Week 8: Chest

Happy Memorial Day weekend! I hope everyone used the extended weekend to their advantage. Whether it was to be with family and friends, to reflect on lives lost or lives still living, to set new challenges or conquer old ones.. for the purposes of this blog, the long holiday gave my body an additional day of rest, which was put to good use today as I upped the ante and increased my lifts.

As I plan to add accessory work to my squats and deadlifts, I still see no wall on my chest routine, so until then it's same old, same old. I did read up on a complaint someone was having about not seeing improvement after several months of lifting, and the consensus was there was too much warm up volume.. so I tweaked my typical 3 set warmup and decreased it to 2 sets. I don't know if that had anything to do with my improvement, but it didn't hurt. Here is the breakdown for today:

Barbell flat bench:

• 135 x 10
• 135 x 10
• 245 x 3
• 295 x 3
• 325 x 2, 1 assisted
• 325 x 2, 1 assisted
• 275 x 6 (huge finish)

Barbell incline bench:

• 195 x 10
• 195 x 8
• 195 x 8
• 185 x 8 (just not feeling it like I should have.. incline is awful)

Pushups:

• 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Abs:

• 30 x 90
• 31 x 110