Posts Tagged ‘Bench Press’

Week 12 is all about working my way up to what I will be opening with at the meet June 4th.  Today I just did some triples, doubles, and singles working my way up to 320 lbs.

Bench Press – barx3, 135×3, 225×2, 275×1, 320×1

Tricep Pushdown – 50x3x10

Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf

 

 

 

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted.  Getting ready for our annual Jazz Festival has been a lot of work and very time consuming.  I haven’t missed any training days, but I haven’t had any time to post.  Instead of bombarding you with a bunch of posts, I am going to include all of those workouts in this post.  So…here it goes:

2/1/16 – Monday – Heavy Bench Day

Bench Press – 245x3x10, 270x1x2, 295x1x1 (a little different from what I would normally do. Shawn Frankl has been giving me a few pointers to try to get me to bench 360 or 365 at my next meet)

Incline Bench Press – 195x3x10

Dumbbell Bench Press – 60x3x12

Cable Flys – #2x2x15 (not sure what the plates weigh on this machine)

2/2/16 – Tuesday – Heavy SNOW SHOVELING DAY!!!

2/3/16 – Wednesday – Overhead Press Day

Overhead Press – 145x3x10, 165x1x2, 175x1x1

Upright Rows – 95x3x10

Kaz Shrugs – 135x3x30

2/4/16 – Thursday – Deadlift Day

AM Cardio – 6.1 mi / 15 min.

Deadlift – 290x3x6, 315x3x5

Seated Row – 135x3x10

Lat Pulldown – #10x3x10 (again, don’t know what the weights are on this machine)

2/5/16 – Friday – Light Bench Day

Bench Press – 175x3x10

Slingshot Bench Press – 225x1x10

Close Grip Bench Press – 135x3x10

2/7/16  – Sunday – Heavy Squat Day

High(er) Bar Squats – 400x6x2

Low Bar Squats – 225x2x3 (trying to get back into a power squat form)

2/8/16 – Monday – Heavy Bench Day

Bench Press – 250x3x10, 275x1x2, 300x1x1

Dumbbell Bench Press – 60x3x12

Cable Flys – 25x3x12

Tricep Extensions – 40x3x12

2/9/16 – Tuesday – Light Squat Day

Squat 135x1x3 (pulled my hamstring on rep 3 of my warm-up set.  not sure what happened, but I couldn’t hardly walk for the next 2 days.  maybe overworked it last Sunday)

2/10/16 – Wednesday – Overhead Press Day

Overhead Press – 150x3x10, 170x1x2, 180x1x1

Push Press – 225x3x1

Behind-the-Back Shrugs – 140x3x20

2/11/16 – Thursday – Deadlift Day

Sumo Deadlift – 340x6x4

Seated Rows – 75x3x10

2/12/16 – Friday – Light Bench Day

Bench Press – 135x3x10

Tricep Extensions – 50x3x12

 

 

Friday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – None

PM Hypertrophy – @ H.H.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 75x5x8

Spoto Press – 210x5x8

Preacher Curl – 95x5x8

French Press – 95x5x8

Wrist Roller – 35×5

Monday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – 15 min / 6.1 mi – @ H.H.G.

PM Hypertrophy – @ B.I.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 80x5x8

Incline Bench Press – 195x5x8

EZ Bar Curl – 70x5x8

Shoulder Complex – 10x5x8

Close Grip Bench Press – 215x3x8 (shoulder started to hurt so I shut it down)

No Daily “Selfie”

Friday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – 15 min / 6.1 mi – @H.H.G.

PM Hypertrophy – @B.I.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 70x4x8

Floor Bench Press – 205x4x8

Preacher Curls – 80×8, 80×8, 40×8, 40×8 (they were not feeling good so I dropped the weight to make sure I could get all the reps)

French Press – 100x4x8 (I need to work on my form)

No Daily “Selfie”

Monday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – None

PM Hypertrophy – @B.I.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 70x4x8

Incline Bench Press – 190x4x8

EZ Bar Curl – 80x4x8

Close Grip Bench Press – 205x4x8

Shoulder Complex – 10x4x8 (finally felt comfortable moving up from 5 lbs)

Daily “Selfie” – This is my Hodor shirt.  Hodor is a character in Game of Thrones.  He only says his name. That makes it funny…duh! Also, I got this at a thrift store.

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Second Daily “Selfie” – I am pretty proud of these.  These are the first images I have tried using filters on.  Also, they are the first pictures that actually show off the work I have been putting in in the gym.

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Saturday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – None

PM Hypertrophy – B.I.G.

Bench Press – 135x2x5, 225x2x5

Preacher Curl – 80x3x9

French Press – 90x3x9

No Daily “Selfie”

Monday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – 15 min / 6.5 mi @ H.H.G.

PM Hypertrophy @ B.I.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 65x3x9

Incline Bench Press – 185x3x9

EZ Bar Curl – 70x3x9 (seemed really hard today)

Close Grip Bench Press – 200x3x9

Shoulder Complex – 10x3x9

No Daily “Selfie”, but here is a picture of the meal my awesome wife had ready for me when I got home from the gym.

 

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First workout of 2016!

Friday

AM Cardio – 15 min / 5 mi @ Heavy Hammer Gym

PM Hypertrophy – Chest / Arms @ B.I.G

Dumbbell Bench Press – 60x2x10

Floor Bench Press – 190x2x10

Preacher Curls – 80x2x9

French Press – 80x2x10

No Daily “Selfie”

 

 

Monday – Chest/Arms

Dumbbell Bench Press – 62x2x10

Incline Bench Press – 175x2x10 (This was really hard.  Couldn’t seem to find the right position for the bench or rack height.  I could prop my feet on anything to get a solid base.  I am going to try that weight again next time after I figure out how to get it set up better.)

EZ Bar Curl – 95x2x10

Close Grip Bench Press – 195x2x10

Shoulder Complex – 5x2x10

Daily “Selfie” – This is one of my Christmas presents.  It is a t-shirt with one of my favorite hero/anti-heros, the Hulk.2015-12-28-18.56.37.jpg.jpeg