ME Upper and "stuff"

"May you live in interesting times"
ME Upper

Wednesday Part I

With Shawn in the AM

Warmups
Benchpress: work up to 225 x3, 275 x1
Put shirt on- 3-board bench: 315 x1, 365 x1
2-board 385 x1
405 miss
420 miss (rolled wrist at bottom and fell onto my belly)
420 miss (couldn't touch approx. an inch off chest locked out ok)
Incline Tate presses 3x 14, 15, 10/ 35, 45, 55

PM
DB rows 5x15+/ 75, 85, 100, 125, 150
DB rear delt raises 3x15/ 30, 35, 40
DB side raises light 3x15-20
Rope pushdowns 30 or 40 pounds 100 reps (4 or 5 sets)
DB curls 40x8, 50x8, 60x6, 40x12+, 30x15+

In between sessions I had a "confrontation" with an idiot at work. It was the closest I have gotten to being in a fight in several years. I don't like that some moron can get me that jacked up and wanting to destroy him. I surmise my BS meter was pegged. I can't stand lazy people. Well that got my bp up so I guess I will count it as "something"...

I took it easy on the shirtless warmups as my shoulder still is not 100% and I figured to screw myself up with real heavy weight rather than in the warmups. The benefit of the shirt is it does "protect" my shoulders (to a point). When I got done with the shirt work, it felt fine. The shirt work (obviously) did not go as expected i.e. I missed attempts. The shirt I borrowed from 4Board may be a bit too narrow across the shoulders for me. (The "benefits" of weight loss being the old stuff I had doesn't fit like it did 25 pounds ago...) Shawn adjusted it all the way up and by the time I got into position on the bench it moved down each time. The lockouts were ok. I need more work there. I still have time though.

Shawn brought his Inzer "bench coat" and we were able to adjust it so he could touch 495 then 525 easily. I can't believe "people" don't like his coat. Sorry but it seems to work (and he seems quite fond of it)!

4Board came in EARLY in the am and did his shirt work and got a 400 PR, which he was quite happy with and should be! He too needs a little more work but is making p-r-o-g-r-e-s-s. The sequence we went through with him for his shirt work seemed to work quite well. He went to 305 w/o a shirt. Then took 315 and 335 off a 4-board (again sans shirt). He put the shirt on and took 365 off of a 3-board, then 375 off of a 2-board. He took 390 (pr attempt) to his chest but was out of his groove and the lockout didn't. We loaded the bar to 400 (pr) and he touched but his lockout was uneven (twisting) and he hit the uprights. Decided it was a technical issue and he took it again and got it! He needs to stay "tighter" with his set-up and increase lockout strength. Overall it went well.

And I got the "official" news today that my dear friend Allison, who is a college basketball and S&C coach (and daughter of the best hoops coach I have ever worked for, Bill K.), got engaged. Congratulations to her and her fiancee, Dave. Two great people!!!

What a day. Thanks Shawn for coming in today to help me out!

No time for stupid people,
Ed T.