>mfw I pressed 205 for 3 today right next to an athletic black girl that was doing squats in the adjacent rack
How wet do you think she was, bros?
I fucking love this exercise, in all honesty. Forget benching, forget squats, this is the ultimate ego lift.
what assistance n shit have you done, and how long have you been training your press. i just completed a week of TM and ended at 152.5 for 5, slow but steady.i stared doing only press after an injury, and dont really have a reason to bench since i can just do flys. biggest issue so far has just been keeping form consistent. congrats btw
I do like it, but I suck at it, id rather have big shoulders then big pecs
>>34917233
I can't make progress on this. Once I got to 5x5 1 plate I stalled super hard. I tried deloading and working back up stalled again exactly the same. Fuck this exercise. Won't give up though.
>tfw dyel and pressing 65lb
I just started going to the gym and am now realizing how under developed my upper body is
>>34917242
>dont really have a reason to bench since i can just do flys
why no bench though?
it hits front delts as much as ohp
>>34917262
is it worth benching as press assistance
>>34917242
>what assistance n shit have you done
Nothing extremely specific, just slowly microloading over time, I think you're short-changing yourself by not benching though. Lots of overlap in the muscles used, and bench and OHP tend to correlate. At least do incline bench or smth.
Honestly nothing helped me as much as nailing down the form, everything from grip to the motion itself down to the negative. Once you get the form down pat you'll see your numbers grow faster.
>>34917273
i use both as each other's assisance
1st push day is heavy bench (6x3) and a bit lighter ohp (3x6). 2nd push day it's reversed
(i also use incline db on ohp, and paused cgbp on bench day as 3rd, purely hypertrophy based exercises since it helps both bench and ohp (3-4x8-12)
>>34917233
>black girl
>>34917233
In all likelihood, she did not give a shit
