I did the same for bench pressing. I had to adapt as well. I now mostly use smith machines for most of my workout. As I find that they control the movement bett

I did the same for bench pressing. I had to adapt as well. I now mostly use smith machines for most of my workout. As I find that they control the movement better, to keep you aligned, and actually the duration of the contraction / pump can happen for a longer time span of the motion. I used to keep reef aquariums. I've learned that keeping the same aquarium successful at one year, is very different than success at ten years. As the probability of something catastrophic killing the tank increases with time. Log term, I've had things like pumps failing, tanks cracking, a power grid going out for a week. Catastrophic things are almost inevitable long term. After all something 3,000 wars in recorded human history. So even war breaking out could happen.