Oof 605 is 270 Kg in proper units if I'm right. That's so awesome. I'll be trying to hit 200kg this summer.

That’s awesome. 605 is massive, congrats!

I’ve been at about 400 for a while now. I’ve mostly been focused on weight loss and have dropped about 40 lbs this year. My squat and bench have been sliding, but thankfully my deadlift has held on.

Hell yea dude! That's a huge number! I love 531 but I've been enjoying the hell out of Conjugate

If I want to lift 600 I'll use a crane. Good job, that's not quite double my PR but close.

, one of my friends keeps trying to encourage me to try conjugate method, but it does seem pretty intimidating.

I'd suggest Alex Leonidas, Alec Enkiri, and/or coachmarkestrebillo on IG for conjugate tips/setups. Each has a slightly different take on the method, but imo all three takes are better than the elitefts / pure westside conjugate system.

Injuries, aches and pains, weird sleep schedule, all sorts of stuff in the way of lifting at 100%.

Yea it's rough, especially as you get older T_T

Yeah, one of my friends keeps trying to encourage me to try conjugate method, but it does seem pretty intimidating.

when I need a break from heavy singles

That's how I've felt this past year. I'm maintaining ok but haven't actually tried to make progress since September last year. Injuries, aches and pains, weird sleep schedule, all sorts of stuff in the way of lifting at 100%.

But it's all temporary. I'm mostly recovered from my injuries, and just need to find the time in my schedule to consistently go at least 3 times a week.

Thanks for posting, though. Keeps a level of motivation for those of us who mostly lurk.

I do a conjugate (conjugish) style program.

Though sometimes when I need a break from heavy singles I'll just do a modified 531-style program. It's basically 531 waves but auto regulated rep goals instead of percentage of 1rm. Lots of people have done this, I didn't invent it: gzcl's VDIP, Steve shaws 30/20/10, etc.

But usually it's very simple: top heavy single with back down volume then accessories, full body 4-5 days per week.

Nice seeing your steady progress in the posts here. What routine/plan are you following?

Looking smooth, good stuff 💪

Close enough hah

Made me nervous too!

I'm a very tricep-dominant bencher (my close grip is nearly the same as my regular flat bench), but I usually get stuck mid-range.

Curious about the safety straps, wouldn’t you want the high side to be near your head/chest so the bar rolls away from you? As it stands it looks like it would roll into your body.

I knew I could hit this weight (famous last words lol), and I rarely fail lifts. Incline doesn't worry me with failing since I can hold it and literally just stand up, or roll it down. I'm usually very anal about safeties, but I knew I could hit this...

Nice, surprised by the strength of the chest with a sticking point that high in the movement. I feel like if I get stuck its usually much lower.

Curious about the safety straps, wouldn’t you want the high side to be near your head/chest so the bar rolls away from you? As it stands it looks like it would roll into your body.

Right

Clean rep, nice job

Holy shit! Great job, brother!

Maybe it was your body celebrating the accomplishment and temporarily forgetting how to do normal stuff like "hey continue pumping the normal amount of blood to the brain."

It moved so fast and easy! No clue why I almost bought it ... 🤷‍♀️

That honestly looked easy for you! Nice work

I'll look into the details, thanks

Where I'm at, PF offers free membership to High-Schoolers over the summer. I seem to recall my kids told me there wasn't really any verification done, so as long as whatever kid is old enough to use the equipment per PF policy, he might be able sign-up even as a middle-schooler. Then again, he's probably in or going-in to HS already, but I figured this could be useful to you.

Yeah, I get that. I honestly wouldn't even go to an outside gym if I didn't get it for free, because my home gym has evertything. But I found out I push myself harder when I am at a real gym and in the inside gym.

I feel ya on the physical labor front. Last summer, I decided to moonlight with the school's janitorial crew during my teaching break. Figured, "how hard can it really be?" Oh man..I was wrong. Between the deep cleaning, operating heavy machinery, and maintaining the outdoor grounds, I thought I was going to either die or end up permanently disabled.

No joke, it took nearly six months for my lower back and knees to stop screaming at me. That shit is definitely a young person's game!

On a related note, my girlfriend's 13-year-old son is a total string bean who's suddenly got the workout bug. I'm planning to bring him to the gym with me, but we'll stick to light weights for now since he's still young. He's also talking about joining the track team, so I'll run with him to get him ready. Hopefully, he catches the fitness bug and makes it a lifelong habit.

The best use I found for PF was for circuit training, when the ones I went to were new. Eventually though, the aerobic aspect of that and my asthma ran head-first into the fact that these places started to smell like every other gym. That's basically when I had to cancel, and started buying/setting-up my own free-weights, machines(rowing and elliptical), and matted surfaces for my daughter to train her gymnastics on, as well as protect the floors from the weights.

At work, I use a kneeling/backless chair, weight-vest, and dumbbells at my desk. I'm looking for an under-desk pedal setup, but it has to be cheap and near-silent, and I may get one of the bajillion stand-up balance trainers for the office as-well.

Okay, so back when I first cancelled PF, I also had a family membership to an indoor climbing gym(individual membership close to the same price... and the crowd when it was empty enough to not trigger my asthma a collection of individuals I have no business mingling with), but let that go when my family lost interest and I took-on barge-work(fittest I felt in the last two decades, until certain days back-to-back-to-back made it clear I had been dabbling in a much-younger-man's game) for a time.

Today, as you might have gathered, my work-for-income is less physical than at any point in my life previously, and my oldest three are graduating high-school, losing their access to all sorts of gym-access options and discounts, so I'm kinda panicking about options to keep us all fit, or in my obese case, alive. Without workouts, I'm afraid their diet habits will worsen(already worse than my own...), and from there ... there's some areas of life where one prefers to be lonely with certain concerns.

The Planet Fitness is only 1/2 a mile from my house tho, so I just walk there.

Hot dang, just when it couldn't get any better haha