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

6/30/08

6/30/2008 Island Strength

Bench Day

Bar, 135x5, 225x3, Put on F-6
315x1 (2-Board), Full ROM: 335x1* Real Easy
345x1* Easy

Raw Floor Press
225x3, 245x1*, 255x1*, 205x10 w/CG

Rolling Extensions
35x10, 50x10, 50x10 with mini-band

Hammer Curls
50x8 2 Sets

20lb PR on Competition Bench. The light
at the end of this tunnel is starting to look
like four plates! 405lbs...

6/27/08

6/27/2008 Island Strength

Assist Day

JM Press
Bar, 135x5, 175x10 3 Sets

CG Face Pulls
Stack + Mini Band 6 Sets of 12

High Pulls
135x5, 225x3, 245x3 2 Sets

Dead Pulls + Shrug
295x3 2 Sets

Big Fun.

6/23/08

6/23/2008 Island Strength

Bench Day

Two-Board Press
Bar, 135x5, 225x3, Put on F-6
2-Board: 315x1, 335x1*, 355x1*

Competition Bench Press
315x2*

Raw Full ROM w/Dbl Minis
140x8*

Raw 4-Board Press w/Dbl Minis
285x10*

Hammer Curls
40x8, 50x5, 55x8*

Rolling Ext
40x15 2 Sets

A couple OK PRs in prep for
the Aug 2nd Meet in Venice Beach.

6/18/08

6-18-08 Island Strength

Assist Day

JM Press
135x10, 155x8, 175x6

155x8, 175x8, 195x6*

High Pulls
135x5, 225x5 2 Sets

Deads Fm Below Knee
227x3 plus 5 shrugs

CG Face Pulls
140x20 2 Sets, 150x20 1 Set

Good news fm Donna's Doctor. This is
a very good day.

6/12/08

6-12-08 Island Strength

Assist Day

DB Rows
60x5, 100x5 4 Sets alternated with

DB Rows plus Dbl mini Band
30+band x5 4 Sets alternated with

Wide-grip Pull-Downs
4 Sets of 5 working to a max set

JM Press
Bar, 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, 195x5*, 135x20*

Rear Laterals
25x8 3 Sets

Doing the work.

6/9/08

6-09-08 Island Strength

Bench Day

3-Board w/Dbl Minis

Warm-up: Bar, 135x5 2 Sets, 225x3, Put on F-6
3-Board W/Dbl Minis: 225x1, 250x3* (20lb PR), 275x1*

Raw Full ROM: 250x2 (Got cramp, was going for 4-reps),
250x4*

Raw 4-Board S/W: 305x5* (10lb PR)

Rolling Tricep Ext
30x8, 50x8 3 Sets*

Hammer Curls
30x20, 30x15

Lots of PRs, going to singles and prepping for
Aug 2nd competition in Venice Beach.

6/6/08

6/06/08 Island Strength

Assist Day

CG Face Pulls
4 Sets of 20 w/140

WG Pull-downs
3 Sets of 10

Rope Push-downs
Sets of 8, 90 - 140 (6 sets)

Whatta Pump, Prolly dinont hep
me abit. Felt good though!

6/2/08

6-2-08 Island Strength

Bench Day

Raw 4-Board Press
Bar, 135x5, 225x3, 4-board: 275x3
315x2, 335x3*

Illegal Wides
235x6*

Incline Tates
35x8, 45x8, 50x6, 60x4, 35x15

Hammer Curls
50x9*

He didn't tap and neither will I.