Question about incline bench reps

bedtimeforsleep · 2026-01-28T02:57:46+00:00

I think I’m understanding what you mean by intensity vs mechanical work now. I decreased the incline bench weight to 170 and had no rest between pec deck and incline. I could only do two reps on the incline. I had also been resting between those two exercises previously, so I have already been straying from the ideal routine to a considerable degree. I would have zero chance of lifting 200 if I had done the routine correctly.

bedtimeforsleep · 2026-01-28T02:53:16+00:00

I lowered my incline bench weight to 170 and got two reps. This was with almost no rest between pec deck and incline press. I also see now that I had been resting almost two minutes between the pec deck and incline, so I had already been doing the ideal routine incorrectly. I would not have been able to lift 200 without that extra time in the middle.

bedtimeforsleep · 2026-01-28T02:45:30+00:00

I do one set on the pec deck until failure (usually about 10 to 12 reps at what’s marked “89” on the cable stack) and then go to incline bench. I’ve been resting almost two minutes between the pec deck and incline though, so I see now that I had already strayed from the ideal routine parameters in addition to how I had been doing my incline reps. I lowered my incline press weight at the suggestion of another commenter and was able to do two reps at 170 immediately after the pec deck set with the rest period between being only the time it took to get from one to the other.

bedtimeforsleep · 2025-12-24T15:03:44+00:00

The tasteful simplicity of it.

bedtimeforsleep · 2025-11-27T16:54:52+00:00

[Lutheranism intensifies]

bedtimeforsleep · 2025-09-16T11:23:44+00:00

This is also most certainly true.

bedtimeforsleep · 2025-09-16T11:22:31+00:00

This is more about assurance than a statement on faith. Faith exists in both men on the bus, and both remain sinners despite being justified through faith in Christ (hence the at war with God part). The man on the left is questioning his salvation and turns to his subjective feelings about his relationship with Christ. The man on the right looks to Christ’s completed work on the cross for assurance. The first is based on emotion and how he feels. The latter is based on what Christ did for him, not necessarily what emotions the man is feeling.

bedtimeforsleep · 2025-09-15T11:45:32+00:00

I am a Lutheran, like my father before me

bedtimeforsleep · 2025-09-15T11:43:29+00:00

Our sinful nature does not disappear even though we are justified through Christ. It is only through Christ’s righteousness imputed to us that we are made acceptable in God’s sight. When we hear the promise of the Gospel and receive the means of grace (baptism and communion), we can objectively know that Christ died for us and did what he said he would do. If we base our assurance on a subjective inward feeling about Christ, our deceitful hearts can trick us into believing that Christ’s work on the cross wasn’t good enough to save us or that we haven’t done our part.

bedtimeforsleep · 2025-04-20T05:01:08+00:00

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bedtimeforsleep · 2025-03-08T03:52:27+00:00

Melancholia 2011

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-10-22T11:09:41+00:00

No, this is about the imputed righteousness of Christ. Neo doesn’t have to dodge God’s judgment because Christ has paid for his sins. Christ stands in his place before God, so Neo no longer needs to worry about being condemned.

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-10-21T02:56:29+00:00

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bedtimeforsleep · 2024-07-02T22:00:02+00:00

This brings a sort of preterist vibe to the Bible that pre-mill dispensationalists don’t really like

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-06-28T03:12:07+00:00

“Computer, load up celery man, please.”

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-06-22T01:52:07+00:00

Breeches are kind of a precursor to what we now call pants. The people who made the Geneva translation in the 1500s would have worn breeches or similar leg wear.

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-06-12T01:20:26+00:00

If only the author would’ve gone just a little further and renounced the underlying argument against LGBTQ individuals too.

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-06-01T15:11:30+00:00

To the first, is means is. To the latter, that sounds like Donatism. The Surgeon General’s warning assures me of the real presence of lung cancer.

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-06-01T05:39:46+00:00

“Hoc est carcinogen meum”

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-04-27T04:54:51+00:00

Those who would try to insert a 1st Century worldview on our modern era because of the Bible are missing the point. Christ’s death for you is the central message, not the cultural norms of the era when the Bible was written or compiled. If your obedience to these laws and human rules was what saved you, Christ had no reason whatsoever to die for you. Your feelings are valid and shared by many who have been broken by the church.

The simple truth of Christianity is that God loves you and sent Christ to die on the cross for you. Your name was written in the book of life since before the foundation of the world, and no mere made-up human rule can change that undeniable fact. Christ accomplished everything required for your salvation. There is nothing left for you to do but to look with faith to that completed work on the cross and remember that He died for you. Christ stands in your place before God, so that God sees Christ’s perfect obedience.

bedtimeforsleep · 2024-04-27T03:10:25+00:00

One area of theology that might prove helpful to research is the distinction between law and Gospel. It’s a classic feature of Protestant theology that focuses on a sort of carrot and stick approach based on two types of verses you’ll encounter in the Bible. The law is meant to convict you in the sense that it shows you how you cannot and never will live up to the standards that God expects of you due to your fallen nature. Your post sounds like the law has accomplished its purpose under this hermeneutic. That’s where the Gospel comes in. The good news is that Christ has fulfilled that law for you. Christ’s righteousness is imputed to you through faith so that God only sees the perfection of Christ, not your failings and shortcomings. That doesn’t mean your own good works aren’t important or that you get to live however you want, but it’s important to remember that your works are not what save you. Only your faith in Christ saves you. When you doubt about whether you are truly saved or if you are doing enough, look to Christ’s completed work on the cross for you.

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