I really prefer not to post my "thoughts" on training.
A log is used to document training, maybe a
little "how you felt", "what you ate". Not a bunch
of philosophy although funny shit like what Mark Bell
writes about is OK. But I'm thinking out loud here to
help figure out the training puzzle.
I've been going kinda backwards lately in my
quest for a bigger bench. Figuring out why can
be frustrating. I'm getting older but alot of (much)
stronger guys are older than me. I reject that reason.
I put in a strong training effort. I use supplements,
creatine, protein, and vitamins. I work alot of hours and
often have a very disrupted sleep cycle. Lots of people
do but again, not an excuse, just something to factor in.
In looking at my training log as well as my PR log. It
seems like gains in raw bench strength have come when
I'm including the military press. My boards and shirted
bench have gone up just fine. Raw numbers have not. I
compete in a single-ply fed but the idea of having a nice,
big fat raw bench is very appealing. So overhead pressing
is back in the mix, as is direct tricep work.
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Yeah strong shoulders=a strong bench. I remember when you were doing shoulder work your bench both shirted and raw went up greatly. I think that you should alternate strict pressing with push presses as it will get you a little bit of leg work plus force your shoulders to work more and put a bigger load on you.
As it relates to the triceps work, Mark Bell said it best, you cant over train your lockout. I think your bench increased a great deal with banded boards and straight weight boards which I think would be great for you. Plus I know you have elbow trouble but when we were doing extensions of all kinds, your bench was going up so I think maybe a 5x5 of rolling extensions or skull crushers would work really well. Hey also don't forget, missing 280 could of been just an off day, I've had days where 315 raw felt like the world but I know I can do it easily so don't over think the issue, just get stronger all over and your bench will go up :)
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