What the SAFETY bars are for !
4 days from the WABDL Worlds... my final workout, a heavy day to test the fit of my shirt...I did my usual warm ups to 350
Then put on the shirt, went to 500 for 1...quite easy---but I turned my wrist and nearly dumped the bar...but I flipped it back in time...and pushed it up fast !
in doing so, I add a sore wrist to an iffy forearm and 2 shoulders that really aren't in the best competition condition....I'll ignore that !
2nd shirt single was a partial with 540
2 inches from touching --and back up fast...it's what I was going for...remember my term? The INVISIBLE board press !
3rd shirted single was 600 pounds--it would've crushed my head if it wasn't for the pins being set high at 7
Here, I see 600 free falling toward my face--doesn't look so gory for you in the video--but 3 inches away for me, it was quite "IMAX" in proportion !
Well, that is NOT the image you want to remember approaching the meet of the year with...so I tried it again....YES I DID !
And it went up---and no..it wasn't a complete bench press..but it was a chance to feel the 600 in the shirt I'll compete in !
So I feel fairly set for competition...and my enthusiasm is peaking everyday...so I'm keeping positive thought in every waking moment...as a matter of fact even around the house, when I get up from a chair ....I always imagine the announcer saying
"And the lift is good ...for Robert O. Smith !"
altho lifting my ass off the couch isn't equal to a 600 bench at 66 ...it is positive reinforcement to a 'ponderous pogo'
See you in Vegas ....GO Team Canada !!
Then put on the shirt, went to 500 for 1...quite easy---but I turned my wrist and nearly dumped the bar...but I flipped it back in time...and pushed it up fast !
in doing so, I add a sore wrist to an iffy forearm and 2 shoulders that really aren't in the best competition condition....I'll ignore that !
2nd shirt single was a partial with 540
2 inches from touching --and back up fast...it's what I was going for...remember my term? The INVISIBLE board press !
3rd shirted single was 600 pounds--it would've crushed my head if it wasn't for the pins being set high at 7
Here, I see 600 free falling toward my face--doesn't look so gory for you in the video--but 3 inches away for me, it was quite "IMAX" in proportion !
Well, that is NOT the image you want to remember approaching the meet of the year with...so I tried it again....YES I DID !
And it went up---and no..it wasn't a complete bench press..but it was a chance to feel the 600 in the shirt I'll compete in !
So I feel fairly set for competition...and my enthusiasm is peaking everyday...so I'm keeping positive thought in every waking moment...as a matter of fact even around the house, when I get up from a chair ....I always imagine the announcer saying
"And the lift is good ...for Robert O. Smith !"
altho lifting my ass off the couch isn't equal to a 600 bench at 66 ...it is positive reinforcement to a 'ponderous pogo'
See you in Vegas ....GO Team Canada !!
posted by Thorndike Pickledish at 5:19 PM
2 Comments:
Great recovery, I watched the second bench half a dozen times I couldn't beleive how fast you press that weight back up. Looks like you are ready to go. good luck and have fun
Hey Rob thanks for posting on my blog. You should check it out again as I posted todays training and I couldn't help but to think you would have had fun with us at the end
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