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[brutus79]

Thats a new one on me , ive got hella shoulder issues and think im gonna try this. Seems like it would be awkward though.

This is a for sure thing. It will initially decrease your poundage but will raise your ceiling and lessen the chance of injury big time. Do a bench press motion without shoulders together. Feel it pull your front delts when you are low. Now do it with your shoulder blades together. Shoulders are out of it. Magic.

I see. Will I see an increase in poundage by setting up this way?

 

[Melly Mel from hell]

This is a for sure thing. It will initially decrease your poundage but will raise your ceiling and lessen the chance of injury big time. Do a bench press motion without shoulders together. Feel it pull your front delts when you are low. Now do it with your shoulder blades together. Shoulders are out of it. Magic.

Fucking fantastic.

 

[Melly Mel from hell]

I was trying to soft pedal it a little in my post as a lot of guys like JM presses but I agree. CG, dips and lately I have been using tate presses as my third movement.

I asked about the JM Press because I only recently learned they exist. I tried them only once recently and thought they felt awkward. Honestly I thought they were more stressful to my elbows than skull crushers. I probably wasn't doing them right. My triceps are getting alot stronger and I'm having trouble finding movements that I can go heavy enough without elbow stress. Gonna try close grip and dips at the begining as you suggested.

 

[Masters Power]

Your shoulder blades need to be driven together violently. An arch in the other direction can help you with leg drive, but if you doing a strictly upper body bodybuilding bench your shoulders need to be smashed together.... your upper spine should not be in contact with the bench- not doing this causes big harm to your shoulders and diminishes chest stimulation.

This was 385 paused this morning. I have virtually no lower back arch (lower back arch shortens the range of motion making the press easier) so the whole time my back is off the bench I'm concentrating on squeezing my shoulder blades and lats together getting them as tight as possible. The press could have been steadier but that's another story.

 

[TyroneMoreGains]

Thanks for that shoulder tip I tried it a couple of hours ago at the gym today and it actually made it easier for me to unrack 3 plates.

I was able to hit 345 for a double using this technique.

 

[Masters Power]

Sorry for the video hijack Brutus but my experience has been that it clicks with people when they see some one pulling their shoulder blades together before benching much better than describing how to do it ten times.

 

[brutus79]

Sorry for the video hijack Brutus but my experience has been that it clicks with people when they see some one pulling their shoulder blades together before benching much better than describing how to do it ten times.

Your videos have helped me quite a bit my friend. Post away.

 

[dnoyez]

@brutus79... Are you wearing a lifting belt during your heavy squats?Or raw.

 

[brutus79]

@brutus79... Are you wearing a lifting belt during your heavy squats?Or raw.

Only 400lbs + squats and 450 lbs + deads. once in a while I use no belt at all, and once I am squatting 500 and deadlifting 600 I will only wear a belt with 500 and 600, feel me? Max efforts and shit.

 

[brutus79]

Back/bi's and I hesitate to say bi's because when I'm not with johnnyarmsballz I'm like fuck arms.
Lat pull down
4 sets 12 heavy
1 drop set to fail (maybe 25?)
Lat swing down
3 sets 12
One arm rows
3 sets 12 each arm
Seated rows wide grip
4 sets 12
Straight bar curls
60 x 25
50 x 25
Fuck this shit
Diet today
7am
Protein 75g whey isolate
Cup of oatmeal
9am
6egg quiche w bacon spinach and cheese
11am
5oz blackened chicken with white mashed potatoes
1pm
5oz pulled pork
Mashed
3pm
5oz garlic chicken
Sweet potato
5pm
Cup oatmeal
1/3 cup peanut butter
8pm
5oz beef chili
Broccoli
Before bed whey

I'm recomping like crazy. Eating this regular and clean has turned me into a furnace. Crazy.

 

[brutus79]

Back/bi's and I hesitate to say bi's because when I'm not with johnnyarmsballz I'm like fuck arms.
Lat pull down
4 sets 12 heavy
1 drop set to fail (maybe 25?)
Lat swing down
3 sets 12
One arm rows
3 sets 12 each arm
Seated rows wide grip
4 sets 12
Straight bar curls
60 x 25
50 x 25
Fuck this shit
Diet today
7am
Protein 75g whey isolate
Cup of oatmeal
9am
6egg quiche w bacon spinach and cheese
11am
5oz blackened chicken with white mashed potatoes
1pm
5oz pulled pork
Mashed
3pm
5oz garlic chicken
Sweet potato
5pm
Cup oatmeal
1/3 cup peanut butter
8pm
5oz beef chili
Broccoli
Before bed whey

I'm recomping like crazy. Eating this regular and clean has turned me into a furnace. Crazy.

I shoved down another 6 egg quiche with bacon, spinach and cheese at 11:15 pm with ketchup and avoided puking. # gains

 

[Casca]

I asked about the JM Press because I only recently learned they exist. I tried them only once recently and thought they felt awkward. Honestly I thought they were more stressful to my elbows than skull crushers. I probably wasn't doing them right. My triceps are getting alot stronger and I'm having trouble finding movements that I can go heavy enough without elbow stress. Gonna try close grip and dips at the begining as you suggested.

Sorry brutus, but if I may. Tendons must gradually get used to this just like any other movement. Don't discount such a movement, give ur tendons time to adhere to the pressures being put on them. Closegrip will add the shoulders to the movement as u well know. I would like u to give it another go starting light, getting the setup down, allowing time to add the weight[emoji123]

 

[insertnamehere]

Back/bi's and I hesitate to say bi's because when I'm not with johnnyarmsballz I'm like fuck arms.
Lat pull down
4 sets 12 heavy
1 drop set to fail (maybe 25?)
Lat swing down
3 sets 12
One arm rows
3 sets 12 each arm
Seated rows wide grip
4 sets 12
Straight bar curls
60 x 25
50 x 25
Fuck this shit
Diet today
7am
Protein 75g whey isolate
Cup of oatmeal
9am
6egg quiche w bacon spinach and cheese
11am
5oz blackened chicken with white mashed potatoes
1pm
5oz pulled pork
Mashed
3pm
5oz garlic chicken
Sweet potato
5pm
Cup oatmeal
1/3 cup peanut butter
8pm
5oz beef chili
Broccoli
Before bed whey

I'm recomping like crazy. Eating this regular and clean has turned me into a furnace. Crazy.

A back day without deads?

 

[MindlessWork]

This is a for sure thing. It will initially decrease your poundage but will raise your ceiling and lessen the chance of injury big time. Do a bench press motion without shoulders together. Feel it pull your front delts when you are low. Now do it with your shoulder blades together. Shoulders are out of it. Magic.

I shall try that trick as well so maybe it'll help reduce the stress on my shoulders (I have an impingement in my left shoulder due to broken clavicle that never was set right)

Thanks!

 

[brutus79]

A back day without deads?

Deads on leg day son! I like to roast my hamstrings and quads after deads. Call me crazy.

 

[brutus79]

Legs!
Deadlifts (full reset just about every time)
135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 4
495 x 1
315 x 5
Working hard on form. I decided to drop grip and rip until I get my hips slowed down. I am sitting much deeper into the lift- chest up, driving with heels. Having the extra time to remember to set my chest and sink lower made a big difference. So far docd and masters have said these looked better... thank god because I was gonna cry if they didnt. Shit has been getting in my head and it is so hard to figure out what is wrong when I am watching myself. Onward and upward. Waiting for insertnamehere, but even if he says I suck majority rules lol.
Extensions
Super heavy, one second hold
4 sets 12
Laying curls heavy
Super set with
Seated calf raises
4 sets 12 each
Leg press drop set
12 plates, do 10, drop 2, do 10
4 sets ten
Jb did five. Good for him.
Force feeding now... I even dropped a ketchup covered quiche on the floor and ate it all covered with dirt. No prisoners.

 

[KPK]

@brutus79 , your a fucking ANIMAL! Stay away from my sisters, daughter.

 

[Masters Power]

Very proud of my brother @brutus79. HUGE IMPROVEMENT in deadlift form in a single session. That isn't easy to do under any circumstances but 495 is around 90% of his max and making form corrections at 90% is really tough to do.

He was clearly thinking about everything during his setup for the lift which can get you in trouble pulling. It didn't with Brutus, really solid pull, hips still moved up a little quick but a world of improvement and in all honesty my hips do the same thing sometimes on heavy pulls.

 

[brutus79]

Very proud of my brother @brutus79. HUGE IMPROVEMENT in deadlift form in a single session. That isn't easy to do under any circumstances but 495 is around 90% of his max and making form corrections at 90% is really tough to do.

He was clearly thinking about everything during his setup for the lift which can get you in trouble pulling. It didn't with Brutus, really solid pull, hips still moved up a little quick but a world of improvement and in all honesty my hips do the same thing sometimes on heavy pulls.

Thank you my friend. I practice pulling every night in my sleep lately... glad it translated. All three of you guys are helping me immensely.

 

[Masters Power]

No thanks needed and I'm sure Doc and INH will sat the same thing. All we did was give you some pointers based on the video. I was expecting subtle improvement this week then a little more next week but not really getting you dialed in until you got to work with a coach.

Now I'm fully convinced you will be able to get dialed in on your own with a few more pulling sessions. From someone who constantly struggles with his deadlift form I can say with no hesitation I am super impressed with what you were able to accomplish in a single session.

(This post is intended to be shown to your girlfriend in the hopes of gaining special favors for a job well done)