my quest for a 400lb bench press

TURUGBY

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felt pretty psyched yesterday cranked out an easy 315x3.
A lil bit of history
powerlifting 4 1/2 years
-max bench at this time 370 w/ shirt

best bench w/out shirt
-370 for 2 (this was after a SD cycle when I was 230lbs, now i'm 205)

Pec Routine
Mon-
Flat Bench- 10,8,6,4,3,10
225,245,275, 305,315, 225
Pec Dec-8,8,8,8
Cable Flyes- 10,10,10

Fri-
Incline Smith Bench- 10, 8, 8, 8
Pec Dec- 8, 8, 8
Pushups- 20,20,20

Just got back into benchin hard after havin a bad shoulder for a long time but feels 100% again. Lookin forward to movin some serious weight :dl: If I get enough replys, questions I'll keep updating progress for those interested. O ya I'm a personal trainer as well so I try to do short 30-40 min workouts 5xweek. If people want to see the rest of my routine let me know. I typically do triceps and abs as well on chest day.
 
Dude we are both going after the same goal. Best of luck to you, I'll be checking back often to make sure your motivated. Let's make it happen!

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gonna be workin chest today cant wait! Its gonna be hard to get those numbers up b/c i'm cutting but diet is dialed in and even though im losing weight my numbers continue to climb! I'll update tonight on how it went
 
a lil dissapointed. However I did just bench on Friday and I could tell I was still a lil weak. Today was my easy chest day so Sets looked like this
225x8
245x6
275x6
300x4

pec dec 3x8 220
Dips 3x25
 
Good luck, my goal is a 500 raw this year. Just started training for it 6 weeks ago. You might want to do a little actual heavy trainig. I just missed 450 by a hair last week, never missed anything in the upper half of my raw bench before but did for the first time, even doing paused reps. I am going through a 3 week heavy band cycle now to bust through that plateua. Getting to a 400 bench is a great number at your weight, especially if you do it in a meet. Hit your weakness' hard.
 
Before I recently started cutting like a month ago I got 475....barbell rows for thickness and closegrip bench for your tris....keep your reps down
 
TURUGBY said:
a lil dissapointed. However I did just bench on Friday and I could tell I was still a lil weak. Today was my easy chest day so Sets looked like this
225x8
245x6
275x6
300x4

pec dec 3x8 220
Dips 3x25
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Any updates?

jcp2 said:
Good luck, my goal is a 500 raw this year. Just started training for it 6 weeks ago. You might want to do a little actual heavy trainig. I just missed 450 by a hair last week, never missed anything in the upper half of my raw bench before but did for the first time, even doing paused reps. I am going through a 3 week heavy band cycle now to bust through that plateua. Getting to a 400 bench is a great number at your weight, especially if you do it in a meet. Hit your weakness' hard.
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retts1212 said:
Before I recently started cutting like a month ago I got 475....barbell rows for thickness and closegrip bench for your tris....keep your reps down
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You guys got any vids?
 
I will see what i can do in the near future. I am doing some heavy band work right now. Next time i track my progress i will try and take some vids.
 
unfortunately i don't have a vid camera or a vid cam on my phone (its pretty old) if I can figure anything out i'll let you know
 
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