How come these dudes are still inclining 2 plates after 3 years?

bitch wrists

>>39036954

They got weaker

>>39037017
Probably from all the fast food that they eat

>>39037024
They claim that they fast afterwards until the next day but it's obviously taking a toll. They look smaller and bench hasn't increased. Though they are body builders and probably care more about reps.

I used to go to the gym they are at...

they almost never lifted heavy, spent half their workout chilling on the bike, and when they lifted it was mostly on machines while they were shooting the shit

>>39036954
They didnt read the fucking sticky.

>>39036954
>wearing gloves

how gay

Thats what happens when you try to be vegan

>>39037143
Kek. Calluses aren't a badge of honor.

>>39037183
And gloves doesnt do shit or prevent callouses anyway

Make sure to match your gloves with your purse faggot numale

their schedules and diets are ALL fucked up with touring and other little bullshit promo and cameos they do. their progress prob woulda been more linear if they were a complete failure youtube wise.

>>39037143
>>39037370
Do you know how I know you're a dyel?

>>39036954
A few reasons,
They're in their early forties, are natty, have families, both have to focus on their business, are more into bodybuilding than strength gains, still have to maintain all aspects of health since they're at an age where they're at risk for colonic cancer and heart disease, meaning not taking supps that cause high blood pressure and doing more cardio etc.
I see what you mean though, it seems like they plateaued a couple years ago

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>>39037422

>>39037143
They both have wives iirc, my gf hates my calluses, I wouldn't be surprised if their girls made them wear the gloves

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>>39037459
>are natty

>>39036954
As far as I heard the risk of injury isn't worth it to them.

225lb is still fairly strong and they don't have to go crazy in the gym to maintain it.

>>39037459
you do realize you can make permanet muscle gains off a proper steriod cycle right ? not all of it just poofs away when you come off of it

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>>39037578
Do these dudes look like they're juicing to you?

>>39037183
Yeah, but gloves tend to weaken your grip/compensate long-term, I used to use gloves but I ditched them, plus they only last a couple months depending on how much you lift, so they end up being a waste of money.

>>39037422
>I'm a dyel for not wearing gloves doing incline press with a mediocre weight

2pl8 isn't outstanding anon. only thing in the gym I'd consider wearing gloves for is dead lifts.

>>39037730
I don't think you've understood what gloves do when people say "they weaken your grip". By that quote they mean they make the bar thicker, making it harder to grip, not weakening your grip strenght, heck, they actually require your grip to be stronger than without gloves because of it. That's why most people doing super heavy deadlifts don't use them, it's so they can actually lift the weight up by not adding extra resistance and making the lift easier by not making gripping the bar harder.

>>39037804
>>39037817
I'm not the person you've replied to, but you probably are DYEL because you don't understand why gloves hinder deadlifts but might help other lifts because of the added grip strenght needed.

>>39037471
>being the beta in the relationship

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>>39037832
gloves aren't going to help any of your lifts. the only reason to wear them during DL is to not tear up your hands you dumb fuck.

plus you look like a faggot wearing them

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>I wear gloves to work out

>>39037817
No you literally don't understand what people mean when they say they weaken your grip. DYEL detected.
Protip: It's not about your grip strength. Or else people would say gloves weaken your grip strength. Which they fucking don't.

>>39037804
>only wear gloves for dead lifts
That's literally the only lift where gloves are absolutely and indebatably terrible for you. DYEL detected. So don't talk about weights when you're obviously not even deadlifting at all.

>>39036954
Some just suck at incline. I have never been able to push heavy weight on incline. 405 is my max on flat bench, but i know i couldn't do 225 on incline.

>>39037962

I'd argue the gloves are going to be worse for a lot of other sorts of pulling where grip is an even bigger issue. Ain't nothing good gonna come from using gloves on a snatch-grip movement.

>>39037962
sorry you can't grip the bar like a man. maybe you should lower the weight if you can't handle it instead of being a hard gainer.

unless you're klokov you look like a faggot wearing gloves in the gym

>>39036954
They're juicing and literally trying to not get too big.

>>39037717
looks like a couple of average 40 year olds desu

>>39037717
how do you get that big and only incline 225?

nigger genetics i guess

>>39037143

spot the DYEL

My flat barbell bench is 200 lbs 5x5 but when I do incline dumbbell bench I can only do 60 lb dumbbells 3x8. Is this normal?

>>39037128
They had a period of lifting heavy. Then they got injured a lot and pussied out. Personally I don't blame them. They're in their 40s - you gotta respecct your body at that age.

>>39038185
Using dumbbells takes some getting used to, its not necessarily technique but more so your body adapting to the movement and using it's muscles better.

>>39038079
d-bol

>>39038079
Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy

>>39038185

DB requires you to expend energy stabilizing them more. And you're also fighting the movement pushing your arms in/outwards that you aren't with barbell.

>>39037717
yeah bro they look totally natty

>>39036954
Like most so-called bodybuilders, they train like complete idiots.

>>39038079
>big

>>39036954
what's the ideal angle for incline familia?

>>39039185

Whatever your gym has.

>>39039193
my gym has lots of angles, but is lower or higher better?

>>39037471
my gf loves picking them apart

>>39039185

I prefer 45 degrees. Anything more is an OHP and anything less is a bench press.

>>39036954
i've been lifting 4 years and can't rep 2 plate incline

>>39037183
they're not. which is why you should grip the bar correctly so you don't get excessive callousing.

>>39037832
They decrease your handle on the bar - greater distance between your grip and the bar itself. There are NO good reasons to use gloves, they are wholly unnecessary

>>39039223
I personally like 30degrees

>>39037962
No point in wearing gloves for push exercises, as there's no pressure on your calluses anyway. Gloves on pull exercises are downright dangerous, because they weaken your grip. So why wear gloves at all?

Wouldn't straps serve the same purpose, and actually be safe for most pull exercises (excluding snatches and cleans)?

60% of fitness is genetics.

With good genes you can be a complete retard in the gym and the kitchen.

What worries me most is that they're in their 40s and act like they're frat boys.