Sunday, November 9, 2008

11_6 Bench/DL day 2

taped scar all day
slept 9 hours again
1.5 scoop surge, 1 scoop hydro 1400 protein, Barr mix at 6pm

1 serv FRS at 6:15pm

TESTED
trap bar DL +2""
str bard DL comp grip +1"
str bar RDL +2"
opted to go with trap bar DL

comp bench -2"
push ups 0
mid finger bench +2""-winner!

Z Health 15 min before
timein 7:38pm

bench (mid finger on rings)
135 x 5
165 x 4
not feeling it in triceps at all, weight feels heavy, movement dropped
moved to ring finger and added chains to overload top of bench movement
155 w all chains (about 60 lbs) x 2, tested great!
155 w all chains x 2
155 w all chains x 3
155 w all chains x 3
working on watching bar to chest, then move eyes to poster (target) behind bench to work on tricep activation (extention)

alt with

Trap Bar DLs
warm up
225 x 12, no touch/very slt pause at bottom
275 x9, no touch
295 x 5
feeling good, so decided to up weigh
335 x 1
365 x 1 RPE 7
385 x 0 missed! crap. missed at about 2 inches off floor, tried to think too much about breathing and form, mind was too full before lift.
decided to rest 2 min and try again,
rehersed movement with no weight--point A to point B, made sure eyes were in correct position
385 x 1 easy! RPE 8.5 Whooo ha!!
20 lbs off trap bar PR
still a long ways to go, but felt good
called it a day, end on a high note

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