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Lyrical_sl said:
So 405 for military presses? That's sick.
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Yeah, my chest and shoulder strength are crazy, even I know that. Especially when you consider my height (6'3") and age (45). Now my legs...No matter what I do, I can't gain size on my calves. Rest of my legs are fine, nothing to write home about, but I look proportioned. Nor can I get that same strength as my upper body.
 
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If you're being genuine, you're in the literal .001% of the world in terms of strength. Jeremy Hamilton almost passed out from a 330 OHP, and the dude is a fucking WR holder at 220.
 
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I think 400# free weight over your shoulder is not humanly possible. We may be talking about different exercises.
 
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The relationship between machine weights and free weights is basically random. I can usually do more on a machine, but I often find machines where I can't lift as much as I do with free weights.
 
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Brahma_sl said:
Yeah, my chest and shoulder strength are crazy, even I know that. Especially when you consider my height (6'3") and age (45). Now my legs...No matter what I do, I can't gain size on my calves. Rest of my legs are fine, nothing to write home about, but I look proportioned. Nor can I get that same strength as my upper body.
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Calves seem like the most genetically influenced muscle in the body, or so i hear from body builders.
 
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Daly_sl said:
Thought he meant 405 ohp on a machine. Which is like 250 in reality.
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It doesn't work that way. It honestly depends on your stabilizer buildup. If you work out with heavy free weights and dumbells (which I do). AND machines, which I do...then that strength translates very well.

Example. My bench routine.

4 sets of flat x10 (315x10 as last set with a quick jump to 405 for a couple reps)
3 sets of incline bench x10 (185, 225,315)
3 sets of decline x10 (225, 315,325)

4 sets of bench machine x10. Little less than above in weights. I just throw plates and shit on the machines.
3 sets of incline bench machine x10. Pretty much the same weight.
3 sets of decline x10. MUCH lower weight, because now I am gassed.

Then cables or dumb bells. However I feel that day. Usually cables because I won't need a spot obviously.

As far as being in the .001 percent. Dude...maybe. In Boston, there are only 3 power gyms. 1 guy is definately stronger all around. He's a 28 year old country dude who I have seen bench 405 for 10 like it was nothing. There's me, and about 5 other dudes who are about equal...
 
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Hoss_sl said:
The relationship between machine weights and free weights is basically random. I can usually do more on a machine, but I often find machines where I can't lift as much as I do with free weights.
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Don't know of any machines where I can lift less than free weights, but they do vary greatly from machine to machine at the very least.
 
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Yeah OHP means overhead press, not "one handed press" hah. 405 is still absurdly strong since professional strongmen are doing that with a little extra for competitions, but certainly not impossible.
 
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Warmuth_sl said:
Jesus Christ. Do you look like those guys? I cannot comprehend a 400 ohp. The world supply of steroids wouldn't even be enough for me to lift that.
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No...I do not look like him. I'm built like the guy spotting him maybe? HELL yes dudes are on roids most of the time. Matter fact I honestly considered them prior to what I thought was Boston's big bench press competition (that turned out to be nothing). But I just don't care enough at the end of the day.
 
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Brahma_sl said:
It doesn't work that way. It honestly depends on your stabilizer buildup. If you work out with heavy free weights and dumbells (which I do). AND machines, which I do...then that strength translates very well.

Example. My bench routine.

4 sets of flat x10 (315x10 as last set with a quick jump to 405 for a couple reps)
3 sets of incline bench x10 (185, 225,315)
3 sets of decline x10 (225, 315,325)

4 sets of bench machine x10. Little less than above in weights. I just throw plates and shit on the machines.
3 sets of incline bench machine x10. Pretty much the same weight.
3 sets of decline x10. MUCH lower weight, because now I am gassed.

Then cables or dumb bells. However I feel that day. Usually cables because I won't need a spot obviously.

As far as being in the .001 percent. Dude...maybe. In Boston, there are only 3 power gyms. 1 guy is definately stronger all around. He's a 28 year old country dude who I have seen bench 405 for 10 like it was nothing. There's me, and about 5 other dudes who are about equal...
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Yea I was in no way being serious about that comparison between the two, but I mean there's obviously a difference between the two just based on the stabilizers needed for free weights. I can rep 260 flat bench on a machine, but if I tried that shit on free weights I'd be screaming for someone to get the bar off my neck/chest.
 
Brahma

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Rezz_sl said:
Yeah OHP means overhead press, not "one handed press" hah. 405 is still absurdly strong since professional strongmen are doing that with a little extra for competitions, but certainly not impossible.
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Ohhhh!!! LOL. THAT'S what he was questioning! LOL. Dude...That's nuts.I'm like that really isn't THAT big a deal.
 
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I doubt they make anything absurd as 405lb dumbbells and good luck balancing something like that on a barbell with one hand
 
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Seriously...If you are near Boston and want to get lifts in, guys are more than welcome to come to my gym or I can come to yours.
 
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