Snap! I was laying around reading a book last night and all of a sudden I popped up and said "he's not using a false grip!"

Hallelujah!

I don't know what bodes worse for me, the fact that I didn't notice it in the first place or the fact that my subconcious obsessively churned it over and popped it out at random :D

Yeah, personally, I probably would've got the 330 w/ the false just because that's how I've done it for over a decade lol. But after really getting down to brass tacks with my gym mates, keeping your thumb around the bar is the only way you'll be able to try and pull the bar apart, which REALLY helps.

Updated sig w/ our new site and some dated pics. :D

Yeah, I'll bet it does. For me if I pull apart the bar it puts my shoulders on strike. But I wasn't made for benching, I know that and with all my previous shoulder problems I take what I can get. You, on the other hand, be a benching machine.

You know, I was thinking about just specializing in benching lol. With all my old knee surgeries and the Marines holding my squatting and deadlifting back for so long, I was tossing around that idea of a bench only competition(s).

Anyways, I started reading about Travis Bell who does the same thing over at Westside. He started out with the same numbers I've got. His training is more orientated for benching. One ME, one DE, one day for back/shoulders, then one day for lower body which he still conjugate trains with heavy singles, ect.

Just don't know if I could give up a lower day LOL!

Well you could try it out and see how it fits for a while. You wouldn't necessarily have to give up a lower body day just maybe have submaximal work for some lower body stuff one day in the interest of balance, mobility, etc..

DE SQUAT

Flat DB Press: 60 x (4 x 15)

Banded Speed Squat: 235 x (5 x 2), 275 x 2, 315 x 2, 365 x 2
- Kept bands on after some speed work, then worked up to a heavy double. Could've kept going for a few more sets, but the top end tension was too much to walk back with (unracking). Speed sets were very fast, and I only rested 60 seconds between the workup sets.

Speed Deadlift: 315 x (5 x 1)
- 30 seconds between sets.

Closegrip Cable Rows: 215 x (4 x 10) ss w/

Standing Abs: 150 x (4 x 10)
- 60 seconds, repeat.

Hammer Curls: 35 x 15, 15

I'm going to be bumping cals up to 3800. :) I'm still with redpointfitness. Out of all their diets, I just do extremely well on the cutting one. I don't do well with high protein/fats energy wise. I love to just use the cutting diet (although) I'm not cutting lol because the macros and nutrient timing is absolutely perfect for me.

What are you at now ? Just over 3000 I thought. Wont that be a big jump or have you been slowly increasing them ?

I hear you with the cut diet. I'm loving all the fruit.

No, I was around 3300-3400 cals for a while now.

BTW, I just weighed myself and I'm still 232 lbs!! I thought I put back on a lot of weight with a few bad cheat days in there lol. So I guess I take that back. I'm probably going to keep my cals exactly where they are. 3500 cals per day keeps the strength waay up, and my bodyweight down. :D