here is week 6
floor press
375lbs 1 rep *new pr
385lbs bombed out
incline db press 45 degree
115 lbs dumbbells 1x10
120lbs dumbbells 1x6
california press (used in place of JM press)
45lbs 3 sets of 8 reps
seated db clean
40lbs 4 sets of 8 reps
lying leg raise
5 sets of 15 reps
these were all done at a bodyweight of 225lbs. what do you guys think i could do better.
Nice job on those Mike but NEVER be satisfied. Im sure you know you could always do better. Good luck man.
what is your max bench and do you compete???..with those numbers i think you could do very well in the 225 class when you learn a shirt…bm
big martin, those are a couple of very interesting questions. i don’t compete cause i use lifting to improve my ju jitsu and self defense training. i find that the stronger i get the better my training goes, it is really that simple. i don’t know my 1rm in the bench, I did 365 at 220 about 4 years ago, then burned out cause all i would do is bench once a week and try to add more weight onto a 5x5 routine. i didn’t know anything about strengthening the triceps or proper technique or using speed days. in fact i never even heard of any of those concepts. then i saw that a guy i went to college with, named joe defranco, was light years ahead of me in his training (we went to the same school and graduated a year apart) and that pissed me off so i found out that he used this westside stuff and started using it 6 weeks ago. i basically guesstimated my max. my technique still stinks, i went to the westside seminar with jim wendler this weekend and he showed me how to drastically improve my bench. the unfortunate problem is that the technique he showed me was so far from what i have been doing that i actually could lift less due to relearning. I don’t tuck my elbows in, i didn’t even know to use an arch, or even push with my legs. that 375 floor press was done in a hanes t-shirt and champion shorts without even a belt, or wrist wraps. after watching wendler bench i must say that i am pretty green as far as my seasoning goes, i wouldn’t even know what to do with a shirt.
If you have natural talent and athletic ability you can learn virtually any sport. For example: I only trained hard for about two months on a westside template and then competed.
Bench shirts feel very weird and restrictive at first but you get used to them and begin to understand how to use them pretty easily.
mike well getting stronger will really help your fighting…your floor press is usually right at where your raw bench is and at 375 raw and a good shirt i could see a 425 bench with limted shirt time and at 225 thats a preety good bench…keep getting stronger…bm