T-Bone Strength 4-7-08

M.E. Bench

Competition Setup Bench Warm-ups: Barx8, 135x8, 225x5, 275x5, 315x3
Put on Doubled Mini Bands: 135x1, 185x1, 205x1, 225x1 (All had really good speed)

Put on Rage-X with doubled mini bands and 3-board: 315x3 (Mega Easy), 365x2, missed 3rd

Competition Setup Bench for 10RM with doubled mini bands: 135x10, 185x10, 225x6 (could of done 10, but there is no sense in burning myself out so early)

Raw 3-board with doubled mini bands: 135x8, 185x5, 225x5
Raw "4-board" with doubled mini bands: 275x5

Rolling Triceps Extensions: 50x20, 100x3 (Extremely difficult)

I did a single with 435 with just straight weight after doing a lot of singles and warming up with the doubled mini bands, and wasn't happy with it. My butt came clear off the bench and I have no idea why. I know I'm good when I'm at full strength for a good 465-475ish bench full range. My personal best is 455 that I did awhile back but I'm still feeling the effects of maxing out raw on Friday. I'm not too terribly worried about making 435 like I did but I should of smoked it as I did a couple of weeks ago. My lockout flat out sucks. I can get any amount of weight I need to off of my chest just need to work on my lockout. If I work on my lockout then I'll be an absolute tank on the bench. As I've stated and I mean it, 500 will fall this year mark my words!