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.