training log 10/12/11

[senexfortis]

Chest day. I have avoided bench due to the surgery. So today is the first true bench day since June.
Machine chest press
70 x 3 x 10
cybex fly machine
90,100,110 x 10
free weight bench
90 x 10 (x 3) pain at the bottom on down stroke and on the press at 4 inches off bottom
with the arrival of an old gym idol I upped my weight as we re-lived some of the old days of the gym
135 x 10 (x2)
Incline bench
90 x 10 x(2)
Knee high pin deadlifts
220 x 10
315 x 6
405 x 4
495 x 2
585 x 1
605 x 1

[zekester]

You might want to try board presses for your bench. Maybe start out with very light warm-ups at the bottom, then add boards as you increase the weight and then eventually decrease the # of boards you use...

[senexfortis]

Thanks for the advise! I will give it a try