Exercise Log 8.4.14 (Bench Press & Deadlift Day, No Cardio)

For Bench Press & Deadlift day, I am feeling a ton better from the day previous workout. In fact I’d wager to say my deadlifting was 10% better. Some days are just crappy days for lifting.

Decline Bench Press: Being I spent so much of this training period doing declines, I decided heavy day would be best done with decline pressing. Set 1) 5 reps @ 150lbs. Set 2) 3 reps @ 160lbs. Set 3) 2 reps @ 175lbs. Set 4) 3 reps @ 180lbs. Great pressing. My performance here gauges how I want to increase my training max. Since my flat bench press is still weak and I’m transitioning off declines to regular flat presses again, I’m only going to increase my training max 5lbs for now. See how it plays out.

Deadlift: Set 1) 3 reps @ 275lbs. Set 2) 3 reps @ 285lbs. Set 3) 3 reps @ 295lbs.

Incline Iso-Lateral Press: 4 sets of 8 reps @ 93lbs.

Dumbbell Chest Press (Pause with escalating count): This was pause at the bottom for the number of seconds of the rep I’m on. So 1 second for the first rep, 2 for the second, etc. 3 sets of 6 reps @ 55lbs.