This was a full range shirted bench day, and My goal was to find a sensible opener for the meet in May.
My bench has been the slowest lift to come around since losing the weight, but I keep reminding myself that the key here is to be patient, and focus on putting quality training sessions together, and let everything come together in time.
Here's how it went:
bar x a bunch
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 1
245 (put hundreds on because we were short on plates) x 1
295 x 1
335 x 1
Put shirt on
425 - 3 board
515 - 2 board
565 - 1 board
605 - touch
The 605 felt good, not great. I've been playing around wth different ways of wearing the shirt, so most of these shirt days are somewhat experimental. This time, I creased the sleeves behind the triceps, just a little higher than I have been. my form was better and it touched easily, but the weight was just a little harder than with the old set-up.
I'm confident that 600 will be a sensible opener with this set-up. If I need more support, I can always set the crease lower, but after today, I don't think that will be necessary. I'd rather have a little less support, but be better able to use my technique to execute the lift.
Finished with 10 sets of 10 on the low row machine
4 sets of 15 on the dip machine
4 sets of 15 dumbbell shoulder raises and 4 sets of 15 triceps extensions.