Matty vs Bhanky - Who do you miss more?

[BB]

Is that the problem others have with him?

Hankins needs to be the best, sometimes he's threatened. Hypercompetitive nature. He's injured now, so he can't compete on strength, but he can deconstruct your lifts looking for faults, so he feels not too far behind. He's right that your form could be polished up, but for gym lifts :shrug:.

[bhank]

A full pause is what you call "bad form"?:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjFEKgHuMrT/

Dude, you are a fucking moron. My reps are fine. They are not PERFECT - but they are perfectly fine.

Also, you said I couldn't bench press 120-lb dumbbells, lmao.

Swipe left:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiuLWYYO4mR/

Three reps with a FULL PAUSE, and with full range of motion.

AND that was the last set of my workout, which was heavy as you can see from the previous two videos at that link.

You did 2 reps congrats

[Walter Sobchak]

You did 2 reps congrats

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[Matt]

Bhanky mostly insults people only after they have insulted him first.

There are 2 exceptions. One was Coach, which I think was politics related. The other was you and your form.

I don't think him insulting you was personal, just him giving you a critique. You need to grow some thicker skin. Bhanky might even genuinely like/care for you. The time you where making those weird incel posts on insta, Bhanky actually wanted to try get you help.

Maybe that's true, and I was wondering how the conflicts with other members start with B. Hank.

Considering all I did was compliment him when people were trashing him, all I can say is - what a dick.

It is valid to critique my form. To say I'm doing half reps, and need to go a foot lower, or that my form is dogshit, etc, is just wrong.

My form is imperfect, and could use some tweaks. Once corrected, my total reps would drop by maybe 2-3.

No big deal, and it certainly doesn't take much from my lifts.

The thing about overhead dumbbell press is that you NEED to do the first rep from a full dead stop [unless someone hands you the dumbbells, or gives you a spot on the first/hardest rep].

So for me to press 105-lb dumbbells means that I MUST be strong enough to get the 105's for at least one. Or for whatever weight is being pressed.

So quite clearly, I can press the dumbbells I'm pressing in my videos, as I always have to get that first rep from a full dead stop position.

The only question from there is how many reps I can get - and/or get with perfect form, for those who are sticklers for perfect form.

Either way, I can press 100-lb dumbbells overhead right now. The only question is for how many reps. And that's a good lift.

I can actually overhead press the 105's right now, but they aren't available at my main gym, which is open 24 hours. And my other gym that has them doesn't have an easy way to take videos, as cameras aren't allowed, and it would be hard to take the video without other members being recorded, which could get me in trouble [or just be inconsiderate].

I have 110's at my main gym...but I haven't been able to get them yet. I'm close though.

[BB]

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Waiting with bated breath for another 59 pages of pressing videos. Hankins Canning 2: Shoulder Press Boogaloo.

[LurkerNoMore]

BHanks is a better contributor by far.  Dude has generated more LOLs (on his own and at his own expense) than anyone else in a long while.

[Matt]

Hankins needs to be the best, sometimes he's threatened. Hypercompetitive nature. He's injured now, so he can't compete on strength, but he can deconstruct your lifts looking for faults, so he feels not too far behind. He's right that your form could be polished up, but for gym lifts :shrug:.

Hmm...that makes sense.

I think my videos speak for themselves. I lift the weight I do with the form shown.

I could probably bench press 225x10 with a 5-second pause between each rep. Or conversely, I can bang out 20-25 fast reps, bouncing each rep.

What's the difference? Both give a general idea of where my strength is at.

Also, it's as you said - GYM LIFTS.

I never claimed anything else, and that is OBVIOUSLY what these reps are...so I really don't understand why he needs to be so defensive.

If the reps were for a Getbig contest, and he didn't want me to get points for imperfect reps, fine. But the video was posted just to give an idea of where my strength us at - nothing more.

I have no problem admitting that I'd get fewer reps by cleaning up my form. But I wasn't bragging.

I guess that weight is so heavy for him, he felt the need to take me down a peg. Meanwhile, I wasn't thinking much at all about it when I posted it - just that my strength is up right now, and at a decent level.

[Walter Sobchak]

BHanks is a better contributor by far.  Dude has generated more LOLs (on his own and at his own expense) than anyone else in a long while.

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But does bhank still own a (size medium) wrestling singlet?

[Matt]

You did 2 reps congrats

And how many people do 100's for two reps? 

Not even 1 in 1,000 people can do that.

Only 21% of the North American population go to the gym, and if you bench press 225, you are in the top 1-3% of strength among the gym-going population.

Which is the top 0.21% to top 0.63% of the general public.

If you press 315+, you are in the top 0.1% of strongest people in North America.

But my strength is "average", lmao.

It's stronger than 99.9% of North Americans. And that's an empirical fact.

[Walter Sobchak]

No need to have the “muscle” do the work.

Bwahahahahahaha!

[Flexacon]

No need to have the “muscle” do the work.

Bwahahahahahaha!

Walter just admit it. You missed MattC too 

[wes]

Personally I feel much better now that "normalcy" has been restored to getbig !!

[Palumboism]

Looks like Getbiggers are giving Matt shit on Instagram.


matthew_thunderbay
My gym can get pretty crowded fast, even at 9pm. This may force me to alter my program slightly.

At least I can do a full deadlift workout, and only take up space on the ground. The squat rack is a completely different matter.


Getbigger:
Good thing for you is you don’t squat, so a busy squat rack will not be an issue for you.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjJujqvtnTK/

[Matt]

You did 2 reps congrats

Never mind - my stats were slightly off. In the USA, 45M Americans have gym memberships. And a bench press of over 225-lb is in the top 1-2% of strength among the gymgoing population.

That means that between 450K and 900K Americans bench press over 225-lb, out of 332.4M Americans.

So if you bench press over 225-lb, you are in the top 0.14% to top 0.27% of the general population for strength.

That means only 1 in 369, to 1 in 739 Americans can bench press over 225.

So the number of people who can bench press over 315 is even lower, and is definitely in the top 0.1% of strength.

Maybe you have a different definition of "average" than the ones mathematicians use, B. Hank. 

https://millennialhawk.com/how-many-people-can-bench-225/

[Matt]

Looks like Getbiggers are giving Matt shit on Instagram.


matthew_thunderbay
My gym can get pretty crowded fast, even at 9pm. This may force me to alter my program slightly.

At least I can do a full deadlift workout, and only take up space on the ground. The squat rack is a completely different matter.


Getbigger:
Good thing for you is you don’t squat, so a busy squat rack will not be an issue for you.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjJujqvtnTK/

Lol, which Getbigger is that, and why is he being mean to me?

[Hulkotron]

When is the fight being streamed?

[Palumboism]

Lol, which Getbigger is that, and why is he being mean to me?

I don't want to out anybody's identity, but I do find some of the comments you get on Instagram to be amusing. 

Somebody called you a wiry twelve year old and I don't even think it was someone from Getbig. 

[Rambone]

Lol, which Getbigger is that, and why is he being mean to me?

DVDs?

[Walter Sobchak]

Walter just admit it. You missed MattC too 

Everything bhank said about Titty Boy Matt Canning’s fake, partial reps was true.

Now that he is off the drugs, Titty Boy Matt Canning will shrink down, then meltdown.

I’m just here to see how much Getbig scam artist Josh Rehaluk mooches off Titty Boy Matt Canning this winter.

[IroNat]

Very interesting stats on bench pressing, Matt.

[joswift]

I wish we could get Pellius take on this 

[Matt]

I wish we could get Pellius take on this 

He is sorely missed. 

Gone too soon. That's just way too young to go.

[robcguns]

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Waiting with bated breath for another 59 pages of pressing videos. Hankins Canning 2: Shoulder Press Boogaloo.

Hahahaha shoulder press boogaloo.

[Matt]

When is the fight being streamed?

B. Hank was being a dick to me just to make me feel like shit.

He could have critiqued my form politely, and added that after making the necessary adjustments to it, that I'd end up losing a few reps.

That would have been fine.

And although I think I go low enough on my overhead presses as it is [I wouldn't go more than 2-3" lower, max], B. Hank was the first one to tell me about my wrist weakness. If not for him, I would have just carried on without correcting that.

So that's good. I appreciate him informing me of that.

But for him to say I'm doing half reps, and need to go a foot lower, and couldn't do anything heavier than 75-lb dumbbells with good form - none of that is true. He's just doing that to insult me, and it's not cool. If I wanted to insult him, there's a lot of material there.

I appreciate all proper constructive criticism. Not just insults for the sake of insults. Ultimately, he's just exaggerating how bad my form is, when it's fine. It's roughly on par with 80% of YouTubers lifting the same weight - yet he denies that, when those videos clearly show most people go just as low as I do, and not lower. The only thing unique to me is that I hold thr dumbbells angled downward. But I'm still going just as low as the majority of YouTubers pressing the 100's to 120's.

For him to deny that just reduces his credibility to me. Because I know he's not being objective when assessing my form - he's just attacking me personally.

[GymnJuice]

Looks like Getbiggers are giving Matt shit on Instagram.


matthew_thunderbay
My gym can get pretty crowded fast, even at 9pm. This may force me to alter my program slightly.

At least I can do a full deadlift workout, and only take up space on the ground. The squat rack is a completely different matter.


Getbigger:
Good thing for you is you don’t squat, so a busy squat rack will not be an issue for you.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjJujqvtnTK/

Matt what do you mean in your replies to this comment that you're stronger at the upper ranges and weaker at the lower ranges? I think this the same for everyone. If we all just did quarter rep squats we'd all lift higher weights.