Lockouts N Stuff
Lockouts w/Narrow Grip
Barx15
135x10
225x5
315x3
Added 3-board
405x3 (2 sets)
455x3 (2 sets)
Speed Bench (All done with Narrow Grip)
225x3 (3 sets)
275x3 (3 sets)
295x3 (1 set)
Incline Tates super set with Flat Tates
3 sets of 10//10
Doubled Underhand Triceps Extensions
1 set of 20
To be frank, I'm extremely shocked at how much my raw strength has gone up. I figured I'd do 3-board work for the hell of it and man what a difference! The board height going from 4-3 I didn't think would be so dramatic. Could I have gone heavier? More than likely, but what's the point? I need to get quality reps in with a heavy weight before going up. Gotta check the ego at the door. I'm fairly pleased also with the speed of my bench. All sets were relatively easy and I would have done more sets with 295 but felt a slight pinch in my right pec; and decided to shut it down. I'm really getting some good speed which is fairly noticeable. One of these days I'll take a raw and slingshot max and see where I am. Extremely curious to see how I'll do in a shirt...
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
Steve Denning
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I agree about the dramatic difference between a 3 and 4 board. It just feels so much lower! One more raw M.E. day before shirted work. Mike wants to go in the shirt Thursday. How about half and half just for fun?
What are we doing on Thursday? Floor Press? Or taking a max? If so I wanna go raw/slingshot before hitting the shirt. Then I'm gonna semi deload. I'm fairly beat up and I want to go into shirt training nice and fresh. If you want to go in a shirt and raw also I'm down to help you put it on but I'll stick to the slingshot/raw for one more week :)
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