Not among the strongest but definitely stronger than 99.9% of the humanity

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@@haellm9192there’s like 10,000 people in raw powerlifting alone that can do that, not including wrapped and equipped categories. Then also add up all the people who don’t compete and can squat those weights, strongmen, Olympic weight lifters, cross fitters. Then add all the elite athletes from sports like football, rugby, wrestling, and other sports that require strength. The total number would end up probably over 70k-100k people, I wouldn’t say that’s “one of the strongest”

@@vitaliyvorobets2738 If it’s 100,000 that’s still in top 0.0001 of people. And if you say all time like he did which included people for who knows how many thousands of years who didn’t train, certainly even more rare.

​@@vitaliyvorobets2738lots of people can squate 600 pounds ( johns bench max ) .John's squat is 800 pounds ! Not many people can dead lift 800 .

Staying calm after huffing the ammonia is something that needs to be practiced regularly to learn and get used to. Probably at least once a week or so

From what I've learned, volume management is incredibly important not just for powerlifting but for any kind of lifting and you kind of have to learn how to program for yourself to reach your goal. From what I've gathered, RPE Rate of Perceived Exertion or some folks like to use RIR Reps In Reserve, is important to manage because higher RPE training is not sustainable, yet yields the greatest gains. This unsustainability aspect is magnified when doing lower rep ranges. When increasing the demands on your body it's best to do so in small increments of about 5% or less total volume change. I'm a beginner myself still learning, so take this with a grain of salt, but a training mesocycle should start with volume/intensity low at the first week and build as your body gets acclimated to it, say, in a 4 week program, week 1 would be RPE 6-7, week 2 RPE 7-8, week 3 RPE 8-9, week 4 RPE 9-10, and then deload for a week before the next meso.

I'd say once progress is starting to slow down, and you are no longer PRing every week or every month.

Yup, it’s really easy to switch exercises in the program to match what equipment you have available

Overall, it’s just a really good muscle builder for the main movers in the bench. a soft touch is usually going to be more consistent, but if you can get a really good heave off the chest, using leg drive, the sinking method may be a stronger option. It’s mostly heavyweight guys that benefit from the sinking method though.

banded work did wonders to my bench