2/21/08 Upper Body Workout #2

SPEED BENCH PRESS 9X3 - 170x3, 170x3, 170x3, 170x3, 170x3, 170x3, 170x3, 170x3, 170x3
i really focused on form and bringing it down to the same point on my chest every single rep when i was doing these today, also i took eric3237's suggestion and paused on my chest before exploding up, i think that will help my push out a lot, also i wasn't sure how long to pause on the bottom so i just went with a quick count of 1, 2 in my head and then pushed the bar off my chest

CLOSE GRIP BENCH PRESS 5RM - 260x5
on one hand i'm happy that my close grip bench is going up so well, but on the other hand i'm not sure why my bench press 5rm is only 5lbs higher. does anybody else have this problem or any ideas why they are so close in weight?

STANDING DB SHOULDER PRESS 4X5 - 70x5, 70x4, 65x5, 65x5
i dropped the weight down so that i could make sure i got all the reps in my 3rd and 4th sets

WEIGHTED DIPS 2X8 - bw+45x8, bw+45x7

ALTERNATING PULL UPS AND CHIN UPS 6 SETS - 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4

CABLE TRICEPS EXTENSION 3X10-12 - 79x12, 79x12, 79x12

SEATED DB CURLS 4X8-10 - 35x10, 35x10, 35x10, 35x8

the workout went pretty well today, i liked pausing on the speed bench press, i think i'm going to keep doing that next week