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| Martin1956 |  | ... | 31-05-2021 @ 21:19 |
 Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Been feeling really fatigued the last few days - long sleeps, then hours after I get up to get going, that sort of thing... Missed Saturday's session, wasn't much better today but dragged myself out there. Thick Red Band Bench (band adds about 30Kg) Bar for 10 x 3 sets Band on 40 for 6 60 for 4 80 for 3 100 for 2 120 for 1 130 for 1 - very happy with that 110 for 3 x 2 sets 100 for 5 x 2 sets 90 for 8 Finish. It should have been two sets of 8, but I had an online training session at 6 and ran out of time, but I'm happy with that. Both getting the 130 and making all my reps Still tired, but maybe slightly less so than when I started. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 03-06-2021 @ 19:11 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Equipped Bench!!! Bar for 10 60 for 6 80 for 4 100 for 2 Shirt on - Rage X 50, singles only in shirt 120 - half way down 140 - way off 150 - less than 2 inches off 160 - touch Shirt off 140 for 1 - easy 130 for 3 - tough 120 for 5 - tough 110 for 8 - tough Finish I had forgotten how tiring it was just to wear a bench shirt, far less lift in it. That's my opener sorted then. I'll probably do 160 again next week, andf maybe even 170, but no more. I want to travel not knowing what I can do rather than knowing what I can't do. Good to be back, sort of... | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 05-06-2021 @ 16:48 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Light Bench Bar for 10 x 3 sets 60 for 10 70 for 10 70 for 26 70 for 15 70 for 10 Finish. I may do some rear delts and curls later, but that's enough for now. The 70 x 26 is a pb since I started doing this nonsense. Actually, it's not nonsense at all. Counter-intuitive, for sure, but definitely helping. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 07-06-2021 @ 17:59 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Band Bench Day The thin red band today, and I have something in mind. The band adds about 20 at lock out. Bar for 10 x 3 sets Band on 60 for 6 80 for 4 100 for 2 120 for 1 130 for 1 140 for 1 120 for 3 120 for 3 110 for 5 100 for 8 Finish The extra single on the way up, plus the top single and the second set with 120, ripped the strength out of me and I decided that one set of 5 and of 8 was in order. A good call, as even with the one set, I was right on my limit, and I mean right on it, on my last rep on both sets. Walking from the garage to the house was a struggle, and I think I forgot to unload the bar! The 140 plus the bar is probably my best ever M3 lift. If Carlsberg did bench press... Very happy with today's work. | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy |  | ... | 07-06-2021 @ 18:29 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts | Been away for a while and come back to this - good work Martin! | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 08-06-2021 @ 00:06 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | ChrisMcCarthy said:Been away for a while and come back to this - good work Martin! Thanks Chris, been plodding away all through lockdown.  | ||
| Wiegieboard | | ... | 08-06-2021 @ 00:34 |
 as crimson as my last victims underclothing..... Member 899, 11330 posts SQ 180, BP 132.5, DL 190502.5 kgs @ 118kgs UnEq | Gratz on your bench. You've always had a mad benchpress ever since I first came to this site 14 years back or something. I've always looked at your numbers and been like "DO WANT". | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 08-06-2021 @ 20:06 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Wiegieboard said:Gratz on your bench. You've always had a mad benchpress ever since I first came to this site 14 years back or something. I've always looked at your numbers and been like "DO WANT". Haha, thanks very much, I was lucky enough to be able to train all through the period when the gyms were closed. British Bench on 27th June... | ||
| Wiegieboard | | ... | 08-06-2021 @ 21:50 |
as crimson as my last victims underclothing..... Member 899, 11330 posts SQ 180, BP 132.5, DL 190502.5 kgs @ 118kgs UnEq | You'll kill it!! | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 10-06-2021 @ 18:41 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Wiegieboard said:You'll kill it!! I bombed in 2020!  | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 10-06-2021 @ 18:48 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Thursday Bench It was scheduled to be a session in a shirt today, but my helper was unable to come along so I set myself the target of a black band pb instead. Pb was 100, band adds about 70 at lockout, 105 was the rather optimistic target. Bar for 10 x 3 sets Band on Bar for 6 40 for 5 60 for 4 70 for 3 80 for 2 90 for 1 105 for 1 - yesss! 80 for 3 x 2 sets 70 for 5 x 2 sets 60 for 8x 2 sets Finish. Worked my lockout to death. All good. Hopefully, I'll get a shirt on next Monday. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 12-06-2021 @ 18:26 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Light Bench Day I was training as I watched the football, and events robbed me of any spark I had today, so just the very basics. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 60 for 10 70 for 10 70 for 20 70 for 15 70 for 10 Finish It just didn't seem to matter as much as it usually does. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 14-06-2021 @ 19:12 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Monday Bench Second (and final) session in a shirt before the British Bench in just under two weeks time. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 60 for 6 x 2 sets 80 for 4 100 for 2 120 for 2 140 for 2 Shirt on (Rage X 50) 160 for 1 170 for 1 Finish. No down sets tonight, it was all about what I can safely do in a shirt, and I got what I needed and then some. 170 equals my Scottish M3 record, and there was more in the tank, plus the shirt rode up a bit. Back to a bit of volume on Thursday. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 17-06-2021 @ 18:58 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Thursday Bench Last heavy session before the British Bench, used the thick blue band which adds about 40 at lockout. Bar for 10 x 3 sets Band on 40 for 6 60 for 5 80 for 4 100 for 3 110 for 2 125 for 1 100 for 3 90 for 5 80 for 8 Wrecked! Finish Everything felt heavy today, even the 40, but everything got done. The 110 x 2 was tough, but the 125 was even tougher, literally JUST and no more. The comforting thing is that if I can lockout the equivalent of 165 raw, I should be able to do a bit more in a shirt. We'll find out soon enough... | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 19-06-2021 @ 18:17 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 7739 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Recovery Bench Bar for 10 x 3 sets 60 for 10 70 for 10 70 for 20 70 for 15 70 for 10 Plus some band work for the rear delts. Could have done more, but that wasn't the point of today. | ||
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