Bench + UW Gym Review

Went to UW's gym because I don't have a key to S S&P. Got in late, so the entire workout was rushed in 50 minutes.

Bench:
Shoulder started hurting 2 days ago when I wasn't doing anything, so I avoid any long pauses at the bottom.

275 x 5
285 x 5
275 x 5

Standing Press:
135 x 5
185 x 2 (ughh)
155 x 5
165 x 5
175 x 4 + 1 fail

I need to do these more often. Especially in the 175 range where I tend to get stuck.

Close-grip Pin Presses:
These were really low on the pins, almost touching my chest

225 x 5, 4 sets

Doing these third seemed to make it much more difficult.

Finished with side deltoid raises and seated abs

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UW's gym is ridiculous. It's easily 3 times the size of UCLA's. I counted 8 platforms, each with a squat rack, and another 4 free standing squat racks. Then there were 12 benches. Also all the racks has pins for attaching bands. They had 3 dumbbell sets, one of which went up to 125. It seemed like 30% of their plates were bumper plates as well. Two GHRs as well. No reverse-hyper though.

The only bad side was that the place was so big, getting to the water fountain or the bathroom was like going to the moon. The place itself is gigantor with dedicated indoor archery ranges(?!), judo rooms, and even some sort of food place where you can get smoothies made for you.

Best part: they had a giant chalk bowl sitting in the middle of the gym for all to use.

UW >>> UCLA