Hit 315x6 yesterday

[Scotsman]

Heaviest I've gone on flat bench since my pec tear 5 months ago. This was the exact weight and reps where the tear occured. Needless to say I was a bit nervous, but the weight felt super easy and it didn't hurt my pec and today I feel great. I'm guessing another 3-4 months to get back to where I was before the tear.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[keasbey]

your mentality is amazing i try to keep positive and am most the time i am, but i get frustrated with stalls or plateaus . its great that 3-4 months isnt a painful thing for you to think of

 

[mwm5]

great news! i wish i was anywhere near that kind of weight........u beast

 

[Scotsman]

your mentality is amazing i try to keep positive and am most the time i am, but i get frustrated with stalls or plateaus . its great that 3-4 months isnt a painful thing for you to think of

Nothing wrong with getting frustrated just don't dwell on it. I look at this like a marathon not a sprint. I set multi stage goals for myself so that I can continually accomplish smaller ones while working towards intermediate and long term ones. The mind is the most powerful facet of lifting so having a clear head and strong will is way more important than the actuall lifting.

As they say "Rome wasn't built in a day"

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Omegasox]

Glad to hear it. You must have been really anxious prior to doing that weight with the tear in the back of your head. Congrats!

 

[2evil]

Nice comeback!

 

[enigma4dub]

awesome!

 

[drsketch]

awesome man.. glad u are pusing yourself after a healed injury. I know it can be a mental f*ck sometimes.

 

[Strongbow]

Heaviest I've gone on flat bench since my pec tear 5 months ago. This was the exact weight and reps where the tear occured. Needless to say I was a bit nervous, but the weight felt super easy and it didn't hurt my pec and today I feel great. I'm guessing another 3-4 months to get back to where I was before the tear.

Cheers,
Scotsman

Way to go Bro. I know from experience that injuries are harder to get past mentally than physically. Way to push past it all.

 

[EZ_E]

I was going to start thread about how I hit incline dumbell presses with 100 pounders for the 1st time yesterday......but it seems moot now.

Seriously, nice recovery Scotts

 

[SouthernLord]

Good job bro. Take it slow and be safe until you feel 100%. Can I ask if you do any specific upper body warm up before your heavy pressing? I am also interested in your split. Do you use Push/Pull type days and then event training days in the same week?

 

[roadwarrior]

Heaviest I've gone on flat bench since my pec tear 5 months ago. This was the exact weight and reps where the tear occured. Needless to say I was a bit nervous, but the weight felt super easy and it didn't hurt my pec and today I feel great. I'm guessing another 3-4 months to get back to where I was before the tear.

Cheers,
Scotsman

Good recovery bro. Slow and steady is the right way to go.

S

 

[Scotsman]

Good job bro. Take it slow and be safe until you feel 100%. Can I ask if you do any specific upper body warm up before your heavy pressing? I am also interested in your split. Do you use Push/Pull type days and then event training days in the same week?

Thanks man.

Basic split looks like this

Mon- Chest/Heavy ab work
Tues- Dead or rack pulls/back
Wed- Cardio/Bis (not really doing this now since I am trying to gain weight)
Thurs- Shoulders/Tris
Fri- Squats/Light ab work
Sat- Event training day

I can be more specific if you want.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[fallow54]

Heaviest I've gone on flat bench since my pec tear 5 months ago. This was the exact weight and reps where the tear occured. Needless to say I was a bit nervous, but the weight felt super easy and it didn't hurt my pec and today I feel great. I'm guessing another 3-4 months to get back to where I was before the tear.

Cheers,
Scotsman

I'm very jealous of you, that's about where I was at before I ended up with a torn supraspinatus (workplace accident) and unfortunately will probably never be able to flat bench again. It's such a rush to put up weight like that, you'll only go up from here.

 

[Blane]

Awesum. what is your next step?

 

[OneBreath]

Very well done. Congrats!

 

[chaos13]

glad to hear you back at pushing heavy weight again

 

[Scotsman]

Awesum. what is your next step?

Just keep going. I'm doing each week by how I feel so if I feel great I add more weight if not I don't. I'm not in any hurry here so I just take it one workout at a time.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[sparkie34]

I remember reading your original thread saying you tore your pec. What were you repping/maxing before the tear?


Great job getting back up to speed so quick!

edit* still have that video from when you tore it?

 

[Scotsman]

I remember reading your original thread saying you tore your pec. What were you repping/maxing before the tear?


Great job getting back up to speed so quick!

edit* still have that video from when you tore it?

Max was probably 420ish. I was doing reps at 315 when it tore was planning on hitting 10-15 reps but it tore on rep 6.

The vid is still in my vid log probably on page two or three since I haven't updated it in a while.

Cheers,
Scotsman