I’m currently in meet prep for the RPS Lexen Spring Fling in Columbus, Ohio on May 9th, 2015. I will be competing in my first multi-ply meet, going bench only at 148 pounds.
For programming and coaching inquires, please email SmitleyPerformanceSystems@gmail.comThursday I was back in doing some speed work and top end work for my bench. I'm sticking with a similar layout that I used going into my XPC Finals prep, and this rotation as worked very well. It lets me get in more rep work and slowly bring boards down while handling similar weights over that time. I usually would do an overhead movement after all of this, but being in a meet prep for bench only and in a new shirt, I know I need more top end tricep work so I've made that minor substitution. I will likely keep this as an incline movement as I feel that having some type of hybrid helps with my overall shoulder strength. Some fluff and buff work afterwards and we were out.
While training I had the Purdue vs Cincinnati game on, and man that had me going between sets. Sadly, Purdue's season is over (and I would have really liked to see them match up against Kentucky with our two 7 footers) but it was a good run with still a young team. Hopefully better luck next year.
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Warm Up DB Bench Press - 50's x4x12 Micro Band Pull Aparts - 100 total reps Band Rotations - 3x12 per side
A1) Speed Bench vs Chains 45x10 45x5 - add 2 chains per side 75x3 95x3 115x3 130x9x3
B1) Close Grip 2 Board vs Chains 155x5 180x5 205x12
C1) Slight Incline Bench w/ Shoulder Saver 185x10 225x10 275x10
D1) Horizontal Lat Pulldown, neutral grip 5x12
E1) Grenade Skull Crushers w/ Chains 3 sets of failure E2) KB Shoulder Power Clean 3x15 E3) DB Front Raises 2x10
