WELCOME to THE 300 CLUB (BENCH, SQUAT, DEADLIFT, BARBELL SHRUGS 300+ pounds)

[Melanin_Enriched]

Well gawt damn, i'm only at 185. I'll see y'all in 2 years.

 

[waterproof]

@leftcoastkev stop bullshitting and join the club, if you can rep 275 for 6x you can easily throw up 300 pounds at least 3x, and go to the squat rack put the sides bar at parallel height just in case you cant get it up and squat that 300.......

and when you get there come and get that membership, you is right at the door just turn that knob and walk in, it's all in the mind and you know this....

Yeah. It'll be soon. Been cutting for the past 6 weeks, with probably 4-6 more to go. Keeping my strength on all my core lifts and even gaining 5lbs here and there on a few accessory lifts. Once I get back to maintenance calorie intake I'll get back to cycling in more lower reps sets for training strength.

In reality though, I care far more about hypertrophy and building muscle far more than the weight on the bar, and higher rep schemes and time under tension have done the most for me........but since you ain't gonna get much bigger without adding that weight to the bar I still shoot for progression where possible.

However for now, during this cut, I'll be damned if I find myself grinding out flat bench press reps just for my ego and the sake of knowing I did 3 plates....ugghh. Been down that road with a shoulder issue that took some time to heal. With that said, bout to shave and hit the gym in a minute....incline DB, weighted dips, some overhead pressing, and a few accessory lifts on deck for me today.

stay focused and on the grind fellas.

Oh, and @RodrigueZz you posted something about Carnitine in another thread. Make sure you refrigerate it after opening. Hopefully you got ALCAR L-Carnitine. I really don't mess with it but, from what I've hear, that's the only one scientifically proven to have any real benefit.

I am on a cut also and will be cutting for some time, like up to the summer time......But there is away to continuing gain strength while dropping fat. ME personally i find out with age, that ripping the muscle tissue and overloading the muscle fibers causing them to rebuild and going heavy in each set and adding weight 1 set 12 reps, add weight 2nd set 8 reps, add weight 3rd set 6 reps add more weight 4 set add weight for 4 reps produce greater strength gains, muscle hypertrophy and burn more fat........

with this i dropped 7 pounds in one week and also benching 225 incline barbell press on my 6 set for 4 reps being tired.....

in this new world of sports science and technology, supplementation, kinesiology, dieting and with a new breed of athletes and people in the fitness world, Combat Sports my goal is to get BIGGER, LEANER, STRONGER and FASTER

 

[waterproof]

*benching 175 post*

@darkone360 Keep hitting you will get there, if this can be some words of encouragement and you can try this.

In August i went back to Golds Gym, for one because of the enviorment old school weights and old school machines that look like torture devices and it wasnt a fitness club, where there you can be average and be one of the strongest person there and it's more of a show and less weights, light weights and tons of cardio machines.

I was a member at Club one Fitness and Bally's Fitness (i touch on that later in another thread soon) and let's say a different enviroment.

Now at Gold's Gym where i got to, it's not a show there it's about hitting the fucking weights, there is some talk but small talk, it's not a club atmosphere, being the biggest, strongest person at fitness clubs you is fucking dwarf there, lol....

There is Muscle Heads, Juice Heads, MMA fighters (Cung Lee works out at my gym), Bodybuilders Males and Females, Weightlifters, POWER LIFTERS, Strong man competitors,, Track Athletes, HS Football College Prep kids training with college trainers, Old weight lifting dudes in their 60's and 70's still getting it, People doing plyometric workouts. Females some or bodybuilders, some are track athletes, some is ladies that's about their fitness with banging bodies doing barbell lunges, squats, chins and fine as fuck doing shit that will make you look at yourself different, and regular people that is about losing weight, people who is obese and people that want to be stronger and fitter all about their business, working out hard and helping each other when needed.

So i needed that atmosphere, it was time for me to leave Ballys and Club one..

I went in there swallowed my pride, i told myself that i was going to start all over AGAIN even though i was strong but i havent been in a gym for over a year, i have all the motivation i need at gold's

I went to the bench press, slap on 25's on each side and started my own workout to get stronger.

you may want to try this, this got my strong as fuck in a fair amount of time.

Pick a weight out and do 4 sets of 12

say you start with 25's on each side, you do 4 sets of 12

then next week you add 2.5 pounds on each side and do 4 sets of 12 (IN EACH SET YOU HAVE TO HIT 12)

NOW SAY ON THE FIRST SET with 27.5 on each side, you did 12, then next week on your first set you add 30 pounds on each side and try to hit 12. then on the 2nd you hit 12, then next week you keep 30 and try to hit 12 for your 2nd set

now on your third set you hit 10, well next week on your third set you take off the 30's and put on 27.5 and try to hit 12 you will do that every week until you hit 12, the same for the 4th set when you hit 12 then you add 30's and do the cycle each week like that

i was doing that then in a few months i was repping 225's 4 sets of 12, and was building strength, then try to do a 1 rep of 250, 275 or 300 i bet you will hit at least one of them

 

[Ajackson17]

Shit, I made it over 200 lbs some years ago, I'm about to start weight lifting hard again and get ready, I'll be in the 300 lbs club end of the year.

 

[waterproof]

Shit, I made it over 200 lbs some years ago, I'm about to start weight lifting hard again and get ready, I'll be in the 300 lbs club end of the year.

DO IT BROTHER, HARD WORK AND HEAVY LIFTING and being consistent you will be there in not time

 

[Mister B.]

I squat 315 almost on a regular. Maxed out at about 365.

@Truthwriter stats bruh where you at

BENCH - ???

SQUAT - 365

DEADLIFT - ???

SHURGS - ????

Bench - Max at 235

Dead lift - Max at 175 (I don't do them a lot)

Shrugs - Hmmm. I don't know. Only because I do them as a part of my shoulder/chest routine, and I've done only up to 150. But that's cause I haven't move up n those for a minute.

 

[waterproof]

Just set some personal records, thurs.......DEADLIFT 350lb 2x if i had straps i could of deadlift 400 no problem multiple times, but im going for raw strength and my grip is on some old man shit and BARBELL SHURG 375lb 8x all RAW with no wrist straps

 

[bigstevie]

400+ bench n 600+ squat n deads...shrugged 7plates a side for 5 with straps a couple months back

 

[waterproof]

400+ bench n 600+ squat n deads...shrugged 7plates a side for 5 with straps a couple months back

@bigstevie put on some fuckin clothes before u step in this thread, nobody want to see that shit,lol, great fuckin numbers.....be @ 400 bench in a few months if my shoulder ever fuckin heals, barbell shoulder presses killed my rotator cuff, i aint fucking with them no more, rehabbing with dumbell shoulder presses using 35's, that.s what i get repping 225 4x12 with a short warm up set....

How many years it took u to get where u at

 

[bigstevie]

400+ bench n 600+ squat n deads...shrugged 7plates a side for 5 with straps a couple months back

@bigstevie put on some fuckin clothes before u step in this thread, nobody want to see that shit,lol, great fuckin numbers.....be @ 400 bench in a few months if my shoulder ever fuckin heals, barbell shoulder presses killed my rotator cuff, i aint fucking with them no more, rehabbing with dumbell shoulder presses using 35's, that.s what i get repping 225 4x12 with a short warm up set....

How many years it took u to get where u at

I rarely use barbells anymore...mostly dumbells work myself...been doing it about 8-9 yrs...seriously for about 5 tho...beginning was the high school nonsense...ill take 115 lb dumbbell presses over 225 lb barbells anyday...motionis alot more fluid with dumbbells

 

[Chef_Taylor]

*benching 175 post*

Wimp.Lol mannnn been a while since i been in the gym in a good minute. Im 350+ on the bench 410 on a good day x3....squat 420 shrug 300..i have a iron straight bar in the house got 150 on the bar man those curls have got my forearms lookin like popeye and although i havent been in the gym for a while i havent been slacking on the curls i do those everytime im at home ,i could be just sitting up watching tv or even if i look at it im doing sets...diet hasnt changed although i might hit up the buffet every now and then.....but im glad to say im in shape and maintaining the weight i want (205) and again man these curl lifts keepin me right.

 

[J. Will]

entered the 300 club in squat Soph year in HS...bench in college..

havent really lifted heavy in a long as time...most i get up on bench is about 225 then i'm done

havent been in the gym in over a year, just a lot of cardio and home workouts, thinking after this cuttin phase i'm about to go through i'll try to see if i can get back there on bench..squatting has always been my strongest lift, i'm pretty sure i could hit it within a week or two

 

[scarfacetf]

Not quite in that club yet. My bench i is 205

But my squat is 280 and I'm deadlifting 400

 

[LUClEN]

Deadlifting 315 x 6 reps @ 150 lbs

about fuckin time too

 

[texasdaking88]

bench: 425( I should be doing more but I got some 84 inch arm span)

squat: damn herniated disk fucked that up but my max was 720 at my strongest

deadlift:another thing that got fucked up by the back but last lift was@ 865

*never measured my shoulder shrug post*

I can leg press over 1000 tho.. cant do heavy lifting squats anymore

 

[waterproof]

Deadlifting 315 x 6 reps @ 150 lbs

about fuckin time too

that's real fuckin great right there, keep hitting it!!!!