February 27th - Minor Bench improvements,140 for 4 sets of 5

 27.02.2025

Slept only a little today, but I don't feel like going back to bed. That's the benefit of showering and relaxing your muscles - it makes it easier to not want to sleep. I *really* strained my left leg yesterday though, super peculiar how overloaded it feels! My glute and my hip extensor. Very interesting!

Some stuff I have to do outside of home - I got a few new updates, but not about any important business, but still, might have to get out on Monday. Just a reminder, although if you write it down there's a good chance you might forget about it.

Had the last bit of my coffee beans, but I still have the instant coffee. I'm having a nice conventional brew. Tastes good!

Ended up falling back asleep and having caffeinated dreams... Oh well.

Workout

Warmup - pretty long, thorough, a lot of upper body moves, feeling comfortable on the static pushup stretch

Bench press

20 for 20

40 for 20

70 for 15

90 for 10

120 for 5

140 for 5 - all of that was done pretty quick, kinda like a 'quick warmup', but maybe not necessarily that fast... 140 feels really nice.

140 for 5 - pretty sure it was 5... Hope I didn't miscount.

140 for 5 lovely. Again, catching myself doing the lockout with 'elbows forward' except on last rep when I rack it and thus flare my elbows. 'Elbows forward' is way harder, gotta learn... I believe I'm doing it this way automatically cause it's more similar to OHP. Meanwhile, I should probably flare my elbows on OHP as well...

140 for 5 not bad, but it was more difficult that previous sets. Maybe I shouldn't have focused on all the flaring as much - it changed my technique. And again, I'm left with a really dumb feeling that I might have done 4 rather than 5 and I feel confused. Otherwise - it's a mini PR, regarding volume and intensity of today's workout 😁 It's an improvement.

70 for 10 explosively - feels nice