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

3/10/09

T-Bone Strength 3/9/09

M.E. Bench

Raw Warmups: Barx10, 135x5, 225x3, 315x1 (Threw on scooped neck rage-x)

405x3 to a 3 board (Stupid Easy)

455x1 full range, paused at the chest, easy press!

495x0 According to my training partners it would of been a no lift in competition. I pressed it up but apparently my butt was way off the bench and it didn't pause long enough

495x0 This time the sucker didnt want to move

475x1 Was a touch n go but I figure I'll be able to hit this no problem at state.

Floor Press: 135x5, 225x5, 315x5 (3 sets)

Kennelly's (Aka rolling triceps extensions): 3 sets of 10

Pushdowns: 3 sets of 10

Seated Rows: 3 sets of 10

Kinda disappointed I didn't get 495. I may be just burnt out from the freaky heavy training I've been doing I dunno. I'm only going to bench at state to allow my legs time to heal up for the San Diego meet where I'm going to do all 3 lifts. Plan is to officially open with 424, smoke it, then go to 460 something then 485.

Steve looks like your definitely ready for the meet. You looked really thick last time I saw you, 400 is definitely going to fall for you this year!

1 comment:

Island Strength said...

Thanks for the comments Tony. Funny, the two no-touches w/350 were like 135. Now the "good" 350 I brought down and out of the shirt bubble and drug it back up for a grinder. Blew some blood vessels in my eyes and saw a "mist" for 20 minutes. From here I'll do a heavy single next Monday and then a gradual taper.