Archives For close grip bench press

Texas Method intensity day.

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410bs: 2
  • 460lbs: 1
  • 495lbs: 1
    • FINALLY! After a couple of weeks of missing at this weight, finally got.
  • 500lbs: MISSED
    • Felt the bar move forward a little bit in the hole. Cannot power it up.
  • 460lbs: 1
    • Failed at 2nd rep. Out of Chakra.

Face Pulls

  • 60lbs: 15

Close Grip Bench Press

  • 45lbs: 12
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 3
  • 280lbs: 1
  • 345lbs: MISSED
    • Forearm pain.

Rack Pulls

About 6 1/4" off the ground. (at the #3 hole in my power rack and standing on a 3/4" piece of wood).

  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 500lbs: 1
  • 600lbs: 1,1
    • Torn a callus on my right hand, ring finger during the last set. First time ever tearing a callus! Picture below.

torn-callus

 

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 460lbs: 1
  • 395lbs: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3.5
    • About 2.5-3 minutes in between sets.
    • +5lbs from last week.
    • Last set of 5, I had to take progressively more breaths with every rep.

Face Pulls

  • 60lbs: 10
  • 80lbs: 8

Close Grip Bench Press

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 100lbs: 8
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 190lbs: 3
  • 245lbs: 5,5,5
    • +5lbs from last week, but 3 sets instead of 5.

Texas Method intensity day.

Feeling a little under the weather.

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410bs: 2
    • Wore knee wraps. Seems more difficult to walk out of the rack.
  • 460lbs: 1
    • Grinder
  • 492.5lbs: MISSED
  • 410lbs: 3

Close Grip Bench Press

I have a feeling that my close grip bench press will surpass my regular bench press.

1st attempt at 345lbs below:

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 3
  • 320lbs: 2 *PR
  • 345lbs: MISSED
  • 330lbs: 1 *PR
  • 340lbs: 1 *PR
    • Equal to my bench press 1RM!
  • 345lbs: MISSED
  • 285lbs: 1
    • Right pec felt weird, so stopped after 1 rep

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 460lbs: 1
  • 390lbs: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3
    • About 2.5 minutes in between sets.
    • +5lbs from last week.
    • Failed on 4th rep

Close Grip Bench Press

Adding in close grip bench presses to see if it helps my regular bench.

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 100lbs: 8
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 190lbs: 3
  • 240lbs: 5,5,5,5,5
    • +10lbs from 2 weeks ago
    • Anterior deltoids, pecs and triceps feels more sore than usual

Texas Method intensity day.

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410bs: 1
  • 490lbs: 1
  • 495lbs: X
    • Dammit...next week!

Close Grip Bench Press

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 3
  • 280lbs: 5