Higher Reps. Week 8. Bench

BW - 210

Bench -
BarX20
95X5
135X4
155X3
185X2
205X2, 2, 2, 2, 2.5

CG Bench, no leg drive - 165X5, 5, 5, 4
Flat-back Bench, no leg drive - 135X10, 7, 10
DB Press - 35'sX18, 12, 10, 10
all above super-set with
Face-Pulls - X20, 20, 18, 18, 18, 18, 20, 15, 18, 15, 15, 15

Dips -
BW+45X8
BW+45X5/BWX8 (drop-set)
BWX15

DB Curls - 30'sX18, 12, 10, 10

Solid session.  Upped the volume sets on full bench to 205.  Went for 3 on the last set, but it wasn't there.  I'll stay at this weight for next week; the last week of this block of programming.

Increased weight on the full bench seemed to cut into my CG Bench.  The X5 sets were harder than last week, and I could only get 4 on my last set.

Flat-backing was okay though.  I got into a conversation with a guy between the 2nd and 3rd sets, and that's why I was able to push back up to 10 reps on that last one.

DB Pressing with a more neutral, or 'relaxed' grip, came back on a bit.

My shoulder felt more stable and I had less twinging and popping after all the face-pulls last week, so I'm keeping those in for a bit.

210+45X8 is a Rep PR on dips.

Higher Reps. Week 7. Bench

BW - 211 (what the shit?)

Bench -
BarX20
95X5
115X5
135X3
155X3
185X3
195X2, 2, 2, 2, 2

CG Bench, no leg drive - 165X5, 5, 5, 5

Flat-back Bench, no leg drive - 135X12, 8, 6

DB Press - 35sX12, 10, 10, 10
all of the above super-set with
Face-Pulls - X20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15

Dips - BWX10, 15, 15
super-set with
DB Curls - 30sX10, 10, 10

Exhausting session.  I added a 5th double onto my sets of 195.  It actually may have been the strongest of the five.

Close-grips still feeling a bit weak.

Added reps to all my flat-back sets.

My left shoulder has been bothering me, and that's why I'm throwing in all these face-pulls.  I also turned my grip in on the DB Press, and that may have contributed to some lower reps.

Was gassed by the time I got to dips.  The face-pulls were pretty light, but maybe they added enough fatigue to cut into the end of my workout?  Who the fuck knows.

Higher Reps. Week 6. Bench

BW - 208

Bench -
BarX20
95X5
135X4
155X3
185X2
195X2, 2, 2, 2

CG Bench, no leg drive - 165X5, 5, 5, 5

Flat-back bench, no leg drive - 135X11, 6, 7

DB Press - 35sX15, 12, 10, 10

Dips -
BW+45X6
BW+45X5 / BWX15 (drop-set)
BWX15
super-set with
DB Curls - 30sX12, 12, 10

Ab Wheel - X15, 12, 10

Pretty good session.  All the benching genrally felt good.

DB Pressing felt stronger today.

I guess I've never done dips with a 45 before.  Didn't even occur to me when I was doing them.  So...Rep PRs there.

Trying to get back on the ab wagon.

Higher Reps. Week 5. Bench

BW - 206

Bench -
BarX20
95X5
135X4
155X3
185X2, 2

CG Bench, no leg drive - 165X5, 5, 5, 5

Flat-Back Bench, no leg drive - 135X10, 6, 5

DB Press - 35'sX15, 11, 8, 10

Dips - BWX21, 15, 12, 10
super-set with
DB Curls -
25'sX18, 15
30'sX12, 8

Good session, but gruelling. 

Decided to try sets of 5 across on the CG/No-Leg bench instead of going for max reps on each set.  Felt like more quality reps this way.

Pushed the reps a bit further on the flat-back bench.

DB Press was especially hard after all of the above.  I think that's a good sign?

21 is the most dips I've ever done.  I don't track Rep PR's that high, but it's some kind of PR.

Higher Reps. Week 4. Bench

BW - 209

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

CG Bench (no leg drive) - 165X8, 4, 4

Bench (flat back, no legs) - 135X8, 6, 6

DB Press - 35'sX15, 13, 12, 10

Dips -
BW+25X11
BW+25X6, BWX10 (drop-set)
BWX12
super-set with
DB Curls - 30'sX10, 13, 16

Half intuition and half rational thought led me to decide I've been spending a bit too much time and energy on Incline, when possibly more flat benching would help my...flat bench.  I've been doing close-grips with my regular set-up but no leg drive as my back-off sets for a few weeks.  Today I decided to scrap the Inclines for a while and do some more benching with my normal grip, but with a flat back and also no leg drive.  I just don't think it can hurt to spend more time working the actual pressing muscles with variations in a plane closer to the actual lift.  Since I'm pushing for reps and not weight on the bar in my programming at this time, the weights are a bit lighter and so I don't require as much technique to complete lifts.  We'll see how it goes.

DB Press was a lot stronger without the Incline sets before it, and Dips felt strong as well.

Skipped abs again.  May need to switch out Ab Wheel for something new, just to make it seem less dreadful.