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Thursday, July 12, 2007

MPA Bench Night

Tonight four of us got together for some bench shirt training. I was in great company. Harvey was attempting a Masters III World Record, Steve is a Canadian and Provincial record holder and 2005 National Champion, Trevor is the Provincial Bench Press Record holder 500lbs+. Check out the training videos on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Snowdaddypower

Here's what I did.

Raw Bench - bar/12 reps, 135lbs/6 reps, 185lbs/6 reps, 225lbs/6 reps, 275lbs/2 reps.

Shirt Bench - 315lbs/3 reps, 365lbs/2 reps, 385lbs/1 rep, 410lbs/miss, 405lbs/miss.

385lbs really popped for me. when I went up to 410lbs my shirt seemed to shift. It felt different. When I looked back over old videos I noticed that I didn't torque the sleeves enough. When I did 405lbs some weeks back I was having trouble touching with 365lbs. Next time I'll make sure the sleeves are tourqued properly. All in all I had fun. We should make this a regular thing

Snowdaddy

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