8 Week Bench Program Paid Off

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I just finished an 8 week bench program that I found on the net and am very happy with the results.

Let me mention that I am 53 years old and about 235 pounds and have never been to the gym until last year. Last summer I had gotten up to 240 on the bench but after not lifting in the fall I was struggling with 225 when I went back this January. I continued not making any progress into March when I started this program.

The week after finishing I wanted to see what I could do. After warm ups I tried 250 and it felt light and I managed 2 reps easily. I also did 6 reps at 225, the most I had ever done before was 3 reps. I called it good for that day.

A couple days later I tried again. I started with 265, piece of cake. 270 piece of cake. 275 , no piece of cake, actually it was quite a struggle to get the bar back up but I did it without any help from my spotter.

When I started lifting last year I never imagined that I could lift 275. Now I’m going to start the 8 week program again and go for 300.

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Good work keep it up

Phill

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Any polite person would’ve directed us to said program so other could take advantage of it…or do you want to keep your precious to yourself…?

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Nice progress. Good luck with hitting 300.

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Sweet! I don’t consider 53 to be “old” but it’s not like being 18 and I hope younger guys (and older guys) get some inspiration from this.

I don’t see why three plates (315) would be out of the question.

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[quote]Miserere wrote:
Any polite person would’ve directed us to said program so other could take advantage of it…or do you want to keep your precious to yourself…?[/quote]

All you have to do is ask. And speaking of being a polite person… well nevermind here’s the link:

http://www.bigcat844.com/bench-workout.html

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[quote]Jetboy1 wrote:
All you have to do is ask. And speaking of being a polite person… well nevermind here’s the link:

http://www.bigcat844.com/bench-workout.html[/quote]

Thanks for the link. And I was only pulling your leg a bit. Don’t get all huffy and puffy, grandpa! :wink:

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I feel that I have made a lot of progress, when is someone going to say to me “You been working out?”.

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Dang man! You’ve been working out!