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.

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."