Higher Rep. Week 2. Bench

BW - 209

Bench -
BarX20
95X5
135X4
155X3
185X2
195X1

Close-grip, no leg drive - 165X8, 5, 4

Incline - 115X15, 10, 8

DB OHP - 35sX12, 12, 12, 10

Dips -
BW+25X7
BW+25X5 / BWX6 (drop-set)
BWX12

Ab Wheel - X12, 12, 12

I'm tightening up my set-up on bench even more, and it hurts like hell but I can push hard with my legs without my butt coming off the bench.  Finally.  Not sure that if felt any stronger, though...

I moved my grip in to almost the smooth for the back-off sets, and used the same set up but did NOT use any leg drive.  Trying to focus on making the primary movers do all the work.

Incline has been nosediving a bit, so I backed the weight way off in order to facilitate more reps.  We'll see how that goes.

Last week I got a baseline for DB OHP, so now I can move forward on trying to push reps with the 35's.

Everything to this point in the session represented a sharp increase in total volume over past weeks, and so it's no surprise that the weighted dips went into the toilet a bit.  Strength still seemed okay on the final, BW-only set.