Once More. From The Top.

[Gary Gibson]

Personal Records later that day
260 Paused Bench Press
265 Paused Bench Press
500 Conventional Deadlift with Belt
Bodyweight: 187

[hbriem]

Fantastic, Gary. I didn't even know you were close to a 500 lb deadlift.

[Gary Gibson]

Thanks! The hits just keep on coming.




Personal Records
Press 175
Front Squat 325

And yesterday I benched 275 for a double.

[Gary Gibson]

No No No High Bar Squat three sets of 325 x 5
Bodyweight: 195

[Gary Gibson]

Bench Press, touch and go 255 x 5 PR
Bodyweight: ~193 lbs

[Gary Gibson]

Voluntary Dissonance: No No No Olympic Squat PR 355 x 5 @ 195
Olympic Squat (high bar, no no no) 355 x 5 PR (actually more like 4 + 1 )
Bodyweight: ~194 lbs

[Gary Gibson]

Bench Press, touch and go 265 x 5 PR (with another rep in the tank). No one is more shocked than I.
Bodyweight: ~195 lbs

[Les Hahn]

It looks like you are on a roll! :-) When is your meet? Are you going to try and do it high bar, or will you switch back (ala Fred Hatfield) to low bar come meet time?

[Gary Gibson]

It looks like you are on a roll! :-) When is your meet? Are you going to try and do it high bar, or will you switch back (ala Fred Hatfield) to low bar come meet time?

Hey! Thanks!

That's a really, really good question. My inclination is to stick with high bar. Just to prove a point!

I will be competing "Classic Raw" so I can use wraps. I think I can get more out of wraps with a dive bomb high bar than I could with low bar. If I were using a squat suit, I'd be more inclined toward low bar which takes better advantage of the hip rebound.

You know, back in Sheboygan I was struggling to get my bench to 185 for reps...and I think my squat was just starting to get over 205 for work sets... ha ha!

I think I'm good for at least 300 on the bench right now, and maybe 315 soon. I'm hoping for reps with 315 before New Year! The meet is Feb 27. Looking for mid-300's paused.

[Gary Gibson]

Bench Press, touch and go 275 x 4 PR @ 190