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Beer. I swear the next day after some beers I am more energetic and stronger in my lifts that ever.

With benching, wider grip will help target outer areas more whereas narrower grip will hit "inner chest" (and triceps too btw) more.

No, weighted vest is not a solution to make suicide grip on benching safe. Figure 8 straps are.

Anyway, I wrote in the OP about this solution. It works and does provide the necessary level of...

Watched the first few accidents (sorry, not watching all 10 mins) and none were wearing figure 8s.

Saying suicide grip is "very safe" shows you've got no idea ****.

You have no idea about figure 8 straps, do you? Properly worn figure 8 straps will not let the bar to even start sliding in the first place. Try it, see how it works and report back.

Guys, just wanted to share some info which maybe useful to many lifters and that I've figured out through some experimentation today.

Lots of people know about advantages of suicide/thumbless...

I think you are overthinking it (c) with the whole democracy, liberalism, taxation, founding fathers and what not. Since the start of human civilization, any human society was a hierarchical pyramid...

OP, in addition to all the great advice here about following a routine and consistency, also perhaps look into some supplements.
Like, l-tyrosine (known to help during times of physical and mental...

I had some serious nagging pain that was the golfers elbow and it healed only after I dropped curls and heavy chin-ups (pull ups with palms facing you). Now, whenever I get serious and heavy with an...

1. Clean the weight to shoulders. 2. Brace yourself, core, etc., plenty of pause to remove any momentum. 3. Do the normal set of strict overhead presses. 4. At the conclusion of the set, return the...

My goal is really not to rely on a rack when strict OHP since I train at home and don't have a proper rack. I have mustered up some sort of a rack and can actually use one. What I found is that when...

Nope. Talking about strict OHP, not push presses. Cleaning the weight has nothing to do with push press vs strict pressing.

I'll just add my 2 cents in addition to what others commented regarding two things:
1. Barbell - even the cheapest Chinese barbells should last years upon years and withstand all sorts of abuse in a...

Absolutely. Played around last few days both with cleaning and not cleaning the weight at the beginning and can safely say it is not just in my head. Cleaning the weight does help and sets you up for...

Dips all the way!

Neutral allow you to do more reps than palms away or palms facing you. Thus, they may be very useful for beginners who struggle to do even 1-2 with palms away. Using neutral, they can often crank out...

You should've informed him that no-one in the bodybuilding world who is serious about growing stronger bench presses, they all do dips and overhead presses.

In general, it is going to be highly individual (as most things in bodybuilding) whether morning or evening is better for YOUR BODY. Morning person vs evening person thing going on. Experimenting...

This. I found that strenuous moves like deadlifts, block pulls are best done in the evening (though I can't properly sleep if I pull heavy in the evening too). While lighter work, e.g. dips feel fine...