FINALLY, after a lot of drug free training Im repping with 150 KGs on the flat bench - got:

3 x 150 All clean
3 x 150 All clean
3 x 150 (Assist on last one to steady right arm)
2 x 150 (Assist on last one)
1 x 150, FAIL

Out of 5 sets.

I just went for it after being stuck at 142.5 for almost 5s for a few weeks now. Well pleased with that - out of the guys I know all hit the drugs when they got up to about 130 on the flat bench.

Next goal is 5 x 5s at that then see what were like for moving to 152 or 155. The only way is up!

i dont reallly know what all that crap means, but it sounds good, so well done dude.

Pro tip: divide the weight into smaller lumps or get a friend to help; its much easier to transport then.


/Seriously 150kgs is blimming heavy, probably twice what I can lift, done well mate   I had a mate who could do it but he was on drugs at the time.  

Quote from: PuNki dont reallly know what all that crap means, but it sounds good, so well done dude.

Basically when your doing weights and looking to improve you do not just do them when you want and the day you can lift it once heavier you do a consistent amount on one system or type of weight or machine or running sprints etc and you do the same type regular a number of times.
When you can do it say 3/3 then you class that is properly progressing.

Sounds cool though Mark WD

Ta all. My elbows hurt like bastards tho !!

Thats bloody good.

I cant really compare as my workout consist of pyramid sets (12 reps, 10 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps increasing weight each time) Which I believe is generally agreed to be a good workout for bodybuilding, whereas your low reps high weight is more a powerlifting routine (correct me if Im wrong this is just what I read)

Before I injured myelf (doing judo not weights as it happned) I had got to 22.5kg each end + bar  of smith machine, which i think is in the region of around 60kg for 8 reps. I figure I might hit 65-70 for 3 reps maybe a little more, so to me 150kg is enormous.

What do you shoulder press / leg press/ squat / curl?

Quote from: PuNki dont reallly know what all that crap means, but it sounds good, so well done dude.

150KG is just under 23.6 stone, so imagine lifting a couple of blokes, putting them down and then doing it again. Each rep is a single lift but you do them in sets, each time you lift your muscles use energy and create nasty substances so the second lift is harder than the first, third is harder still.



Mark, thats one hell of a performance mate

The pain though is probably damage to the cartilage, watch what you are doing or reduce the weight a little and do more reps

Quote from: ThrawnThats bloody good.

I cant really compare as my workout consist of pyramid sets (12 reps, 10 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps increasing weight each time) Which I believe is generally agreed to be a good workout for bodybuilding, whereas your low reps high weight is more a powerlifting routine (correct me if Im wrong this is just what I read)

Before I injured myelf (doing judo not weights as it happned) I had got to 22.5kg each end + bar  of smith machine, which i think is in the region of around 60kg for 8 reps. I figure I might hit 65-70 for 3 reps maybe a little more, so to me 150kg is enormous.

What do you shoulder press / leg press/ squat / curl?

(All for 5x5s)

Military press - about 110
Behind the neck press - 100
Squats - 180 - Nowhere near what it should be because I dont train legs enough!!
Only train biceps once every 10 days as they get trained in a few other exercises, but cheat curls (With curly bar and a bit of a swing) are at about  87.5KGs and controlled curls (With curly bar) about 72 KGs.

mmm thats like lifting two of me and a little kid as well

thats pretty impressive

remind me to be nice to you

any chance of a photo mate, just to see what on earth a guy who can lift me + 30 kilos really looks like? lol

Would love it to be that blimmin strong, but my arms are pathetic! Proud of my legs though.

damn thats a hell of a lot

I (when i was drunk) lifted my fat brother who weighs about that... but no way could I even get neer to bench pressing him

yeah... I lifted a 180kg bathroom suite into the back of a transit unaided once. But it caused a prolapsed disc, and a month and a half of agony. Could not even imagine bench pressing it, which is why I think his arms and chest must be like tree trunks!

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Quote from: ThrawnThats bloody good.

I cant really compare as my workout consist of pyramid sets (12 reps, 10 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps increasing weight each time) Which I believe is generally agreed to be a good workout for bodybuilding, whereas your low reps high weight is more a powerlifting routine (correct me if Im wrong this is just what I read)

Before I injured myelf (doing judo not weights as it happned) I had got to 22.5kg each end + bar  of smith machine, which i think is in the region of around 60kg for 8 reps. I figure I might hit 65-70 for 3 reps maybe a little more, so to me 150kg is enormous.

What do you shoulder press / leg press/ squat / curl?

(All for 5x5s)

All very impressive to me. Hard to convert what I do because of different regimes but most of those are 2-3 times what I can do.

I have enormous difficulty doing squats, though I think that is mostly to do with the fact that my gym only has a smith machine for doing them and no free bar, so Im forced to do hack squats which i find very uncomfortable and unbalanced.

Metal - as I recall from a previous photo posted mark looks like a typical powerlifter - big, with large arms chest etc, but without the defined bulging look of a body builder.

Military press - about 110
Behind the neck press - 100
Squats - 180 - Nowhere near what it should be because I dont train legs enough!!
Only train biceps once every 10 days as they get trained in a few other exercises, but cheat curls (With curly bar and a bit of a swing) are at about  87.5KGs and controlled curls (With curly bar) about 72 KGs.[/quote]

well see about a picture sometime!

OMGZ  METALHEAD AND MARK UP A TREE ?

K-I-S-S-I-N-G !!!!!!


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