Shirt work

Met 4Board and Shawn to do a little bench shirt work. With the meet a week away, now seemed an appropriate time to break in the new shirt. No sense waiting until the last minute.



Warm-ups

Benchpress: work up to singles 275x1, 315x1

Shirt on

3-board bench: 365x2

2-board bench: 405 x1

1-board bench: 405 x1

410x1 touch

435x1 (new PR)



Overall this went well. It is easier for me to set-up with the new shirt which makes me more comfortable with the weight. Shawn wanted me to stop at the 410. But I really wanted the PR. After doing a 455 pound negative triceps extension approx. 2 weeks ago (my last shirt workout) I was a little shook up about getting under big weights. That and feeling a wee bit beat up after 16 weeks of contest training (with all the aches and pains that I accumulated along the way), I needed it for a confidence builder.



In touch with my feminine side now...look out,

Ed T.