After having set an all-time PR on my equipped bench press with 457lbs, I'm now in off season mode getting back to some heavy training while running my gym, THIRST.

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Thursday evening's speed work went rather well and things felt pretty good. I ended up working up to a really good top set of 8 on my close grip bench press, which I did not see coming. Then I just cranked the back volume and went home. It was a busy week business wise!


Items Used in this Training Session

Warm Up Tons of PRI Based Stuff

A1) Speed Bench Press vs 2 Chains Per Side 120x15x3

B1) Close Grip Bench Press vs 2 Chains Per Side Worked up to 230x8

C1) Push Ups vs Band 3 sets, max reps

D1) Wtd Pull Ups (+25) 3 sets, max reps

E1) DB Rows 3x15 per arm

F1) Lat Pulldowns 3x15

G1) Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns 3x15 G2) Band Face Pulls 3x30

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Brandon Smitley
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