Ok, this was a very light bench day, only did two work sets, just to get some blood flowing.

Usually start with the bar, but today started with 135 for warm-up

135 x reps about 15

225 x 12

225 x 11

both sets were until right shoulder gave out and started to hurt. I find on raw day, I can go until it hurts and then stop and it doesn't do any damage and I still get to keep up with raw benching. The right shoulder pain and weakness has been around for about two years, don't know what it is. A Chiropractor worked on it almost two years ago and took x-rays and said it's a pinched nerve in my c-5 and c-6 from a compressed vertebrae in my neck. He said it won't get better, just worse. He told me to never do upright rows. Bill Crawford told me it is the worst injury a bencher can have. He had it and had an operation to sheath the nerve. I worried for a while, then decided to just forget about it. I hand off the bench to everybody and I figure it just makes me stronger.

Felt good to bench and see Shawna, Steve and Leo work hard. I would have done more if it wasn't less than two weeks before the push/pull meet.