Advice to the Big Dogs

My buddy Clint, at Elite Fitness (that publishes my articles) hit a big PR on bench not long ago. Shirted, 443.5. He did fantastic. But as I watched his video, his arms were ALL OVER the place. So, I wrote him about some technique stuff that Brian has taught me and that John Bogart went over when Brian had his seminar at the gym. I couldn't tell 'exactly' what Clint was doing and what he wasn't, so I just typed out a bunch of things and told him to weed through and find what would help him. Today he posted log & video from his deload bench day from Tuesday...and he mentioned me giving him advice on his stuff. :-) It was pretty cool that I was able to give him some tips that he think will be useful for him. And when I told Brian about it today, he grinned from ear to ear like a proud papa. :-) And of course he didn't pass up the opportunity to point out to me "See how much you've learned? Listen to you." Yes, Brian, I see. I'm starting to put more together. ;-) ....Here's the link to Clint's log entry: http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/training-logs.asp?qid=145739&tid ...The ironic thing that kinda cracked me up tonight when I realized it is that the first two sentences when Clint mentions me, he says he started to work on his foot position and leg drive!!!!! Totally made me smile. MEEEE giving advice to HIM about foot position and leg drive. Oh, the ironies of life.

Today was a pretty big day in the gym. I hit 175 for a single with one still left in me. RPE was 9 today. So, that was pretty awesome. Here are the other numbers on the day:

Competition Bench - 135 lbs., 150 lbs., 160 lbs., 170 lbs., 175 lbs., 165 lbs.(2 sets), all for singles.

1 Negative at 200 lbs.

Dumbbell Military Press - 35 lbs., 45 lbs., 50 lbs., all for 5.

SkullCrushers - 50 lbs., 65 lbs., 70 lbs., all for 5.

Chops - 30 lbs., 3 sets of 15, each side.

<3 Stretching <3