19 Mar Brian Carroll | 10/20/Life | Week 6 day 2 bench press

I’m looking at doing a tune-up meet this spring to knock off some rust, dial-in some details and make a final-last run for the WPO this coming November. I don’t quite know where I stand since I haven’t competed in over a year. I’m a realist-a lot can change in a year.

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Week 6 started off pretty good. I was coming off the trip to Westside-where I had a very good session. I wanted to build from this momentum and carry this onto the next week. It went south pretty quick!

Normal Warm-up

a. Bodyweight squat plus heat creme

b. McGill big 3

c. Band flye/hip airplane

d. the empty bar for a few reps

Bench press: 

435×1

500×1-3bd

Put on SDP size 56

600×1 – 4bd

655×1 – 3bd

700×1 – 2bd

750×1 – 2bd

800×1 – 1bd – missed it

Not a good day! I have watched the videos a few times, and everything was wrong, and I would like to move past this day (hence no video). I was loose, not set-up properly nor was my head right. I was pretty physically beat and asked too much of my body for three days in a row, but there is no excuse. I didn’t get it done.

I licked my wounds for a few minutes, did some reflection, some adjusting, then tried my best to forget about it. I’ll know how my adjustments have gone by the end of tonight. I’ll be trying to put a bench together in a couple of hours. I’ll update more soon.

The positive:

At least Sat was a good training day, and the day before this bench day, I moved quite a bit of lifting equipment that I bought, which wore me down a bit. Huge thanks to those who helped me! More to come concerning this as well.

Needless to say, after all of this, my body was ready for a deload.

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Brian Carroll

Owner and Founder at PowerRackStrength.com

Brian Carroll is committed to helping people overcome back pain and optimizing lifts and movement. After years of suffering, he met back specialist Prof. McGill in 2013, which led to a life-changing transformation. In 2017, they co-authored the best-selling book "Gift of Injury." On October 3, 2020, Carroll made history in powerlifting by squatting 1306 lbs, becoming the first person to break this record. He retired with a secure legacy and a life free from back pain.

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