Goal: Jacked inner pecs and thunderous biceps

[SgtSlaughter]

but I didn't want to do something stupid, so I didn't go crazy wit hthe squats. That was it, in and out quickly, much more weight next time so long as I feel 100%

Deff... smart man.

You got me all antzy to do some Power Cleans yesterday... did millions of singles... started around 95 kept adding 20lbs until I got to 225 and almost hurt myself... had to full front squat to get under the fast part went slow as molasas, lol.

Thanks for inpiring me though... that was a PR... haven't cleaned for awhile.

 

[BiggT]

Thats a very respectable clean, Sarge

Lifted this evening....Tues. 7/18/06

Horizontal Champ's Special (Flat Bench, lol)....135x15, 225x5, 295x5, 325x5, 345x5, 355x5, 365x5 (drug-free 5 rep PR), 325x9

Dips: bodyweightx 20, 18, 18, 14 (triceps were shot)

Good night at the gym, flat bench feels really strong these days, weighed in somewhere between 250-251, the scale couldn't decide.

 

[*Bunny*]

Nice Roughly around 6 ft? @ 251?

Great job on the PR .
Sorry to jack your thread.. giving props

 

[BiggT]

Nice Roughly around 6 ft? @ 251?

Great job on the PR .
Sorry to jack your thread.. giving props

Bunny, you can thread jack whenever you get the urge, I like the input....I'm a shade under 6' and was 251ish today....probably 6' 1 in my oly lifting shoes, lol

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Thats a very respectable clean, Sarge

Lifted this evening....Tues. 7/18/06

Horizontal Champ's Special (Flat Bench, lol)....135x15, 225x5, 295x5, 325x5, 345x5, 355x5, 365x5 (drug-free 5 rep PR), 325x9

Dips: bodyweightx 20, 18, 18, 14 (triceps were shot)

Good night at the gym, flat bench feels really strong these days, weighed in somewhere between 250-251, the scale couldn't decide.

Thanks bor!

That's a very, very respectable BB Flat Bench PR Congrats on the PR!!

 

[que_66]

Hiya BiggT

I see you're still keeping the dairy farms in business.....lolol

 

[Cynical Simian]

Nice work on the bench PR. You probably mentioned it and a bunch of other PRs at one point in the old journal, but what's your on-cycle 5RM?

Oh, and I think dips have replaced decline sit-ups as your "really need to start adding weight to these" exercise.

 

[BiggT]

Hey Que, I am still powered by milk.

CS, I pulled an old training log, lol, In August of 2003 I did 385x5 "enhanced" (Enanthate at 600mg/week), but I did weigh 269, so that makes me even more happy with this.

 

[Protobuilder]

Very nice. Now you need to start wearing a rubber shirt and growing a bench belly. Pretty soon, you'll be a true athlete.

So, did close grip benching last cycle boost your flat bench PR? Or is it just b/c you're finally training it again (e.g., linear progress)? I think next cycle, I'll run close grip bench & OHP and see if it doesn't boost my flat bench. Working low inclines did absolutely nothing; I still haven't got my bench PR back.

 

[BiggT]

Proto, I think it really did help, it didn't help 'instantly', but being stronger in the triceps helped me this training cycle (I've always been a pretty good overhead lifter , proportionately speaking, and my weakness on pressing is that my triceps get gassed, despite the weight flying off my chest like I have a bench shirt sewn underneath my skin), and the big gains are because I hadn't really trained the flat bench in a while........also, dipping I have to say has helped, a good functional exercise and I think doing them unweighted for reps around 20 helped my triceps conditioning too. Also, I went from 240 to 250 during this training phase, and a little weight gain never hurt anybody's pressing.

Very nice. Now you need to start wearing a rubber shirt and growing a bench belly. Pretty soon, you'll be a true athlete.

So, did close grip benching last cycle boost your flat bench PR? Or is it just b/c you're finally training it again (e.g., linear progress)? I think next cycle, I'll run close grip bench & OHP and see if it doesn't boost my flat bench. Working low inclines did absolutely nothing; I still haven't got my bench PR back.