08/20/10 Bench

Band-Lightened Bench (doubled greens at pin 6):
275 x 4 @7
315 x 4 @8
345 x 4 @8.5
365 x 4 @9
385 x 3 @9.5
405 x 2 @9.5
405 x 2 @10

Just a couple weeks ago with this I was struggling to do triples at 365. But it was the first time since nationals I had had over 275 in my hands, so I just needed to re-acclimate my CNS to the heavy weight. The doubles at 405 tie my PR.

Incline Bench:
185 x 8 @8
185 x 8 @9
185 x 8 @9.5

I have been really hammering the incline the past few weeks and have improved a lot with it and consequently my flat bench has been going up too. Prior to my focus on the incline I was lucky if I could do 1 set of 6 at 185 or a triple with 205. But last week I did 6 sets of doubles, 3 at 235 and 3 at 225. Today I just focused on some volume work for the incline.

Lat Pulldown:
4 sets of 8 at 200

Machine Shrugs:
6 plates x 10
8 plates x 10
10 plates x 10
12 plates x 10

Finished with some physioball abs.