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Thursday, June 08, 2006

Max Effort Bench Press

Why mess around. Heres the goods

Bench Press Warm Up - 135lbs/12 reps, 225lbs/6 reps, 275lbs/3 reps
Rack Bench - 295lbs/2 reps, 295lbs/1 rep, 295lbs/fail
Close Grip Bench - 4 sets, 6 reps, 225lbs
Dumbbell Rows - 3 sets, 6 reps, 125lbs
Seated Dumbbell Press - 80lbs/6 reps, 85lbs/6 reps, 90lbs/5 reps

The rack press was performed at about 2 inches above my chest. I really think this is where my sticking point is and driving up from a dead stop this close to my chest is only going to work my weak point. Everything else felt good and strong. I'm thinking to substitute floor presses for the rack press in a couple of rotations of my program. Tomorrow is max effort squats and deadlifts. Stay tuned, should be a good one.

Snowdaddy

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