I saw a Youtube simple exercise for upper chest development
on Charles Glass’s channel named “Get Cut with Glass”. Look for video “Charles Glass Complete Chest workout for insane growth”, starting at 2:03 with 10 lb dumbbells. Might help benching. I thought it was a great idea.
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I do push / pull at this point in my life.
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Thanks. I’ll take a look. I am always looking for ways to mix things up.
3/26/25
Treadmill:
20 minutes
Crunch Machine:
4/25/150
Pull-Ups:
20
Adductor Machine:
4/25/210
Abductor Machine:
4/25/210
Standing Calf Raises:
4/25/400
True to my word, I avoided Weighted Walk Wednesday until after the meet. I must admit, however, I was getting the itch.
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Funny- I bet you did get ichy ..(?). I think it will pay off for sure. And maybe, you do some ‘light carries’ for recover/sanity while your peaking towards the meet ??
You’ve played this game plenty of times- you know exactly what you need- I’m looking forward to the results.
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I’m trying to map out these next four weeks.
3/27/25
DB Curls:
4/10/40
Hammer Curls:
4/10/50
Preacher Curls:
4/10/110
Reverse EZ Bar Curls:
4/10/80
Cable Curls:
4/25/140
Pulldowns:
10/10/various (no rest between sets)
Pulldowns:
4/25/120
Pressdowns:
4/25/200
Exercise Bike:
10 minutes
Kickbacks:
4/25/25
Opening day for MLB is tonight. Now time to settle in.
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Yep.
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3/28/25
Treadmill:
35 minutes
Exercise Bike:
10 minutes
Rows:
5 minutes
Ski Simulator:
5 minutes
Just Friday night cardio.
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3/29/25
Bench:
1/275
1/300
1/335
Incline Pullovers:
4/15/95
Dips:
4/15
Pull-Ups:
20
Treadmill:
10
Today I hit my planned three lifts for the meet. The first two were pretty easy. The last one was strong, I just need to work on better form with it.
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3/30/25
Deadlift:
I had planned to hit all three meet lifts today, but it did not happen. There was no strength to be had today. My only thought is I normally deadlift every 14 days. Today was day 10 since my last one. I went earlier, so I could better set things up.
I thought 400 would be a good opener. Just a couple weeks ago I did 415 for five reps. Today, I could only get it to mid-shin. I dropped to down to 365 and struggled to get it. I went back up to 405 and nothing.
I then called it to save my legs. I’ll dedicate myself to yard work today.
The meet is on the 26th. I’ll deadlift in 14 days again. Normally, I would just do an opener for the last session, but for this one I’ll have to do more to get my head right.
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3/31/25
Treadmill:
60 minutes
No weights this week. I woke up Thursday or Friday and my left elbow hurt and was swollen. It wasn’t bad until yesterday. I can’t bend it. I’m going to treat it with ice and compression. I’ll hold off until bench on Saturday.
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Get better!
Working on it. I think I could bench press today, if I needed. I’ve been wrapping and icing my elbow during the day at my desk. It gets better a little each day. I have 25 more days to nurse it along.
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4/2/25
Treadmill:
20 minutes
Adductor Machine:
4/25/210
Abductor Machine:
4/25/210
Crunch Machine:
4/25/150
Ski Simulator:
5 minutes
Again, nothing serious today. The elbow is still a little swollen, but the pain is almost gone. I keep it wrapped at night while I sleep and all day at work. I have a mine fridge with a freezer in my office, so I have been icing it three times a day.
I felt like I could have benched today if I had to. I’m going to take it easy the rest of the week and give it a run.
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4/3/25
Treadmill:
30 minutes
Exercise Bike:
10 minutes
I almost convinced myself to lift something or at least try some pull-ups. Then I grabbed the bars on treadmill wrong, and I got a shooting pain in my elbow. Clearly, I’m not there yet, although it’s feeling much better. No matter what I am benching Saturday.
Rather than using a bandage wrap, I went to Walgreens and purchased an elbow sleeve. I’m tired of everyone asking if I just gave blood.
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Watched the local news at lunch time saw their having the Police and Fireman games in Birmingham this year. You competing?
“I’m tired of everyone asking if I just gave blood.”
Ha Ha Ha.
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That was the original plan. Things changed and we’ll be taking a different trip.
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4/5/25
Bench:
1/275
1/300
1/335
Incline Pullovers:
4/15/100
Cable Press:
4/25/100
I double wrapped my bum elbow today. I used an elastic bandage and an elbow sleeve over that. It was almost pain free. I avoided dips today, because I didn’t want to stress my elbow needlessly. Hopefully it’s good to go next Saturday. That will be my final heavy bench.
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