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Did a very early morning workout today. Started at 6am, because I had a couple of friends stopping by for grip work by 8am and wanted to be good and warmed up.

7min treadmill warmup

Bench

5x135#

3x185#

3x225#

2x275#

3x365# 4" ROM Prioreceptor reset

2x325# easy

SCT SRP Bench

405# x 5sec

525# x 12sec

Skull Krushers

10x160#

Went on to do monster grip workout after. :rock

- Aaron

Nice workout Aaron! I guess I'm gonna have to put 400 up soon so I can at least have some sort of bragging rights? hahahahahah :D

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Today was my first day going heavy in a couple of weeks. Almost got 315 up...very, very close. Ticks me off when I watch the video :dry

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Today was my first day going heavy in a couple of weeks. Almost got 315 up...very, very close. Ticks me off when I watch the video :dry

Hate that bro. Next week for sure. Just getting back into it. :rock

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Had a disappointing workout tonight... Here goes

Bench portion

Bench

135x8

225x1

315x1

345x1

400x1 missed and had to dump since no spotter ouch

225x20 stopped at 20 cause I didn't think i had enough gas to get PR of 25

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Had a disappointing workout tonight... Here goes

Bench portion

Bench

135x8

225x1

315x1

345x1

400x1 missed and had to dump since no spotter ouch

225x20 stopped at 20 cause I didn't think i had enough gas to get PR of 25

Good stuff bro. Just an off day. nice shot at the gripper though. :rock

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Had a disappointing workout tonight... Here goes

Bench portion

Bench

135x8

225x1

315x1

345x1

400x1 missed and had to dump since no spotter ouch

225x20 stopped at 20 cause I didn't think i had enough gas to get PR of 25

I would be happy if could have one of your "disappointing" workouts.

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Week 7 Sorin bench plan: Doubles day. I'll post the full workout on my log, but it went great. Felt really strong. All reps were paused.

Bench:

BarX20

135X5

155X2

185X2

205X2

225X2

Work sets:

265X2 PR (very easy. Had 1, maybe even two more reps in me)

240X4

Seated OH press ( strict form and paused)

135X5

Work sets:

155X4X6 reps PR

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... when i was young (40 years), 235 kg and 227,5kg (500 lbs) in competition - raw of course. after some injuries, two years ago, I tried to start my "second carrier". last year - now 55 years - 220 kg and 210 kg in a competition. now i am suffering a bad backinjury (lws), so i have to stop rolling thunder, apollons axle. so will try to start a "third-old-man-benchpress-carrier". right now (last week) 180 kg. hope, i will reach the "magic 200 kg" in competition end of the year.

good luck for you. 400 lbs is a very nice (elite) result for a strong bencher

by the way, 41 years is not old. only important, that you are in a good health.

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400 will be there next time, for sure Hammy!

Mike welldone htting 265 for a double you're well on the way to putting up 300. The Sorin program looks really good :rock

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400 will be there next time, for sure Hammy!

Mike welldone htting 265 for a double you're well on the way to putting up 300. The Sorin program looks really good :rock

Thanks Sam! Really starting to click... finally!

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1x8, 225 pounds, seated military, 2 rep PR

1x21, 225 pounds, bench, 1 rep PR

-Rex

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c'mon rex..with your size, overall power, and strength, there's no reason if you worked on your technique that you could easily press over 4 and surpass me on the pressing.

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1x8, 225 pounds, seated military, 2 rep PR

1x21, 225 pounds, bench, 1 rep PR

-Rex

Awesome job on the PR's Rex! :rock 225X8 on the seated press is huge. 10 is on its way soon and i think that translates to your push press goal 340 or close to it, right? Great work bro!

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Great workout with a hiccup. Sorin week 7 singles day. Full workout on my log. Lots of PRs today. Richard had me experiment with a heavy partial right before my max single today. I think I must have done something wrong because it seemed to mess me up more than help me. I think I hurried too much. He told me I had 45 seconds to do my single after the partial which was 40lbs more than my max attempt for the day. I rushed right back on the bench after we stripped the weight and must not have gotten set right or didn't give my CNS time to recover. I think I was going again 20 seconds or so after racking the partial. Weight felt funny and i paused longer than normal at the bottom. I missed it and my great spotter (wife) had to help me. I got mad, waited 3 minutes and hit the weight for a paused single easy. Then went right on with the workout with no problems setting PRs in 4 rep bench, inclines, and rows. Bizarre. I need to take my time if I use this again. Here is the pressing portion of the workout. All reps paused:

barX20

135X6

185X1

225X1

255X1

Work sets:

320 X 3" Partial followed immediately by...

280 X miss

Waited 3 mins and...

280X1 paused PR

245X4 PR

Incline press:

205 X 4X6reps PR

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Bench portion of last nights workout

I think Partial rep actually hurt my 390 attempt hmmmm.

Bench

135x8

225x1

295x1

345x1

435x1 Partial ROM rep

390x1 Miss

300x9 PR

Incline Bench

225x6

225x5

225x5

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Bench portion of last nights workout

I think Partial rep actually hurt my 390 attempt hmmmm.

Bench

135x8

225x1

295x1

345x1

435x1 Partial ROM rep

390x1 Miss

300x9 PR

Incline Bench

225x6

225x5

225x5

Nice PR :rock

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Bench portion of last nights workout

I think Partial rep actually hurt my 390 attempt hmmmm.

Bench

135x8

225x1

295x1

345x1

435x1 Partial ROM rep

390x1 Miss

300x9 PR

Incline Bench

225x6

225x5

225x5

Nice PR :rock

Thx. Nice multiple PRs

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Today's benching workout - no sleep but joints etc.. are feeling slightly better. No shoulder pain on any of the sets.

CLOSE GRIP BENCH

132x5

176x5

220x5

264x10 (2 rep pr) last rep was very very tough but didn't give up.

220x16 (2 rep pr)

220x10 paused (think possible a pr?)

assistance work was axle shrugs, axle upright rows, tricep pushdowns.

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Today's benching workout - no sleep but joints etc.. are feeling slightly better. No shoulder pain on any of the sets.

CLOSE GRIP BENCH

132x5

176x5

220x5

264x10 (2 rep pr) last rep was very very tough but didn't give up.

220x16 (2 rep pr)

220x10 paused (think possible a pr?)

assistance work was axle shrugs, axle upright rows, tricep pushdowns.

Nice Work Sam!

I moved my Monday Doubles workout to Sunday as this week is going to be slammed. Here is the bench portion:

barX20

135X6

165X2

205X2

240X2

Work Sets: Neither of these was easy, however, I am not used to working out in the morning AT ALL! ;)

275X2 PR

250X4 PR

Assistance work was Seated OH press, pullups, hammer curls.

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early am workout

Treadmill 7min

Bench

5x135#, 5x185#

3 x 245#

3 x 295#

2 x 405# 4" partial Prioreceptor reset

2 x 335# Easy :rock

SCT SRP Bench -- Lowered uprights 2" below normal for me (upper arm to forearm @ 90deg at liftoff)

455# x 5sec

525# x miss could not lift off uprights

495# x 5sec at least 4" from lockout

Lower uprights and no spotter to help liftoff made a huge difference.

Skull krushers

10 x 165# :rock

Grip workout ->

- Aaron

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Thanks Mike - a PR is a PR though mate good work! Oh, smash that gripper tomorrow!

Aaron nice session buddy - i hate benching when the uprights are too low i benched in the rack today and had to lift it off just 2'' to be at lockout and i had my mate spotting me aswell it makes all the difference for me. Where do you reckon you're at now then for a max? 350-360?

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Thanks Mike - a PR is a PR though mate good work! Oh, smash that gripper tomorrow!

Aaron nice session buddy - i hate benching when the uprights are too low i benched in the rack today and had to lift it off just 2'' to be at lockout and i had my mate spotting me aswell it makes all the difference for me. Where do you reckon you're at now then for a max? 350-360?

Will do mate! :D

I agree on the low pins. Mine are not adjustable and they are very low. My wife is my spotter (not complaining as she does a great job, but I try to take as much of the weight as possible on lift off). So basically I am doing an extra 1/2 rep every set. My bench is also pretty high off the ground. I think if I could get to a proper gym and get on a good powerlifting bench with the pins in the right place, I could add 5 or so lbs to my max.

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Thanks Mike - a PR is a PR though mate good work! Oh, smash that gripper tomorrow!

Aaron nice session buddy - i hate benching when the uprights are too low i benched in the rack today and had to lift it off just 2'' to be at lockout and i had my mate spotting me aswell it makes all the difference for me. Where do you reckon you're at now then for a max? 350-360?

Thanks, prolly 360-365 as easy as the 335 felt today. Maybe even a little more. Be nice to have a decent spotter. I was supposed to do 330 for the double today and 335 for the double next week but couldnt resist after the 295 felt so easy. Made a slight adjustment to groove technique that seemed to help some as well. Gotta go though I'm bonking pretty bad right now.

- Aaron

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