Deadlift Training Day - 12/1/09 and Bench Training - 12/3/09

The meet on November 7 cut off my Mark Philippi deadlift program so I was never able to finish. So, to give it a fair shake and to see if it will actually add 25 lbs to my raw conventional deadlift, I am back at it. Here it is.

P.S.

I am start to video my lifts again. There is no better way to explain a lift (or to critique it).

(weight x reps x sets)

Deadlift

475x2x1

Speed Deadlifts

385x3x8

3 Circuits of:

Stiff Legged Deadlifts

315x8x3

Bent Over Rows

225x8x3

Pull Ups

Bodyweightx8x3

GHR's

Greenbandx8x3

*90 sec rest between each exercise and two minutes rest between each circuit

Bench Training

Again, I am sampling (what I am told) is an Ed Coan Bench Routine. After talking to Ed in Vegas, who knows what online is actually his workout. But still, I want to give it a try. I also threw in some shirt work today...which proved I need to do much more.

Bench Press

225x8x2

Close Grip Bench Press

195x8x2

Bench Press with F6 Titan Shirt

315x1

335x1

As you can see, I need much more work in the shirt to get my bench up. Currently, my shirted bench is only about 20 to 25 lbs more than my raw bench. Clearly, something is wrong

2 sets of dumbell kickbacks

2 sets of cable rope pulldowns

2 sets of concentration curls

2 sets of dumbell hammer curls

Good times