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Originally Posted by Kane
Git R Done!
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That's the name of the game!
DE BENCH DAY
Super workout, pumped as all hell. Today I ran 225 lbs for 9 sets of 3 w/ the usual 45 seconds between sets. Three grips: Close, Reg, Wide. I was pressing up and down so fast today I felt like I ripped a hole (again) in the space-time continuem and could've travelled back to 1985.
Super fast speed, which tells me next time I'm hitting up 235. Hopefully I'll have my resistance bands by then and will most likely regress in weight a little to accomodate the bands tension. Actually, next week I plan on doing some DE Bench, then build myself up to a new 1RM.
After that, just did the usual lifts..Overhead pressing, tons of back and triceps work, ect. Was energized the whole way through.
Tomorrow will be DE SQUAT/DEADLIFT. So far my recovery has been stellar, so I have no intention of splitting up my ME/DE days for more recovery. I don't think I'm at that "human-forklift" stage yet. Plus the exercises Matt has me doing don't interfere with my other workouts. That's where most people IMO go wrong with Westside. They are mostly neophytes (newbs to powerlifting) and take into account every piece of literature written by Dave Tate and company and construct an abortion waiting to happen based on what THEY DO. They NEED those 3 days between ME's because they're squatting 700 lbs. Mostly everyone that I know of doesn't. That's also a very good reason why I've come to really enjoy Westside powerlifting. It's so individual that there could be 50 lifters at a competition and all 50 do some form or variation that's different from everyone else.
Shit, I'm doing my ME Squat followed by a variation of a deadlift still and it doesn't bother me or hinder my recovery one bit. But, for a lot of others, it'll break their back. Especially when I follow those lifts up by pullthroughs, hypers, and a shitload of other exercises involving the lower back and hams with a lot of weight!
I think tomorrow I'm gonna switch to a new weighted abs exercise and go gang busters.