Bench Press

Tonight was pretty awful. I had some trouble getting my right shoulder blade to squeeze in on the bench, but once I was warmed up it seemed to cooperate. I'm really looking forward to Christmas as I may get a chance to really test my bench with a spotter.

BENCH PRESS
45x10
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 3 (wraps)
315 x 3
315 x 2 (hit the pins)
315 x 1 (hit the pins)
315 x 3 (struggled here... again an issue of back tightness)

CROSS BODY CURLS
40s x 10, 8, 6

I didn't want to further aggravate my back so I didn't do any heavy pulling. After all the benching I was ready to leave.

Squats ("new" max)

Tonight felt okay, except for my right leg. The stretching has helped, but I have a long way to go to loosening it up.

SQUAT
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 2
495 x 1
545 x 1
315 x 3
315 x 3
315 x 3

445 is my max right now. It was tough and I did get forward a bit. I just bought a new pair of shoes (Vans) and they're quite a bit flatter than my old shoes. Something to get used to.

I didn't feel like doing pull thrus because of my hip and knee, so I just banged out a few more triples as "accessory" work.

Accessory

Just some light stuff. Taking tomorrow off.

PULL THRU
3 sets, whole stack

MACHINE CHEST SUPPORTED ROW
2 sets

FACE PULLS
2 sets

HEAVY TRI PUSHDOWNS
3 sets