Kik - 11/08/2009 - Bench

Bench, second session this week. Since I went away from any experimental bench (boards, bands, chains) to the classic movement, bench with the same grip happens twice a week. After last Tuesday, I certainly wanted to reduce weights a bit in order to not repeat max effort singles within a few days. Hence, I opted for working up to several sets of doubles, always leaving 1 or more reps in the tank.

I also should note that my elbow seems to be healing up. I don't feel any pain during bench; but there is some slight amount of pain when I grab things or lift my arm to adjust my hair or put on face lotion or eye liner.

Bench (classic)
225x2 @8
245x2 @8
255x2 @9
265x2 @9
265x2 @8.5 (relatively fast, I got a little bit riled up seeing the spine-wrecker crew doing their rituals in the squat rack)
265x2 @9

Bench on white foam, medium grip

225x2 @8
245x2 @8
255x2 @9
265x2 @9
275x2 @9

Bench narrow on gray foam (3 board)

235x12
245x8
245x7

Back stuff: Seated pully rows, did not count in detail.

Bench went fine, and I believe it was good to not go full throttle.