February 06, 2011 - DE UB

Dynamic Warm-ups

Close Grip Bench Presses w/ IW#2’s dbl
No Bands
45x10
95x2
135x2
185x2
Add Bands (+170lbs)
45x2
85x2
115x2
145x2
145x2
145x2
145x2
145x2
145x2
145x2
145x2

Neutral Grip Seated Dumbbell Presses
70'sx3
80'sx3
90'sx3
100'sx3 PR+10lbs
110'sx3 PR+20lbs
120'sx0

Parallel Bar Dips
bw+110x8 PR+3 reps
bw+110x8
bw+110x8
bw+110x8

Bent Over Rear Delt Dumbbell Raises
80'sx12
80'sx12
80'sx12

25 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Left shoulder was a tad achey. Managed to do all of my dynamic warm-up (cut wide stance squats high and didn't swing left leg as vigorously as the right). Still healing. Some sets were crisp while others were a bit out of my groove when it came to benching. I wasn't feeling it going into overhead with dumbbells. While the first set wasn't tough, I didn't feel all powerful. But the weights kept going up. My original plan was to start lighter but I realized that doing so wouldn't allow me to make an extra set if I wanted to since after 110lbs it's 120lbs and nothing in between. I also didn't want to bust out using the plateloadable dumbbell yet as it's tougher to hand to me (still relying on someone else to hand them to me on the left side due to hamstring). Made a big PR hitting 100's and 110's for three reps. Might have been good for five reps. Tried 120's since they were there. I got them off my shoulders a bit but wasn't close. Moved on to dips. I had a rough start but got going fine. On the third set, I didn't count the first rep as I cut it way too high. Not sure why I did that. Finished up with my rear delt stuff. Should be moving up in weight on these soon. Nice bit of stretching.