Incline DB Bench Press – Page 2 – Nick Momrik's Fitness Logs

A 2 Minute Challenge

No golf again yesterday because we got so much rain on Thursday night. Courses are still closed today. So I took a complete rest day. Bryan came over at 1 today. I did an easy 5:00 Airdyne (1.43 miles) to get the blood flowing. I’m swapping the order of the pull-up workout this week since I wanted to have a spotter for this.

Bench Press

10×45#
10×95
6×135
3×165
3×195
3×225
3×245
3x3x255

That’s my 3RM, which was set about 3 months ago.

Shoulder Press

10×45#
6×95
3×115
3×135
3×150
3×157.5
3×162.5

Maybe I should do more warm-up sets on these because 150 felt rough but the 2 heavier sets were fine. Next time I’ll have to try an extra set and then do multiple sets at a higher weight. Wanted to get a feel for things today though. ~~2.5~~ 7.5# under my 3RM.

Accessory

3 Sets
- 15/15 Pallof Press (CS Blue)
- 20 alt Incline DB Bench Press (50#)
3 Sets
- 3×10/10 Tricep Extensions (30#, single arm)
- 3×10 Landmine Twists (45# bar + 40#)

The lifts too a long time today because we were talking so much. Did the accessory as supersets to speed it up.

2 Minute Challenge

2:00 AMRAP – DU

I got 191 and Bryan got 198. According to BTWB that was a 4 rep PR for me. Started with 81 in a row and hit 100 right at the minute mark, but then started missing over 20-30 reps.

Getting Scary

Busy day. Out in the garage in the evening.

Bench Press

10×45#
10×95
6×135
3×165
3×195
3×220
2x3x240
3×245

Not a lot of time left so I figured it was time to start doing some bigger increases. Need to start getting closer to failure in these last few weeks. I’ve been benching inside the rack with support straps whenever I’m alone, but it’s starting to get a little scary as I approach PR weights. I think this is the most I’ve had on the bar since hitting 3×255# during the Open.

Shoulder Press

10×45#
6×95
3×115
3×135
3×150
3×152.5
3×155

Accessory

3×20 alt Incline DB Bench Press (50#)
3×10 Half Kneeling Single Arm Bottoms Up KB Press (30#)
3×10 Tricep Extensions (single arm, 30#)
3×10 Landmine Twists (45# bar + 35#)

Ugh – KB presses. I haven’t done them in a few weeks. Swapping for the wider 10# plate on my adjustable bell (to go from 25->30) shifted the balance a lot! I really don’t like the single arm Tricep extensions; feels like a lot of pressure on the elbow.

Conditioning

30 cal Ski Erg
20 Goblet Squats (70#)
10 Target Burpees (ceiling – 14″)

Calories are much different from on the rower! I felt like I was getting 2 for every 3 pulls with an average around 1,250 cal/hr most of the time. Went unbroken on the goblet squats but was breathing really heavy by the end. That jump to the ceiling is big! I missed once being lazy and had to jump again. Finished in 3:13.

Felt it Coming

Made it in for the 10am.

Warm-up

Bottom Squat Hold
Shoulder Stretching
1-2-3-4-5
- Burpee
- Squat Jump
- American KBS (35#)

Lifting

Power Snatch + OHS

3×45#
3×75
3×95
3×115
E90S – 5 Sets
- 3×135

It’s been at least 2.5 weeks since I picked up a barbell for any olympic lifts. Felt pretty good. I taped some gauze on my hand and wore one of my Bear Complex grips to help protect it.

It was going to be the same E90S but with a squat clean + thruster next. I was warming up with 3 reps using 135# and my back was feeling like it might go, so I stripped the bar and bowed out before it turned into a full-on tweak. The overhead squats seem to aggravate it. 😦

Gymnastics

E90S – 5 Sets

30s Handstand Hold

I did these while everyone was doing the cleans. Should have done at least 45 second holds.

Conditioning

Team with Jason and Gavin:

9 Prowler Sprints (1 set 135# & 2 sets 180#)
72 Burpee KB Thrusters (2×26#)
800m Run

We didn’t time it. Rotated through the prowlers and then did sets of 8 burpee thrusters for 3 sets each. Felt pretty good on the run, but couldn’t stick with Gavin.

Out in the garage in the evening after mowing the lawn and watching some of the other Regionals.

Bench Press

donut-recovery

10×45#
10×95
6×135
3×165
3×195
3×215
3x3x230
3×20 alt Incline DB Bench Press (50#)

My bench press has been feeling really really good!

Shoulder Press

8×95#
4×115
4×130
3x4x140

Meh. Did the work, but was careful to squeeze with the minor back tweak this morning.

Tomorrow we are doing “J.T.” so I decided to skip the half kneeling kettlebell presses and tricep kickbacks. I also skipped one arm farmers carries due to my back.

Perfect Pacing

Forgot to hit publish on this yesterday, so it’s going live the morning after, but the post date is correct.

Monday night I started having issues with my sinuses and it hit me full on yesterday. Took the day off work since I couldn’t sit or stand for more than a few minutes without my nose and eyes watering like Niagara Falls. Was supposed to golf, but had to bail again. 🤒 I got out in the garage around 5:30.

Bench Press

10×45#
10×95
5×135
5×175
5×195
5×210
5x5x220

Used 215 last time. Not sure how long these 5# jumps are sustainable.

Shoulder Press

5×45#
5×95
5×115
5×130
3x5x140

Last time I did 2 sets at 135 and one at 140, plus adding in the extra warm-up set. These increases really aren’t sustainable on the shoulder press so I jumped up a bit in volume and increased the weight on 2 of the working sets.

Accessory

3×16 Alternating Incline DB Bench Press (50#)
3×15 Pallof Press (CS Red)
3×15 Tricep Extensions (40-45-50#)
3×15/15 Landmine Press (80#)

Performance Plus

4 Sets

Bench HS Walk (3s hold at end of turn – video)
10 Straight arm pull-downs on low rig (feet on box – video)

Interesting.

Conditioning

10x

1:00 Ski Erg (90% of 500m PR pace)
1:00 Rest

Pace goal came out to about 1:45, which I was holding after the start, but that’s not enough to bring the average down low enough. I got progressively better and longer sprint starts. Splits in meters and average pace were…

282-1:46.3
283-1:46.0
284-1:45.6
284-1:45.6
285-1:45.2
285-1:45.2
286-1:44.8
287-1:44.5
289-1:43.8
293-1:42.3

Came out to a total of 2,858 meters and … 1:44.9! Made it. 😉