Saturday, April 18, 2009

Bench Assistance

Band-Lightened Bench:
Used quadded purples. Full weight the last 3". Did a 2-sec self count pause on the chest for each.

275 x 4
315 x 4
335 x 4
355 x 4
365 x 3

Board Press
paused 1 second on these

315 x 5
325 x 5
335 x 5
345 x 4

Standing Press:
135 x 8 (easiest it's ever been)
155 x 5
155 x 6
155 x 7

Did 3? 4? sets of plate raises til failure here.

Preacher Curlz:
80 x 12
100 x 8
120 x 6
100 x 8

Supersetted the curls with sub scap pulls. Posture is feeling pretty good these days.

Between sets, I stretched. Kyle noticed that my back straightens right at parallel. I would like to get flexible enough to maintain my arch about 1-2" below parallel.
Current focus is on the groin, as that's where I feel the most resistance. Anyone have suggestions for which stretches to use?

1 comment:

Jake Ceccarelli said...

I just did seated groin (like you're trying to do a split) and standing and seated hamstring stretches with the back arched. I did some with my leg propped on something, but I got to the point where nothing was just the right height, and I couldn't quite kick my leg up high enough. Try to do all the stretches with your back arched. It puts more stress on the groin/hamstrings that way.