lwvsxbQTxHU

Deadlift 530,
happy and piss off at the same time......sigh....

ps. I hate bumper plates....but this is gym's deadlift area got to deal with it

https://youtu.be/tqT6VwkeAjg

[Bando]

nice! Congrats. That guy touching the bar would have made me very angry.

[jjchen330ci]

nice! Congrats. That guy touching the bar would have made me very angry.

normally, I would be. but he is nice enough to spend his time to coach me how to get over the 3 plates mental block.

Since them, I was able to push the 2 reps clean without hands anywhere near the bar.

[Watsonm5]

it has bee awhile since I post any progress here......moving, new house, new gyms.....it was difficult to keep up the workout routine.

I have been plateau for the most part of 2015.....finally, everything seems to click lately, largely thanks to few big guys in my new gym to coach me (mostly tell me to man up, LOL)

never though I would bench 3 plates when I start it out 8 years ago, consider I can't even bench 95lbs...

videos a few weeks old, currently pushing 3 reps on 3 plates bench, I have learn that warm up > max weight > drop down and work with 35lbs chain make huge different!!!

still need to clean up the lock out on the dead lift, but I think I can get it clean by the end of year....

Benching 315,

https://youtu.be/lwvsxbQTxHU

Deadlift 530,
happy and piss off at the same time......sigh....

ps. I hate bumper plates....but this is gym's deadlift area got to deal with it


https://youtu.be/tqT6VwkeAjg

Awesome work! 95 to over 300 is great! How long have you been serious with lifting?

[jjchen330ci]

Awesome work! 95 to over 300 is great! How long have you been serious with lifting?

I started back in 2008.....I was little a 140lbs skinny Asian.....LOL~~ finally decided I need to step up.....I still not reach my goal of 195lbs yet...

I am currently stuck between 182 ~ 187 lbs... but the strength have increase slowly...

[Bando]

I started back in 2008

You've come a long way. I started in '06 and only just got my 1st 315 bench and not real close to your squat and dead #'s yet.

[shaneinga]

Nice job. 3 plate bench is a heck of milestone. Those deads are equally as impressive.

[drudixon]

Great job Op.

I'm hoping for 3 plates myself in a year's time.

[kevinderhouson]

Good job op great weight to strength ratio

[alwayschestday]

Awesome job man.

[crupiea]

Strength of oxen this one has!! Well done sir.

[sockitume]

530 deadlift without straps was a strong lift. Congrats on both the DL and the bench!

[subscap]

Boss

[Hammerhagen]

Good job OP. How long did it take you to reach a 2 plate bench? I'm about 2 yrs into lifting and getting close to 2 plate. Im doing 5/3/1 and I'm there based on my calculated max from reps but I haven't tried it yet.

[Charlie57]

Great Job Man! I believe I'll always be a two plate kind of guy.

[mirroroferised]

Awesome. That's a lot of time and hard work paying off huge.

[jjchen330ci]

Good job OP. How long did it take you to reach a 2 plate bench? I'm about 2 yrs into lifting and getting close to 2 plate. Im doing 5/3/1 and I'm there based on my calculated max from reps but I haven't tried it yet.

Took me about 3 years to get my first rep of 2 plates bench.... took another year or so to get comfortable hitting 5 reps consistently.

I find that extra bench day between a set of squat works well for me. On my leg day, instead of rest between sets of squat, I would bench press 5 reps then go back to squat, then back to bench press.

kinda like super set but for some reason this combo really works well, didn't really reduce my ability to squat heavy. it actually keep the heart rate up, the body just get so tax under the super set, when you back to 5/3/1, you can really focus on that 1.

hope this make sense...

[Hammerhagen]

Thanks for the tips Op. Appreciate it, it's cool seeing people successful with their training who are several year ahead of where I am. Gives me motivation to keep pushing forward. I'll try that bench between squat sets

[pryme]

All that hitching is going to lead to a low back injury. You should do some rack pulls and glute work to strengthen your lockout. Good work on your bench pr

[strongpath]

Congrats. Nothing like training with guys a weight class or two above you, pushing you to eke out every ounce of effort. I like to train alone, but one day per week I train in a group. It makes a difference!

[jjchen330ci]

All that hitching is going to lead to a low back injury. You should do some rack pulls and glute work to strengthen your lockout. Good work on your bench pr

Totally agreed. Lock out have always been my weak link....that is why I was so piss at the end of video....

Currently drop back down to 441 for reps and rack pulls to build up the lower back, I will try it again before the end of year...maybe even try 550 to see if I can even get it off the ground.

[wesleysh21]

I am a symmetry freak on top of an iron addict. There are few things that describe the feeling of clearing another 45 lbs plate. Congrats.