posted May 17, 2000 09:19 AM         

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I hit 405 on the bench for the first time yesterday at bodyweight of 200 lbs. In 4th week of a 10 week Cyp,deca, dbol,trenbolone, and Eq cycle and bench has gone up 20 lbs already! Would like to reach 425 at 210 lbs. One guy in my gym says that he "used" to be able to throw up 530 a few years ago, but now he struggles with 3 plates. Anyone here who has honestly ever gotten 500 on the bench before?

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posted May 17, 2000 09:23 AM         

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You're my hero, holy shit. Is that cycle all at one time? How'd you lay that out, it looks impressive.

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posted May 17, 2000 09:31 AM         

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First six weeks: Cyp-600 mg/week, deca-400mg/week, dbol-25mg/day

final four weeks: Deca-400mg/week, Eq-300mg/week, Trenbolone-152mg/week

clomid EOD first 8weeks, then every day for two weeks starting one week after final shot.

I'm thinking of throwing in some propionate in the final four weeks as well, will probably decide by next week.

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posted May 17, 2000 09:48 AM         

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What do you think would happen if you added the last four with the first six instead of the change?

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posted May 17, 2000 09:53 AM         

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I was thinking about it, but I want to do a longer cycle and harden up towards the end.

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posted May 17, 2000 10:46 AM            

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I lift with a guy who gets 500+, former CFL lineman. But his body weight is 350. So who is more impressive? The brother who gets 405 at 200 body weight, of course. The ultimate standard in power is 2x body weight.
Way to go, Thick Dog.

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posted May 17, 2000 11:16 AM            

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I had the pleasure of once being able to press 5-p's and a quarter for 6. That was about 500 even cause it was on a smith machine which was counter balaced by about 40 lbs. I pre-exhuasted with 95 lb. D-bell flys (15 reps) and immeadiately slid under the bar to crank out 6 full deep reps on a 35 degree inclined bench. I was 265 at the time and 19 years old.

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posted May 17, 2000 11:21 AM            

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congrats on 400 on bench. I can only hit 365. I'll be up there soon enough. What do u squat and deadlift?

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posted May 17, 2000 11:43 AM         

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I usually don't go real heavy on squats. I usually do sets of 10-12 reps with 3 plates. and go really deep. Most I ever did was 405 for 6 reps. don't do deadlifts anymore, just stifflegged for hamstrings. Even with the 405 bench, I am still a skinny little bitch though, with only 16 inch arms!

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posted May 17, 2000 12:19 PM         

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im surprised steel beast is not on this thread raving about how much bs this is...nice lifts big dog

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posted May 17, 2000 12:27 PM            

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Yes, about 2 years ago, when i was dieting, weighed about 17, 5lbs. tore my peck and couldn't compete in the Mr Britain.

No pain no gain!!! not

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posted May 17, 2000 12:30 PM         

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500 at 175! Damn bro, that's pretty freaky!

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posted May 17, 2000 12:44 PM         

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600 pounds in competition with pause at 200 bodyweight. This is what I do professionally. If you need pointers on the bench...fire away. 400 is impressive my friend. less than 1% of all people who work out can achieve that. Next step is 450- then 500!! Benching on a smith does not count..I can do 700 on a smith. pure garbage.

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posted May 17, 2000 12:54 PM            

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Grip i must say you are one strong MOFO

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posted May 17, 2000 01:01 PM         

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Damn Grip, awesome lifts. I bench once a week and keep my reps in the 6-8 range usually with 3 plates. It went up 8 times so easily I decided to go to unchartered territory. I always tear it up on incline right after. Do you train chest once a week? Conan, from you pics, you look like you can lift the Titanic!

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posted May 17, 2000 03:48 PM         

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Incline is a waste of time. No top benchers that Iknow of do that "shoulder" movement. Stick with flat bench, Heavy db's, rack lockouts and floor press. A few days later hit you triceps hard as hell without involving the delts. It takes time to isolate the tri's, once you do, your flat bench will skyrocket. One of the biggest mistakes I see is that people do not involve your legs. You must keep you glutes tight, press on the floor with your feet, slight arch on the back without ever lifting your ass or head off the bench. Learn to use your legs and you can expect a 30% increase on thebench in no time. Once I perfected the use of my legs, my bench shot up 100 lbs. Drive your chalked down shoulders into the bench putting the motion into a slight decline. DRIVE WITH YOUR LEGS!!!

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posted May 17, 2000 04:09 PM         

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Can you get better leg drive by lowering the bar to the lower part of your chest as opposed to the middle?

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posted May 17, 2000 04:41 PM            

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405 for 8 reps at 245.... of course with a little help hehe...

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posted May 17, 2000 04:44 PM            

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I get 20 more pounds going to the lower part of the chest, right at the nipples. Not sure why, I think it is the biomechanics of the motion. Anyone else?

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posted May 17, 2000 04:47 PM         

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I think it's because of the leg drive when you bring it lower on the chest. Your driving the weight slightly back toward the rack as opposed to directly out over the chest.

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posted May 17, 2000 04:49 PM            

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Hey Thick,

They guy may or may not be full of shit. when I was 21 I put up 489lbs in a meet. I took about a 7 1/2year lay off and just started back about 7months ago and I struggle getting 315 for 8 now. It is not inpossible to loose what you had.

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posted May 17, 2000 04:49 PM            

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I can usually do 216... Thats 2 16ounce beers.. HAHAHA!! I kill myself

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posted May 17, 2000 04:50 PM            

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GRIP EMAIL ME I HAVE A QUESTION...

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posted May 17, 2000 05:35 PM         

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i have not reached that quite yet but i am well on my way!Not to tute his horn because i am always in direct competition with him but Irongod can move that. His totals are over 1500lbs.

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posted May 17, 2000 06:10 PM            

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I fractured my neck in 95 and had a lay of until early 98 and then in nov98 blew it all the way out. Feb 18,1998 had surgery, had a plate put in. Couldn't lift more 10lb for 10 months. Started back jan of 1999.
Just want to say its amazing how you can lose it!
I have no reason not to believe Grip - some people have a gift and his is to bench! And I can understand why he doesn't want his name all over the board, he got a proffessional rep to protect.
Thanks for the info Grip, i'll have to take my feet off the end of the bench. Alway wonder how much of a diff it would make. I'll have to change and try.

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posted May 17, 2000 08:41 PM            

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Top bench of 515 @225 lbs. 49 years old. Strong old fart ain't I.

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posted May 17, 2000 08:53 PM            

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I only bench 500+ in my dreams, and at that, only the wet ones.

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posted May 17, 2000 09:02 PM            

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hehe I hear that!

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posted May 17, 2000 09:17 PM            

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Bench is my fav. exercise, always has been since high school. 2months ago I benched 440lbs at 210, paused. Goal is 465 in near future, another 3months or so. Then 500 comin' up. When Im off juice and lighter, sub 200, I can do around 405-415 like you. Ironmaster, what are floor presses?

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posted May 17, 2000 09:27 PM         

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I LIFT 515. I DID 420 NATURALLY. BENCH PRESS IS NOT A TRUE MEASURE OF STRENGTH. SQUAT IS.

THIS SHIT DON'T STOP TILL MY CASKET DROP

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posted May 17, 2000 10:06 PM            

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How do you press with your legs?

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posted May 18, 2000 12:31 AM            

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HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO WEIGHS 175 POUNDS BENCH 500? YOUD HAVE TO BE LIKE 4 FEET TALL RIGHT

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posted May 18, 2000 12:33 AM            

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I bench 500 weight about 240-245 now....ohh yeah,a nd I am 19.....

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posted May 18, 2000 03:27 PM            

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I think most of these guys are lying. A true 500lbs bench is truly rare (pause on the chest, no feet or head movment etc). I should be reading about these teens with 500+ Bench Presses. But for the guy who said 17.5 i think he was saying 17 Stone 5 pounds. Which would make him around 245.

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posted May 18, 2000 04:13 PM         

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Yhea jake is totally right a real bench is not when there is about a foot clearence between you and the bench or you slam it down on your chest and bounce it back up.Ass on the bench head back lower it slow pause and with no momentum blast it back up. I am sorry to se these days that the gym has become a place for people to display their strength and not to build it!

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posted May 18, 2000 09:38 PM            

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BACK SOME TIME AGO AT AGE 17 AND A BODY WEIGHT OF 148 I PULLED A 505 DEADLIFT IN A MEET AND NOW A LITTLE OLDER I SQUAT JUST OVER 500 FOR A FEW REPS AND CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE BENCHING THAT KIND OF WEIGHT...GREAT JOB GUYS WHO ARE 400 PLUS LET ALONE 500....OUTSTANDING.

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posted May 19, 2000 12:03 AM            

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ON A GOOD CYCLE THAT INCLUDED A SHIT LOAD OF A-BOMBS I HIT 540 FOR 2 AT A WEIGHT OF 242, DOWN QUITE A BIT NOW BUT ATLEAST I CAN SAY I DID IT AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE AND ACTUALLY PUT IT IN A VIDEO FOR MY OLD AGE

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posted May 19, 2000 12:33 AM            

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MY UNCLE A FORMER NEW ENGLAND BENCH CHAMP, BENCH PRESSED 600 AT ABOUT 180LBS MAYBE LESS. HES ONLY 5'7 BUT HES ALL NATURAL. HE HAD A READING PROBLEM AS A KID SO ALL HE DID WAS BENCH INSTEAD OF HOMEWORK. I HAVE A PIC OF HIM BENCHING 300 AS A FRESHMAN IN HIGHSCHOOL...NOW HIS BACK IS ALL FUCKED UP AND STRUGGLES WITH 300 AND HES BARELY 40. IM ONLY 19 AND CAN PUT UP 325 TOPS, I MIGHT NOT BE AS STRONG BUT I SURE LOOK A HELL OF ALOT BETTER!!!

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posted May 19, 2000 01:16 AM            

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After fucking my rotator cuff up last year..Im pretty damn happy just getting back into the mid 300's....thrills the piss out of me..

WCP

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posted May 19, 2000 01:18 AM            

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Dude i got my juice from yesterday told me he could put up over 600lbs. He reallly looks like he could too. He's like over 280lbs

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posted May 19, 2000 01:18 AM            

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Dude i got my juice from yesterday told me he could put up over 600lbs. He reallly looks like he could too. He's like over 280lbs

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posted May 19, 2000 05:41 PM            

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Hit 500 for three 525 for a single. BW 252 at 6"2". That was about 6 months ago. I dislocated my shouldar in a car accident and am just getting started again. BE BACK SOON LIGHTWEIGHTS

600 for triple SQUATS

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posted May 19, 2000 05:47 PM         

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2ripped- sorry to say but you and/or your uncle are full of shit. I am one of the elite benchers in the world and no one at that bodyweight has hit 600. I am one of the lightest in history to do it and I am 200 lbs. So many people are full of shit about the bench. The only thing they lie about more is their dick size!

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posted May 19, 2000 05:51 PM         

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yeah grip i got a question. i max out at 205 but i can only do like 4 reps of 135 and struggle. what is my problem, are my muscles wearing out too fast or what? also any other tips on bench for me would be greatly apprecheated, i am only 15 and i weigh about 145.

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posted May 19, 2000 06:44 PM            

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Grip, you kill me! 600 at 200 is amazing by the way. I just hope to bench 500 someday.

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posted May 19, 2000 07:16 PM         

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These posts REALLY depress me!!! I broke a bone in my left elbow about 2 1/2 weeks ago and tore up all the muscle in my arm in the process. Just started PT on it and I can only curl 10lbs with it about 6 times!!!! So I can't wait for the day I can bench 100lbs again!!!!!

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posted May 19, 2000 07:17 PM         

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But my penis is 14 inches long though!!!!

HE HE

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posted May 19, 2000 07:22 PM            

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I find it hard to beleive someone who only weighs 175 can bench 500!!

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posted May 19, 2000 09:31 PM            

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Hey Grip you better be careful or your going to give away who you are, I mean there aren't many guys in the 200lb class benching 3x their bodyweight, LOL!!! Seriously though, e-mail me I have a question.

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posted May 19, 2000 11:27 PM         

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Eagledude- At 15, your natural test is most likely begining to kick in so the good news is that you should see some strength increases in everything including bench. Some people my friend are not good natural benchers. Find what you are naturally good at, such as the squat or deadlift and exploit that. You will grow like a weed. I am natuirally just a good bencher. At 16 yrs old at 154 lbs I was pressing high 300's but could not sqaut shit. I can still bench 100 pounds more than I can squat and to some people that is pathetic. Do I have a shitty squat at 500 lbs ass to the ground? MOST LIKELY NOT, BUT COMPARED TO MY BENCH IT IS. Eagledude- just keep pressing away and stick to basic meat and potato exercises and do not overbench. One time per week only. Nail your tris on another day and do not max out more than once oper month. It is too taxing on the nervous system!! One more time......USE your legs when you bench. It takes time to incorporate. once you do you will see the light.

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posted May 20, 2000 05:03 AM            

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I saw a guy I played ball with that benched 545 for
4-5 reps when he was about 25 & he is probobly stronger now.His
name is Jim Kitts he just got sighned by the
Tampa Bay Bucaneers as 2nd string fullback &
special teams guy.He is about 6'1" and about
250 with about 7% body fat & is fast as shit.He was with the dolphins for a couple of seasons he was the 2nd strongest guy on the team in the strength conditioning they put 225 on the bench & see how many times you can do it he did it 37 times the only
other guy stronger was a lineman that weighed
about 350.
He played for the Albany Birds in the Arena
league & was the leagues MVP.He is one hell
of an athelete & swears hes never done roids
I have my douts but youll never know,I remember even in jr. high he was the strongest & fastest mofo around.He has always
been a genetic freak.

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posted May 21, 2000 11:01 PM            

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I will bench the big 5 0 0 very soon!

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posted May 22, 2000 01:16 AM            

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GRIP, JUST FOR YOU I WILL FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH HE WEIGHED THE EXACT AMOUNT HE BENCHED AND THE EXACT COMPETITION HE WAS IN AND THEN WE WILL SEE WHO IS FULL OF SHIT!...I WILL GET BACK TO YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK

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posted May 22, 2000 01:40 AM            

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GRIPS THE MAN

well i bench 335 for 1 at 220 (naturaly so far)

but hope to hit 400 one day

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posted May 22, 2000 01:44 AM            

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GRIPS THE MAN

well i bench 335 for 1 at 220 (naturaly so far)

but hope to hit 400 one day

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