^^^Very liberating, right? I see a garage gym in my future. Sounds like patella tendinitis, which I’ve had two separate times in my lifting days. My advice is this: get some knee sleeves right away. You can get them at any sporting goods store, and buy them a size small. You can try them on in the store, usually. They are a great thing to have…keeps the knee warm and provides some support. I think they are about 10 bucks each. You want to address it now, though, otherwise your other knee will follow suit if it’s anything like mine. As for the wraps, mine are Sheik heavy duty, and they run about 25 bucks…well worth the investment. I don’t do a full wrap, just enough to ease the pain. And so far, I don’t feel anything in my knee when it’s wrapped. You can look up how to wrap them on youtube…I went with the x-wrap with a bowtie.
Tuesday
Bench
305x3, 335x3, 365x3, 395x2
Silly ego. Gave normal grip a shot, felt great through 335, but just wasn’t used to holding a heavy weight that way. The first rep at 365 looked like an s, though the next two were very easy. I then made the mistake of switching back to a false-grip for the last set and just wasn’t ready to go that heavy. I like the way the normal grip felt, so this time I really am going to narrow my grip and increase reps. I’ll try 400x3 some other time…now I need to take some of the strain off my shoulder.
HS Incline
3PPSx8, 3+25x8, 4x8, 4+10x6
Bent Lat Raise
45x10, 55x10, 65x8
Standing LR
60x9
Rear Delt Mach
180x12, 200x11
Prone Horiz Abd
5x15x2
Despite my stupid benching, a good workout. I’m going to try narrow grip for sets of 7 next week, but if my shoulder feels funny I’ll do a 4-6 week cycle of decline. If it feels funny even on decline, I can always stick to the HS machines until it heals up. FTR, my shoulder felt excellent through warmups and at the lower weights, just wasn’t quite ready for a grip change and heavy weight on the same day.