Wednesday, October 14, 2009

ME Bench

Shirted Bench:
Used the black katana today, fully torqued.
315 x 3 @ 3 board
365 x 1 @ 2 board
365 x 1 @ 1 board
365 x fail, 1, 1

I think the torquing lowered the touching point a bit too far for IPF standards. In addition, I had trouble getting the shirt seated with the additional resistance from the torque. I will have to try torquing the sleeves less next week and seeing where it ends up being seated. The third 365 flew up like 225 and I feel confident opening with it if I can reliably get the shirt seated where it needs to be for me to touch legally.

Standing Press:
155 x 5
175 x 5
185 x 4
175 x 4

Close-Grip Bench:
205 x 8, 2 sets

Right shoulder has been bothering me, so I went lighter on these than normal.

Tricep Death:
(close grip)
185, all 5 boards
195, all 5 boards - this was definitely my max; I was unable to flex the triceps after that.

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