Any other gym rats out there?

[bobbytables]

I bench pressed 140kg/308lb last week, that's 3 big plates per side, absolutely over the moon with that achievement.

wow thats a lot. congrats.

I can do 35 pushups

 

[Blue brother]

wow thats a lot. congrats.

I can do 35 pushups

Thankyou mate, 35 push-ups is great, a year ago I could only do 20, do you practise them often?

 

[Larf_Man]

Congrats on the bench Blue. I hit a PR a few weeks ago at 37 push-ups. I’ve done them off and on my whole life but have never really pushed myself. I’ve always been scared of the bench press lol.

 

[Blue brother]

Congrats on the bench Blue. I hit a PR a few weeks ago at 37 push-ups. I’ve done them off and on my whole life but have never really pushed myself. I’ve always been scared of the bench press lol.

Well done dude, have a look at deficit push ups, it's where your hands are raised off the ground slightly (on blocks or bricks or whatever you have) which allows your chest to travel past ur hands in the down position, allowing for a deeper stretch of the muscle, once you've mastered these the standard push-up will feel much easier. There's quite abit of science now showing the deep stretch is what stimulates muscle growth the most.

 

[Larf_Man]

Well done dude, have a look at deficit push ups, it's where your hands are raised off the ground slightly (on blocks or bricks or whatever you have) which allows your chest to travel past ur hands in the down position, allowing for a deeper stretch of the muscle, once you've mastered these the standard push-up will feel much easier. There's quite abit of science now showing the deep stretch is what stimulates muscle growth the most.

That’s a good idea. I used to do that with dumbbells for the added couple inches. I’ll start doing that again, I only work out at home with dumbbells.

 

[bobbytables]

Thankyou mate, 35 push-ups is great, a year ago I could only do 20, do you practise them often?

I do diamond, pike and archer pushups - with less repetitions since they're harder.

regular pushups I can hit 35

Ive become a big fan of calisthenics lately