November 2, 2009 Bench Max: 205
December 7, 2009 Bench Max: 210
February 6, 2010 at meet Benched 209.25
April 21, 2010 Bench Max: failed at 220, probably had 210 in me
I'm sick of bench. Old max before powerlifting was 215. It was touch n go so I decided today I would try to hit a new touch n go max. I went for 220 and failed. My elbowed then started hurting really bad. I couldn't do any pressing exercises and even just standing I felt pain in my elbows. I've gained 10 pounds and have only seen about 5 pound bench increase. It's very frustrating. I should probably take some time off to let my elbow recover. I don't know what to do to improve my bench. I always fail at the point, about 4 inches off the chest, right around a 3 board height. Once my elbows break the plane of my chest I can lock out about 275. Whatever, at least my squat has improved.
Bench
220 x fail
Incline Press
115 x fail
Machine Flyes
205 x 10
220 x 8
235 x 8
Lat Pullovers Machine
3 plates x 10
4 plates x 10
5 plates x 10
Weigh in: 154 lbs
Then I went with Scott to Drake Stadium
Mile: 5:34
Not too bad a time considering my PR is around 5:19 and I weighed 20 pounds less at the time, and I've have practically no running training since high school.
By the way fuck bench
2 comments:
Luke your a beast! On your bad day your still blowing me out of the water and I'm weighing in 1 or 2 pounds heavier. I may have a elbow support sleeve laying around. Let me know if you want me to try to hunt it down.
It's a personal failure. I set a goal of benching 225 by the end of the year. It is no closer now than it was in December.
Let's see how much you bench after 6 months of powerlifting.
Thanks for the offer I'll let you know if I need it.
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