After I competed at the Arnold this year I took a break (about 5 months) from training intensely
I benched 455 at the Arnold, but It sank below to about 385 by August. Focused on work and family...
I have not had surgery on my shoulders but I have rehabbed them myself more times then I can count (or remember)
I have noticed those that had surgery took as long to recover or longer then those...
my routine wasn't very good leading up to this as I was still rehabbing my rotator cuff tear and had to limit my volume quite a bit which meant I couldn't do the press variations I...
I would get the dynamic fitness (redone nebula version) one of the best leg presses out there.
And with the dynamic version you can take it apart enough to carry down in your basement, probably one...
You are the minority with that then.
Don't get me wrong. I liked using it for bench, brought my bench from 485 to 512 In 3 months, i just had to stop because it was so hard on my shoulders.
Another good thing about elitefts is they have the option of a wide gripper piad also on their adjustable bench.
One thing I wish I would have done with the adj. 2.0 when I did it was use a wider...
The 100's on the bar have the milling on the edges, outside the centers. If you can see the pattern. Guess it's a little hard to see in the picture but look closely.
I've had rogue bands there okay and have lasted. I ws disappointed that some of the bands weren't the same length like my green bands one was about 1.5" different.