Burly Decides to Bench Again...

[olddawg]

the weight per lb for steel is quite high, that contributes to the cost. I'd imagine you could find them in an old scrap yard, maybe a junk yard on an old dump truck or something like that, rusty though but you'd still likely pay scrap steel prices for them

[VayneZ]

Burly, you workout arms the same day as chest, correct? Since I recently changed my routine to arms the day ''before'' I do chest (which is today, and my triceps are sore as hell), It would probably be best to avoid exercises such as dips today right? Focus on them more on arm days?

[burlyman30]

Burly, you workout arms the same day as chest, correct? Since I recently changed my routine to arms the day ''before'' I do chest (which is today, and my triceps are sore as hell), It would probably be best to avoid exercises such as dips today right? Focus on them more on arm days?

Dips might be ok, but go wider grip (if your gym has angled or adjustable bars) to focus the stretch on the chest. You can also focus on the lower half of the exercise, which keeps the tris out of the movement. I would not focus on adding weight to the exercise though. Just light and high reps. Throwing a little blood in your tris wont hurt you unless you are tearing down the muscle again.

[VayneZ]

Dips might be ok, but go wider grip (if your gym has angled or adjustable bars) to focus the stretch on the chest. You can also focus on the lower half of the exercise, which keeps the tris out of the movement. I would not focus on adding weight to the exercise though. Just light and high reps. Throwing a little blood in your tris wont hurt you unless you are tearing down the muscle again.

Good tip bro, I'll keep these in mind for next week! Thanks!

[JM1000]

Has work cleared up a bit for you? seems like you're getting in some pretty good sessions man!

[O_RYAN_007]

I could buy them, and I've thought about it... But I'd be carrying 120#s of chains with me into the gym! I'd def look like a MAJOR BAdass doing that ! LOL

[burlyman30]

Has work cleared up a bit for you? seems like you're getting in some pretty good sessions man!

Workload is back down to the usual hectic schedule. Only 50-70 hrs a week now. I was only getting to the gym about 2x/wk but I've been in 3x this week so far. Might squeeze in another workout this week , even.

[burlyman30]

This was supposed to be a deadlift day, but I'm giving my lower back a bit more recovery time from last week. I tweaked it a bit, for those of you not following that thread, and hope to hit it this week still. We will see.

Instead, I opted for chest/arm night, AKA National Beach Muscle Workout Day, being a Monday and all.

Things went well...

Bar x 20
95 x 12
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 2
245 x 1
265 x 3 could have done another, but stayed with my plan
265 x 3 shoulder seemed a bit sore after this set and I contemplated ending here, but with a bit of time (several minutes) it felt better.
265 x 3 The third one was pretty tough, but it never stopped moving upward.

Everything went very well. My plan is to attempt the same weight for sets of 5 next week. That may be asking a lot, but it's a goal, so I will just see how it goes. If I can hit 3 sets of 5 next week (or the following week), then I will move to 280 the following workout for sets of 3, which would be 95% of my last 1RM.

[burlyman30]

24 hours later, I'm not too terribly sore. I bit, sure, but could be worse. However, my shoulder joints and surrounding tissues seem a bit inflamed/irritated and while the joint feels a little loose/unstable, I notice some of the delt muscles are tight. I'm taking the night off from the gym just to give the shoulder/rotator cuff a rest. I'm logging this to have a record I can look back on later to see if there is progression or regression of this issue.

[O_RYAN_007]

24 hours later, I'm not too terribly sore. I bit, sure, but could be worse. However, my shoulder joints and surrounding tissues seem a bit inflamed/irritated and while the joint feels a little loose/unstable, I notice some of the delt muscles are tight. I'm taking the night off from the gym just to give the shoulder/rotator cuff a rest. I'm logging this to have a record I can look back on later to see if there is progression or regression of this issue.

Good feedback, and thanks for the updates.