I recently lifted in the 2019 USPA National Championships where I totaled 1769 in wraps at 198 via a 655 squat, 451 bench and 661 deadlift. I'll be lifting at an APF meet in Chicago this December to wrap up the year. 

While I like squatting on Sundays and then benching the next day, sometimes Mondays are rough. After the previous day's heavy work I was feeling pretty hungover but still had high hopes that I would bench well.


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Turns out I did.

Bench - Opener(ish) of 415 x 1. Added reverse mini and monster mini band for 465 and a set at 500. 'm very optimistic about my chances of benching something very big in December. Thankfully next week is a planned lighter bench week, my body is getting pretty run down.

Incline - Swiss Bar - 185 x 4 x 8 with a couple chains on it.

Press down - 60 x 4 x 12

Hammer Curls - Green band x 5 x 20

Super happy with this session! I'm a little beat up, right on cue, but super strong. Going about as well as it could be. A quick session with the chiro this morning seems to have resolved a couple issues and I think I am set to finish out this training cycle strong.

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