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      05-18-2019, 08:01 AM   #518
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Originally Posted by roastbeef View Post
i have found that half of lifting is mental. i did two reps at 405 last week. i'm not a big guy or a bodybuilder.
once i discovered how to focus on the lift, things got easier. be relaxed, think about form. think about the squeeze. if you have any doubt in your mind, you failed the lift before you touch the bar.
Totally agree. Proper setup is 90% of the lift. You can tell immediately when unracking the bar if you got it right. Everything just "flows".

It's been a couple of years since I've done 4 plates. I had been backing off as I got older, but the other lift thread lit a fire under me and I knew I was using age as a crutch to really just slack off.

So I'm back into it and slowly building back up. I hit 365 for 5 the other day, and in the past just had been content with 3 plates for sets at the end.

But I did forgot just how hard it is to progress once you get into that weight range as even just adding 20lbs to the bar feels like an extra 50.

Nice lifts man!
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