>tfw finally benched one plate

But how? You have to have an even number of plates on the bar.

>>40872400
great moves, keep it up, proud of you

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>>40872428

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Good feels all around brah. Keep the gains-train rolling

>>40872400
Me too buddy, just hit it for reps on monday

Onward to 2pl8 now brother

>>40872400
well done OP keep at it. we're all gonna make it

>>40872400
I remember my first year of high school too.

I just hit 1.5plate. It's an amazing feeling. Come to me brother. We're all gonna make it

>>40872400
nice, that's my warm up

>>40872400
It's my birthday next week and I just hit that milestone too. We all gonna make it.

>Able to do 4 sets of 5 for pull ups and 3 sets of 12 for dips
>tfw got sick for 3 weeks
>tfw went back to the gym for the first time and can only do 2 pull ups in total.


Fuck my life

>>40872400
Happy lmao1pl8 day!

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>>40872400
Good job friend, keep up the good work

Just hit 5 chin ups today (i am a noob) so I am happy as well

>>40872400
Good job OP! I finally squatted 2pl8 today.

>>40872400
Good job bro. You're in the club

>tfw stalling at 205lb

feels bad man. i can do like 4 reps but i need to do at least 5 before progressing more. so close to 2pl8 yet so far.

>>40876682
Do more volume and do accessories for chest Tris and shoulders.

>finally OHP 1 pl8

i made it to part of the 1/2/3/4 club at least

>>40876709
Meme
>>40876682
Eat sleep and keep benching. You better be following an actual program and not just goofing around.

i just started lifting two weeks ago and did 0.5pl8 bench today, how long till lmao1pl8 bros?

>>40876769
Impossible to answer. Depends on food, sleep and if youre lifting properly. Plus genetics and all that. 2-3 months at the very most though. IF you arent a girl it shouldnt take you any longer than that.

>>40876709
i do both, im hoping to break the plateau soon. doesnt help that im cutting

>>40876734
i get good sleep but as i mentioned im cutting :/ probably not the best time to progress on lifts but i think i can do it. i do PPL. i dont have a "real routine" desu but ive made more gains in the past 4 months than i did in the past 2 years (on and off) of lifting. since 4 months ago, i had a 155 bench and now its 205 for example. a month ago i hit 135lb ohp too. squats and deads are lagging because of my previous 2 years of shit lifting

>just finished benching lmao2pl8 5x5

>>40877308
Again are you a girl? No offense mate but if youe been lifting for 3 years and cant bench 2pl8 you need to get your hormones check out. Shit routine or not something aint right.

>>40876971
male, i sleep 7-9 hours a night, and am getting proper nutrition. 2-3 months sounds just fine. thanks mate

>>40876447
Did you get fat anon? Be honest.

Seriously doe I hope you aren't really going to the gym for pull ups and dips.

>>40877341
im a dude

i honestly think i had low T before but now i think my levels are good. i basically started from scratch 4 months ago, i lost all my gains from being depressed about a breakup and not eating. pretty sure i crashed my hormones too. but since then, i feel so much better, i legit feel high T. so while i do think my hormones were a problem before, i think theyre good now

>>40877359
Again you better be following a real program. Following your own made up bullshit program is the fastest way to waste a bunch of time.

>>40877383
Word, well if you just started again 4 months ago id say youve been lifting for only 4 months man dont tell people 3 years or youre gonna get funny looks.

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>>40877341
lol you are bullshitin right now. I benched 2pl8 today for the first time in my life after 2.5 years of training. Long time ? Let me say that i didnt forced it to happen. I focused on form and clean rep. Plus when i started i was auschwitz mode at 68 kg and 184 cm. I started working out in my home. And let mee say one more thing : Life is Life man. Sometimes you cant workout consistently and it happens sometimes when you get sick or you get injured or antyhing else that stops your progress. Hell after septembe this year i lost 20 kgs of strength in a month due to drinking and clubbing (bullshit). I gained this strength again only after 3 months lol. Only today i finally beched 2pl8s and i am happy af.
P.S I couldnt even do 10 push ups at my 22 whan i started. Pathetic yes but its life

>>40877454
Im not bullshitting you idiot you just dont understand what youre even saying. When you say ive been lifting 3 years the average gym goer assumes that means 3 years straight. IF you are taking breaks or goofin around then dont fucking tell me 3 years cause it really isnt 3 years. Its not my fault you were a skelly and it isnt my fault you decided to go clubbing and drinking. Stop being insecure about being so weak.

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>>40872400
Hell yea motherfucker, keep doing good

>>40877494
Fist i am not this guy >>40877383
Second , even though i was "goofin arround" i was still going to the gym. Plus the "goofin arround" was for a month after i injured my wrist so i couldn bench for a month.
All i am saying to you is that you dont have to assume that someone is weak or have hormone problems if he doesnt achieve these standards by the time you say so.
>>40877383
Dude you dont have low T . All it matters if if you keep gaining gains. it took me 2/5 years to achieve 2pl8s but i gained 17kgs of muscle in the process

>>40877571
Dude yes you do. If you are a normal adult male and it takes you over 2 years to bench 2 pl8 something is fucking wrong. End of story.
Either you werent eating, sleeping, or training properly. Something has to have been off.

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KEEP IT UP ANON

>TFW finally 5x 3pl8 for deadlift

>tfw i hit 2pl8

>>40877600
Exactly this.
But answer me please. How long will it take for a dude who cant do 10 normal push ups at first to bench 2 pl8 if he is training chest once a week plus dont have money to eat fuckin over 4000 cals and 200 gr of protein a day ?.
The majority of people are struggling with these kind of problems.
Idont know where you get your timelines but these timelines are certainly off in real life situation.

>>40877696
Ok but you realize most people arent in that situation right? The average man can do more than 10 pushups and isnt that fucking broke and can afford to train chest more than once per week. You are an outlier not the norm. Be more self aware dude.

>>40877704
Just of curiosity how long did it take you to get 2pl8 bench and what was your starting wieght ?

>was at 42.5
>injure my upper arm
>back down to 35 until it heals

Fuuuuuuuuuck. I'll go to 37.5 next time and see how that does me. The last set hurt a bit on the final rep. Hopefully it'll heal before I have to go heavy again.

>>40872400
benched 10 in 2011
*flexes*

Is a 3 plate bench impressive? It's my lifetime goal

>>40877741
Less than a year. Probably around 7 months. 220lbs.Obviously I was over weight not under but still.
>>40877794
Absolutely but it does depend on BW. Theres this black guy at my gym who benches 4pl8 but hes like 350lbs so.

I'm at 70kg squat @ 60kg bw.
>tfw those faggots doing 1/64th 3pl8 squat.

>>40877794
For the average person, entering and exiting a gym three times a week is impressive. What you do in there doesn't really matter. 1 plate would be impressive because "he's doing the big circle weights on the bar".

>>40876682
So. Is a "pl8" 100lbs?

Is a 260kg 5x5 ATG pause back squat 100% raw achievable natty?

>>40877806
I'm a manlet so anything over 85kg bw is just comical. Just wondering if 3 plate is an impressive goal since I don't have the best shoulders to begin with

>>40877871
Are you retarded?

>>40877880
Asking for a friend btw.

>>40872428
he didn't use the bar

just the plate

>>40877806
see even tho you were over weight you had the muscles not like me who was skelly . And you know that it takes a long time to build muscle.

Also the majority of people cant even bench 1 pl8 because of training , consistency and eating. You are talking about the majority of super dedicated gym goers and from that point you are right .

>>40877454
>gloves
>barbell bench
Wew lad.

>>40877903
>Also the majority of people cant even bench 1 pl8
See this is the part I dont buy. Most men who are active are going to be able to bench 1pl8 first day in the gym. So long as you had a job or played a sport in HS chances are youll start at 1pl8. Ive never met someone irl who couldnt there first day in the gym.

>>40877887
Ya man 3pl8 is great no matter what.

>>40872400
congrats

I'm not a mallet so I started at 1 pl8.

>>40877936
I couldnt. I also have some weird rotator cuff problems. I can OHP no problem, dips are fine but flat bench bugs the fuck out of my shoulders.

I can literally do 100 dips and have less aggravation that 1rm bench

>tfw lifting over two years and just barely hit 2pl8
>down to 215x3 because cut

It's a combination of things. Number one of which is drinking. I just drink too much, but it's more than just the gain killing alcohol. It's the alcohol killing my cuts that's the real problem. I've never gotten below maybe 13 or 14%bf and I'm constantly struggling to get lean. This means I don't bulk for very long before I go back to a shitty cut which ultimately means less gains.

Still, I get compliments from normies all the time and basically get molested by MILFs from time to time so I guess I'm doing okay.

>>40878003
Thats insanely bizarre cause its almost always the opposite. You arent lowering the bar too high or keeping your elbows out are you?

>>40876733
Congrats. 1pl8 for me seems so fucking heavy and far off.

I did a 1pl8 push press and could only manage 1 rep.

>>40878003
try squeezing your shoulder blades. It'll help

Same problem. I tore my rotator cuff while benching 180 and it fucked me up for a long time

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>>40872400
finally hit a 2pl8 behind the back deadlift after stalling at 155 for a month

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>>40877871
pl8s aren't a measurement of weight, they measure the diameter of your squat plug.

I wouldn't use a squat plug to bench, but to each his own.

pic related is the one I use. Gets in deep and stays there.

>>40877936
Nope.. i've been to three different gyms in three different cities and all i can say is that only 30 % of people there are benching and only like 50% of these people are benching over 1pl8 . Most of them are skinny dyels or fatties who do only accesory workouts and meme stuff
> Ive never met someone irl who couldnt there first day in the gym.
What ? Where are you living ?

>>40878154
>What ? Where are you living ?
I suppose somewhere very different than you. Not sure who youre friends are dude but when me and all of mine started lifting we could all bench at least 1 pl8.

>>40877888
Had it ever occurred to you that I'm just inexperienced? I lift at home. The fuck is a plate?

>>40878194
Btw i live in a shithole country full of dyels and not in USA or Russia

>>40878228
>Btw i live in a shithole country full of dyels and not in USA or Russia
Ok so you just answered your own question. Thats probably why my dude.

>>40878217
What exactly do you lift at home?
Cheeseburgers? So imagine 1 patty is 1 plate. Anybody who's not a child or woman can eat 1 patty, if you're a big man you'll regularly eat 2 patties. 3 patties is something impressive.

You fat fuck.

>>40878270
Oh, so a pl8 is 45 lbs? Interesting. Thanks /b/roski.

>>40877871
2 pl8 refers to 225 lbs

each plate is 45lbs. the bar weighs 45llbs. when people say pl8 they mean a plate on each side of the bar. 45x5=225

>>40877454
>>40877494
>>40877571
>>40877600
>>40877696
>>40877704
>>40877741

damn what did i start. i was the guy in the original post

anyway, i did so much wrong in those 2 on and off years of lifting anyway. nuitrition wasnt there, sleep wasnt there, training was extremely sub par (never tried to progress in lifts, i was comfy with my lmao1pl8)

but i still do feel higher T now than i did before lol

I'm almost at 1 pl8 bois. Wish me luck. What's it like

>>40877615
i warm up with that

>>40879147
Insecure

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>>40879147
>'Cep Flex intensifies

>>40879147
your girlfriend warms up on my dick then does squats until failure

>>40876480
nice get 6 next time
ezpz

hit 200 3x5 squat the other day

225 is coming soon lads

>>40872400
I could bench 1 plate after playing video games for years with next to no physical activity
Like by default
What is wrong with you weak fuckers
Speaking of which, what's with these people who can't do bodyweight exercises? Like pushups, pullups
How bad do your genetics have to be that you can't pull yourself up over a bar?
If you were hanging on a high ledge/railing, unable to pull yourself up, would you just fall off and die?

>>40880672
PS no troll responses please

>>40876733
For reps? 3x5?

>>40872400
Just LMAO if you think anything below 3 plate is praiseworthy.

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5lbs from 4pl8 diddly..

Hold me /fit/

>>40876769
When I started lifting like I was in 0.5pl8 too two weeks in, two weeks later I was at 1pl8. After that I had to increase little by little every week.

In my case I already had good physical shape from long ago I did karate 4 times a week then stopped for 2 years, so for me it felt more like waking up my muscles rather than growing.

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>>40877936
>>40880672

I don't give a FUCK what you buy and don't buy. Who the fuck anyways is talking about 1RM Bench press on the first day in the gym? No one is gonna fucking do that.

Pic related
>strengthlevel.com
>Beginner
>Stronger than 5% of lifters. A beginner lifter can perform the movement correctly and has practiced it for at least a month.

And this is 1RM which I just earlier pointed out NO ONE fucking does. So no, you will not see ppl first day in the gym repping 1pl8.

how do I start a new topic? says file not selected??

>>40881315
Just stop posting and fucking lurk more

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>>40872400
>tfw I'm gonna squat 2 pl8s for the first time tomorrow
Kind of exited and nervous at the same time.

>>40877341
not everyone is a fatty mcfatfuck who eats 2 cheeseburgers and gains 30 pounds.
he probably isn't eating enough for his metabolism

>>40872400
How many lbs is 1pl8?

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Me too, OP.

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>>40881384
>2pl8
>nervous

jesus christ

>tfw your first ever pull up

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>5 months bulk, 2 moths since i started cutting
>down to 68 kg (150 lbs) from 77 kg (170 lbs)
>on monday i managed to bench 80kg (180 lbs) with good form
>gotta go down to 65 (150 lbs), then bench 80kg again, strenghtlevel list says its intermediate benching performance
>fills me with good feels and pride
Pic related, my progress

>>40881604
about 60 kilos of pounds

>>40881604
45

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>Tfw hitting 6 reps of pull ups because I was curious if I could do them now
>Previously could not hoist myself up by even a couple of inches
What a fucking feeling

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>>40872400
>tfw finally benched 0.5pl8
Within one month I will be lifting 1pl8 if I try really hard

>>40881604
1pl8 = 20kg (45lbs) x2 + 20kg barbell = 60kg (132lbs)

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>>40882127
>45+45+45=132

>>40872400
I squatted for the first time in 5 years yesterday, and I could only do one plate. You bench as much as I squat!! Wow you're strong!

>>40877308
>probably not the best time to progress on lifts

durrrrr

>>40881604
135

>>40882127
>>40882212
>tfw to smart to add

>>40882212
That's because it's not exactly 45lbs. 20kg is in fact 44.0924524 pounds but they round up to 45. That multiplied by 3 is equal to 132.277357 pounds.

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>>40872400
>tfw finally benched one plate
I started benching with 1 plate. How it is even possible?

>>40882122
what did you do to increase pull-ups? I can't even do 1 right now.

>>40882368
Lose weight and do assisted pull-ups.

>>40882368
I hit 6 reps the first time I tried, this was after probably 6 - 7 months of lifting though (4 months bulk and cutting hardcore after that).

>>40882398
I mean negative pull-ups.

>>40882341

not that guy, but i'm a 56kg 175cm / 123.4 lb 5'9 skeleton, haven't lifted a weight in my entire life. 3rd week lifting and my bench is at 27.5 kg total @ 3x5. Lmao0.1875pl8

I showed my friend who is a psychologist this thread as he's doing a paper on the link between internet behavior and genetic makeup.

The fact that so many people took over a year to hit 2 plate bench is quite disturbing to him and leads him to conclude that people who participate in a board like 4chan are genetically disabled.

>>40882341
Not OP but:
Being 5'8 130lbs skeleton that never did any sport sure helped

>>40882430
this feels like pasta

>link between internet behavior and genetic makeup.
sounds interesting, tell me more

>>40877871
Each "Pl8" is equal to one 45 lb plate on each side of the barbell, so 1 pl8 would be 135 lbs.(2 plates + 45 lb barbell) and so on

>>40881315
Did you select a fucking file?

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>>40882430
>I showed my friend
>implying you have friends

>>40881315
you need a pic, any pic but preferrably related to the topic

>>40882575
>that fucking throw

Beautiful.

>>40872400
Gj lad

Squatted 100 lbs 3x12 today for the first time too, feels good man

>Doing SS with my budy
>only 5 kilos off of lmao2pl8 squat
>only 10 kilos off of lmao1pl8 OHP
>Benching lmao1pl8 +10 kg
>deadlifting over 2pl8
>started two months ago

I'm so happy. I'm still weak but I've gotten substantially stronger. Almost no hypertrophy tho

>>40872400
congrats OP :D

Fuck, reading this thread has killed me.

My current lifts are:

OHP: 30kg
Bench: 60kg
Squat: 80kg
Dlift: 100kg

I've been working out for a month, is it normal to be this shit? I'm trying to lose weight as well so I'm worried my lifts aren't going to improve

Gj anon I hit it a few months back
Hopefully 2pl8 is just around the corner

>>40880672
Litterally in the same position as you. Started going to the gym last week and benched a plate with ease first time benching. Yall some weak fuckers

>bench press all the time
>now got shit posture
thanks

>>40882817
I have been lifting for 4 years and my stats are

OHP: ez bar
Bench: bar
Squat: bar with bitchpad
Deadlift: bar with the big clips on

>>40877871
fuck off newfag

>>40882817

You're doing better than me and I've been working out for two months

>>40880672
I guess you're just a genetically superior human, why are you even here with us subhumans, shouldn't you be ploughing Stacy?

>>40878270
kek

>>40872428
in the middle, dumbass.

>>40882713
At the beginning your nervous system is where you make the most gains as you get better at the lifts, but you'll definitely start getting quite a bit bigger soon. If you take a picture now and a picture at the end of SS you'll see the difference.

>>40872400
Good lad

>>40882817
As long as you're on a properly written program you'll be fine. Progress might feel slow but once you look at it over the months the change is huge. I went from squatting 185->295 for 3x5 in a little over 2 months, but 10 lbs a week seems slow.

1 plate = 135 lbs = 61 kg?

that weak af op

My lifts after 3 months, all kg:
Bench 65x5
DL 120 x 5
Squat 82.5 x 5 (fuck this lift, lanklet proportions)
OHP 45 x 7
chinup +8kg x 6

Am I gonna make it? Feels bad when girls and skinny manlets squat more than me

>>40884132

you make nervous system gains? I didn't even know, I thought at most your body just kinda calibrated itself a bit better. Either way I've been taking a picture every month, this is my Feb progress.

Thanks btw anon. You got any tips for people with bad joints? Mine are hyper mobile and some exercises involving shoulders hurt (it's a bitch to derack the bar for OHP)

>>40884323
what bodyweight?

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>>40881306
>tfw
I've been lifting for months now

>>40884499
165

>>40876769
if you started with the bar and youre at 5'10 you reasonably should be able to achieve 1 pl8 in a month.

>>40884562
I'm 5'6, what are reasonable bench standards for my height?

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>>40872428
>>40877898
fuck i have been doing it wrong all this time

real one pic related

>>40884571
youre never gonna make it sorry anon. lifting only helps people above standard height.

you can be a gym squire though. learn how to spot. work on deads instead.

>>40884571
took me about 6-8 months of casual lifting and a shitty cut to bench a max of 250 at 5'7"

>>40884503
Well? Show us the fkin stats

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>>40882435
>130lbs @ 5'8"

>>40882413
>175cm / 123.4 lb 5'9

>real skeletons

46kg (102 pounds) @ 175 (5'9") reporting in, you fuckers are complaining about that, I was the KING of the unholy underground realm of Auschwitz now 61.5kg (137 pounds) benching a bit more than bodyweight

>>40884774
Eat more or stop browsing /fit/

>>40876447
Keep at it, all setbacks are a challenge you must overcome.

>>40884471
Yeah your nervous system learns the most efficient way to do the movements since at the end of the day it wants to do the least amount of work possible.

And mobility work is very important for general joint health, but I can't help you with hyper mobile joints since I don't have them myself, although I know alphadestiny on youtube has hyper mobile elbows so his videos might help.

>>40872400
Gj, starting to get out of the 1pl8 hole myself after a long break.

Happy gains anon.

>tfw finally getting my pitiful squat up (150 lbs atm)
>Got 90lbs on OHP

OHP gains are the best gains. When you DL you can toss 10lbs here and there, but with OHP I've earned every fucking pound.

>>40872400
1 plate is 60kgs total right?

>>40884323
>>40884550
Are you me? Don't tell me you're 6'0 too

>>40885896
yes

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TFW hit 235lbs yesterday

>>40872428
OP said one PLATE
not one plate + BAR

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>>40872400
Did you do it for Toshino Kyoko? Either way, I'm proud of you :)

>>40876682
Eat more sleep more
You don't need exactly 5 reps to add another 5lbs and get used to the weight
Linear progression is a guidline not a lawbook

>>40872400

good jobies

i started at 1 plate working to 2 plate

5'8, 170lbs, 7 months lifting

BP: 175 lbs
OHP: 120 lbs
DL: 365 lbs
Squat: 315 lbs

I have very long arms relative to my height, so my bench is terrible.