Tyrch’s BodyBlog

So last night at the gym I decided to work in with a bodybuilder and his lifting partner at the gym whom I have been getting to know for a little while now. Things started out normally on the bench as I always do on Monday. Things were actually getting interesting as I went along hitting a new PR for reps at 315 lbs (17 reps) and matching my best one rep max at 550 lbs which I haven’t done since I was 26. After that…it went all downhill. After I nailed 550 I promptly hit my burnout set knocking out 25 reps at 225 lbs using reverse grip. Then, the bodybuilder says, "Now lets do drop sets." Dear God NO! The drop set consisted of 50 reps on the bench at 185 lbs and then we followed that with 100 push-ups. At this point I wanted to cry, but then it got worse. Then we did 3 drop sets on the dumbbell bench. The 1st set consisted of 10 reps of 80 lbs on dumbbell press, followed by 20 reps at 25 lbs dumbbell flies and concluded with 30 more push-ups. The final two sets consisted or 10 reps of 100 lbs on the dumbbell press, followed by 20 reps at 35 lbs dumbbell flies and also concluded with 30 push-ups. Then, to end the workout, we hopped on the decline bench machine at knocked out 50 reps of 50 lbs while being forced into full extension with the use of "penalty reps". Because of these penalty reps I really did about 65 reps instead of the 50. I can honestly say, after all of that, I really don’t think I am ever going to ask to hop in with him again. It’s a day later and my chest is still burning and shaking. Take my advice…DON’T TRUST A BODYBUILDER IN A WEIGHT ROOM!

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