Mikes log

[J_Byrd]

Sometimes its good to take some time away from a lift and train the other stuff that goes with it. I am sure with a short training cycle you will pass your previous PR in the bench!

[miked96]

Originally Posted by mab54

Great double session Mike!

Do you feel the extra shoulder strength has helped your bench a lot?

I havent really trained my bench since my meet a couple of months ago but my strength really hasnt dropped that much. I am assuming its from the overhead work.

Originally Posted by Pull14

Good work Mike. I suspect once you get back into the groove of things with your bench, you'll see that additional shoulder strength.

Originally Posted by J_Byrd

Sometimes its good to take some time away from a lift and train the other stuff that goes with it. I am sure with a short training cycle you will pass your previous PR in the bench!

I am thinking the same thing. I hit the 410 when I weighed 255 and was peaking for a meet. I hit a 385x2 and a 400 at 235 before my last meet. My usual training max was 390-395.
I am down to 225 so I was suprised that I could go in after training hard that morning and still hit 375. I had been doing military press for my upper body "strength" work but I am going to replace it with benching and see what happens. Thanks for reading my ramblings.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by miked96

Thank you sir. 410 is my best. I think I am going to start benching again because I dont really feel that far off from not really training it since my last meet. Shoulders are definitely stronger now from all the overhead work.

You have a go to program that you generally run?

[miked96]

Since its just an accessory for me I will probably stick to 3x3 paused triples once a week after my Oly work. If I was training exclusively for bench, I would have an upper and lower session. One would be 4x3 paused bench and the second would either be 2 board or floor press with chains for 4x3. If you check out the article I wrote on benching, it lays out my thoughts on it in more detail.

Bench Article I Wrote

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by miked96

Since its just an accessory for me I will probably stick to 3x3 paused triples once a week after my Oly work. If I was training exclusively for bench, I would have an upper and lower session. One would be 4x3 paused bench and the second would either be 2 board or floor press with chains for 4x3. If you check out the article I wrote on benching, it lays out my thoughts on it in more detail.

Bench Article I Wrote

Thanks Mike. Forgot you had that here.

[miked96]

Quick session
Power Snatch(lbs)
65x3
95x3
115x3
135x3
155x2
175x2
185x2

Clean
135x3
185x3
205x2
225x2
245x2

Drop SNatch
65x3
115 2x3

chins 3x10

[big_swede]

Good training Mike!

[mab54]

Nice quick session, good lifting Mike!

[miked96]

Thanks Swede and MAB.

Power Snatch
88x3
110x3
132x3
154x2
176x2
187x1
198x1
209x1
220 m,1,1
226x1,1
232 m,m

C&J
132x3
176x2
198x2
220x2
242x1
264x1
275x1
286,m,1

FS
135x5
225x3
315x3
365x1

220 2x1, 226x1, 275x1,286x1.m4v - YouTube

220 2x1, 226x1, 275x1,286x1.m4v - YouTube

[miked96]

Pic from this morning. Sticking at 228 no matter what I eat. Oly lifting is turning me into an anorexic!