Thanks Steve and Prae, you guys could be right about the bf%.. I'm just going based on the fact that I can still see my abs barely and that I hold fat around my abs very well. So I could be higher I suppose. Mostly the reason I feel bloated Steve is that it is very hard for me to maintain this weight! My metabolism is going like a furnace! For example, today I had two ground beef wraps (whole grain tortilla, handful of ground beef, tomatoes and lettuce with a dash of salsa and low fat cheese) for meal #3 and the next hour after my class my stomach was rumbling, so I had to run out to subway and get a foot long unplanned! It's been like this for a few weeks now, every hour and a half to two hours I'm eating a meal.

I am really taking what you say to heart Prae, I am training in the 4-8 reps usually. But unfortunatley that's usually just with 185 lbs... I feel like I've been stuck too long at these certain weights for too long though you know what I mean? I know you guys say that I need to focus on years instead of months but I feel like I haven't moved up in bench press weight as much as I should be. I am just really trying to overload my chest a lot in hopes that it will grow faster or that my numbers will increase (which I hope will grow my chest too) with the 1 rm.. basically this all comes down to me being impatient and wanting results too quickly and I keep trying new things and my 1 rm to keep pushing it.

What is the average time it takes for size and strength to go up do you guys think? I've been able to do 185 lbs and such for over a year now. The only big difference is I've finally found a grip that gets me a great contraction and feel in my chest so I guess it's something... I don't know...

-Primal