Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tuesday's DE bench workout

DE bench workout with Stump at Golds on 7th east.

I decided no bands today because I think they've been hard on my joints.

Benching:

Bar x 10
Bar x 10
12-15 sets of 135 x 3 ( kind of lost count of the number of sets, probably took too long in between some too )

Standing overhead shoulder presses:

bar + 70# hanging x 10
65 + 70# hanging x 8
65 + 70# hanging x 6
65 + 70# hanging x 6
bar + 70# hanging x 8

My shoulders are still clearly my weakest link for bench, but I am making progress.

Standing tricep cable push downs:
whole stack x 20
whole stack x 20
whole stack x 15
whole stack x 15

I didn't feel as strong with these as usual, maybe related to not sleeping all that great lately.

Face pulls:
whole stack x 20
whole stack x 20
140 x 16
140 x 16

I played around with raising my head while benching.  I think this along with the new grip width is going to take even more stress off my shoulder and hopefully mean I will be able to push more weight.  We will see.  Stump said just make sure I still keep my back tight.

I'm definitely 300# now.  I weight 299 last saturday, 300 on sunday 297 on tuesday, but back above 300 today ( wednesday ).  I know I'm obsessed, but it's just really cool to be at 300 at a fairly low body fat percentage ( at least for me ).  Last time I weighed 300#, I was fat and weak.  Now I'm not fat and feel strong.

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