Most I've ever done was 195, but that was before my shoulder injury. These days, I typically wont go above 155. A lot of days I stick to seated dumbbell, mostly because I started benching (relatively light) again about 1-2 years ago, after almost 10 years without doing a flat barbell bench.
I injured my shoulder so bad in 2016 that I had to sleep face-down with my arm underneath me for 6 months. Laying on my back or either side was too painful.
I never went to a doctor, because I was in the middle of wrestling tournaments and I had a fight lined up, so I just let it heal all fucked up. I get serious impingement on olympic press to this day because of it.
Benching is really just for show, all the old-school strongmen never benched. It was all OHPs.
I also imagine you probably have a shit ton of grip / wrist exercises. Or do you just rely on the weight lifting / climbing to condition?
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