shamrock,
ps: try strengthening your forearms first before getting rid of your beast. I re-read some of your posts and you sound very gym strong, but not yet functionally strong. I used to be just like you: throwing up 255 like it was nothing and doing 30 pullups in one set but then I couldn't swing my swords and khuks very well because a) my wrists and forearms were very weak especially in comparison to the rest of the muscle systems they were attached to, and b) my grip was weak and c) I was very strong in isolated specialized motions but not strong in a more general over all motion (such as lifting a big clumsy box or doing a deadlift-general vs specialized).
So you can have all the power in the world in your triceps, biceps and pecs but if the intermediary, AKA your hands and wrists, can't transfer that power then you're cooked. This is why a blacksmith is ridiculously strong with his hammer and wields it like it was nothing but a meathead who could bench the blacksmith over his head can't wield that hammer with the same speed and precision.
What’s that saying?? One is only as strong as their weakest link, in this case, our hands and wrists. I bet if you worked out your forearms and grip and gave your bones, ligaments and tendons some time to SLOWLY get used to it and strengthen, harden and fatten up, you'll be a beast at swinging that new chit. Go slow, as you can get carpal tunnel syndrome or hurt the cartilage and bone. I used to have the weakest wrists and grip so much so that my fist would collapse when I punched a heavy bag and now after working on them with functional exercises, I am waaaaaay stronger throughout. It's like your bench will go up if you strengthen your abs and the rest of your core: once they are strong your lower body can really get into the mix and help out the upper body, if only as a solid support to the muscles that are flexing. They TRANSFER the power better.
I now train for a) overall health b) martial arts and c) to work my tools as fast, hard, and with as much endurance as possible. Notice the way the great warriors or athletes other than football players, wrestlers, or gladiators, are simply not uber big??? Heavy weight boxers don't have the biggest chests, right?? No need. Navy seals aren't huge. Again, no need. Mountaineer rescuers aren't huge, but all these men are ridiculously strong. They specialize in what they want to accomplish. For me?? It's swinging a khuk with great speed and power thus why I work my shoulders and forearms to a great degree and can hold out a 45lbs plate straight out from my shoulders for over a minute and can swing a 25lbs sledge with ease: I functionally train for hiking, camping, martial arts and for swinging heavy sharp metal hard and fast. Period. But I can't anymore nor care to bench 300lbs (which used to be my max). Not important.
Ok, go to a store. Get some galvanized pipe cut to 28 inches. Two pipes. About the length and size of large escrima sticks. Thick stuff but not crazy thick. Wrap some grip tape around the area you are gonna grip cause when hands are sweaty, pipes go flying. Now, while watching TV I want you to DRUM with your new sticks. Come up with different ways to drum and move them in rhythm. Keep going till it burns. Stop. Repeat again and again. Every day. By going to end of pipe or choking up, you can change the intensity of the exercise. Use TWISTING motions as well. The pipe is not like traditional weight, or rope and weight forearm work outs so it can be done almost every day. Give it a whirl. Lemme know if you need more exercises, like the sledge hammer
