HIThopper, sir, i have a few questions and perhaps a suggestion. of course, i am not extremely familiar with your journal compared to Eric so i will probably be corrected by him soon.
anyways, i would like to know:
1.) if u got only 4 reps on the bench press last set, did u rack the bar, rest and do the 5th rep later on or did you only do 24 reps total?
2.) when you say u missed one rep does that mean u failed, the bar got stuck at the bottom and a spotter picked it up for you or does that mean u were close to getting pinned?
3.) when you say you missed a rep, at what part of your ROM did this happen? in the sense, where is your sticking point? the bottom part of the bench? mid way? lockout?
my suggestion regarding the resetting is that if u want to avoid doing that, you could do 25 reps total next time, then wait till u hit 5x5x73.5 no matter how long it takes and then add weight. if u look back at when i did the texas method, this is how my progression looked:
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Originally Posted by Sentinel
W16 --->>> 180 lbs
W15 --->>> 180 lbs
W14 --->>> 175 lbs
W13 --->>> 175 lbs
W12 --->>> 170 lbs
W11 --->>> 165 lbs
W10 --->>> 165 lbs
W9 --->>> n/a
W8 --->>> 160 lbs
W7 --->>> 160 lbs
W6 --->>> 160 lbs
W5 --->>> 160 lbs
W4 --->>> 155 lbs
W3 --->>> 150 lbs
W2 --->>> 145 lbs
W1 --->>> 140 lbs
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if you're interested, this are my last two workouts on the texas method (in case you want to see a pattern):
http://www.bodybuilding.net/personal...html#post34436
and
http://www.bodybuilding.net/personal...html#post34670
i have customized the number of posts per page (10) so i cant give you page numbers but its posts 164 and 165 of my journal
i hope i was of help
cheers, sir.
Anuj