Day Three, Week One: Heavy Bench Press

Every workout seems to be more encouraging than the last! As was the case with yesterday's squat workout, I started my bench lifting a certain predetermined amount of weight greater than I did at the start of the previous 5 weeks, but found it so easy that I increased the weight each additional set, lifting 300 in the final set for 7 reps instead of the planned 5! A 358 lb. bench press in competition is looking very reasonable! Oh, and I've FINALLY lost one pound. "Only" 14 more to go, in 4 weeks... Ugh...

Squat Day
Exercise	11/5 2010	Week Two	Week Three	Week Four
Bench Press	135x10
	185x10
	285x5
	290x5
	295x5
	300x7
45° Smith Press	140x12*
	150x11*
	150x6*
16" Floor Press	135x12
	155x12
	185x11
Triceps Pressdown	90x12 (P)
	95x9 (P)
	95x8 (P)
* Not counting weight of bar (P) Machine used at the PRO Club