Friday night was the second to last heavy bench night before the BENCH WARS on July 9th.  I can only scrape up a few pounds here and there on the bench so every week is crucial for me.  This week I really, really wanted 315.

Bar x reps

95 x 5

115 x 1

135 x 1

185 x hold for 3 secs

225 x 1 no touch

265 x 1 no touch

290 x miss

305 x 1 PR

315 x 1 PR

So thrilled - I didn't even look at the weights on the bar because I was scared it would psyche me out.  I just kept telling myself "let your desire be greater than your fear" and it was!  It felt great.

Half of the team is benching Friday night and the other half on Sunday, but Ross and I are still doing a light squat on Sunday for maintenance.  I went back to my 32 briefs this week and got a lot more support out of them so I did my work sets with 3 plates this week, as opposed to 2 1/2 plates last week in the bigger briefs.

Bar x reps

105 x 5

145 x 5

Briefs on, belt on

235 x 3

285 x 3

325 x 3 reps x 4 sets

Accessories:

Vertical Leg Press

1 plate x 10

2 plates x 10

3 plates x 10

4 plates x 10

*The 4 plates was a lot easier this week, and less scary.