April 29, 2011 - Heavy Bench
Heavy Bench
Bar x reps x 2
95 x 5
115 x 3
135 x 1
185 x hold for 3 secs
Shirt on
225 x 1 (no touch)
255 x 1 (no touch)
275 x 1 (no touch)
285 x miss
295 x miss x 2
Weights felt ok. My shirt was really tight and I had a hard time touching. Ross told me my form was off and that's why I wasn't able to touch - I felt like I was pushing up to the bar but I wasn't getting that extra little push at the bottom. The first attempt at 295 went half way up, but the bar went crooked on me and I got stuck (Ross told me my legs were not evenly placed). The second attempt I took it down but I wasn't in control of the weight and asked the spotters to take it at the bottom. When I came off the bench my shoulder was hurting so I ended it there.
My stress, eating, and sleeping are still out of whack but I'm working on it. Did some laundry, cleaned up the house a bit, got groceries and cooked clean meals for myself and today I'm going to go clean the gym - the only way I start to feel better is by doing stuff, whether the stress has anything to do with those things or not, it'll let me burn off some energy.