I've got a couple of things to say before I post my workout and diet for the day: in late November last year before I injured my back, I did my best set of bench press at 4 reps of 97.5kg. Even back then I was frustrated with the lack of development in my chest comparted to my shoulders. My bench form has always been fairly good. My timing, depth and grip have all been complimented by the various spotters I've had at my gym over the past year. The only real problem I've had with my form has been that the bar follows a trajectory that ends about two and a half inches above my nipples.
Anyhow, today I decided to fix the trajectory of the bar so it hit my chest just above my nipples. Not only did my bench drop 7.5kg but my pec were absolutly destroyed by the end of my fourth set. I'm sure this is pittens for those of you who are bench 140kg but when you're repping on 82.5kg, 7.5kg seems to make a huge difference. I guess my goal of making it back upto 97.5kg and past the 100kg (a semi-respecatable bench) barrier by the end of July just went out the window along with my ego. I know taking the pressure off my delts and putting it onto my chest will be good for my chest development in the long run but at the moment my numbers are down (again) and it really sucks.
On the bright side, I smashed my incline bench because I had barely used my anterior delts during my bench today. My decline was suffered a bit of though. Anyhow, I've decided to do alot more decline/flat bench for the next couple of months so I can get my chest up to speed with my shoulder (which are bigger than my chest, but still small). Happy benching I suppose...
...rant over.
P.S. BiggerGuns=LongerDrives, I added more sets to my session today. I would've done more tricep work but my parking ticket had run out and I didn't want to get booked. Here is my chest/tri's session for today:
BB Bench Press
82.5kg x 5 (1 failure) (old form)
77.5kg x 5 (1) (new form)
75kg x 6 (1) (new form)
75kg x 5 (1) (new form)
DB Incline Bench
32.5kg x 8 (1 failure)
35kg x 5 (1)
35kg x 4 (1)
BB Decline Press
67.5kg x 6 (1 failure)
67.5kg x 5 (1)
67.5kg x 5 (1)
BB Narrow Bench
60kg x 5 (1 failure)
60kg x 6 (1)
60kg x 5 (1)
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