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Thank you!

It is absurdly close! You called it!

Phew! Glad you're still here! Please don't die!!!!

@@NowAcceptingChallenges what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger 💪

And what makes me want to die gets views, maybe. Haha. No, this will be REALLY good for the legs!

It was like a BILLIMETER away!

2 is the standard now! Well done!

Yeah!

That's exactly what I'm going for! I'm hoping to see what my max reps are on this weight. Once I find it I'll double the weights and then do the challenge again and again!

@@NowAcceptingChallenges ohhh alright.

Happy to see you back and at 2! Had to check in to keep each other accountable.

@@NowAcceptingChallenges I'm actually bit moved, thank you. After hitting certain ambitious number, I have a gift for myself, can't wait to share it here as well.

Can't wait to see it!

Thank you for the suggestion!

Appreciate it! Thanks for your support - fun username, btw.

I hope to do that one day! It'll be a process with my back fusion, but I think I can do it!

Thanks, buddy!

Ah yeah, I should have been more clear. During the bench the bar challenge my form was AWFUL and my shoulder was pretty messed up. (But yeah, I still suck at this; this is my first time ever exercising really)

@@NowAcceptingChallenges well, theres quite alot of fitness people that are willing to let ya know, to avoid injury. make sure you're stretching, especially before max rep stuff. try and put it directly over your chest and go straight up and down. also lower your bench down or get something to ground your feet.

@@NowAcceptingChallenges also, if you want to get better at lifting, i'd recommend controlling going down. slow and steady wins the race. you'll have a lower number but you'll get full muscle hypertrophy.

I wish this bench lowered, but sadly it's fixed in place.

@@NowAcceptingChallenges well. I'd recommend getting something to put under your feet so you can plant them.

For 55 pounds?

Actually you're right! I swing so badly and I don't know how to stop that. I try crossing my legs, but I don't know how to stop the momentum swing where I knock on the wall! Do I just move the rig further away?

@@NowAcceptingChallengesleg crossing does help a lot, but just have to practice keeping your legs back and keeping balance. It’s moreso just restraint 💪🏾

I'll see you there!

Appreciate this! Helps me tremendously!

Thank you! Love the check in!

But you're back! Good on you.

Don't miss now! It's too easy to miss if you skip. You still around?

Usually I have found when this happens it's the first indication of a huge boost

Noted!

I actually have no idea what my max bench is! This is kind of a journey to find it since a back surgery 7 years ago where my back muscles don't attach to my spine and I can't arch my back. Also, my doctors advised me not to lift more than 50 pounds for a while so it's a slow process upwards

Thank you! Appreciate the support!

I'm so tempted to take a rest day. I know when I do I'll take 1000 rest days. This is very much a brain exercise to set a routine. I'm okay not hitting 8 in two days if it means I'll do this forever. I like adding weights though. Maybe when I do my muscle ups I'll add weights!

@@NowAcceptingChallenges Hmmm, I don't want to be that guy but this is contradictory. It sounds to me like taking the two days off would be the mental challenge. Motivated: doing it when it feels good Disciplined: Doing it when it sucks Whatever works for you though. Keep it up however you have to. If you're still accepting challenges I challenge you to quit caffeine. 😈

12 years without caffeine already! And I see where you're coming from. I'm coming from an absolute huge food addiction and so taking a day off is tough. (I can't lie to myself about things I can moderate, for example rest days.) The mental fortitude it'll take for me to get back into a routine I fear will be too much. I don't have will power, I have rules. And as long as I don't break them I'll be okay.

Agreed! It felt pretty close!

Appreciate you, Apo!

Thank you! Appreciate this!

Thank you!

How/why so? Genuinely curious

HighAltitudeRC thinks you're trying to get stronger with these sets instead of adding reps every day until failure. They're just different goals.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks!

Fair question! I address that in this video: ruclips.net/video/lXabDOQ155c/видео.html

Thank you so much for the call-out! I'll keep an eye out!

Thank you!!!!!

Thank you! Great advice!

Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement! It's very much needed.

Haven't missed a day yet!

Some are recorded as shorts, though.

@@NowAcceptingChallenges good I was beginning to think the worst

I appreciate this comment more than you know! The support means so much to me. Accountability is so necessary to keep a habit!

Very true. I'll give that a shot! Super wobbly this day.

I actually tried putting my thumbs over the bar once and it was a lot more difficult for me to do a pull up, however, I did try crossing my legs today. That helped a LOT where I didn't swing as much!

That's right! Every day without fail!

Believe me, I've thought about that so much, but this is less of an exercise of my body and more of my mind. I'm convinced (and maybe wrongly) that if I skip a day it'll be easier to skip 2, than 3, than 5 years.

@@NowAcceptingChallenges i know what you mean, i feel the same, like if i stop a day, my progress is gone, i won't have the same strenght etc, thanks

Thanks! My shoulder never felt better!

That's amazing! I'm surprized how quickly one can learn to do pull ups! Although, I can't get myself to run just yet.

I think so too! Are you still working on pull ups?

I think my longest struggle was between one and 2. That was almost 2 weeks I think. And some days I even went backwards after hitting an all time high for 2 to 3 days only to surprise myself with 2 more hit! You got this!

Where you at? Rest day?

@@NowAcceptingChallenges Haha, I'm so happy you asked I did have attempts on both days, just no comfortable access to internet, I'll catch up today

I've heard conflicting advice in that. One person said to go from my nipple to my eyes which is a slightly curved track to reduce shoulder strain. What's the reasoning for the straight up?

@@NowAcceptingChallenges check out Dr Mike and his videos on Bench Presses, his videos helped me develop and really understand the science behind lifts. He can explain it much better than I could

Don't listen to this guy he doesn't bench

Stick around to see the max reps! I benched the car 104x, 50 pounds 107x. I'm wondering what my tolerance for 55 pounds is, but I don't think it'll be more. Once I hit my max reps I'll DOUBLE the weights on the end and do it again!

This is good advice, and I really want to know how to do this, especially because my back muscles don't adhere to my spine. After a spinal fusion 7 years ago, my back muscles are actually attached to themselves instead of my vertebrae. I think I can do what you're saying, I just need to know how since I can't 'feel' my back. (I have no feeling in by back at all.' I don't know when something is activated back there.

Thanks! I appreciate you being here. The encouragement is so appreciated.