Thursday, June 18, 2009

M(arathon)E Bench

I srsly need to stop lifting at 4-star for 3+ hours...

Shirted Bench:
365 x 3 @ 3 board
365 x 2 @ 2 board
365 x 2 @ 1 board
365 x 1
385 x 1 (PR)
405 x FAIL

Guys tried cranking the Katana for the last one but the max-resistance point got shifted far too low for an IPF-legal bench. I went with the shirt's groove (to avoid dumping on myself), but it didn't give nearly as much pop. Guys said the Katana was barely doing anything (hard to believe), but it's definitely not providing a ton of resistance, which is unfortunate. I still have yet to fully seat it in the armpits, so I'm hoping once it's in place, the shirt might tighten up more. Next week I'll try 395, as 385 felt easy.

Chain Work:
185 + 140lbs of chains x 5 @ 2 board
225 + 140 x 5 @ 2 board
275 + 140 x FAIL
245 + 140 x 1 (immediately after previous fail)
185 + 140 x 14 @ MANPON (Brent said 15, but i gassed)
185 + 140 x 10 @ MANPON (sunk it in deeper this time)

Skullcrushers are still bothering my right tricep tendon at the elbow, so I bailed on them early. Bill suggested doing monster-mini band tricep extensions, which were surprisingly hard. They set had the bad weight kick in at 90 degrees, so it was perfect. Did 5 strip sets from monster-minis to minis, all til failure. I'm guess 110 at the top / 150 at the bottom for the monster minis.

Stability Bench:
65s(??) x 10, 3 sets

Forgot what Brent had on there.

Did some biceps too.

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