…Hardartery wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:54 am My main pursuit is the thing that pushes me over the edge to hit that lifetime PR way past my "Prime"
… sounds like you found it.Hardartery wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:54 amI have been doing a very old school basic linear progression with incline like I did with flat bench and OH back when I started. My OH feels better than it has ever felt, and I suspect that I am on the verge of a 315 strict press which would quickly become 330 or so. With shoulder a left shoulder full of bone spurs and arthritis all around, and an almost daily routine of flexibility work to be able to do things like wipe my own backside when I use the toilet.
My recent experience has been similar. My numbers are embarrassing compared to yours, but my lifetime 1RM on press is 180. On any occasion on which I’ve stopped pressing frequently, my strength has gone in the toilet. I put the movement aside a year or so ago, maybe more, because my hands were killing me as I’ve mentioned. As usual, I lost all of my strength; when I pulled the movement out now and then over the past year, I couldn’t handle shit. Then, maybe three months ago, I began regularly incline benching. (By “regularly,” I mean every eight days.) Three or so weeks ago, I began pressing. Today I hit three singles at 157.5 and probably had another 5 lbs, so within less than 20 lbs of my lifetime 1RM. Again, after not doing this for a year or more. I am fully sold on inclines.