Bench Press
Warmups
215x5
215x5
215x4
215x4
215x3
(this is what you get when you cant bench for two weeks. My form was off the whole time, it'll take some time to get the groove back.)
**********************HUMOR FOLLOWS*********************************
Unsolicited Advice from your Local Meathead (and this is a verbatim quote from him, after he watched me finish my last set)
"You know, you should try, on your last rep, raising your feet up (presumably straight in the air?) because that will flatten your back on the bench and will cause blood to rush to your upper body which will help you."
Spent an eternity wrestling with how to respond to this...
a) burst out laughing til I wet myself
b) turn around and walk away
c) launch into tirade about proper bench form
d) be a nice guy and quietly explain why this won't help me
e) hurl myself through window into the pool below
Settled on option D (although Nate has his theories on how being evil helps strength) and explained that I was aware that my form was crap, but that his method is not competition press and thus does not serve much use to me.
(10 min break to mull stupidity of human race)
*****************HUMOR OVER: You can laugh now*******************************
DB Rows
145x12
145x12
145x12
145x12
145x12
Military
110x5
110x5
110x5
110x5
110x5
Core stuff
Monday, June 28, 2010
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I prefer option f) Saying "Thank you" and ignoring their advice. Options a-e are either rude or get you into unwanted arguments (or are suicidal...). F gets me away with a minimum of lost time and effort. Not everyone is worth arguing with.
ReplyDeleteLeave it to Frank to be all mature. I'm still proud of my restraint though.
ReplyDeleteAlso...do keep in mind that I place a high value on humor in this here blog, so...yea, if you take what I say literally, you might miss the point.
ReplyDeleteYou were joking? Damn. And here I was hoping that you'd take option E.
ReplyDeleteIt should at least be an option. It's part of my handbook on how to handle other people at the gym.
You know, that must be why I squat more than I bench: because all the bloods gone down to my legs!
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