ABSolicious III - Speechless!  
by Micha




This series is based on a true history. It is the third part of an incredible,
incomprehensible series.

Like already said in the 2nd part, I would like to say something at the
beginning, directly so also for the 3rd part. If one liked to attemp the same,
please keep attention to my security references, that I wrote at the beginning
of the 2nd part. Only who, who thought about everything and carry out this
test, just like the same, as Mandy and I did, will have also his true fun at
this. Now back to the actual scene.

ABSolicious III is just a continuation of ABSolicious II. In this story, were
next to Mandy, as a central figure, also the rebuilt leg press to the stomach
press, the most important component. What I meant with the stomach press,
please read in ABSolicious II. There I had described the construction, as also
then the very first, successful test. (To see the pic of the press, please
watch it at the german version of ABS.. II)

In the meantime, some months had gone by, until it came to this story. From
the first day of the testing with the stomach press, Mandy did, only one time
per week, Crunches with the help of this stomach press, instead of normal
Crunches. At the very first test/training (in ABS.. II described), Mandy had
done 24 Crunches, with a weight of 226 lbs pressing down her ABS. Up to the
day, from what I tell you now, she had extended this achievement to 326 lbs.
She did then 20 reps with this weight. So about 3 months had gone by. But if
one knew Mandy, one also knew, she was never satisfied. She wanted always so
much, that it can become already dangerous. Like at every other strength
exercise in the body-building sport, she also wanted to know, with this kind
of Crunches, at which weight it would happen, that she either manages only
another 1 repetition with highest energy, or that it is impossible for her to
flex this weight up. With the time, we knew, that we could control everything
very well with the cable winch. Also, if Mandy had so much weight on her
stomach, that her ABS could not held that and the press would press her
stomach down without resistance, we had the cable winch. We ourselves, had it
in the hand, how far we let the weight go down and in the most dangerous
scene, we could press up the whole weight, with only a few simple presses on
the upward button of the cable winch. We had that in the meantime very much
well under control, therefore, we both had never the fear, that it could
result in an injury. No fear, noone will be hurt in this story.

Mandys stomach was always already massively hard, like a concrete wall.
However, through the training with the stomach press, her ABS did not get
anymore deeper and bigger, her genetics were there fully exhausted, but the
ABS became harder. One really must noticed, that she did now made crunches,
with just 331 lbs on her stomach. When we, a half year ago, tried that
funnywise out, I stood with my 183 lbs on her stomach. With my weight she had
done 23 reps. Now she made crunches, with nearly the double of weight and
nearly the same number of reps. And she could increase herself this, every
further week. We had, in the meantime, already started with belly punching.
Who wants, can look in the WWW, what belly punching means. People, who will
train japanese combat workouts, will use this often as exercise. I will also
write stories, about the belly punching with Mandy, because there will be,
also there, unbelievable things to tell. Up to this day, we made only
monotonous belly punch action. Mandy flexed then her ABS mostly different hard
and I attempted to break this wall of stomach muscles, with my hits. But with
bare fist, nothing was to be done there. At the beginning, ok, when I hit
hard, quickly and repeatedly behind each other in her stomach, then I could
already achieve something. But she felt then only the impact, she never felt a
hurt! But through her training with the stomach press, her stomach had become
completely resistant. Every day, always in the evening, we did some belly
punching. But it was far more funny, to see, how far she will come with the
stomach press. It first became much more interesting, with the belly punching,
much later. I have only told you this here, in order to explain you, that her
stomach, meanwhile, seemed like undisturbable. Exactly this, we wanted to
test, at this day. OK, we knew, that the time will come, where her stomach can
not resist anymore, but it was only interesting, at how much weight, this will
be?! That was the thrill.

Therefore, we started then. Mandy did a few pre exercises for her stomach,
with normal Crunches. While she was doing this, I loaded the stomach press
already with weight plates. We wanted to take 357 lbs as starting weight. This
were 330 lbs only of weight plates and 27 lbs weighted the whole metal frame
of the press. Like in the whole training sessions before, we had always shared
the weight plates so, that on the middle rod of the foot plate (look at
picture in ABSol.. II), laid the most weight. So I put two 44 lbs plates and
two 22 lbs plates on the middle rod. On the outside rods, I put on each rod,
two 33 lbs plates, one 22 lbs plate and one 11 lbs plate. Therefore then,
there were in total 132 lbs on the middle rod and 99 lbs on each outside rod,
all in all a total weight of 330 lbs. Indeed, we had a lot of weight plates,
but more of the less lbs weights. After I armed this rods, I had only another
four 22 lbs plates and four 11 lbs plates left. Then still only smaller weight
plates between 1 lbs up to 5,5 lbs. But I thought, that we almost will not use
all plates.

Then Mandy lay down onto the cushion and I let down the foot plate, with the
whole weight. Like always, only so far, that the wood pieces under the stomach
plate, were still nearly 0,4 inch above Mandys ABS. So, Mandy could positioned
herself under them. She did that also this time. When I pressed then one more
time on the down button, the wood pieces pressed themselves on her ABS. I lay
down next to her on the ground. If those wood pieces would then not pressed
down Mandys ABS very symmetrically, she still would be able to relax her
stomach, to change her lying position so long, if her ABS would be then
exactly lay under the wood pieces. In this position, only the cable winch had
the whole weight in grip. There were absolute no danger, that this weight
would press down Mandys ABS painfully. Therefore, I lay down next to her. Her
view was not the best, to see, if the stomach plate lies perfectly now on her
ABS. I, therefore, had the better look and could helped her, if needable, to
get in the optimal position. Would I press now once again on down and she
would not have the strength to resist against the weight, the stomach plate
would be pressed down her ABS around 0,4 inch. So, at the next time, only
Mandys ABS, had to take the full weight and must therefore used all strength,
to press up the whole foot plate with weight. But that was nothing new for us,
she finally nearly made always Crunches like this. It was only the fact, that
until this day, she had never more than 325 lbs maximally, pressing on her
stomach. But after all, she had done 20 repetitions with this weight. With now
357 lbs, she will not been able to do so much reps, but in spite of that, it
should be not such a problem for her, to do still crunches. We had said,
before this strength training, as target, that she should not make so much
reps, with each weight. She just should do only so many reps, until she would
quickly notice, that she still had enough strength, for reps, with higer
weight. Because we wanted to see, where her max was. The max, where she could
made only 1 rep, or the max, that it will be impossible for her, to made one
rep at all. But, the word impossible, was not in Mandys vocabulary. Of course,
she knew, that there must be somewhere a border, but where? Even metal does
not take every weight. But now we were only in the position, that the stomach
plate just pressed on her ABS. From the whole other training we knew in the
meantime, that I would have to press now still 7 times on the downwards
button. Because, if Mandy relaxes her stomach fully and additionary gets air,
for the coming flex, then the stomach plate would press down her stomach by
2,75 inch. Mandy must press then directly, from the deepest point, only with
her strength, against the plate, until her ABS is again fully flexed. At this
deepest point, the stomach plate stand then always a little oblique on her
stomach, but only a bit. The most strength she had then to get always from the
upper and middle ABS muscles.

"And? How much weight do you have now total on the plate?" Mandy asked me.

"I have now totally 330 lbs with weight plates, plus now the weight of the
whole metal frame. Will be all about 357 lbs. We had said this so. Is that ok
for you?"

"Yo, is allright, you can let it so. You also can make the rope very loose. I
should presumably make 10 Crunches with this weight!"

"Ok, I have anything under control!"

So, I pressed then 7-times on the down button and said then to Mandy, that she
could begin now with the Crunches. Directly, she did that then. One could
clearly recognized, which strength pressed there on her ABS. It was
fascinating to see, how Mandy always, at the deepest point, had to spend her
maximum strength. The stomach plate was laid, at the deepest point, a little
obliquely on her single ABS segments. It were each time, only the first
inches, only that fraction of a second, in which Mandy had to overcome this
deepest point. This point was the most difficult, to get over it. Did she past
this point, then the rest of the flexing went over with easy to middle effort.
Her stomach was then fully flexed and she always held this position for 2-3
seconds, before she, with full concentration, did the next rep. Even if I
already had seen, in the meantime, this play so often, it was each time most
deeply impressive. This achievement, to press up 357 lbs, only with the
strength of her ABS. Incredible, but true! My main part was always, to observe
her very exactly. Only the smallest reaction in her mimicry or the smallest
hand sign could be very important. With the time, we had agreed, that she only
should give a sign with her thumb. Was everything OK, then thumb up, did she
noticed the smallest problem, then thumb down. Then I must reacted immediately
and control the cable winch. She made now already the 11th repetition like
this. And it looked still, as if she could made some more, indeed with effort,
but rather still with small up to middle effort. After the 14th rep, she held
her ABS in full flex and meant:

"Please, lift up the weight!"

I reacted immediately, pressed repeatedly onto the remote control and only
within a second, the cable winch had pulled up the weight so far, that her ABS
was free again.

"Did you give again everything? You only wanted to do 10, now you made 14!
Not, that you use now too much strength?!"

"That is hard to say. But I do not have the feeling, as if that would have
been too hard, as if I had used too much strength. But I can clearly not say
that so correctly. I first will see that at much higher weight!"

"Ok, I understand you. Everthing also still looked very good for me. How much
should I then now put more on the press?"

"Since it went quite well, you could do a greater step now. Maybe put on 44
lbs more?! Will be the best, if you put 22 lbs on the middle rod and on each
outside rod 11 lbs. I will then see, whether the step was good, or maybe to
extreme?!"

"If you want it so, I will do. But I also think, 44 lbs more, are not too much
yet. You just made 14 reps and had determined still air for 6-7 more!"

"Agree, I also think that. Therefore, put 44 lbs more on the press. I will do
a short break now, so 2-3 minutes and will relax a bit!"

I nodded shortly to her. I let then the cable winch pulled up the whole frame
so high, so that Mandy had more place for standing up and I also still could
kept on being able, to equip the foot plate, without a problem, with weight
plates. So I put then a 22 lbs plate onto the middle rod and on each of the
two outside one 11 lbs plate. In total, with metal frame, we came up to 401
lbs. Well, it was already a very great step, but we both had no objections,
that this weight would bring Mandy at her full limit. She would not make so
much reps, like before, but her maximum must be much higher. Not much higher,
but higher! I had put on the weights very quickly and still looked, very
amused then, at Mandy, doing her stretching-exercises for the stomach. As she
stretched her oblique stomach muscles, one could see the many small ribs and
the muscles lying above that. Very deep defined. She became also a bit
sweating, at the reps before. Important was therefore, that she had to dry her
ABS, before she started the next attempt. If she lies then again under the
station, I gave her mostly another minute, until she concentrated and had also
her breathing under control. But we have that all tested before, tried out
enough. We were, not only at this day, like in all weeks, synchronizing very
much. If she had dried then her stomach already, I was then allowed, to dry
the grooves, who shared the single ABS packs. That was so fantastic. She
flexed and relaxed repeatedly then and I dried then, with a towel, these
grooves. As before mentioned, through her stomach training, she could not
deepen these grooves furthermore, her genetics was there already at the end,
but it was always so much fun, to dry her ABS. Then she laid herself down
again, under the stomach press and positioned herself. I gave her shortly the
towel, so that she could dry herself her ABS once more from the sweat pearls.
Then I let the metal frame down again, so far down, that she was being able to
positioned herself better. She, better said we, were ready for the next reps,
this time with unbelievable 401 lbs.

(In order, to make this story not too boring, I will not describe the future
reps so detailed. I think, I made this already good enough. It will be better,
to pay attention now to the special things, when they happened. Everyone
should really imagine himself, what I saw every time.)

So, Mandy was ready again. The stomach plate laid perfectly on her ABS and she
breathed quietly. When I laid then next to her on the ground, she gave me the
OK sign, that I could completely loosen the cable of the winch, which I also
did then. It were now 44 lbs more of weight, that pressed on her stomach.
During I had completely been loosening the cable in one second, Mandy pressed
already strongly against the plate, so that the plate does not sink into the
stomach immediately deeply. I saw, as the wood pieces of the stomach plate,
pressed very strongly against her ABS and it felt Mandy heavily, to hold this
flex very much. It was only second, but this one had it in itself.
Nevertheless, Mandy kept the control and after 3 more seconds in full flex,
she began then with the first rep. Very controlled, Mandy relaxed slowly the
flex and the stomach plate sank more deeply and more deeply. When the flex was
completely loosened, the time came up, in which she had to rely on her
strength in the ABS. She got still some air and flexed then her stomach
muscles very slowly. Slowly, the complete metal frame was lifted up again. But
Mandy did not get it up to the full flex. It was at approx. ¾ of the way,
where she still held the flex, but I also saw, that she got deeply air, before
she kept on flexing then. With this extra air, she succeeded in fully flexing.

Nevertheless, this first rep had it in itself. At her neck, thick veins had
appeared. Also her face had discolored itself easily and I do not want to talk
about the sweat pearls at all. But she did not do any signs, that she wanted
to stop. It was simply the surprise moment of the first rep, with just so
strongly increased weight. The 2nd to the 5th rep she made then better. Ok,
she did them with very much effort, but in one concentrated way. Every rep
lasted approx. 15 seconds, at which the relaxing became faster and the flexing
slower. But she made the flexing movement now in one row, without extra air.
The sweat pearls were, what gave me to consider. Those ones became actually
extremely more and fought their ways through the grooves of her ABS. While I
was lying next to her, I could really virtually look through these grooves. I
could recognized well, how a lake full of sweat had builded in her belly
navel. But that was not dramatic. As long as only the sweat gathered in the
grooves between the wood pieces, nothing can happen. And since in the
meantime, also over 400 lbs of weight pressed on her ABS, the possibility,
that the stomach plate itself could slip a little, was very small. It was
clear, that also under the wood pieces sweat would formed, but the weight was
so big, the plate could not slip.

3 more reps passed by. I looked, already since the 4th one, very concentrated
on every mimicry of Mandy. Always ready, to react as far as possible, to
relieve her stomach, with the help of the cable winch. During the last 3 reps,
she also got up with her shoulders, in the absolute ending of each flex.
Through that, she got still more pressure in the ABS. I thought then, that she
would do another 2, but probably only one more rep. So it came then also. At
the end of the 9th rep, she stayed then in full flex position. I waited,
whether she attempted to do one more rep, or whether I would get the sign to
lift up the metal frame. But nothing came from her. Then, she lifted up again
her shoulders and one could see, how the stomach plate went up, only a little,
only around 0,1 inch. Then she gave immediately the sign for the lifting up. I
obeyed and 2 seconds later her stomach was free again from every pressure.

"Oh man, Micha, that was a damned hard work. I thought already after the first
rep, that was it, more will not go. That I then did another 9, is really
incredible. I wanted to give up earlier, so that I do not use too much
strength, but it annoyed me, to go to the absolute end!" Mandy meant then.

"Yes, I saw it. I think, the first rep was so heavy, because of the 44 lbs
more of weight. At the second rep then, you know it and concentrated therefore
better!" I answered.

Then Mandy got up and wiped first once the whole sweat from the stomach. One
saw now little pressure marks, which had left behind by the wood pieces. That
did not look so bad, the stomach was in an a little red way discolored at
these places. Then Mandy removed the towel and I touched her ABS, with my
hands. I felt a warm ABS. Through the friction of the wood and the skin that
ABS had warmed up a little. And I felt only muscles. The ABS was extreme
hardened. With my fingers, I attempted at a few places, to push in the skin a
little, but I did not came in deeply. Less than 0,1 inch were it, it were only
her skin.

"Ok, I think, I made now a little longer break, a few more minutes. We have
enough Time left!"

"Yes Mandy, you should earned this longer break. Relax, stretch and drink some
water and then we will discuss, whether we want to continue and when we
continue, how much I am supposed to increase then. I think another 44 lbs of
weight now will be too much!"

"Sure, we will absolute continue!! If I do now a longer break, I can then gain
again enough strength. And you can put 44 lbs more on the stomach press. Do,
what I will say to you. No protest!! I simply will concentrate then much
better, will take me more time at each rep and then, everything will go very
well!" said Mandy with full conviction.

"OK Mandy. If I would not know, that I have everything under control with the
cable winch, I would protest now fully. Because 44 lbs more of weight is
already much more. But ok, I am also very curious!"

"No prob, that will work. Do not be worried, I made me also not so nervous. It
will be a big incentive for me, because then I am over 442 lbs."

"Ok, there I must fully agree to you. To cross the 442 lbs border is already a
big incentive. Ok then, then rest a bit!"

Mandy turned then herself around and stretched a little. In the meantime, I
loaded the stomach press, a further time. I took the 11 lbs plates of the
outer sides and replaced them with 22 lbs plates. In the middle, I put on
another 22 lbs plate. Now, in the middle laid a total of 176 lbs and per each
outer side a total of 121 lbs, therefore in total 418 lbs. With the metal
frame then the absolute total of 445 lbs. I had now only still four 11 lbs
plates left, plus many smaller, but the big weights were completely used. The
equipping of the stomach press went very speedily and so I could put myself on
the training bench and watched a few minutes, how Mandy relaxed. She was
sitting on the other bench and drank water. I must watched onto her stomach,
the whole time. She breathed in a normal way. In the meantime, her pulse had
arrived also the normal standard. But it was crazy. Also, when she breathed so
slow and relaxed, it always looked, as if she would flex her stomach fully.
Meanwhile, she really flexed sometimes her ABS fully, in order to wipe off the
sweat in the grooves. One could see then each time very good, how the single
packs formed themselves. Hard, tight outlines, symmetrically separated of each
other and very deep, thick packs. I made myself also thoughts, how much weight
we should put on the next time. But for that one, we first had to see, how
much reps Mandy would make and how difficult these reps would be for her.
Then, one can possible see, how much we can put on. Then I was interrupted,
while I was thinking.

"Micha, I considered a little. If we continue now, it may will be better, if
you do not make the rope very loose. Press only 2 times first once?! If I
should not be able to hold the weight, it does not sink in my stomach so
deeply then. If I will notice then, that it will goes then without problems,
you can then completely loosen the cable. This sounds good, or?!" Mandy asked
me.

"Yes, of course Mandy, I can do that, that sounds good for me. We have so much
time, therefore we can try it more secure!" I replied to her.

"Ok, then we make that, like this. I will make me ready again, to reach new
limits!" Mandy laughed then.

I nodded to her and she laid herself immediately down onto the cushion of the
stomach press. As she had positioned herself optimally, I pressed, this time,
only 2 times onto the down button. If she would relaxed now her stomach
slowly, also the stomach plate would sink only one inch deep. If Mandy would
kept on relaxing her stomach then, the stomach plate would virtually hang
above the ABS and would hold only from the cable winch. But that was this time
also better so. We were over 440 lbs, there we can made it all in a safer way.
And Mandy pressed also with full strength against the plate. I noticed this,
while viewing over her whole body. Particularly the neck and the face
discolored themselves and everywhere thick veins protruded. She did 2 reps.
But she did not relaxed her stomach fully. She only realxed the stomach so
deeply, so that the stomach plate still was pressing optimally on her ABS.
Because of that, she did not come either at the point, at which she would have
to used unbelievable strengths. She must used those only, if her stomach was
totally relaxed. She made 2 of these smaller reps, indeed with a lot of
effort. Then, she meant to me:

"Pull it up, please!"

Immediately I made the cable winch pull up the whole frame. First, I thought,
it would have been too heavy for her or she would have hurt herself, but then
she said:

"Micha, that worked without bigger problems, but ok, I did not relaxed my
stomach completely. I have a very good feeling. I can understand, if you will
not share my opinion, but please, put on 11 lbs more on the middle rod. Then I
will attempt 2-3 more smaller reps, like yet before. It is now only important,
that you press only 2 times again down, before I will say to you, that you can
loosen the cable totally!"

"Are you sure, to do this? I can judge that heavily, how much strength you
just used and how much reserves you still have left. I am not your stomach. I
can only say to you, that your body spoke another language. It did not look,
as if that would have been easy for you. But, of course, I am also curious and
want to know where your limit is. But Mandy, we have nevertheless enough time.
Should we not try it with this weight again?" I asked her.

I understand you, but that will work. I did not need any reserves before. Ok,
that was heavy, but 11 lbs more now, will not be so decisive. Put them on the
rod and then, I promise, we make everything slow and full controlled!"

Therefore, I put then another 11 lbs plate on the middle and let then the
frame again down. Mandy did, as before, 3 smaller reps.

"OK Micha, please press again only 2 times up, so that the stomach plate still
will press a bit on my stomach!"

So, I did this then.

"Give me now a half minute. No fear, everything is good. If I give the sign
then, you press, this time then, 4 times on down. I want to try it then with
more relaxation and flexing!"

I saw, how Mandy, in this brief half minute, again and again, fully relaxed
her stomach and pressed it then against the stomach plate. The stomach plate
was completely carried by the cable winch. Nothing dangerous could happen!
Then, after this time, she gave me the sign, that I should press now 4 times
on down. Therefore, now the stomach plate would will sink 2 inch deep. This
time, Mandy did also 3 reps. It was an enormous effort, for her, at every
pressing up. I was afraid, that the veins burst now, so big became them. But
what would happen next, when she did full reps, with this weight? When she had
to overcome the most difficult point again?

"Ok Micha, please lift up again, but only the 2 inch. I want still to feel the
weight, a little. It is funny. I did not notice the 11 lbs more now, but I
saw, that you put them on the rod. But it did not feel, like it were heavier!"
Mandy meant then baffled to me.

Meanwhile, I pulled up the weight. Before she wanted to add speaking, I felt
to her into the word:

"No, no Mandy, we do not increase now! You try first a full rep, or maybe
more!"

"Man Micha!, let me finish my talking! I do not want to increase either. I
only wanted to say to you, that you, next time, can fully loosen the cable!"

"Ok, sorry Mandy, but I never know, what you will plan next!"

"Everything is all right. We do it, like before. I prepare myself now and give
you then the sign. If I will press then fully against the stomach plate, you
can directly completely loose the cable. We will see, if I can do then a
complete repetition? Only the deepest point, is then, with far distance, the
most difficult part, at pressing up the weight. I, then, have to be fully
concentrate on this!"

I nodded to her. After approx. 1 minute, she gave me the sign. All in all, 456
lbs of weight, were pressed immediately on her stomach. Because of the fact,
that I laid, the whole time, next to her, I saw, as within a second, a big
pressure was carried out onto her stomach. During the minute before, her body
had completely regenerated itself. The discoloration was away and the veins
had gone back easy. But now, all the veins nearly jumped into my face. Mandy
flexed fully. She could hold the weight, better said, only her ABS could hold
the weight. One must imagine this, 456 lbs, incredible. Then she relaxed
slowly. I could only imagine, that the weight would now pressed much more
strongly and as fast as possible, to reach the deepest point. It really
looked, as if the weight wanted to be rather below, than Mandy could relaxed
her stomach. Mandy could not let this weight pressed down so slowly, like she
controlled this all the time before. It went down in a raging way, nearly 3
seconds were that. We had a wall clock hanged in the room, with one big second
hand. From there, I could looked always, how long Mandy needed for single
actions.

But Mandy had now another problem. When the stomach plate was so loose, it can
press down her stomach without any resistant. Only the ABS, the strength of
Mandy can stop that. Since Mandys stomach can not be pushed in infinitely, she
did not have any time, at the deepest point, even only for one fraction of a
second, to recover. Of course, she could do that, but the press would really
still pressed down her more strongly and the pressure would became then
immense bigger. Ok, if that would happen and Mandy would be hurted therefore,
then I had the chance, to pull up the complete frame as quickly as possible.

The weight pressed her stomach hard down. Mandy was at the deepest point. I
saw, how she kept on pressing against this heavy pressure and breathed hard
and quickly. Then she established a big pressure. I could saw that at her
skin, at the veins, that she now pumped a lot of strength into the ABS.
Everything exploded ceremonially. And then, very slow, like in slow motion,
she pressed up the complete weight. Crazy!! One must simply imagine, how much
456 lbs will be. This weight did not press now onto a big plate, only on an
plate about 6,3 x 5,1 inch. And under this plate were 6 single wood pieces.
So, that was the really impressive thing at that. How much strength must spend
every single ABS segment, in order, to press up this weight.

As she reached at end position, the full flex, 13 seconds went by. 13
seconds!! Now one can imagine how slow this repetition was for Mandy. The way
was nearly 3 inches. So she needed around 4,3 seconds for each inch and with
highest pressure on her stomach. I was now curious, if Mandy would do a
further rep. She did then. Downwards, it went as in an elevator, in an again
raging way, damned quickly. Nothing changed at the veins and her color of the
skin now. One saw a very strong blood circulation. She had also thick veins at
the stomach, which now all showed themselves in a larger way and besides more
and more smaller veins appeared. Her breathing was very fast, but also very
controlled. She could hardly control anymore the downward movement, the weight
pressed down the stomach too quickly. But at the deepest point, she could
concentrate better. Although the 2nd upward movement proceeded still more
slowly, but again, she succeeded into the full flex. In the same way, she made
the 3rd and 4th rep. But the 5th, was then very slowly. Ok, down, very fast.
It was, like as if Mandy would let the weight falling down. She could not
control the speed anymore, but she could observe the weight at the deepest
point. Upwards, it went very slowly. I was considering, whether I should not
take away the work from her and do simply control the cable winch. But I also
saw now, that she pressed up again, very slow, inch for inch, the stomach
plate. The seconds went by. 22 seconds, really exactly, 22 ultra long seconds,
before she was again in the full flex.

"Pull up!!" she breathed hard.

I reacted immediately.

"OMG Micha. Argh. Unbelievable! Wait a bit!!" Mandy breathed hard.

"Kepp calm Mandy, recover, breathes in deeply in and out. Say nothing!!" I
answered to her.

Nearly 1 minute went by. Mandy remained on the cushion, breathed deeply in and
out. Time ago, I thought, she were absolute finished. Her ABS had a few bigger
pressure points now, but nothing dangerous. It was sure, that such weight
would leave marks behind. So much sweat on her whole body and slowly also her
natural color of the skin came back. But the thickest veins still stayed. Then
Mandy got up and the whole sweat dripped onto the ground.

"Are you finished? I think, that was it, you can not do more, Mandy!" I asked
her then.

"Yes, for the moment, that was it. I must first recover now shortly. Oh, was
that cool. But how the weight pressed down my stomach so damned quickly,
unbelievable fast. I was glad, that I could keep the weight holding at the
deepest, but do not ask me, how I did that!"

"Hehe Mandy, next time, I will held a small mirror over your stomach? Then you
can see, how much strength you will pump into the stomach. You should be glad,
that you can not clearly see, how your veins wanted to jump out of your body.
And your skin color looks like then, as if you would have the worst sunburn of
all time!" I laughed.

"Sure, I can imagine! During the last repetition, I already had to use nearly
all reserves! Nevertheless, I want to continue, with pleasure. I want to know,
where my limit is!" she said provoking.

"You really want?! Ok, but then, take a longer break and get some strength
back!" I answered her.

"Well, while I am making a break, I would say, you put 11 lbs more onto every
side of the plate and in the middle only one 5,5 lbs plate. By the way, how
much weight do we have then on the stomach press?" Mandy asked me.

"With the 11 lbs separately of before and the 27,5 lbs now, plus the frame, it
will be then exactly 483,5 lbs. Without the frame, you crossed then also
loosely the 441 lbs border. Before, we laid 44 lbs more on the plate, plus the
small step of 11 lbs between. I think 27,5 lbs now is a very good weight. And
if 483,5 lbs will not stimulate you enough, then I do not know it!" I joked
then.

"Yeah, that is an even bigger stimulation, than before. Do then your work. I
have a break. I have to work on that later!" also Mandy joked then.

Therefore, I loaded the stomach press a further time, while Mandy was taking a
break. After 7 minutes she laid herself down again, under the stomach press.

"Ok Micha, without talking a lot, we do it like before. First, please press 2
times down, I try then to hold the pressure. If I feel good, I will make my
thumb high, otherwise thumb down. At thumb high you know then, that you can
again completely loosen the cable. OK?!" Mandy told me then.

"Everything ok!" I declared to her.

Therefore, Mandy laid down herself again directly under the press. The stomach
plate fitted already so, that it pressed already with a very small pressure.
And so I pressed 2 times on down and observed Mandy, while she did 2 smaller
reps. Because of the fact, that she did before a 7 minute break, it looked
like for me, as she could now handle this weight very good. But still think,
it was one of the smaller reps. As she then got deeply much more air, at the
end of the 2nd rep and so intensified the pressure in her ABS, then also the
thumb up sign came. And so, I pressed another 5 times more on down and the
cable was again totally loosened. Mandy could controlled, this time, a little
better the downward process, but nevertheless, it was again very fast. Not in
3 seconds, but in 5 seconds. Upwards again extremely slow. I do not want to
tell you the description of her body again. One can introduce oneself, how
that looked now. During the pressing up, it looked for me, as if she would
slightly used already her reserves. The seconds went by. By turns, I looked at
the clock and Mandy, whether any sign came of her. But she made this 1st
complete rep. 18 seconds had gone by. In the final position, she breathed
quickly behind each other, but could hold the pressure of the 483,5 lbs. She
held the weight 5 seconds in full flex position, before It pressed her down
again rapidly. Also the 2nd went by, ok, let me say, without problems. With
still more strength, still more veins, still other color of the skin. But she
made this rep with full success. First, at the end of the 3rd, she breathed
hard and made immediately the sign for pulling up. Within the next second, her
stomach was then also again completely free.

OMG Micha, at every pressing up, it came across over me, like if I would need
an eternity. Down, it feels like, as if somebody would hit with a hammer onto
the press , so quickly the plate will press down. But I think, I am shortly
before my limit, there are not much more air and strength reserves. I would
say, 22 lbs more and that will be the max. That could be then the limit, could
be?!" Mandy meant then.

"Yes Mandy, upwards is very slow. In the cut, around 20 seconds. That with the
pressure, yes, I believe you, that this felt to you loosely as an eternity.
You think about 22 lbs? Ok, I will do."

One more 11 lbs plate in the middle and one 5,5 lbs plate on each outer side.
Incredible, in total then 505,5 lbs, over 500 lbs!! Meanwhile Mandy paused a
little, in lying position, on the cushion.

"Ok, we can! But first, let us test again. You already know how!"

I nodded and Mandy made herself ready. I took the cable winch and pressed
down. Directly after the first small rep, Mandy meant:

"Pull up, but not too much, I still want to feel the weight!"

I obeyed.

"Ok, weight is good, good for the one inch of way. I will concentrate now. As
soon as I am completely ready, please loosen the cable completely!"

Again I nodded to her shortly. I watched, how Mandy pressed again and again
more pressure in her ABS. Then the sign came of her and I pressed, like always
before, 7 times on down. Again, one saw all veins came out, at her whole body,
in the fraction of a second. I could recognize good, as Mandy attempted, to
control the realxing of her ABS, as possible and slowly. Unfortunately, it was
only an attempt. Ok, she controlled the first half inch. That was, cause she
had builded up before an enormous pressure in her stomach. But think, if from
then to now, now 505,5 lbs pressed on her stomach, then she can not stand
against this pressure for so long. The weight pressed her stomach down, in a
damned fast way. Not for the first time on this day, I was glad, that we had
done so many tests always before. Through that, we had learned, that I may
press only these 7 times on down. If the cable would be now even looser, the
weight would have crushed Mandys stomach. Then the situation was so, that
Mandy was at the deepest point. The stomach plate laid, as always, a little
oblique, but pressed with full impact on Mandys ABS. Mandy attempted to
breathe quietly. In this moment, it seemed then, as if she would only
concentrate on the correct breathment now. Simultaneously I also saw, how she
pumped again some strength in the ABS. But, she did not do any institutions,
to lift up the weight, with her ABS, or she could not more. However, she did
not gave the sign either, that I should pulled up thew weight with the winch.
Long 6 seconds passed by. I wondered then, whether the 6 seconds would not
make yet everything worse now. Because as said, the weight could not pressed
in her stomach more deeply, because the cable was flexed at the deepest point,
but Mandy did also not had the chance either, to realx her stomach a bit more.

In these 6 seconds a tremendous strength of 505,5 lbs pressed on her ABS.
First after these 6 seconds, I saw then, how in fact Mandys ABS could resisted
to this pressure extremely slowly and pressed also the weight highly up. The
pressure was infernal. The sweat flowed into flow. Already after a few seconds
in the upward movement, Mandy went then already slowly highly up with her
shoulders and could pumped, in this way, still a little more pressure in her
ABS. She also needed this pressure. But she succeeded in pressing these 505,5
lbs again so highly up, that her ABS was fully flexed. I had not looked during
this rep at the clock, how long it had lasted. I had to observe Mandy in a
very concentrated way. Also the upward movement was not anymore so controlled.
I saw at the stomach plate, that that one was not pressed very evenly highly
up, more in a trembling way. Also Mandys stomach trembled a little. But she
had arrived the highest possible point. I did not say anything, only observed
her. But no sign came. She stayed long in this flex. Her shoulders and head
were up a bit and again and again, she pressed more and more strength in her
ABS. She wanted to attempt therefore, still one more rep.

Then it went on. She had established so much pressure, that she succeeded
again, to relax controlled the first half to one inch. After that, the weight
could continue then more strongly and break Mandys resistance. Again the same
game, at the most deeply point. Mandy approved it, that the weight pressed
down her stomach so hard. She let the seconds passed by, without trying to
press up the weight. Again, she only attempted to find first enough
concentration again and to establish now a new, strong pressure in her ABS.
She also succeeded in that, but it had gone by more time, than before. Then
she pressed and how strong she did that. It occurred one so, as if she would
press out a baby of her stomach. She pressed and pressed against the weight.
If she had done 0,1 – 0,2 inches then, she attempted 2 things simultaneously.
Firstly, to hold the pressure in her ABS, but without pressing up now further.
Secondly, and that just simultaneous, to pump more and more strength again in
the ABS, so that she had enough pump in the ABS to press up 0,1 – 0,2 inches
more. So, she pressed up therefore, stayed then shortly in this position,
wheezed deeply, pumped adrenaline in her ABS and then, she pressed the weight
a bit more highly. Since I had observed her at all reps, that she had ever
done, always exactly, I could assessed also well, when she had crossed her
point of the most effort and how much inches she still would have to press up,
up to the full flexed position.

"Come on Mandy, press, press, press!!" I encouraged fully at her.

She did not pull any face. Then, at ¾ way of the pressing up, it happened
then. Her resistance had broken. She attempted with all strength and believe
me, she had already invested reserves of 10 more persons at this point, to
press against the weight. But the weight pressed again hard and fast down. But
the weight did not come so far. I saw, that Mandy could not stand anymore
against the pressure and operated immediately the cable winch. Immediately the
cable winch pulled up the weight. She had done therefore 1 ¾ reps with the
505,5 lbs.

"Oh Micha, your reaction was damned good and quick! More did not go. I pumped
all my reserves in the ABS, but I did not come against the weight."

"Yes, I saw it immediately. I wanted to pull up the weight already at the half
of the first rep, but you could still press up the weight then. So, at least
we know now, that 505,5 lbs will be your limit then. You can be damned proud
of yourself. Such a weight, to press up only with the ABS, that is absolute
crazy!"

"Hmm, I am really proud, but it annoys me, to try one more. I did almost 2
reps! But I want to know, how much weight, it must be, that I can not resist
the pressure from the abolute beginning of the first rep. That would be then
the absolute limit. So, ket us think, how much weight we can put on next. I
myself, I must take a break once more, stretch a bit and tank some new
strength!"

"You really wanna try one more last attempt? After what strength, you already
lost during the whole practice? Of course, I support you in that, but I think,
you can not build up today so much strength anymore. But it is your decision!"

"Really, I would like to attempt it. If it will not work, it will not work
then. You have everything under control with the cable winch, therefore,
nothing dangerous can happen to me!"

"Ok! Before, we had put 22 lbs more on the plate. I think, 11 lbs now, only in
the middle, must be enough!"

"Yes, I also think so. Therefore, please put on 11 lbs more on the press."

I took then two 5,5 plates, laid them onto the middle rod and in this way, we
had then totally 516,5 lbs. Since I was ready with the equipping very quickly,
I cleaned then, with a towel, again and again, the new upcoming sweat on
Mandys ABS. I could feel very well, how hard the ABS had become, through this
whole training. If Mandy breathed in deeply and would have to relax the ABS,
that one was still massively hard. While Mandy was making this break and doing
breath exercises, I attempted again and again, to hit, in an middle hard way,
into her ABS. But also there. If Mandy had relaxed her stomach fully and I
exactly, in this moment, hit her into the stomach, nothing happened, all was
only hard. A continuous hardness during the inhalation, as also exhalation,
while flexing, as also at the relaxing. Incomprehensible!

16 minutes went by, when Mandy laid herself down again, for her very last
attempt, at this day. I let the cable winch only so far again down, that Mandy
just could feel the pressure of the weight on her ABS. Then she had enough
time, in order to establish a big pressure in her ABS. While she was doing
that, she said to me still shortly, that if she gave the sign, I should only
press 2-times on the down button, so that the weight can not press in her
stomach so deeply. After nearly a minute then, the sign came and I pressed
only the 2-times onto down. But I could recognize it immediately. Mandy had so
much pressure in her ABS, but the weight was too heavy. Mandy did not have any
chance. It was good, that I had pressed only the 2-times. The weight pressed
immediately down and Mandy could do nothing, only the smallest bit, against
that. But the weight could press down the ABS only this 0,8 inch deep. Mandy
did then the only correct thing. She relaxed her stomach much more and said
then to me, that I should pull up the weight with the winch again, what I did
then immediately.

"Micha, you were right. No chance. It was even around a multiple in a more
difficult way, to hold the pressure, like before with the 505,5 lbs. In the 16
minutes, I could not gather so much strength anymore! That was it then for
today. Maybe I pack the 516,5 lbs then at the next time, when we once again
will try this?!"

"Yeah Mandy, you surely will take the weight then. It was today simple too
much. We know now, that 505,5 lbs will firstly your limit."

"This is more, than I thought", Mandy said then definitively.

This great test was in this way over. Mandys ABS could press up a weight from
505,5 lbs. We did then make such a test, once again, some months later. Then,
her limit was 527,5 lbs.

The End!