I gotta admit it took a long time at about 2 years. Learning to balance the bar with 95 was my first obstacle, then came 115 and the classic 135. From then I started doing a light and heavy chest work each week, experimenting with different push-ups and learning to explode with the positive motion and decreasing my rest time. 225 was awesome because it just looks good. I am at 275 at 3-4 sets of 8-12 reps. I would like to get to 315 one day.