When you are 50+ just use the chess press machine.
Same reason why people ego lift and why people with nice cars vroom vroom on public roads.
Want to prove their manliness

must be seeing a bunch of youngsters lifting heavy, thinking he able to do the same when he got age as the "experience"
but he able to unrack it easily tho.
my gym ok la. no newbies try to match my 140kg bench, i have been waiting for many years for someone unfamiliar to try to match my weight so that i can popcorn n watch, but no luck.

Spotter mana?

learn from this nigga how to bench properly.


Watching people kill themselves in the gym is part of the membership perks, right?

Bench is nothing compared to OHP... Been in the gym scene since 2013.

Never seen anyone able to OHP around 40 kgs with barbell. This is what I'm trying to improve for the coming year. That shit is hard.

And I'm talking OHP from rack position not catch and snatch

Swimming the best for old farts.

Actually, can just go to the power rack and setup safety arms but not many people watch you perform I suppose.

yes OHP 2 plates, never seen anyone did it before tho.
probably cause is a low profile exercise, nobody really focus on it to boast about it.
many years back i did 30kg each side with barbell.
40kg ill be seeing stars. next push session ill try load a bar with 40kg on a power rack just to test the feel. probably wont even budge

Protip bro. Clench your butt cheeks whilst you are pushing up. I learnt it through reddit. But fucking hell it is one movement that humbles you

"AMATUER!" - typing from bed.

10kg weight, 3 at each side, 60kg + 20kg bar

80kg is not that heavy

no spotter

why he let go like that?

yeah read abt it - he had a heart attack while lifting and weight drop on chest - died because of cardiac arrest.

This post has been edited by vin6: Dec 8 2025, 10:34 AM

my exact thoughts - the guy look like he had something happen, thats why the bar dropped suddenly. RIP.. at least he went happy doing stuff he loved

it slipped because of his no thumb grip

It is for youngster as well. Recently started swimming. Still on 1:50/100m pace. 1000m

meaning the bar is at shoulder height at rack and lift? that one hard.. 40kg each side? i think mine most is 10kg plates each side and 20kg barbell.

I'm stuck at 45 to 46 kgs. Even tried using fractional weights at 1.5kgs to beat the plateau. Anyone got any advise how to break the plateau?

Train handstands and hpu

This post has been edited by diffyhelman2: Dec 8 2025, 02:47 PM

Didnt train much these days.. if i still activiely train i would pump up my shouldder and tricep first

There are other ways to exercise those muscles without the danger