06 Oct Dan Dalenberg | Bench | 4 weeks out

On October 29th, I will be lifting in my second ever multi-ply meet. I will be lifting in Danny Dague’s RPS meet in Columbus, Ohio. Brian Carroll has handled all of my off-season and contest prep training since the Arnold and will continue to guide me through the meet. 

1. Bench

Plan was to take my opener to either 1/2 board or touch, then 1 board 2nd attempt and finishing with a 2bd 3rd attempt.

Brian left it up to me whether to touch or not on the first set.

Benching after squatting big earlier in the week is rough. 605 (new opener as I put on a little weight and everything fits tighter) to about 1/2 board distance. #1020life #powerrackstrength #inzer #benchpress

A post shared by Daniel Dalenberg (@ddalenberg) on Oct 5, 2016 at 5:42pm PDT

I wanted to touch. I’ve successfully touched in a properly fitted bench shirt once so it made sense to me to work it down again. The last inch is the most difficult after all.

Started with 585 and got hung up. Bumped it up to 605 and came about 1/2 board away. Decided that this is the new opener. No sense in killing myself to bring the bar down.

By this point I was beat. Squatting Monday and 2 pretty heavy presses in, I was exhausted. Skipped the 1bd set and went to 675 to a 2 board. Didn’t have it, just too much weight right now.

Finished with…

Close Grip Floor Presses

Hammer Curls

Rope Pressdowns

Chest Fly

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Daniel Dalenberg

Dan Dalenberg is a pro level raw and equipped powerlifter with elite totals in the 220, 242 and 275 class. Best official raw meet lifts include an 804 squat, 507 bench press, 715 dead lift and 2006 total. Best equipped lifts include an 950 squat, 715 bench, 735 deadlift and 2400 total at 242. Dan has been training under Brian's guidance using the 10/20/Life methodology since late 2010.

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