Wednesday, September 14, 2011

9.14.11--Bench

Feeling a little better than yesterday. Got an early gym workout in. Really happy with how I benched today, weight was going up easier than it ever has. Maybe this is because I weigh 185 lbs now, which is still a good 10-15 more than my normal weight last year, but still, I think I'm making nice strides in my accessory work and it's helping a lot. Also, my new roommate is pretty strong, but had never done free weights before we started working out together, so I'm constantly pushing myself to do more weight than him (then again, I weigh 35 pounds more than him haha).

Bench:
warmups
155x5@8+
165x5@9
170x5@10- (ties PR)

(3 second) Pause Bench:
145x3@9-
150x3@9+
155x3@10- PR I believe

Decline Bench:
135x5@9
155x5@9+
165x5@10 (really tired by this point)

DB Shoulder Raises (lateral supersetted with front)
10sx8x3 for each exercise

Cable Flyes, Triceps Machine, Dips Machine, Shrug "Machine," other various chest/tris/shoulders exercises

2 comments:

Luke said...

your old roommate is stronger

same bench numbers as last workout with lower RPE number at lower BW is good progress, but it's time for 175

Scott Salomon said...

yeah, 175 is certainly attainable. I was planning on doing 3x3 next week then maxing the following week, so I'm not sure when my next set of 5 is