Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Competiton Cycle: ME Bench

Gear:
None / no belt

Back Squat:
Shoulder Stance for all. I need to get some weight lifting shoes for this stance, as I have to go damn deep without a heel and I feel slightly tilted too forward at the very bottom.

285, 5 x 5

Reverse-Band* Flat Bench:

315 x 3
335 x 1
355 x 1
375 x 1 (10 lbs PR)
395 x FAIL

Failed on the 395 about where a 3 board ends.

Setup pictures:





Power Cleans:

135 x 3
185 x 3
215 x 7 x 2 (7 sets of 2 reps)

Also, here's a picture of my eye from squatting Monday:

5 comments:

Nathan Beckmann said...

Your eye is creepy.

Stephen Hokama said...

Sweet!

Juggernaut, the said...

Won't the heel cause you to pitch forward more when you're in the hole?

Brent Tanaka said...

eye of a champion right there

Nathan Beckmann said...

@ Daves: No, the heel allows greater ankle dorsiflexion, which allows the butt to tuck under more and lets you say more upright.