300 Pound Raw Bench Thread

[quote]natesfitness wrote:
New PR today 265 baby! next week going for same weight, pin press from the chest. Aiming for 300 by May Weekend.[/quote]

Woot!!!

I’m trying NOT to max out for ten weeks. Because if things keep going the way they are I’ll be doing 300X5X5 by then. My 10lb/wk increases won’t last for ever so I’m praying they’ll hold out for just ten more weeks. (HAHA, I just looked at the calendar, and it’s April Fool’s Day)

Either way, I’m planning on Pushing 300 for x amount of reps by April… Bwuuhahahahahaha!!!

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Hey guys. My goal is 300 this year AT LEAST. I really want 3 plates but I will be happy as hell with 300!!!

Current max is 250x5 or 255x3.

I’m going for 255x4 tomorrow.

My thing is to bump up my 5 rep max 5 pounds and try and get that weight 5 times, if I fail then I try until I get it. Well you get the idea. Add 5 pounds everytime I’m able to get a weight for 5.

Example(last week’s workout)
135x10
155x5
185x5
205x5
225x5
235x5 (doing 3 tomorrow to save energy)
255x3

Any suggestions or critiques on my workout/strategy would be awesome.

5’10 1/2 and weigh 185 at the moment

300 RAW WITH GOOD FORM IN 09 HERE I COME!

My squat has really jumped in the past few weeks, my deadlift is progressing well, but FUCK… my bench is pretty stagnant. I hit 275x3 fairly recently (and have never attempted heavier weight raw).

I want three plates so badly. I have been working on my technique the past few bench workouts and I have it down as well as I can get it. Structuring the workout itself is where I will probably make the most positive change. Should I be sticking to series of triples and singles? What do some of you heavy benchers do in terms of sets and poundage increases in a single session?

[quote]CBar29 wrote:
after a week of deloading, i just nailed 300 and 305. best day ever. [/quote]

Nice man. I saw your video. No spot? Damn.

[quote]rephore wrote:
CBar29 wrote:
after a week of deloading, i just nailed 300 and 305. best day ever.

Nice man. I saw your video. No spot? Damn.[/quote]

I have pins on my bench which you probably cant see from the angle of the vid, but they’re at a perfect height, with arch, i dont touch them, without arch, i do.