What's the strangest way you've gotten a max? I broke my pr on bench while listening to Own It by Drake once.
>>35070583
>have awful discussion with my old man (he's 65 I'm 35)
>old man feels sick afterwards
>call paramedics
>pills and stuff almost got a heart attack
>hate myself on my way home
>all day depressed as fuck
>workout anyway to clear my mind
>fuck program just will kick clean and jerks singles till I'm tired and leave
>increase weights every single
>fueled by self anger broke my PR for 10kgs
one year after that and could only reach that weight again two months ago. I swear that day was like a hulk episode.
>>35070583
Its 2015 year of our lord and your still listening to music whilst you workout shaking my head family shaking my head
>>35070583
there was 185lb loaded bar somebody left in squat rack
something clicked in my head and i just walked to it and ohp'd it
no prior warmup, no mobility work whatsoever, cold as a motherfucker (and i'm usually extremely autistic about mobility and warmups due to my previous shoulder injury)
it was the slowest fucking lift of my life
bar stood for legit 5 seconds just a bit above my forhead untill i could lock it out properly
>>35070583
just by looking at fit the strangest way I've gotten my max is by lifting.
>>35070583
By misloading the bar. Twice in a row.
>>35070583
>5 years ago
>be skinnyfat dadbod dyel
>my pb was 98kg in the bench
>could NOT lift 100kg if my life depended on it
>see a friend working out with his father
>friend is doing new pb with 130kg or whatever and his father is rooting him on
>they know about my struggles
>the father says: "you're up for a pb now"
>i say: "sure, why not"
>so I start warming up and get ready
>the father says he'll spot me
>start lifting
>easy on the way down
>starting to lift up
>start doubting: "this won't go for shit. should have warmed up better. everybody in the entire gym is watching me fail. fml"
>so the bar isn't moving
>it's stuck half way back up
>don't know how
>but somehow the father ends up putting his crotch on my forhead as he's spotting me (just like that old rage comic from back in the day)
>get super powers
>throw the bar straight back up
>put on another 5kg
>and with a crotch on my forehead, it's easy peasy
>I'm fucking pumped so we manage another 2,5kg
>mfw it took me about a year to lift 107kg again on my own
I've set PRs with that "I Do It Better Than Her" song in the background. Also, I don't think it was a PR, but I've squatted heavy sets of five listening to "Shiny Stockings" by Ella Fitzgerald before
>that pic
you like Blind Lemon Jefferson, OP?
>>35070915
Either that man has a magical nutsack or u gay as hell
>>35071089
>about a month ago
>D1 track athlete, so all kinds of consistent gains
>moving up from a back squat max of 265(august) to 365(october)
>Moving up well, feel great
>Get to goal of the day, big 365
>Pump myself up, kinda loud so everyone in weight room watching
>Go down, parallel
>Go up, start to feel weight on right side go up faster than the left
>Stick right arm out onto safety bar and adjust
>Say "what the fuck did I just do" and finish the rep
Coach said the rep still counted tho
>shitty day at work
>feeling the rage and cant get out of my own head
>small gym and its crowded with weak assholes and a bitch of a pt who has her clients always rotating on some shit ass circuit
>building up on the deadlift as usual
>still not feeling too bad at 3pl8 x 5
>decide to do 365 my previous pr
>hit it for a double with double overhand grip
>take a minute of a break and load to 4pl8
>tell myself to lock my back up so I dont round and hurt myself
>pull fast
>legs shake a bit but make it up
>lower it down fast but sort of controlled
>people start giving me room and stop being cunts to me
thinkgen about gf ;_;
>>35070717
what
>>35071474
>thinking about qt oneitis watching you
>"if you get this set Anon, I'll be your gf!"
im pathetic
>>35070845
this or when i took some drugs and lifted
>>35072564
that was depressing dude
>>35072564
iktf stay strong man
I used to only deadlift if there was a qt working out within view so I could stare at her while going up for them test gains.
I've realized watching an episode of hajime no ippo or even ping pong before the gym helps to break prs
>>35072564
>tfw maxing out on diddy
>oneitis is behind me doing pull ups or some shit
>pull 455 and imagine her watching me the whole way
>see her walk away after i drop the weight
dw m8, theres always someone just as pathetic, if not worse.
>>35072564
the best guy for her is the best guy in the room in her eyes, not necessarily the best version of the self in each guy. just cause she didn't choose you doesn't mean she is better than you.
showing how to do heavy deadlifts while being egged on to do more and more weight by a bunch of qt high school girls at my old alma mater
>come on anon that was easy for you
>guys stop he's going to hurt himself
>no way, he's fine. look, you're fine right
>y-yeah (nervous as fuck)
>you don't have to do any more. just ignore them, they're stupid
>n-no it's okay (fug)
>should you put more chalk on
>where did emmy go?
>i don't --- was she even here today?
>she was just here
>guys get out of the way so he can get by
>emmy was just here, I saw her
>oh well she's probably down the hall somewhere
>oh my god how much is that now
>uh, like 460 (it's gonna slip, I can feel it)
>you're gonna die
>well it's your fault (getting into the teasing)
>okay guys, GUYS! stand back. Bianca get off the platform
>oh sorry
>okay (deep breaths)
>guys shut up
>(staggered grip for power)
>(feels secure)
>(stare straight into the mirror)
>(first six inches. just get the first six inches and you're gold)
>eins, zwei.... (I always count in german so nobody knows what to expect)
>drei!
>weight comes up, first 6 inches are clear
>120% back now, legs have completely checked out
>get the bar up above my knees
>can't lock out but my position is solid
>zero slip in the the grip
>two seconds roll by with me stuck in a half squat, unable to lock out
>legs begin to shake violently
>can't get it
>entire body turning red
>last chance
>roll shoulders back, automatically drop under the bar
>stand straight up
>emmy has walked back in
>yo where is my pho--what the fuck
>exhale explosively as I lock out
>pause for effect with the lift complete
>release the weight, it slams down onto the platform
>vision has narrowed, blurry
>sudden there are no qts
>i am no longer at my old high school
>I weight 140 pounds and I have just pulled 460
>nothing is hurt
>i am alone in this moment
>and in this moment, I am euphoric
>>35073044
god damnit that was amazing
>>35070583
I thought I failed an exam and hit like a 30kg deadlift PR in anger
>>35073358
>30kg deadlift
>PR
>be yesterday
>recently been using the 55 lb plates instead of 45s
>time to do the normal 50 lb jump to 405 for doubles
>loaded 425 and did a single
After that I was super pissed about the weight that's normally easy hardly going up but then I realized I added it wrong because of the 55s. After that I got 445 for a 5 lb pr.
Twas a good day
>>35073555
kekk- and chekked
