Those goals sound achievable. You should definitely test your 1RM, though. What program are you running?

I'm at a powerlifting gym and the coach does all of the programming for us.

That's the embarrassing bit! I bench 3x a week. 💀💀

Fruit salad. Especially if there is cantaloupe. Simple carbs and delicious.

I'm 34(M) and I weigh 73kg. I'm at:

• 160kg squat
• 77.5 kg bench
• 190kg deadlift

My squat is being held back by strength, I just need to squat more and I'm pretty sure I can hit 180.

My deadlift is being held back by consistency. I feel like the same weight on the same day moves differently depending on how well I set up, so I've been focusing on setting up the same each time. If I'm doing 5 reps in a set, I'll set up 5 times instead of touch and go.

My bench just sucks and I'm super frustrated because it should just be higher. I think it's a technique problem.

I'm going to enter my first sanctioned meet in October, and I want to set aggressive goals. I want to shoot for 180 on my squat, 210 on my DL and I don't know on my bench. I want to say 100 on my bench is possible? But I just don't know what the fuck is wrong with it.

I wish I got to this sport younger, because I think I could have been actually competitive if I had the years of practice, but at this point I'm too old to do it for anything other than my own edification. I want to qualify for nationals once before I enter masters, which really feels like a stretch to me.

I think it really depends on what my volume is. I bench 3x a week, and I'm totally fine, but I don't go so hard that I can't recover in a day. There's definitely a point where doing more is counterproductive when you can't recover by the time you need to train again.

What? No. Can you imagine the clusterfuck if Biden just ignored the constitution and declared a court "illegitimate?" We need the court to be expanded and then for the cases to be brought again by the DOJ and other parties and have the SCOTUS overturn them.

Why the scare quotes? They actually are evil. That's not hyperbole. So, yeah, I'm ok with "settling."

Even if there were an alternative, it wouldn't matter. Parties whose incumbent get primaries do not go on to win the general. Whether you like it or not, the choice is Biden or the GOP and we are too close to fascism to fuck around.

I also honestly think he's been the best president we've had since FDR. IRA, Chips, Green Energy and infrastructure bills have all been gigantic successes. DOJ is charging trump. Unemployment is lowest in decades. It's really only his age that is concerning, but it's not concerning enough for me to risk the future of the country with someone less experienced and less equipped for the job.