04.16.06
One more goal down
I benched 225 today.
I didn’t feel like doing my usual workout today, so I decided to do a one rep max test on bench. It’s a milestone of sorts. It wasn’t too long ago that I had trouble getting over 200.
Also, it happens to be more weight than my final goal weight, so I can bench more than I will weigh. Not quite as significant as benching your own weight for reps, but at 280 that would be really, really impressive.
bored in the barrel » Blog Archive » 225! said,
04.16.06 at 10:27 pm
[...] I might not be able to bench it (can’t even get it to budge, actually, and bruised my hand trying), but at least I can reverse push-up it. When Otto was finished with his 1RM test we left the bar loaded… and so, with a bar that weighed 225 I pulled myself up to it. I can reverse pushup 225! [...]