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Re: Lets compare by NDD 08/15/2011, 1:00am PDT
WITTGENSTEIN wrote:

After 7 months (2 months for the Squat/Deadlift), here's where I'm at:

Chin-Ups: I can do a few
Pull-Ups: No =( I'm trying to find a suitable exercise that strengthens the parts used in a pull-up but other than doing a half-assed one I don't know any. Opinions are mixed about the pull-down machine but I do 195 on it.
Bench Press: 3x8: 200 1RM: 245
Squat: 3x8: 225 1RM: Untested
Deadlift: 1x5: 225 1RM: Untested (I am lazy and generally just pull the squat bar off the rack and set it on the ground, I could probably take it higher)
Dumbbell Curl: 3x8: 45 lbs
Machine Preachers Curl: 3x8: 120 (this is really hard on my forearm joints so I switched to overhead cables)
Machine Row: 3x8: 250
Vertical/Military Press: 3x8: 105
Dips: I can do a few of these at my body weight, don't really practice it much though
Power Cleans: Also don't like to do these too much, but I can jerk 135 off the ground without too much issue.


I'll check tomorrow, but I think... probably the only places where I can hope to compete right now are military press, deadlift, and dip. Press and deadlift I'm about even, maybe a hair up on press. Dips - I rep 170 right now which is haha not bodyweight, so to speak. Lat pulldown - I don't care if the haters in this thread are hating, I enjoy doing this so I never skip it. Rep 165, max 210. My fragile t-rex biceps would manage maybe a single dumbbell curl at 45-50 and I'd be sore for a week afterwards. Usually I will do 3x5 at 15 and 2x5 at 25.

The idea of doing even a single chin-up makes my entire upper body wither in fear. Pull-ups look like witch magic.

I'd brag more about easily blowing out the max weight (315) on the hip machines but it appears that everyone thinks those are a joke. OTOH I've never seen anyone else in the gym get anywhere near that, not even the HOO-AH!!! total body workout types. SO I AM PROUD OF IT, ME.
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Hey Zseni, how's the free weights experiment going? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 08/04/2011, 8:13pm PDT NEW
    Makes me feel like a megawuss, but it's hard to dislike a challenge. by NDD 08/04/2011, 8:56pm PDT NEW
        new life goal: hire ndd as personal trainer. NT by up with pod people 08/05/2011, 10:02am PDT NEW
            ok pp listen up it's time to get your ass worked out by NDD 08/05/2011, 6:31pm PDT NEW
                Lets compare by WITTGENSTEIN 08/12/2011, 10:11pm PDT NEW
                    Half-assed pull-ups will absolutely get you to full-assed pull-ups. by Which is where you need to be. 08/12/2011, 11:10pm PDT NEW
                        Absolutely. by Eurotrash 08/13/2011, 2:27am PDT NEW
                        How I'm handling this: by WITTGENSTEIN 08/26/2011, 6:00pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Lets compare by Mysterio 08/13/2011, 6:41am PDT NEW
                    Re: Lets compare by NDD 08/15/2011, 1:00am PDT NEW
                        Sorry Zseni by WITTGENSTEIN 08/19/2011, 4:33pm PDT NEW
 
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