Wednesday, January 22, 2014

2014-01-21 Incline Bench

Warmup

Incline Bench -
45x5
55x5
65x5
75x5
85x5
95x5
105x5
115x5
125x3
135x5, 4 (5F), 4, 2
I tried loading up 10s and 5s up to the first set, then traded them out for 45s after I got it. I think I'd've had the second if I hadn't shouted, actually. I'm going to repeat this next week; my front delts are pretty much definitely my bench weakness, and pressing clearly isn't sufficient to get them going. I might actually do Incline as the alternate to Press as well (possibly moving Push Press to the bench alternate) or something.

I also discovered that unracking from one notch further down makes a huge difference in stability here. The extra half-rep isn't a problem for my triceps, and the shoulder stability boost is tremendous.

Pull-Up -
7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
I'm getting closer with these. I'll switch to weighted (still targeting 30 reps) once I'm hitting 10x3

DB Preacher Curl -
22.5x8x3
Repeating.

DB Front Raise -
15x8
17.5x8x2
I don't see much reason to focus on my triceps right now; that's basically what my main pressing movements are for. Delts come first.

Face Pull - 10x15x3
BTN - Mini*15x3
BPA - Mini*20*3
BER - Micro*15*3

Elliptical -
1hr at 1 incline 7 resistance, 135-140 heart rate, 140-155rpm, 710kcal
I'm experimenting with lower resistance to see how it affects my pulls tomorrow.

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