Vacation Prep. Week 5. Bench

BW - 207

Incline -
BarX30
95X5
115X4
135X2, 2
155X2
185X1
155X14, 5
135X6

Plate Raises - 25X25, 18, 15
super-set with
DB Incline Flyes - 30sX15, 15, 15
and
DB Rear Delts - 30sX20, 20, 20

Bench felt a little shaky tonight, the 185 moved slower than I would have liked, and my shoulder was bothering me after Inclines and is bothering me a bit the next day.  Nevertheless, 155X14 is a Rep PR for Incline Bench.  It doesn' meet my rep goal for this weight of 16+ so I stay at this weight next week.  I met my volume goal with that 2nd set of 155X5, but I decided to drop down and get one more set in instead of doing hammer bench.  Not a terrible idea, but I may have been better served dropping down to 95 and doing higher reps.  I got lazy and didn't want to unload and reload the bar.

The giant-sets for the shoulder joint were fine.  I added some reps to the full-front(al) raises, but couldn't really add any to the other movements.  I'm pausing the flyes at the bottom, only coming 2/3 of the way up to keep tension on the muscle, and then doing a controlled eccentric back down.  By the time I get over 10 reps with just the 30s, I'm starting to really struggle.