19 Feb Brian Carroll | 10/20/life Training | Week 3 of 3 bench-press with video
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I just finished a few offseason cycles of very productive lifting. Nothing in life is perfect, so I’d say on a scale of 1-perfect, my offseason was about a 6.5. Hell, last year I took 3mo off from any training
Bench press 2.12.18 at Team Samson Compound in Jacksonville, Florida
The plan going into today was to go a bit heavier in the SDP than the prior week and take it down another board or so. I have not gone below a 2bd in this new shirt and want to break it in properly as established here: ‘How to Break in your SDP. ‘
I went into this session a little beat-up feeling so I was glad to have a deload around the corner.
Normal 10/20/Life warm-up
a. Bodyweight squat plus heat creme
b. McGill big 3
c. Band flye
d. the empty bar for a few reps
Bench press:
425×1
475×1 – 3bd
Add SDP size 56
555×1 – 4bd
645×1 – 3bd
705×1 – 2bd
755×1 – 1.5bd
Incline DB press:
4×10
DB skull:
4×10
Cable press-down:
4×10
Done. It was getting late and I had to hit the road. Overall, good session, though the shirt was fitting great, my bar path was a little off. I wasn’t quite snapping the bar to lockout.
Not quite as good as I was hoping but as I stated, I didn’t feel 100%. The shirt is breaking in good, though, so there’s a positive as the bar came down pretty easy. Everything felt ok, but I know my body well and it’s time for a deload. I can go 3 weeks in a row (instead of the suggested 2) but at my athletic age of 165, I can’t get away with what I could when I was younger.
I plan to do the following to help accelerate my recovery: concentrate on relaxing better (not stressing), sleeping more, eat better, get a massage /some graston plus go for a few extra walks this week. Now my secrets are out!
Brian Carroll
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