New DB press PR

[smokinal]

Last week I got the 90's for 2 sets of 7
Looked over at the 100's and knew I could get a couple anyway. I had never attempted them before but as I'm getting older, I thought I better try this now before there's no chance of ever getting them.


https://imgur.com/quCQfux

I had that 3rd but my spotter jumped in a little early.

Anyway, it's not hyuge but I'm happy with it at 51 yrs old. I was 170.5 lbs

[Payton1221]

Can't get the link to work but that's awesome. Getting them in position is half the battle ;-)

[Bando]

Nice, on to the 110's!

[ezra76]

Nice. Most I ever did was 80's I think.

[Corbets]

Awesome!

[smokinal]

Can't get the link to work but that's awesome

Dammit; does the link work for anyone else?

Nice, on to the 110's!

lol, that's what my spotter said

Nice. Most I ever did was 80's I think.

Awesome!

Thanks guys

[supramax]

Dammit; does the link work for anyone else?...

The link works for me. I must admit that I was expecting an OHP and not a BP with a floor press ROM. I don't bench press, so my opinion means sweet **** all.

[Cantplankwell]

«linked worked for me. Good work, repped!

[Payton1221]

Can't get the link to work but that's awesome. Getting them in position is half the battle ;-)

I watched it on my phone instead of my ancient Mac. Well done!!!

The next time you go for something video-worthy, politely tell the spotter DON'T help unless I ask you to But I agree with you, you could have gotten rep #3.

[Motiviert]

Freaking badass op! Nioooce

[OldFartTom]

Impressive!!!

[shaneinga]

Strong pressing. Congrats on the PR!

[Firminator4]

New PR's are great - Congratulations!

Firm

[brit-iron]

Last week I got the 90's for 2 sets of 7
Looked over at the 100's and knew I could get a couple anyway. I had never attempted them before but as I'm getting older, I thought I better try this now before there's no chance of ever getting them.

I had that 3rd but my spotter jumped in a little early.

Anyway, it's not hyuge but I'm happy with it at 51 yrs old. I was 170.5 lbs

Awesome job on the PR! I've got a pair of 100's in my garage, been sitting there for years and I've never tried benching them yet.

Got a PR of my own today of 37 kg for 5 sets 6 reps @ 154lbs BW. Think that equates to 81 lbs. Want to work my way up to my 100's, which are 45kg, so actually 99 I think. Pic of the brutes below, just sitting there taunting me.

Anyway awesome job, repped.

[BeginnerGainz]

Link is fine for me

Good job mate

[PhDPepper1111]

New PR's are great - Congratulations!

Firm

Especially at freakin 51!
Great job smokinal!!

[Mark1T]

Great accomplishment. Always challenge yourself.

[xTeTe]

That's pretty awesome dude. Sometimes I think we get a bit stagnant and think we're stuck a certain weight and then when you start throwing up a heavier weight we end up pleasantly surprised at the ease at which we can do it.

I was db pressing exclusively for years up until a few months ago. I think my best was 170 x 5 typically. I actually decided to switch to barbell pressing this summer since I hadn't bb pressed since I was in my 20s.

After increasing from 185 x 5 to 225 x 5 on the barbell I decided to db press again last week for the hell of it. I was actually worried I might struggle since it had several months... but I actually did 170 x 8 on my first three sets!

I'm actually going to alter my workout to db press once a week now for higher reps and bb bench one day a week for lower.

[smokinal]

Thank you so much everyone. You guys are the best

[tkdnj]

Excellent!!! The link worked fine for me. You definitely had the 3rd one, but kudos to your buddy for not risking injury to you.

[adamgentile]

Nice! Looks great to me, nice and controlled.

[bodyhard]

Way to go man, hope your gym doesn't close...