Max Effort Upper: Breaking In The New Shirt [VIDEO]

After having a year away from the platform and a terrible showing at the 2018 XPC Bench Bash, I'm gearing back up for a multiply bench only competition, the APF Pressing the Pieces Together on April 27th, 2019. This meet helps bring awareness and charity donations for Autism Awareness. I'm looking to compete at 132lbs and just have a good meet back, while running my new gym, THIRST, and rehabbing my low back issues.

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Third week of meet prep kicked off, and running in my new Metal Jack Bench Shirt. Nothing crazy this training session, just making some modifications to the shirt, realizing that having a smaller shirt is definitely going to be a good thing numbers wise, but learning is going to be much more difficult since there is less room for error. Right now, my game plan will be to open light in my older shirt just to get on the board, and then I'll slap this new shirt on and go from there. We're probably looking at mid 400's for me to be able to tough in this shirt at the meet. With due time, I think it will drop as the shirt breaks in.

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Items Used in this Training Session

Warm Up Lateral Raises DB Overhead Press Rear Delt Raises DB Bench Press DB Flys DB Skull Crushers DB Rows DB Curls 15 each

A1) Bench Press Worked up to 275x3 280x2x3 305x1 Add Shirt 345x1 375x2 395x3x2 - all air boards

B1) Zig Zag Bar Reverse Mini Band JM Press Worked up to 175x8

C1) Incline Cross Body Tricep Extensions 4x10

D1) Push Ups vs Band 4x15

E1) Band Pressdowns 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 E2) Chest Supported Rear Delt Raises 3x20 E3) Chest Supported External Rotations 3x20