How the fuck do people reach 2pl8 bench within months? i struggle with 60kg 8 reps after gym going for 4 years.

How the frick do people reach 2pl8 bench within months? i struggle with 60kg 8 reps after gym going for 4 years.

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  1. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    https://nhentai.net/g/435011/

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Oh. So it's a doujin. I thought it was some one off piece.

      Their height, weight, biomechanics, genetics, diet, stress/hormone levels and practice.

      Manlets?

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        They don't have to be short, but your weight, height and arm length plays a huge roll. Even the chads at the gym rarely do 2pl8 bench, unless they're massive. Like over 210 pound guys.

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          i thought 2 plates was super easy? like something that a guy achieves after lifting for 2 months casually.

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            Only on the internet.

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            if you weigh 190lb+ yea 2 pl8s is easy as shit to hit.

            • 12 months ago
              Anonymous

              This. I hit 225 in high school in a few months but my secret was being a fat kid.

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            >i thought 2 plates was super easy? like something that a guy achieves after lifting for 2 months casually.
            nobody thinks that you are the only moron who does

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            2 plates for working sets is very rare.
            Everyone who "benches 2pl8s" bounces it off their chest a couple while the spotter does most of the work

            • 12 months ago
              Anonymous

              its attainable it just takes over a year for most people to get there
              I don't see any reason why I can work with 195 right now but won't be able to work with 225 in a couple of months

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah. But only if you're in you personal home gym after you get done with your 500k a year work from home programming job and you tape your massive 14" wiener out of the way

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Doujin writers really need to hire hookers or something prior to making their comics. The fact the author has never had sex is just super obvious and such a turn off. Hell just look up photos or something. You'd have to be a literal child to think an butthole is that far away from the pussy

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        i'm pretty sure it's a stylistic choice, obviously the author knows anatomy

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          No, I followed the link to take a look and in the panels where she's riding with her ass facing the viewer, the artist drew her butthole up where her tailbone ends. It's totally bizarre

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        A literal man like me would love to have that butthole damn close to my mouth

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          >t. didn't read it

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        My brother in Christ, you don't read hentai for it's realism.

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          foh christcuck

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        If they'd ever had sex they would be drawing that kind of shit, hentai is a niche made by virgins for virgins.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      thanks bro, thats all i wanted

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Top tier stuff

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Doesn't have-
      >Mother
      >Sister
      >Oyakodon
      >Aunt
      >Cousin
      >Grandmother
      >Ffm threesome
      >Harem
      >Impregnation
      Into the trash it goes

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous
    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Blessed

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Equisdeeee

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      >hetero
      Ew, yucky.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      >femdom
      >tomboy
      >bush
      >fitness
      It's all I want bros
      GOD
      DAMN IT

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Why are we both cursed with these kinks? So tantalizing yet never to be real

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          Hopefully one day we'll get to live them out fren, it's just out of reach for us

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Im 6'3, built and confident, have girls pay me mires and flirt but these traits you describe break my worldview and nothing seems good enough until I see a girl with them.

        GODDAMN IT I NEED A GIRL WITH THEM NOW!

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          Iktf brother
          AAAAAAAAAA

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      i don't get it, isn't that just what a normal gym is like?

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      I fricking hate when they timeskip from non-sexual to sexual, at least show her pulling it out

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Wouldn't*

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        degenerate.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      >DYEL
      >turned on by nipples
      I assumed it would be a fit guy planking with her on top for an hour while she's feeling his muscles. Dropped, I wish they made cute hentai where the guy is fit and not a complete homosexual.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Being muscular in japan is basically screaming that you're gay, ironically.
        Probably why fit white dudes slay so fricking hard over there

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          >why is that guy so masculine?
          >look at his big quads and arms, gosh
          >could it be that I'm.. gay?
          >no way I'm not gay he's gay
          I hate this normie logic. I don't look at porn much nowadays but I've looked at NTR shit just so I can self insert as the guy, I cringe when the guy's a skinny sad nerd, especially if he's submissive.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Meh, no foreplay? Into the trash it goes.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah agree. It'd be toptier if it had some foreplay tbh.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      have a nice day coomer

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      thank you sir for first posting the needful, respect and have a good day

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      She better be a fricking futa

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Disgusting

  2. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Their height, weight, biomechanics, genetics, diet, stress/hormone levels and practice.

  3. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    maybe eat more or re-evaluate your goals. Once I hit a 3pl8 1rm I made the decision to get into other fitness shit instead of going bloaty to chase down reps.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      ngmi, once I hit 1pl8 I made the decision to throw away the bench and start doing weighted dips instead going bloaty to chase down 3pl8

  4. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Genetics play a huge factor in strength. Some people are not only stronger without any training but also gain strength faster. Most people do not have "the strong" in the same way these people do.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      basically this. get as strong as you can with weights, sure, but reality check urself and consider different fitness paths if you want to see what you're body's capable of.

  5. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Body types are a real thing

  6. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    >i struggle with 60kg 8 reps after gym going for 4 years.
    Its because you haven't actually done the work, just going to the gym doesn't magically give you muscles.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      No. You know nothing about OP actually, so saying he isn't lifting "hard enough" is bullshit. If he's like 6 feet tall and weighs 160 pounds, 2pl8 is hard af. See

      Their height, weight, biomechanics, genetics, diet, stress/hormone levels and practice.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Dude I'm on the tail end of a cut at 172 6 foot and my working weight is 185
        It's the week of my one year lifting anniversary

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        >If he's like 6 feet tall and weighs 160 pounds
        that's me to a t.
        t. OP

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          I assumed pretty well then. I could tell by your working weight. You're probably around 16% bodyfat too and have good definition, though you're not shredded.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Nope, he's not just doing the work, "muh genetics" is just a dyel cope.

        >t. short and/or fat

        What?

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          Genetics play a huge role in how strong you are and how fast you progress...
          ...but not that big of a role that you can't do better than 60kg x 8 in 4 years. Very clearly not working hard. You don't need good diet/programming to do better than that, you just need to try harder.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      >t. short and/or fat

  7. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    You didn't start out fat as shit and you don't estat

  8. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I can only bench 165 after ~2 years of lifting. but I also weigh 150lbs. so that's like a 205lb guy benching 2pl8. Ideally I will eventually weigh ~165-175 and bench 2pl8 or more, but that is a multi year transformation and not a 6 month thing.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      lol im 155lbs and i hit 2pl8 within 6 months tbh. the secret is high volume, high frequency.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        How tall are you?

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          5'9"

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous
          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            If 5’10” is the king of manlets then is 5’9” the little prince?

            • 12 months ago
              Anonymous

              court jester

            • 12 months ago
              Anonymous

              *than

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                >americlap education

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        I do 5x5 3 times a week. I lost the ability to make linear progression at 130lbs. I've put 5lbs on my orm less than once a month since then

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          when I started to plateau, i began to do lots of very high rep high volume stuff on my light days (5x10's and backoffs to failure) PRing the on light days ulimately led to me PRing heavy triples on my heavy days. If something isn't working/you are plataueing you need to switch something up. For me it was adding a frick load of volume. oh yea and eat the protein and slept my ass off.

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          do 5x8,8,7,7,(to failure) twice a week instead
          you are doing too much weekly volume to get good recovery at your level, and adding some higher volume stuff will give you a good growth stimulus to push you over the hump. Mix it up, don't stick strictly to 5x5 and add in some (to failure) sets because those are the key to creating good growth stimulus.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      lol im 155lbs and i hit 2pl8 within 6 months tbh. the secret is high volume, high frequency.

      also i forgot to add but i played alot of sports in highschool too so that may have had something to do with it.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        People are either:
        1) Lying
        2) They didn't start from being a completely sedentary person well past their teens ()

        I only started lifting a few months ago from being completely sedentary gamer, and I'm struggling to make it past 1pl8. Linear progression pretty much stopped around a similar point for all of my lifts.

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          This. Hell, even if you weren't completely sedentary, you might not have done the "correct" type of exercise.
          I couldn't do a single push-up until I was already 17-18. My LP bench stalled at 100lb. I'm at 125lbx8 now after a year and it's taken me huge amounts of effort to get here (going beyond failure every single bench set, lots of chest, triceps and shoulder volume, improving leg drive, etc.).
          Meanwhile I did quite a bit of swimming as a kid so my pulling exercises fricking exploded in comparison. I can do +25lbx6 chin-ups at 150lb. Not the strongest but it's waaay better than my bench.

  9. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    >How the frick do people reach 2pl8 bench within months?
    By lying on the internet.

  10. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    If you're a man and this isn't a shitpost get your T levels checked.

  11. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    240x5@175 yesterday
    took me four months to hit 225x2

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      What app is that? I'd like something to track my lifts.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        fitnotes

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Bro, what app is this one? I’m still using Excel but I like graphs.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        fitnotes

  12. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Possible reasons:

    They're superior to you genetically
    They're taking gear or supplements you aren't
    They're eating better and nutrition maxxing
    They're sleeping better and sleep maxxing
    Their technique/form is better (lift technique, rest period patterns, set and rep structure, muscle group/exercise order)
    Their mental fortitude is stronger, they push themselves harder
    They are less stressed out than you
    They are dedicating more time than you are

    Be honest with yourself. Where are your weaknesses? Where can you make improvements (if possible)? Focus on those things. If you answer "I'm great at all of these things and STILL can't make gains" then you're no different from a 350 pound fat person who tells us they LITERALLY eat 400 calories per day and still can't lose any weight.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      They have athletic training prior to the gym. Simple as.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        If you're a man and this isn't a shitpost get your T levels checked.

        /thread
        >verification not required

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Their mental fortitude is stronger, they push themselves harder
      >They are dedicating more time than you are
      No.
      It isn't a "I just work harder brah" "You gotta man up and put in the effort"

      It is all body type. Height, weight, biomechanics, genetics.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        This is a really stupid and sad post. Of course those things matter, but to say hard work isn't a factor is pure cope.

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          They matter obviously. Not to the point of outlifting genetics. There comes a point where a person can think that they're never doing enough because of the "I'm just a harder worker than you" when clearly that is not the case. A person's basic structure is a major factor.

          >genetics muh genetics
          This is starting to smell like that blackpill moron shitposting on the whitepill threads.

          Why is it only weight training that people don't think genetics has anything to do with it?
          >Keep training bro...you'll be in the NBA soon...You're just not putting in the work!"

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        >genetics muh genetics
        This is starting to smell like that blackpill moron shitposting on the whitepill threads.

  13. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    im curious now to see how hard it is. I havent benched in a few months, depressed as frick not eating right etc. Gonna try to build up to 2 pl8 and see how far I get doing 1 rep max

  14. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    They're probably fat. It took me a long time to hit 2 plates, but I stay lean and don't do a lot of strength work.

  15. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Fat manlets

  16. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Doing 3x12 progressive overload,
    Started at 60%1rm and going to hit 80%1rm before May. Should I keep going up or should I retest 1rm and rerack to the new 60%?

  17. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I dunno I've done tons of pushups and dips in my day. 2 plate was easy.

  18. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I've been chugging for about 6 or 7 cumulative months in the last year (life situation made it hard to get to the gym for a couple of 2-month episodes) and this week I lifted 195x8
    If you actually bench twice a week for 8-12 months straight you should be able to get to 2pl8 easily enough

  19. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I struggled with 55 for years, then hit 80 within a year. Aiming for a 100 next year. Just changed my diet and training plan.
    Keep in mind that most of the posters here are in their early 20s. If you're old like me, it can take more time for you to reach your goal than for an average zoomer.

  20. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Eat more
    Go to gym more often

    I hit 2 plate in 4 months of going. I went 6 days a week and hit chest twice a week. Going past 2 plate though is hard for me. Been stuck for months since hitting 2 plate.

    Must also have to do with weight and general previous fitness.

    Try starting your workout with bench so you can put maximum energy towards it.

  21. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I was a 112 at 6'3 kilos when I started and have been cutting down, now 102kg after about 4-5 months of lifting
    I felt the same honestly for the first 3 months only improving from 50 to 70, but then decided to switch up from high reps to just busting out 1-3 rep maxes
    I could barely hit 80 for one rep at first and had gym dudes come over to save my ass as I failed each day, constantly having to do the roll of shame and eventually started using the squat rack cause it had safetys
    About after about a month around 2 weeks ago I hit 2 pl8 and have been content with that, only trying to up my endurance at that level for now trying to set 2pl8 rep maxes
    Now I have tendinitis tho so kinda sucks and cant exercise, strength outgrew my tendons

  22. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    why you doing 8 reps homie
    just do 3 sets of 5, it's optimal

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      My homie the reps and sets don't fricking matter
      Some lads walk into gym at like 240lbs and then blogpost about lmao i was benching two plate within months, meanwhile 160lbs little homies are reading this and can't get third of the way there after working out for 10 years

  23. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I never understood why people ask this. Isn't a pushup like benching 3/4 of your bodyweight? We used to have to do 20 pushups a day in high school so I would think people would be starting around 2pl8 right into adulthood.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      idk, pushups i feel them in my pecs. Benchpress I don't feel shit

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Like how can you say this? Go to your local super market and notice the amount of people that are struggling to carry their 15-20lbs shopping bar... two plate for an average person might as well be two tons

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      its more like half at best
      I could do like 60 pushups in the military (which is low) and the first weight I put on the bar was around 85 for 10 reps

  24. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    They’re fat lol you shouldn’t be chasing numbers unless you want to compete or something.

  25. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    >4years
    >60kg bench
    WHAT???

  26. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    how do you guys find room to bench twice or even 3 times a week? I'm 40, doing PPL and struggle with getting enough rest as is already, DOMS is seriously delayed

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      sunday - two heavy sets
      tuesday - 75% close grip
      thursday - three heavy sets

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        NTA, how much do you press? I train BP once a week and do 2x2pl8 close grip

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          ohp? 135x5
          bench? 235x6

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            Not bad at all. How are your lower body lifts?
            I just did 5x3pl8 back squat the other day and I've started to train ATG pause front squats for future bragging rights. My DL is stuck at lmao3.5pl8 because I don't really train it.

            • 12 months ago
              Anonymous

              kinda bad? squatting 255x6
              last time I dead it was 385x3 but that was a couple months ago
              I've sadly lost the love I had for working lower but I'd like to achieve 315 squat for reps

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                Squats are a very technical lift, if you're reaching depth at least. There's a lot that goes into improving them, probably more than presses. Passion for them comes when you nerd out about them.

                https://i.imgur.com/5zmm8QD.png

                >femdom
                >tomboy
                >bush
                >fitness
                It's all I want bros
                GOD
                DAMN IT

                https://i.imgur.com/DVjeZ1X.jpg

                Im 6'3, built and confident, have girls pay me mires and flirt but these traits you describe break my worldview and nothing seems good enough until I see a girl with them.

                GODDAMN IT I NEED A GIRL WITH THEM NOW!

                You just think that because you're virgins. After you've had sex a couple of times, you'll want to dominate a cute girly girl like everyone else.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                Nope, always liked tomboys.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                femdom is the problem here

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                Ah dont worry bro, that shits weird and literally doesn't exist outside porn. Reality is girls like strong guys. My desire is a fit, sporty girl to share my love of fitness with and have children. Its a longshot in the shithole that is America, but I'll never stop lifting to the goal.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                Good for you anon. I'm Balkan, I just want to make a good income then I can move to the village and get married and live the dream.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                You'll make it bro, we all will. Except OP in his current state however.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                Same here

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      If you're not benching over 2pl8 I really wouldn't worry about it. Just stick to 5x5-5x10 twice a week at most

  27. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I hit 225 bench for 3 reps at 165-175 (my weight fluctuates a lot because of poor diet habits) in one semester ~3.5 months. When I started, I could only bench a 135 for reps. My seated ohp was 165 at 165 bw, 315 squat for 1, 365 deadlift. After not working out for ~1.5 months, I could still push 225 bench for 1 rep. I would only go to the gym high (daily smoker) and had a copious nicotine addiction during the time. I usually ate my first meal of the day at 2 pm before going to the gym, but sometimes went to the gym on an empty stomach (usually just 2 scoops of oatmeal with pb and bananas). I did PPL five times a week and occasionally hit chest twice a day to workout with my friend who was just getting into the gym. Genuinely curious anons, are my genetics gifted or is it because I trained harder than other guys?

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      I’d like to add that I’m 5’10 and my 165 ohp was for 1 rep. Sorry for the lengthy post, any insight would be much appreciated

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      You have excellent genetics. Most people can't handle that much volume without it being actively detrimental. You're hitting about double the volume that most hardcore routines have.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        Thanks anon, whenever I read about someone with similar stats and progress on fit I just see a lot of people calling them liars or that they have shit rom/form. Also curious, would I have progressed faster/further if I didn’t smoke weed/nicotine or could that have somehow possibly helped my progress? Would lowering the intensity/frequency of my workouts also helped me progress faster?

        • 12 months ago
          Anonymous

          smoking definitely doesn't help your health
          You'll be forced to lower the frequency of your lifts as they go higher. Doing 30 set of bench a week is a shit ton. I do 10 occasionally 20 and often when I add another set of 5s to my bench I'll get DOMs, doing more volume than that would definitely hurt more than it would help.

          • 12 months ago
            Anonymous

            Interesting, I always assumed that intensity was beneficial as long as you felt your body could handle it. I rarely experienced DOMS (minimal soreness at best that wasn’t noticeable unless my muscles were flexed) despite pushing for higher numbers every week. I also didn’t follow a strict program and benched 6-7 sets a chest day, followed by 6 sets of incline dumbbell press. I know that your body needs sufficient time to rest and grow, but is spamming that many sets that detrimental if I rarely felt sore/very tried after working out?

            • 12 months ago
              Anonymous

              You would have noticed if it was detrimental. Trying to lift with DOMS is not subtle at all.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                Good to know, from what I’ve been told DOMS isn’t indicative of tiring your muscles to failure but I wondered if I should push harder so I could feel sore. I stopped working out entirely for 5 months but could still hit 205 for reps and 225 for 1 when I went to the gym with my friend. Is it my central nervous system or muscle fibers that helped me achieve this progress? I know it’s probably a combination of factors, but what’s the main factor determining strength gains in my case? Thanks for the feedback by the way

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                DOMS is an indicator that you've given your muscles an excellent stimulus for growth. If you have DOMS, it's a good sign, if you don't, doesn't necessarily mean you aren't making progress.

                >I stopped working out entirely for 5 months but could still hit 205 for reps and 225 for 1 when I went to the gym with my friend. Is it my central nervous system or muscle fibers that helped me achieve this progress?
                Not only does it take over a month for muscles to start atrophying, but you will retain structure even if you go for a really long time without lifting, and when you retrain them you will make super fast progress back to close to your original strength. AS far as I know CNS gains are also completely permanent because your body never cannibalizes the new nerve connections.
                The only way to permanently lose a substantial amount of strength is to roid for a while and then stop.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                I only really get DOMS if I stop working out for a while and then start again. It's good not to feel it every time though, because it's kinda debilitating.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                My DOMS stopped being debilitating after like my 3rd week of working out. Sure you can't really exert yourself but my daily life at school and stuff isn't really affected.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                I meant debilitating for working out. I work out daily so DOMS is a bit of an issue.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                If you have DOMS you just need to not work that muscle group. Rest and recovery is just as important as moving heavy things.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                ik but if you have DOMS from pull workouts it'll still feel like shit and affect your performance the next day even if you're doing push instead. It was a problem when I was starting back up again.

                I stopped getting it now though. Now I only feel it the day of the workout, and the next day I'll only feel it a little even if I really flex.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                I do an upper-lower split so my DOMS goes away by the time I do another workout and is long gone by the time I hit the same muscle group.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                Awesome info, my goal when I get back in the gym is 2/3/4/5 but my deadlift is lacking (I get apprehensive when pushing for deadlift 1rms). Is my weight going to be an issue? I’ve never followed a diet or attempted to bulk besides downing 2 scoops protein every night. All time bench pr was 245 at ~170 after those 3.5 months.

                If you WANT to feel DOMS, the best way to do it is to bump up the volume. I always get DOMS when I go from for example like 185 5x8,8,7,7,6 to 186 10,10,8,8,10 (last set to failure)

                I only really get DOMS if I stop working out for a while and then start again. It's good not to feel it every time though, because it's kinda debilitating.

                Noted, I sort of enjoyed the feeling of DOMS so I will switch up my routines on some days and see how it works out.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                It's almost as if everyone is different.

                I love the feeling of DOMS. On one hand I can not imagine what sort of a pussy wuss nancy doesn't like that feeling - but then again as in the first part of my post I guess we all experience things differently.

              • 12 months ago
                Anonymous

                If you WANT to feel DOMS, the best way to do it is to bump up the volume. I always get DOMS when I go from for example like 185 5x8,8,7,7,6 to 186 10,10,8,8,10 (last set to failure)

  28. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    just EAT anon. If you have long arms (wingspan in inches is longer than height) then bench pressing will be harder. if you don't fricking EAT and are a skeleton you will also have 0 mass to throw up against the bar.
    I was like that for 2 years couldn't get past 1pl8 MAX. After I started eating properly I got my bench up to 200 x 7, which admittedly isn't all that much, and I've never benched 2pl8, but for now it's enough.
    So EAT UP

  29. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Start off at 200lbs. Your struggle is likely that you're skinny building up as opposed to most guys who report hitting 2pl8 in a few months whose only real concern is turning that existing mass into muscle.

  30. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Took me literally 6 years. You’ll get there op

  31. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Everyone is different. My goal is to see myself getting bigger, and stronger over time. Never forget where you came from and how far you have come.

  32. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Don't be a weak woman

  33. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    If that takes you 4 years man.. your scheme, diet, intensity sucks dick. all of them equally. back to the drawing board, nothing to do with genetics 100% your fault

  34. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Needs to be futa railing his ass in that position as he does pushups.

  35. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    test

  36. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I've been going to the gym for a year and I can only bench 75kg (165lbs) for sets of 5. And even then just barely.

    That's roughly my bodyweight for reference. Slightly lower.

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      I’m same, I’m 5’7, around 170lbs age 20 I can do 75kg for three sets of five. My highest max was 87.5kg

  37. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    you guys hella weak. i did 2 pl8 after 3 weeks and i do 4pl8 now 6 months later. Eat more lift more pussy weak pathetic losers

  38. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I’ve never had a problem continuously adding weight to my lifts. In 2018 I stuck to a program (after taking 6months off from the gym consistently) I walked in benching 150 and with in 6-8 weeks I benched 300 for my 1RM. To this day it’s still the most I’ve ever done, but I also don’t lift for weight anymore. Similar with squatting and deadlifting. I like adding weight even if it’s 2.5lbs it gives me motivation to keep going. At the time I was 6-2 280 (fat ass). Curious if I tried it again at 220 if I could do 300 again

  39. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    My first lift in the gym as in first ever warmup was a 1pl8 and I went up to 20pl8s and got bored so I lifted the gym off its foundations and went home as I got banned from the gym , never went back. I had a twix and pack of californian raisins preworkout . Postworkout I had four whole roast chickens and a coke.

  40. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    arm length makes a huge difference
    lanklets progress in pressing movements much more slowly than manlets

  41. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    I have fricking tiny hands so I can barely hold on to the bar when I deadlift
    like my actual deadlift muscles progress so much faster than my grip strength

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      pic related
      I know girls love big hands, am I ngmi on account of these

  42. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    Start at ~40kg

    Do Starting strength, put on 3.75kg a week

    If you're eating and sleeping right you probably shouldn't stall before you hit 2p8

    This makes it doable for most healthy young men in 4 months .

  43. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    /plg/ tripgays I summon you, pls tell us the secrets for a big bench

  44. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    By sleeping, wanting enough and following a real program instead of fricking around like I'm pretty sure you are doing and progressive overload, I would bet money you go to the gym, pick whatever machine is available at the moment and only add more weight when you "feel" the current weight is getting easy

  45. 12 months ago
    Anonymous

    One of the hammer strength plate loaded flat bench press machines might be a good way to go about it, though my gym does not have one. Might piss some people off, but a great way to achieve 2pl8 is by rolling one of the free benches into a squat rack and positioning the safety bars accordingly. Being able to really challenge your bench strength with both a free barbell and no hesitancy to go to failure is the key. You'll take up a squat rack, and you'll look silly wiggling in and out from under a loaded bar, but it works. Your bench will be flying up in no time

    • 12 months ago
      Anonymous

      Those squat racks are literally designed for you to also be able to also bench in them.
      If there isn't like a line to use equipment then you shouldn't feel ashamed at all to sit in a squat rack for some time.
      In a perfect world gyms would just have a row of 10 full featured squat racks like my high school.

      • 12 months ago
        Anonymous

        I hear you, just thinking that it might be a mental barrier for some. Pay it no mind and bench away

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