Monday's Bench Training

Trained Down at Apollon Gym in Edison, NJ yesterday.  This was my first day in the Inzer Phenom, this was by far the most (and probably only) aggressive shirt I have ever used.

Monday's Training Looked Like This:

Raw Bench Press (WARM-UPS)
45 x 25 x 2 sets
135 x 5; 185 x 3; 225 x 2; 275 x 1; 315 x 1

Shirted Bench Press
365 x 1   3 board
405 x 1   2 1/2 board
455 x 1   2 board
495 x 1   1 board
525 x fail    1/2 board x 2 attempts
525 x 1      1/2 board x 2 sets

Thick Straight Handle Cable Pressdowns
3 sets x 75 x 15 reps

This shirt was super aggressive and I really felt the brunt of the discomfort on my wrists.  My wrist wraps just weren't supportive enough.  Iron Ferret was nice enough to give me a pair of the elite black wrist wraps.  These wraps are shorter than I am used to (80cm vs 36 inches) but pulled tight and properly these were like a cast, and gave me all the wrist support I needed.  It's clear that this is the shirt I will be moving forward in, and my training partners seem to think I can bench something in this shirt.  The 2 misses on the first 525 attempts were due to me bringing the bar way to far down my belly.  On the second 2 attempts I kept the bar against the support and made the 2 singles easily.  This is a much needed positive shirted bench day with the meet coming up in late November.