Friday, August 22, 2008

Wide Grip Bench

Tried a wide grip (~31 inches between index fingers) for bench today. Results were good. This wide of a grip is legal right???

Flat Bench Press:
135x7
185x5
205x5
225x5
245x5 (PR! last week only got 245x3)
185x15

Incline Bench Press (pause at bottom):
135x5
155x5
175x5
195x4

Incline Skullcrusher:
bar+25s x10
bar+35s x10
bar+45s x10

at this point elbows started hurting like crazy (possibly from squat last night) so called it

2 comments:

Juggernaut, the said...

You grip is legal provided that you have at least one finger on the outside ring. I think the bars they use in competition have slightly wider rings than what you find in a regular gym, so you could probably have them as wide as being right outside of the rings.

Nathan Beckmann said...

Wtf?? You are frickin' destroying me.

Also, if your elbows hurt DO NOT DO SKULLCRUSHERS! They are the worst elbow exercise fo sho.

Kind of like doing quad extensions when you have severe knee pain...