I am back to the beginning of the cycle and I always like to throw in the close grip work to start. I went several meet cycles back to back this year and I didn't hit the close grip work in between I think this led to me missing bench PRs in multiple meets. I benched 525 last year after squatting 700 in a belt. I did a ton of close grip work before then. I missed 530, and 500 2x since that meet. I clearly need more tricep work

BENCH. THUMBS OUT GRIP WITH A PAUSE

135 for 10 2 sets

225 for 3

315 for 3

365 for 3 sets of 3

405 for 1

455 for 1

I focused on raising my touch spot about an inch higher. Felt like a mile.

Cable push downs

5 sets of 10

mini band crossover

3 sets of 20

done

Coming around.

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