BruteForce: Power Overwhelming

[EliteDreams]

Squatting like a BOSS.Leg press wuh-oh!

[Squatter]

Damn, Steve is going to have to build a hotel soon for everyone that wants to go lift with him! I think just being in his presence makes anyone stronger. Glad you guys had a great time. What was the post training feast?

[Kuytrider]

Great work and that leg press 50 reps looks brutal. I wanna life with Steve too, stupid geography

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by Hunterace

Great work for being beat up by BtB!

Thanks Hunter!

Originally Posted by big_swede

Good repping on the squat buddy!

Thanks Swede! Next time, I'm getting more sets of reps on that 235!

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

My favorite kind of leg press work.

I kind of like it better than even the sets of 20. The leg press is rough on my strains at heavy weight, and I'm not sure thats something I need to strain on like that

Originally Posted by ravimolasaria

Good numbers BF ... keep going ...

Thanks Ravi!

Originally Posted by EliteDreams

Squatting like a BOSS.Leg press wuh-oh!

Thanks ED!

Originally Posted by Squatter

Damn, Steve is going to have to build a hotel soon for everyone that wants to go lift with him! I think just being in his presence makes anyone stronger. Glad you guys had a great time. What was the post training feast?

Gym/Viking Style Ale House/Hotel combo!
We powered through some homemade lower carb enchiladas with lots of meat, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream. Also low carb cheese cake

Originally Posted by Kuytrider

Great work and that leg press 50 reps looks brutal. I wanna life with Steve too, stupid geography

Thanks Kuyt! Lifting with Steve is always fun and educational. Geography is a jerk!

Pretty good bench day. Left forearm is till feeling strained, so cut curls short. Got brutal on rack pulls for the hell of it.

Bench
Bar x lots - focus on form tips. dear god there are a lot of them
135 x 5
185 x 1
205 x 1
225 x 1
245 x 1
250 x 1
185 x 12
185 x 6 - wuuuuuut. nothing left
185 x 6
185 x 6 - crazy triceps and forearm pump

DB Row
95 x 20 - all i could talk myself into

Brute Press - finally hit it.
60 x 8
60 x 7
60 x 5 - had to bent press the last rep ,but it counts

DB Curl
45 x 5 - didn't feel heavy, just rough on the forearm

Rack Pull
225 x 5
405 x 5
585 x 1
675 x 1 - win.

[BendtheBar]

How did the 250 feel?

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

How did the 250 feel?

Surreal. On the way down, I was able to stay pretty tight, but it drifted back towards my neck about 1/3 of the way back up. From there it was just a slow lockout, but didn't feel heavy. Bench is weird.

[Hunterace]

Great workout big bad brute!

[MikeM]

Brute press victory! Nice.

250 bench is awesome too. Bench is weird, but you are making solid steady progress. And saving a heavy bench rep that creeps up towards your face is a good sign you had more in you. 275 soon. I love your down sets.

[ravimolasaria]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Thanks Hunter!
Bench
Bar x lots - focus on form tips. dear god there are a lot of them
135 x 5 185 x 1 205 x 1 225 x 1 245 x 1 250 x 1 185 x 12
185 x 6 - wuuuuuut. nothing left
185 x 6
185 x 6 - crazy triceps and forearm pump

DB Row
95 x 20 - all i could talk myself into

Brute Press - finally hit it.
60 x 8 60 x 7 60 x 5 - had to bent press the last rep ,but it counts

DB Curl
45 x 5 - didn't feel heavy, just rough on the forearm

Rack Pull
225 x 5 405 x 5 585 x 1 675 x 1 - win.

very very strong numbers on Bench and Rack pull ... going very strong BF ... keep smashing the wts. ...

[Squatter]

Super impressive rack pull, which is no surprise really considering that your deadlift is equally great in form and strength.

Great job on your signature presses as well.

Had to chuckle a bit that bench is weird - it's also the toughest technical lift IMO. No wonder there is a bench only at meets.

20 reps with DB Rows would have me running to the bucket to hurl. Great job keeping the lunch down.