Finally Got It
Today was awesome, and let me explain why. I went to workout with my brother today, something that doesn’t happen very often, and I decided to try to max out with him as my spotter. You always do better, I think, when you can trust the dude that’s spotting you.
Anyways, so I decided I wanted to try to max out on bench today. My goal for this summer was to get up to 305 on bench by the end of July. Today, I was going to hit up 285. It was going to be awesome. So I get down and do a couple of warmup sets. 135 x 6 and 225 x 3. I jump up to 265 to see how I’m feeling, and I hit that no problem. Piece of cake in fact.
So, I decided to go right to 285. I prepped myself mentally, and bam, I got it. It was so easy. I though to myself, I can do more no problem. So I went to add 5 pounds on either side, and I thought to myself… this is stupid. Why do 295 when I can hit 300 right now? I searched the gym for the 2.5 pound weights, but couldn’t find them, so I just ended up adding 10 pounds on either side.
Here I am, ready to do 305 when my previous max from 3 weeks ago was 275. I was so excited. Could I do it? I got down on the bench, clenched my ass, and pulled my shoulder together. I breathed slowly 3 times, counted 1, 2, 3, and got my lift off from my brother. Down the weight came to my chest. I tapped and pushed up. It went up without any difficulty. Absolutely crazy, I thought to myself. There’s no way I just did that. I checked the weight again. Sure enough, I hit 305 with ease. I still had an entire circuit workout to do, so I stopped at that point, but man… it was awesome.
In addition to all this, I had the best workout I’ve ever had today. My brother and I pushed super hard, and by the time I left the gym, I was exhausted. I felt so good though. It was absolutely amazing.
Woo for me hitting 300 ahead of schedule, Now, I’ve just got to push higher.
May 27, 2007 at 4:45 pm
way to go! The first time you get 300lbs up is a fantastic experience. I remember (vaguely, I’m old) being high for a week when I did that years ago. I’m happy for you, keep on!
May 28, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Thanks man, I can’t stop telling people about it. I’m so excited its absolutely ridiculous. I guess I have to come up with a new bench press goal now. Not a bad situation to be in that is.
June 28, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Thanks for your comment a while back. I just got the chance to check out your blog, which made for some great inspirational reading. It sounds as if you’ve been making some increadible gains lately. Keep it up.