I made a pact naively before my son was born to go for a 150kg bench with my friend Per, whom you may know as KraftsportNO from his Youtube account. Well, fatherhood has been an eye opener which takes plans and chews them up ans spits them out, but a commitment made should be honored. I went touch and go (TNG) and managed to tie my best paused, although poorly paused, bench of 147.5 kg (325 lbs). I missed an attempt at 151kg (333 lbs), which was the highest bench I have ever attempted. I would like to blame it on my new son Elijah demanding my time, but I am glad to be able to miss a new bench PR to hold my new son. Here is the workout, as I did some work sets after the singles, followed by some other short workouts and the dates they were done. 9 May 2010: Bench press 44 x 25, 132 x 10, 132 x 10, 198 x 5, 242 x 2, 286 x 1, 308 x 1, 325 x 1, 333 x miss, 303 x 2, 253 x 9 Wide grip front pulldowns 100 x 10, 120 x 10, 140 x 10, 160 x 10 Seated dumbbell press 45 x 10, 50 x 10 Seated, alternating dumbbell curls 25 x 10, 25 x 10 8 May 2010 Dead lift-Sumo (I normally pull conventional) 154 x 7, 264 x 4, 374 x 1 Shoulder width, parallel grip pulldowns 150 x 6, 180 x 6 30 April 2010 (Second training session as a father) Squat 44 x 10, 88 x 6, 132 x 5, 165 x 5, 198 x 5, 231 x 5, 264 x 5, 297 x 5 –Varied grip and bar placement. I was trying to move the bar down my back, but it is a shoulder and bicep impingement nightmare for me. I am writing this 9 May, and my shoulder is still …
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@rhsalaska Thank you again. I am working on adjustments now. I am lucky enough to have Dave Ricks here locally and he is graciously writing me a program. Should help with all the time I spend planning. Just have to stay consistent and focused.
Congratulations on the son. I have three of them between 5 months and 8 years, and I like to think I am proof you can be a good dad and still find time for lifting.
i thought the cat was gonna get ya lol. nice benching
great sportsmanship. I made 146kg on competition day, then 148.5kg later the same day, and 149.6kg the following day. This still makes you the winner of the competition, since you made 147.5kg on the competition day, which was 1.5kg more than me! Congratulations, both with the win, the great sportsmanship, and your son! Make him start training early with superligtht weight, so by the time he’s 15, he has super perfect form in all exercises.
Nice spotter on the 303