not a lot of positives to take out of today
positives:
first set w the shirt was 325x2 to a 3 board, got it both times, but the second was a grind
got a slingshot on today, loved it and i gotta get one, aaron let me borrow his, he's the 165'r that got like 1530 last week.
liked the wrist wraps, they help. at no time did my wrists feel like they were gonna break
the shirt didn't hurt as much
shyt that pisses me off:
every set/rep after the first was complete shyt
lost my fcking breath twice
lost my fcking back tightness 3 times
set up was complete shyt, i actually remember thinking, jesus, my traps are loose on the way down
rant
i swear to god, after the first set it looked like i never benched in my life. the first set i had tim (won arnold, he's on the board w a 760 bench) hand off and keep an eye on me, i'd give myself a solid c+ on that set. after that................................not so much. big clay had me try to take the 325 to a 2 board and i completely lost my breath about 2 inches away. tried a couple more singles after that and was just said fck it. couldn't feel my fingers, arms numb and purple. i was running pretty fcking hot at that point.
after i calmed down i talked to tim, clay and jj and we all agreed the bad ones were shyt from the set up. tim wants me to come up w a checklist for under the bar. jj wants me to do rep work w the shirt on w lightish weight, big clay says keep working lower and lower every week w a weight i can handle. problem is, i don't know what that weight is yet. that was a lot of knowledge thrown at me in a short amount of time, i need to let it all sink in and get my head straight.
methinks a lot of this is between my ears...
