LRB 365: Conditioning. Week 5. Bench

BW - 190 (home-style scale at an "away' gym, so grains of salt)

Bench -
BarX12
95X7, 5
135X3, 3
155X1, 1
175X1
135X8

BW Ladder Circuit -
Dips - 3 up to 15, back down to 3
Chins (V-Grip) - 2 up to 10, back down to 2
Push-ups - 3 up to 15, back down to 3
Leg-Raises - 3 up to 15, back down to 3

Tried out another "away" gym.  Little bit more of a local place called Southport Fitness.  Small, but WAY less crowded than the XSport.  Right now it is in the lead for the gym I will use to get workouts in during the work week for the next couple of months.

Bench was feeling strong so I went up to 175.  Based on an article by Dan Green, I tried playing with the way my leg drive works, but I didn't get the hang of what he's talking about.  My leg drive is still sending my butt off the bench, and I never felt like it was sending the bar back towards my shoulders as he describes.  I'll keep playing with that, and also flaring my elbows out of the bottom instead of closer to lock-out.  I also tried some different foot placements.  At the end of the day though, the best thing will be to get stronger vs. worrying about technique.

Ladders all felt pretty good, though I had to R/P some stuff as usual on upper-body day.  Dips felt as strong as they have, though.