Oh gosh
I'm kinda embarresed
Before my try for 170, I had talked to another guy that I met in the mall Sunday... we were discussing weightlifting; and he was obviously a powerlifter; said he did some stuff in college and was still pursuing it a little on the amateur side...
we discussed my try for 170 and he told me i had made impressive gains from what i was doing before... he asked me about my form, etc...
and come to find out; my grip was too wide... i was gripping with my ring fingers on the markers on the barbell; and he told me that for a person of my smaller frame i should be gripping closer in; told me to go check it out on the net...
so i went and read up some; and come to find out; i'm supposed to bench with my wrists slightly outside of shoulder width... i've been gripping WAY too wide...
So came today (couldn't do it last night)... and i warmed up and everything with the new grip; and it felt better, more powerful...
i load up 170lbs and get myself pumped up...
i do 3 reps... and i wasn't fatigued much... i was flabbergasted...
so i load on 180lbs! and i did 2 full reps with no assistance!
Well i finished up the rest of my exercises, stoked that i hit that number... this is a 1rm of 190lbs it says... i'm only 10lbs off of my 200lb goal!!!!
the rest of the night on my other two sets i worked out with 135lbs going to 10 reps...
i can't believe it; i'm just so stoked
:saw: :saw: