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

10/4/09

T-Bone Strength 10/2/09 and 10/3/09

Accessory Day 10/2/09

Barbell Shrugs (Just because)
135x10
225x10
315x10
405x10 (3 sets)
315x20

Band Assisted Pull-ups (Again, just because)
40 total reps

Vogelpohl Pulldowns/Rows
10 sets of 10

Behind The Neck Pulldowns (Yeah you guessed it...just because!)
3 sets of 10

Bizarre Bench Day 10/3/09

Raw Bench
Bar
135x3
185x3
225x1
315x1
405x0 STAPLED! WTF?
405X1 Killed it!
225x20
315x5! (I wanted 10 but I'll take 5)

Tate Press
3 sets of 10

Rope Overhead Extensions
3 sets of 10

Pushdowns with Pulldown Bar
3 sets of 10

Band Pullaparts
3 sets of 10

Bicep Curls (What the hell, why not right?)
1 set of 30

I lifted alone these two sessions and I have no idea what Steve did. I freaked out at being stapled with 405 because it felt so easy picking it off the rack I was worried that I somehow became weaker but after I got mad at it enough I killed it the second try. I really want to get double digit repetitions with 315 and I think I'm going to make that a goal after this Chatsworth meet. The goal on the 3rd was to do a heavy reverse band 4 board with my super katana but it just didn't formulate for me to have spotters. I guess I take my opener and second attempt to a 2 board on Thursday/Friday and then after that I think I'm going to take a longer rest than usual because I'm pretty peppered at this point after having peaked for one meet, not being able to lift in it, then having to peak again a little over a month after the fact. My planned lifts at the Chatsworth meet are 485, 512, 529, and if I get a chance at a 4th attempts 540-551. I think those numbers are very doable and I cant wait to get this meet over with because then I'm taking a rest for a week or so and then hitting it raw for awhile.

I need a break from my shirt! :P

////Sorry I missed spotting you T. If it weren't life or death I'd have been there. This situation is nearly completely behind me. Enough said. You missed 405 raw full ROM then made it. No problem. You compete single-ply so WTHC's? Yes, you're slighly overtrained right now as you should be. On Oct 17th you will be rested and much stronger. 485 - 510 - 525 - 550 This is gonna be fun! ////
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