Yeah I noticed last night the dumbell row does more for my back than anything else. I've read that if you have been muscular before your muscles grow back to that easier. I was surprised how strong I was on benchpress. I havent lifted or done pushups in a long time but day 1 I am doing sets with over 200.
Yes man muscle memory is HUGE! I always amaze myself how quick I get my shit back. 2 sessions back into squatting after I fucked my hip flexor and I was moving 315 like it's nothing. It's amazing to me how the body does that.
Scot mendelson hurt his shoulder or something and was one of the top benches in the world raw or equipped. Then after like 6 months off he equip benched over 1000 pounds in his THIRD bench session back.
Basically, of all the adaptations to resist training, muscle size is one of the FIRST things to leave. It still comes back well by my point is that all the neurological adaptations are virtually permanent.
I never maxed out in my prime. The most I ever benched was three 45 plates on each side. But I think I could have gotten more. Thats back when I did sets of 80-100 pushups. Right now I can only do like 35 pushups and im already working out with 200. Kinda crazy. I wonder how much I could get up to on benchpress if I really tried
The muscle mass is there for probably mid 3's but maximizing all that muscles ability to exert force for one rep and also optimizing your technique will take a while.
Yeah most imbalances don't show up until you go real heavy. Uneven bench side to side is a common thing. I have had it myself before but not for a while. I did extra tricep work for the side that came up slower and just kept programming bench the same and eventually it went away.
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Yeah I noticed last night the dumbell row does more for my back than anything else. I've read that if you have been muscular before your muscles grow back to that easier. I was surprised how strong I was on benchpress. I havent lifted or done pushups in a long time but day 1 I am doing sets with over 200.
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Yes man muscle memory is HUGE! I always amaze myself how quick I get my shit back. 2 sessions back into squatting after I fucked my hip flexor and I was moving 315 like it's nothing. It's amazing to me how the body does that.
Scot mendelson hurt his shoulder or something and was one of the top benches in the world raw or equipped. Then after like 6 months off he equip benched over 1000 pounds in his THIRD bench session back.
Basically, of all the adaptations to resist training, muscle size is one of the FIRST things to leave. It still comes back well by my point is that all the neurological adaptations are virtually permanent.
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I never maxed out in my prime. The most I ever benched was three 45 plates on each side. But I think I could have gotten more. Thats back when I did sets of 80-100 pushups. Right now I can only do like 35 pushups and im already working out with 200. Kinda crazy. I wonder how much I could get up to on benchpress if I really tried
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One way to find out mate :)
The muscle mass is there for probably mid 3's but maximizing all that muscles ability to exert force for one rep and also optimizing your technique will take a while.
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Yeah that was my problem when I tried to max. I was pushing the bar up on one side more.
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Yeah most imbalances don't show up until you go real heavy. Uneven bench side to side is a common thing. I have had it myself before but not for a while. I did extra tricep work for the side that came up slower and just kept programming bench the same and eventually it went away.