No Excuses

So today's workout went rather disappointingly.

It started with the standard fair of some dynamic and static stretching followed by some chest dips at the parallel bars. I then hit the bench, warm up set of just the bar (20kg) followed by +20kg, +30kg and +40kg.

The first set, as expected, was easy. As was the following 2 sets. I was able to push out 10 reps of 20, 40 and 50kg.

It was when I upped the weight to 60kg that I really felt the weight of it. I managed... 1.

1 pitiful repetition (I'm not sure its even called a repetition if only 1 is completed).

As I stated in an earlier entry, I had even modified my grip width in hopes that it would help.

In an effort to save some of my ego from being crushed under this (small) weight I pushed out 10 barbell lockouts.

I then slumped my way over to the dumbells, determined to salvage my self esteem somehow.

I started with some 12.5kg bells (my initial starting db press when I began free weights) and hit some db bench/ pec fly supersets.

Continued that with 15kg and 17.5kg and finished with a set of 10 db press with 20kg dumbells.

Now, whilst I haven't been keeping any sort of records, I do remember my best lifts. It has been a while since I have done any dumbell bench and at my peak I was doing 22.5kg. It seems rather odd and somewhat disappointing that over the few months I have neglected the dumbells in favour of the glorified barbell bench press that my best lifts have actually decreased.

I have considered the dips being a fairly effective pre-fatiguing exercise and I will attempt another chest session next week, without the dips to start I think

thanks for reading.


eugh