A little about me

I have competed in both Olympic Weightlifting and Bench-Only Lifting. I competed in Olympic Lifting as a kid. Best lifts of 255 Olympic Press, 225 Snatch, 255 Clean & Jerk. I met many of the great lifters and coaches from the 60's and 70's. After a 20-year break to serve my country I started lifting regularly again and competing in Bench-Only. Best Lift: 419lbs "equipped".

Feel free to follow along on the adventure...

Steve Denning

12/8/07

T-bone Strength 12-7-07

Dynamic Bench

Bench:135x8, 225x8 (Warmups)
Added my new spiffy bands (Thanks to big Steve!)
9x3x255 with doubled mini's. (Steve do you know the band tension on these by chance?)

Pushdowns with Straight Bar:5x8x150
Chest Supported Rows:3x8x6 plates
3-Way Shoulders:2 cycles (Side Raisex20, Front Raisex20, Bent Over Raisex20)

It really felt different to work with the bands again. I really enjoyed them! I plan on deloading this next week to allow some recovery time given I have some nagging aches and pains here and there I'll do active recovery next week and eat a lot and sleep a lot. I was curious after working with the bands and I loaded 315 on the bar and I swear I did it so fast it felt like I was using just the bar! I'm going to go on a 3 week band cycle on the bench after my deload week and I'll see where that take me. Only 15 weeks away until I become a 2-time State powerlifting champion! My elite total will happen!

Think like a Champion!
Eat like a Champion!
Train like a Champion!
Win like a Champion!!!!

1 comment:

Island Strength said...

Tony,

Here's the skinny on yer minis:

Poundage Stretch
45lbs @ 3.75"
65lbs @ 8.25"
85lbs @ 14"
95lbs "Doubled"

15 Weeks