T-Bone Strength 4/14/10

ME Bench

Reverse Monster Mini Bands
Barx12
135x10 (2 sets)
225x8
315x3
405x3
355x3 (10 sets)
385x3 (1 set)
315x10

Total 10x3 Tonnage: 10,650lbs.
Total Tonnage of Reverse Monster Mini Band Workout: 21,615lbs

Incline DB Bench
70x15
70x10

This workout kicked my ass. I am very drained and worn out. I think it is worth noting all of the warm-up sets and include them in the total overall volume is nearly 10k more than just the 10x3. I also learned how incredibly weak I am when it comes to Incline work. I'm going to regularly do Incline DB benching in an attempt to get stronger in that area and get my bench up. None of the weights in this session were overly heavy, in fact it was fairly light, however, the total volume killed me. Tomorrow I'll do back assistant work and Friday or Saturday I'll do lockout and triceps training. Everything is on course for me to hit 600+ in an official contest somewhere down the line. May is too soon of a turn around for me so I'm out of the Venice Beach meet however I'll look for the APF meet in August as my return to the platform.

New goals: Get stronger on Incline DB
Bench 500 raw

Side note: It is amazing how much stronger I am since I am over being sick. It was a major factor in myself and Steve bombing out last month. Next time I'm sick, I wont even go to the meet, it drained my strength so much that I couldn't even do a 545lb 3-board like I usually do. Everything is back on track and I feel great in addition to my new diet, dropped all the junk, am eating clean, and I'm stronger than ever.