Bench

Weighed in at 185.4 today, which is good. That's down ~8 lbs in two weeks (I weigh myself in the morning to try to account for fluctuating water weight.) Hopefully I can put on a bunch of the weight after weigh-in and bloat back up so my gear is tight. Panda Express double orange, here I come!

Band-lightened Bench:
used quadded purples, with full weight for the last 3-4" of the lift. All reps were done with a full 1 second pause. The goal was to emulate the assistance of a bench shirt without going overboard with the band assistance.

275 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 5
335 x 5
365 x 3 + 1 fail
375 x 2 + 1 fail

I felt find coming into the gym, but after my first warm-up set at 135, my shoulders/pecs started feeling horrrible. I wonder if deadlifting tore them up again? They weren't sore at all until I started pressing.

Floor Press:
225 x 8
245 x 6
265 x 3 + 1 fail
225 x 9

These felt better than they ever have. I think my lockout is much smoother now, which is helping.

(superset)
Cable Rows:
Used medium-wide parallel grip bar
250 (stack) x 10, 4 sets

Skull Crushers:
120 x 10
140 x 10
170 x 5
120 x 19 + 1 fail

Terrence challenged me to do 20 reps with the plate on each side. I almost made it but was exhausted on the 20th rep. Maybe next time :'(

Finished with banded decline abs.