Tues Nov 23, 2010 Light raw bench
Wasn't going to bench, shoulders too tight and bicep too tight. Shawna stretched me out, very painful but felt great after. I lay on the floor and she puts a knee on my shoulder and then bicep and pushes down hard till I tap out.
bar x reps
135 x 10
225 x 6
225 x 8
275 x 2
300 x 1
going raw hurts my shoulder and doing high reps hurts. so I will try to do fewer reps next time. The raw bench day is an extra day, so I really don't worry about it. I doesn't affect my Friday night shirt bench.
Shawna was impressive tonight again. She benched in her shirt and deadlifted a new pr because tomorrow she will have three wisdom teeth pulled in the morning and she won't be able to do any heavy lifting for three weeks. So she packed it all in tonight. She went up to 250 lbs again on her bench and took three tries only getting it on her third with 330 lbs on the deadlift. What was very impressive and inspiring to watch was how she fought with the weight when it stopped below her knees and she just didn't give up. I think that was the hardest I've seen her try. And, it was great to see her succeed. Congratulations Shawna. Bryan Smith came in and deadlifted 500 lbs for 3 reps and then 545 and then took a shot at 585 getting it to his knees, all raw. Cheryl, Carmine and William followed the normal Tues night light raw bench. Carmine did pause benches with 280 lbs a pr for him and Cheryl did them with 140 lbs.