Wet - I like how he starts a thread just to tell everyone how much he benches, trying to act like he's really just curious as to what other people thinks he should try to lift. Next time just say "HEY LOOK AT ME, I CAN BENCH ALOT, I NEED ATTENTION"
If thats how you view it fine.
But I thought this was a S&C forum and IMO threads like this belong here.
The reason I posted this is that I needed exactly the type of info and response that HERTS gave me.
I dont know why every time some one makes a post like I did it is met w/such cocky negativity.
I guess only Jeremy Hamilton,RIDLEY,Herts,Androruska,Gannon, and Xcouture understand where I am coming from.
The rest of you have fun smoking your pot and eating your Taco Bell and keep talking your shit about people who actually are in shape and care about optimizing their strength levels.
Any advice on how to "beat" the bench press mentally?
I am an experienced lifter(almost 15 yrs+)but I still have that feeling of "the bar crushing me",and coming back down when I bench.
Heavy squats,deads,olympic lifts etc.,dont faze me mentally,but BP always has.
I really have advanced past the point of where I should even care about benching,because I know it isnt the most meaningful fitness goal anymore in a practical sense,but dammed if I dont still wanna blast up something heavy before I move away from it.
Have you read Marty Galager's "The purposeful Primitive"? It has a great chapter on mental preparation for max-lifts, including a scientifically based and proven method that soviet and eastern-block lifters used for decades. Galager was around the greatest powerlifters in the 70's and 80's and talks about mental preparation in a very practical and down-to-earth way. I can try and give you a short verison when I get home, but I'm not sure I can do it justice. Plus, the book is well wort reading just for the PL-warstories alone.
Wet - I like how he starts a thread just to tell everyone how much he benches, trying to act like he's really just curious as to what other people thinks he should try to lift. Next time just say "HEY LOOK AT ME, I CAN BENCH ALOT, I NEED ATTENTION"
If thats how you view it fine.
But I thought this was a S&C forum and IMO threads like this belong here.
The reason I posted this is that I needed exactly the type of info and response that HERTS gave me.
I dont know why every time some one makes a post like I did it is met w/such cocky negativity.
I guess only Jeremy Hamilton,RIDLEY,Herts,Androruska,Gannon, and Xcouture understand where I am coming from.
The rest of you have fun smoking your pot and eating your Taco Bell and keep talking your shit about people who actually are in shape and care about optimizing their strength levels.
If you can bench around 450 pounds then what are you asking other peoples advice for?. Either you know what your doing and looking for attention or your a moron who just woke up one day with a 400+ pound bench.
If you can bench around 450 pounds then what are you asking other peoples advice for?. Either you know what your doing and looking for attention or your a moron who just woke up one day with a 400+ pound bench.
GaryG - If you can bench around 450 pounds then what are you asking other peoples advice for?. Either you know what your doing and looking for attention or your a moron who just woke up one day with a 400+ pound bench.
STFU asshole
Oh boy! I didnt mean to get your girlfriend upset. I think GaryG might hit me with his purse
GaryG - If you can bench around 450 pounds then what are you asking other peoples advice for?. Either you know what your doing and looking for attention or your a moron who just woke up one day with a 400+ pound bench.
STFU asshole
Oh boy! I didnt mean to get your girlfriend upset. I think GaryG might hit me with his purse
Wet your response is clearly a homosexual advance directed towards me.