Montreal Barbell The PR GYM

Bar x reps

95 x 5

115 x 2

135 x 1

Shirt on

185 x 1

225 x 1

255 x 1

275 x miss x 2

250 x miss

Last week my tricep was fried and I couldn't take the pressure of loading my shirt, so this week Ross duct taped my tricep (just above the elbow and just below the elbow) and it helped a lot.

Right from the start my arms were shaking and all the weights felt heavy in my hands.  I felt like I was touching a lot lower than normal too, and wasn't getting a lot of pop out of my shirt.  Ross told me I wasn't pushing my belly up to the bar as much as usual and my shirt was riding up to my neck.  I let my head get defeated pretty early in the night so it was really hard to dig deep and get serious when things weren't going right, and I obviously didn't figure it out.  I am happy that my tricep didn't bother me this week, that's huge!  I just need to get my head right now.

Ross, Carmine, Chris, Cheryl and Leo were in benching too - Carmine and Chris did triples in their shirts and surprised me, their form is coming along really nicely.  Cheryl is back home for the weekend and benched a strong double with 225 lb.  Leo Tili came to get some bench work in, even though he isn't feeling that well, and was very supportive and encouraging - as usual.  The star of the night - ROSS!  He got a really nice PR on the bench with his 525 lb bench - he used his form and from what I could see, it looked like he had great leg drive.  He hit all of his usual sticking points but was able to push right through them.  We are all very happy for him - he deserves every pound of that bench!