King of the Board Press

Went down with Greg, Vit and Terence to 4-Star today.

Bench w/ chains:
135 x 4 + 100lbs of chains
185 x 4 + 100lbs of chains, 4 sets

Pause on the chest for all of these. Still felt explosive which is good.

Board Press:
315 x 5, 3-board
325 x 5, 3-board
355 x 5, 4-board
375 x 5, 4-board
405 x 5, 5-board

All of these were easy. Brent was messing around with the board press and wanted to see what I could do. The 5-board is pretty ludicrous for me because it's maybe a 2" range of motion. I am not sure of the utility of doing them in the future. For everyone else, the ROM was like 6-12" so maybe it's more useful for others. The big difference in weight between the 3 and 4 board is odd. I think it must have to do with my chest strength, as I almost always fail on the board for a 3 board.

Standing Press (Phil Style):
135 x 8
145 x 8
145 x 7
135 x 5

Shoulder fatigue as usual. I belted these for extra safety for my lower back.

Finished with a bit of cable triceps, some banded triceps, and a lot of sled work for recovery. I also tried some stretching to help loosen the lower back.