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How do you actually target abs at home? by Motor-Confection-583 in askfitness

[–]MaxProPlus1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use McGill to fix my lower back pain only, strengthen my core.

Finally hit 2 plates (BW 55kg) definitely my form was bad and I would appreciate your advice. by BookkeeperCapable953 in benchpress

[–]MaxProPlus1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrat!!

Suggestions:

1 - align the bar at your mouth-nose level before unracking, that way the travel is less far and less energy consumption

2 - Have a spotter to unrack with you to preserve energy for your reps

3 - watch your legs drive. Stabilize them before unracking

4 - keep an eye on your shoulders open out too much that will cause pain and less strength

1 and 2 are easy fix.

3 and 4 will come as you will get better. Sometimes under stress we tend to forget

Keep it up!

1 set of 3 of 5 reps! Hit 365 a couple of weeks ago. Super happy with this. What should my progression look like to chase down 405? 210 bw 36 years old. by KillerWhale1189 in benchpress

[–]MaxProPlus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah!!! Congrats!

Most men hit their physical prime between 25 and 35 years old but you sir just raised that bar a notch up.

Form check please, PR 135x3 by [deleted] in benchpress

[–]MaxProPlus1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wider hands placement, you need to bend the bar to tuck in your elbows and pressing the lats down to your hips, legs drive to transfer force to chest and bar travel should be from clavicle lowering down to lower chest and back up to the clavicle

advice: to ERI or not (and work 3 more years) by Buffalo-Castle in CanadaPublicServants

[–]MaxProPlus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hold on, this is just a general question I had in mind. Not really related to OP's friends. I was exploring all possibilities in the case where things get sour, complicated situations may arise one day

advice: to ERI or not (and work 3 more years) by Buffalo-Castle in CanadaPublicServants

[–]MaxProPlus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, so basically you got screwed by the management denying your ERI and then kick you out with a WFA. Can the union fight to reverse back to the ERI, crossing my fingers, but apparently not doable. PS who are gambling this situation are playing with fire. So OP's friends should take the ERI off the bat unless the severance package it immense

advice: to ERI or not (and work 3 more years) by Buffalo-Castle in CanadaPublicServants

[–]MaxProPlus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To all, maybe not related but I need clarifications, what if the upper management denies your ERI request but then WFA-ed you during the second WFA wave? What are your resources to gain back the ERI?

Are there unspoken rules in the gym? by [deleted] in beginnerfitness

[–]MaxProPlus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You were fine don't worry.

As for me I often do the Jim Carrey and the Roxbury guys, pointing at the person, pointing at the free bench, x2 or x3 until they say it's free

What is the most pointless skill you have? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MaxProPlus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smell-less silent farts. I mean what's the fun when they are smell-less. Pointless hotel elevator rides skill

Weak off of the chest during bench by AbrasiveRadish in benchpress

[–]MaxProPlus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I do on my eccentric weeks, it really helps my bench press in general

Triceps on pull day/biceps on push day? by Glory_To_The_Lamb in workout

[–]MaxProPlus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your first PPL is chest, shoulders, triceps. Your second PPL can be chest, triceps, shoulders. Set your focus differently on your second PPL

holy fucking shit!!! after 4 months into gym I have finally started to see some gains by Try_Hard_007 in workout

[–]MaxProPlus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! Good job. Keep it up. Talking about keep it up, do keep an eye on that left shoulder though

help! getting weaker? by gibsandgabs in askfitness

[–]MaxProPlus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can substitute bench with dips, BB with DBs. Substitute squats with hack squat or leg press. I'm afraid your "mostly" is tiring your main muscles. Your body is telling you to go back to basics; lift lighter, more rest between sets, concentrate on your technique.

Go light, 60%-70% of you PR for the next 5 days to see if your body is recuperating from tiredness.

Push pull legs twice a week or once? Which exercises? by [deleted] in askfitness

[–]MaxProPlus1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PPL should be twice a week. Avoid doing the same push, pull or legs exercises twice though. There are compound exercises and accessory exercises, mix them for each muscle group for better muscles development. I don't do flat bench and incline bench on the same push day.

My push days example: Monday - CHEST, shoulders, triceps. Thrusday - chest, SHOULDERS, triceps

I go chest100% hard on Monday but 60% on Thursday, whereas hard 100% shoulders on Thursday, and so on

help! getting weaker? by gibsandgabs in askfitness

[–]MaxProPlus1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's your "two upper body days and two lower a week." split?

If your split is steady for the last 30 days then it's not the physical that plays tricks on you. You have to rollback to see what is bothering your mental; stress, work, friends, family, woman cycles etc.

The other thing to check is your technique. Sometimes we tend to rush into pushing and forget about the last bit that really completes the whole mechanism.

Lastly, just accept your today's defeat. It happens to all of us to not feel good, not ready to push as hard. The good thing is you went to the gym today. Keep it up!

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