>tfw managed to reach 1pl8 OHP >tfw 1/4 of the badges of

I got 1 pl8 x 5 reps OHP on the third time I ever OHP'd

5'8" 170 lb... had never done any overhead movements because of a shoulder injury 5 years ago

Am I some genetic freak or is OHP a meme. Shit was easy as hell. Think I could probably max 1.5pl8 next time I try

>>41128177
Depends on how much time you had been lifting, how strong your shoulders are etc. If you don't ever bench but train your pecs in x different ways for a year, you'll probably be able to bench a high amount of weight. It's not rocket science. Even though training the movement is important, in the end, you're training muscle.

>>41128188

Hm makes sense. I don't bench either. Seen more progress doing "accessory" lifts than I ever saw benching or squatting

OHP or push press? Push is much easier but looks the same in the end

wait are you supposed to count the bar?

>>41128177
I don't really believe this.
Even an elite athlete like Candito, who never trained standing barbell ohp did 80kg for a single - and he had a +130kg bench at that time.

>>41128177
it's weird, I have big (ish) shoulders but struggle to OHP ~70kg for 5 and I saw this absoloute skeleton bashing out 40kg OHPs for like 20 reps like it was nothing

the same guy proceeded to use 100kg as his working set for deadlifts

is it a leverage thing

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>>41128304
>>41128310

Here's the story

>had started OHPing a few days before for .5pl8
>was currently cleaning 205 for reps
>qt girl with nice ass doing some meme olympic lift next to me
>her swole bf is working in the squat rack nearby giving me dirty looks
>starts overhead pressing 1p8, grunting loudly
>okayfaggot.gif
>deload to 1pl8, start overhead pressing as well
>its easy as fuck
>swole dude is mad

This other fairly swole power lifter also hates me because his gf was mirin a week before. I'm not really swole or big, but OHP and clean movements come really easy

>>41128299
Maybe
It's 45 Ibs

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>>41128274

Nah it was an actual OHP.

>get to the bar
>lol I can do this
>grab hold of it and try to lift it
>HOLY SHIT I CAN'T DO THIS
>....
>YES I CAAAAN
>sloooooowly it rises up
>rack it
>almost get teary eyed

physique still looks shit though

>>41128177

You're just lying

>>41128371
Why ?

>>41129093
I do it aswell anon. When somebody squats my warmup for reps I immediately charge in, drop whatever the fuck I was doing, load up my 1RM, squat and drop the weight on him. I am the only one who will squat 1pl8 in this gym. Completely reasonable.

>>41128310
Ohp does more upper back than people give it credit for.

>>41128177
Do you do a lot of rows or high volume deadlifts? That could be part of it.

At your bodyweight that's not crazy, especially if you have any athletic background. If you did wrestling the horizontal pulling works the upper back and has significant carry over to Vertical pushing

>>41128274
not op but is push press a legit way to get through a OHP plateau? As long as I go back to doing legit OHP after, I mean..

>>41128177
either you have no idea what 1pl8 is (60 kg), you had some gymnastic background, actually did push presses or you are simply lying which is the option i'd go with.

strict pressing almost your BW for 5 reps on your third time at the gym is highly unlikely regardless of how strong you are since your body is not used to the movement.

same goes with squats. most people can leg press probably twice as much if not even more as they can squat but that doesn't mean they will be squatting that amount on their first time because their body is simply not used to it.

>>41128310

When do you guys understand strength =/= size.

Your body literally has slow and fast twitch muscle fibres that is uses for different type of training.

Powerlifters/strength training uses the type 2 fibre which is the fast twitching for heavy lifts while bodybuild type of training hypertrophies the type 1 slow twitching muscle which means that a guy with bigger looking muscles can BE weaker than a Guy who 'only' does strength training.

>>41129274

isn't 1pl8 40kg?

>>41129352
it's 60 kg because unless you are holding two 20 kg plates in your hands and lifting them over your head, you also count the bar which is 20 kg (unless you use women olympic bar which is 15? kg)

>>41129344
muscle fibres are a scientifically proven meme. it doesn't matter in the end

>>41129352
Top kek

Are you OP?

>>41129344
that's not how it works, stop spreading misinformation

there is no bias towards either type of muscle fiber at the top levels of powerlifting, such a bias only exists in sports where RFP is relevant

and powerlifting is not a sport where rate of force production is relevant, because RFP peaks with like 60-70% 1rm and all true 1rms or near 1rms will be a little slow

>>41129472

yeah

I was using a 10kg bar

tfw not at 1pl8 OHP after all

feels bad man

kinda ruined my day desu I was really proud of myself

>>41129522
so you were lifting 70kg? jesus thats great

>>41129566

no no no

the bar is 10kg

a plate on each side

so tfw only lifting 50kg

to be expect since It's only week 10 of lifting but I thought I was just making really good OHP gains (I've been jokingly called "OHP demon" because I tend to go up by a few kg every time and have never stalled before)

>>41129600
you're not supposed to count the bar

>>41129613

wtf

some people say I am

am I or not?

I loaded a plate on each side of the bar and over head pressed it. Is that 1pl8 OHP or nah?

>>41129623
you loaded a plate on each side and you think that means ONE plate

it's TWO plates = 2pl8

>>41129623
you are supposed to count the bar. jesus christ how old are you people

>>41129641

what the fuck

1pl8 implies 1pl8 on EACH SIDE

>>41129644

what the fuck, ok, let's look at it differently (especially because different bars weigh differently)

How much WEIGHT is 1pl8 OHP?

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>>41129641
which plate? pic related, my squat.

>tfw have to learn how to squat with two bars now to progress

>badges of honor
>baseline lifts

>>41129623
You count the bar, the bar should be 45lbs/20kg. One 45lbs/20kg plate on each side = 1pl8. Anyone who tells you differently is dyel and needs to fuck off for good.

>>41129666

Right, thank you, now I know. I'm 10kg off of 1pl8 OHP because I've been using the wrong bar.

>>41129666

should you always use the standard 45lbs weightlifting bar for all lifts? or at least things like OHP, Deads, squats, Bench, Row, etc?

>>41129650
1pl8 is 135lbs

bar is 45lbs (an olympic bar, they all way 45lbs)

each pl8 is 45lbs

45+45+45=135

anyone else is trolling. you can look this information up on google in 2 seconds.

>>41129767
yes for any barbell lift use the Olympic bar (45lbs)

>>41129767
some bars are thinner but have larger end sides where the weight comes on so they are still 20 kg. to be sure you'll have to weight them yourself. mainly the oly bars that have center knurl are thinner so you can easily front rack it and it rotates much better for cleans/jerks.

it doesn't matter in the end though as long as you know the weight of the bar so you can add extra weight if needed so you aren't lifting imaginary weight when in reality it's like 5-10 kg lighter

>>41129767
For the big lifts, absolutely. If you're putting weight on the bar, there's no reason not to use a 20kg bar. Furthermore, many 10-15kg bars are not designed to handle more than 60-100kg of added weight, so you'll risk damaging them.

>>41128177

No you didn't and no you couldn't

t. 185 lb OHPer

>>41129344

Size is potential strength. A good chunk of lifting heavy weight is neurological adaptation and proper form allowing you to maximize your leverages. All other things being equal, size = strength

>>41129866

Ok, I guess at least I got a taste of what it'd be like to actually do it, mentally. Feels shit that I'm not actually at 1pl8 but whatever.

what's the points of having those lighter bars anyways then?

Thanks dude

>>41129237
Do seated OHP my dude.

Got me from 55kg for reps to 60kg * 2.

On a cut now though so didn't get a chance to go further, but it works.

>>41128126

congrats, breh. Just reached 1pl8 for a triple not too long ago, and 3pl8 squat for 5 before that. 2 more badges to go. More likely to achieve 4pl8 Deadlift than 2pl8 bench tho.

>>41129970

Turns out I was using the wrong bar senpai :( mb in a month or so I'll be at 1pl8 OHP 1RM

>>41129944
i do seated db shoulder press but haven't seen any carryover into my regular ohp. i can't do seated ohp because of the way my home gym is set up, but maybe i'll give it another shot

>>41129926
They're often called women's bars. Allows for lighter bar-only exercises, and typically can't handle much more weight than a /fit/ woman can lift. They're also excellent for javelin press, if the weight of a regular bar is too hard to balance.
As for your mentality, think of it as simply switching out the bar. If you can wrap your mind around that, you'll hit 60kg soon enough, Anon.

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I got 6 plate and also 3x BW deadlift today.

Some random guy got proper excited watching me warm up, thinking 4plate or something was my max. So I got him to take a pic of this PR.

>>41130179
mirin
no homo

>tfw 175kg after 7 months of lifting
imma smash that 4pl8 by end of this week mark my words

>>41130179
Is this the natty limit?

>>41130179

holy shit you don't look like you can dl 6pl8 at all but you're pretty strong brah

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>>41130254
>>41130235

This is what I look like in decent lighting, for what its worth...

>>41129352
are you fucking kidding me
goddamn here i was tripping on my insecurities

i did 5 reps of 145lbs OHP. feels good man
also got to 2pl8 bench

>>41129093
>>41129193
>not rising to meet challenges and improving your lifts

Never gonna hit 1 pl8

>tfw 185lbs max OHP
>tfw repping 205lbs 5x5's on bench

Feels good man

>still look fat
Oh well, I'll take the good with the bad