Just had my first failed bench set

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I'm 150 and benched 135 2x5 today for the first time. Gonna try to get some squats in before thanksgiving dinner, hoping to get up to 165 before Christmas.

>>39499529
I think that's possible. I started not really calorie counting, just making sure I'm not going much above 2500. That made me have a lot more energy for lifting (but then again I'd be a fat if I didn't control myself, so eating enough isn't hard for me really).

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>>39499466
>started listing almost a year ago
>at first could barely do 25lb plates
>worked until I hit lmao1.5 plates
>get flu for a week
>go back
>bench down thirty pounds
>even that weight makes me wrist hurt
>try to go near my old max
>shame press the bar to the lowest pins in the bench
>go straight to locker room
>sit in sauna and contemplate life
>make 300k a year
>have fucked up every relationship I have
>social retardation
>found a woman on tinder months ago
>had a great dates with her
>even made her dinner and made out on my couch
>stopped talking to me immediately the next day
>two weeks later tells me I didn't fuck up
>no social screw ups
>our time together was fun
>I'm just not attractive she says
>have money
>managed to overcome social retardation
>have multiple vehicles and huge home in middle of a city
>still alone because ugly
>money doesn't matter
>social skills doesn't matter
>resources don't matter
>interesting hobbies don't matter
>physical contact, kissing, holding hands, making out don't matter
>all that matters is looking like chad

You know you have to deload 10% on amrap

>>39500290
deload from my 5 rep max? I've always heard it's from your one rep max.

>>39500300
I am pretty sure is from your 5 rep. And If you it more thano 10 reps you have to put more weight.

>>39500325
I knew the ten rep thing, I always just thought yo were supposed to match your 5 rep. Out of curiosity, what is the benefit of that specific deload? Like, does it increase mass more?strength? How do I know what is a better set, 165x5, or is it 146.5x9? I'm not trying to argue btw I'm just curious.

>>39500363
Lets say your bench is 200 lbs for 1 rep, usually 5 reps are 65%/70% of your 1 rep. If you take 65% you would bench 130 for 5, and on the amrap you would decrease the weight to 117 (cuz that's lesse 10%). If you take 10% from 200lbs that's 180 much more than your 5 rep max. It makes sense to me soo thats how it do it. If I am wrong some one please care to explain

>>39500290
what the fuck are you talking about you retard

You're just meant to try the weight again next week you aspie don't pull shit out of your ass

>>39500652
How am I supposed to do more than 5 reps with the same weight that I started?

>>39500741
thats the point you mongol you're meant to be able to do more than the ammount of reps in the set

in gnucks 3x bench you do a weight 2x6, then try and see how many you can get with it, and if its more than 6 you up the weight

you are such a little mongol I swear

>>39500776
If can do more than 5 reps at tbe last set you are not lifting enough in the other two sets

>>39500861
you have no idea what you're talking about. please never give people advice ever again.