We didn’t get downstairs until 9:30 tonight so K and I only benched. Kainen had his bench daddy come in the mail today so we broke it in tonight. It’s works like a bench shirt but it just slips over the arms. Kainen worked up to 335 for an easy single with the new toy and I put up 455 fairly easily. Football away camp starts tomorrow and the bus leaves at 6 am.
8/13
bench barx20 95x10 135x5 185x5 225x5 240x5 270x3 305x11
bench daddy 225x2 315x2 405x1 455x1 405x7
8/15
semi-sumo deads 135x3,185x3,225x3,280x3,320x3,360x10
squats 225x12,12,12,12,20
sit-ups 3 sets
1 leg calf raiese 3 sets
I didn’t even dust off the belt tonight because my back was feeling great. Everything felt light but the reps kicked my ass.
I love me the high reps too.
Canada_K, I go through phases I like higher rep stuff. Guess I’m in one of those phases now.
Kainen got home from football camp today so of course we had to use the bench daddy. I was amazed I put up 500 lbs with the damn thing. That’s a big bruise on Kainen’s left shoulder. He’s got them all over him from playing offensive center and defensive tackle at camp. He said camp was hell.
8/17
bench daddy 315x3 405x1 455x1 500x1
500 bench. Fantastic!
Thanks Biker. I was happy/surprised with it.
8/20
1a. MP barx20 95x10 135x5 145x3 165x3 185x15 225x5
1b. 1 arm seated cable rows 50,70,90,100,120,140x8 each 170x6
2a. 3 board bench 135x10 225x10 275x10 315x10
2b. chin-ups BWx4x6
3. db curls 40’s x15
A little bourbon on ice right now is a great way to end the day.
Wow! Super impressive bench! Do you ever do shirted benching? Or is the Bench Daddy just to allow you to overload? I have tried a Slingshot. But we all know about me and bench . . .
Thanks KP. I’ve never used a shirt but I’m sure it must feel similar to the bench daddy. We’ve bought a bunch of weight lifting gadgets since my oldest started lifting. The bench daddy just looked cool so I gave it a try.
8/22
You learn something new every day. Ha you’ll find this amusing, I’m pretty clueless about things, at times, especially benching. When I read ‘bench daddy’, since you mentioned your son’s name…I just thought you were calling yourself that. And it just made some kind of sense, since you can bench so much, to call you THE ‘Bench Daddy’.
I found that ^^^ very amusing, Minimaltechno!
Bahahahahahah.
Mininal, you can call me bench daddy anytime you like.
8/24
I turned 47 today and it didn’t even hurt that bad.
Happy Birthday Steve!
Happy B-Day indeed! Well done on another year:)
Happy Birthday Bench Daddy! Isn’t 47 some mystical number? Must Google that?
Hey Steve, Happy Birthday young man! but I’m not calling you Bench Daddy…
Thank all. Calling me bench daddy is totally optional. No pressure. 47 is a mythical number. It’s when magically young joints turn old and cranky.
8/26
deadlift 135x3 185x3 225x3 275x3 300x3 340x3 380x3 420x1 460x1
tire flips and sledgehammer swings x several sets
8/27
trap bar carries 315 x a bunch
Got outside today and did a few too many trap bar carries. Went too hard and did too many. Totally wiped out. I forget I’m 47 not 37.
Belated Happy Birthday Steve, I thought some of you guys were at least as old as me. Turns out I was wrong.
Lots of real solid work in here.
Thanks Dave. I’m almost as old as you…almost.
8/29
1a. MP barx20 95x10 135x5 155x5 175x5 195x13
1b. 1 arm cable rows 50x10 70x10 100x10 120x10 140x5 100x20
2a. footballbar chin-ups BWx5,5,4
2b. dips BWx3x12
3. 3 sets of curls
Took my ‘when I ache before bed’ pills…2 Motrin, 2 fish oil, 1 melatonin. Now to put on a boring show and close my eyes.
Somehow calling you “daddy” feel dirty…