October 25, 2007 - Thursday Heavy Bench

It's been a while since my last blog posting... oops! from where i left off with my bench on september 27, i've been increasing the weight 10lbs every week. so this is what has culminated up to now... this was today's workout

Bench - warm up bar, 95x10, 135x8, x6, 225x5, 255x2, 285x3, 295x2, 305x1

Board press - 305x3 (3 boards), 325x2 (2 boards), 345x1
I decided to lower down to 2 boards... i had a lot of explosive drive off of the 3 board and that part of my bench was not the weak area, so i dropped to a 2 board. what a difference! that extra distance of just under 2 inches feels like a full range rep!

Incline press - 195x3, 205x2, 215x1

Rear delts on one half of cable cross - 160x10, 180x10, 200x10, 220x10

preacher curls Nautilus nitro plus - 110x10x4

Triceps pushdown v-bar - 90x10, 100x10, 110x10x2 sets

Dragon flags - 1 sets 5 reps


My squatting last week ended up with 385x3, 405x2, and 425 for an attempted 1. i say attempted because i picked it up strong, controlled it down strong, but couldn't get back up! i had a rough week of late nights and some partying which definitely was the main reason for my failed rep. i was exhausted. it showed in my deadlifting too. 2 fridays ago i deadlifted 340x5, 305x5, 280x5x10 sets. last friday i did 345x5, 285x5, and was fried by my fifth set of 285x5. sheer exhaustion. i took off going out friday night, and since sunday haven't gone out at all and i'm feeling more rested. i'm hoping tomorrow is a better training session than last week...