[GqArtguy]

Upper End Bench


1) 3Board: 185, 205, 215, 225, 235, 245, 255/3, 265/1 (10lb PR)

2) 5 Board: 265/3

3) Rack lockouts: 315, 315/3,325/2

4) Chinups: 40*8/3

5) Face Pulls: 130/12, 12, 120/12,10


Not a bad day considering I almost didnt make into the gym and wasnt extremely motivated either, but I went because I needed to take my mind off things. Got a 10lb PR on the 3 board and its good because Im starting to mess around with weights that are within a few % of my max. Rack lockouts were good but that 325 was slow. This stuff is draining because you have to contract maximally and the bar doesnt move (for me) until after a 2 sec of applying force. One thing I was thinking about as I did the 325 was "man I would absolutely love to be able to jerk this"

The chins are nothing to sneeze at. I was grinding out that last set trying to get my chin over the bar. The face pull was the only movement where I didnt meet my goal. I was hoping to hit 130 for 12, 12, 10, but I ended up not doing that. Oh well, my bi's were dead after these two movements, and my roommate just caught me flexing my bis