New Toy!!!!!

Hey there everyone! It's been a GREAT week! I got my first equipment sponsor! Jim Seitzer and the Bandbell Company graciously sponsored me with one of their bamboo barbells that helps with rehab and prehab of shoulders, rotator cuffs, and a lot of other various injuries. It came already yesterday and I used it for the first time today! Got up to 55 lbs. on it, but, it's quite a chore! It's made out of bamboo so it's very light. The weight is hung on it by bands and it shakes when you go to press it. It's to involve all the little stabilizer muscles and such that don't usually get too much work but can have a great effect on your strength. This was sport form week, which means I did competition benching all 3 days that I lifted. Monday I hit 160, which was pretty disappointing to me, however, I was just recovering from a kidney infection, so, I guess I was probably not in a very good position to expect very much of myself. Both Wednesday and today I hit 175. Technique left a lot to be desired, but, I still got it up and it never came back down at me or stopped. So, as long as I can get it up, I can continue working on technique. It's been a very long time since I hit 175 and it's been even longer since I hit 175 twice in the same week. So, I'm pretty thrilled. There wasn't too much accessory work, because the sport form week focuses more on competition lifts. I'm feeling much better as the week progresses, recovering rather well from my sickness last week. Just 2 short weeks and I'll be back in Cincinnati competing!! Pretty excited!!!