Week 7: Chest pt. 2

As the inverse of Chest pt. 1, I find it not as exciting to power through incline bench first, though it also means a higher rep count for flat bench. This workout was a little stagnant, with numbers close to what I was doing three or four weeks ago. Not too exciting, but slight progress nonetheless.

I am on the verge of a program recomposition to address some accessory work that has become apparent this week. More on that later, here is the breakdown:

Barbell incline bench:

• 115 x 10
• 115 x 10
• 115 x 10
• 185 x 5 (accidentally repped 5 instead of 3)
• 245 x 1, 2 assisted
• 235 x 3
• 235 x 3
• 235 x 3
• 245 x 1, 2 assisted

Barbell flat bench:

• 225 x 10
• 245 x 8
• 245 x 9 (so close to 10!)
• 245 x 8
• 245 x 7

Pushups

• 45 consecutive pushups

Final thoughts: I have already changed my back routine to a more aggressive program, and have looked into smolov jr cycles for benching. The probably outcome is going to be a hybrid that takes advantage of my 2-day chest routine each week, with more than the tedious routine I have used the past 7 weeeks. I will update the blog when I decide what to do next week.